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Famous Fantastic Mysteries [v13 #1, December 1951] ed. Mary Gnaedinger (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Lawrence) [Tom Daniels]

· Inside Illustrations · Larence · il
· Inside Illustrations · Fawcette · il
· Inside Illustrations · Finlay · il
· Inside Illustrations · Bok · il
6 · The Readers’ Viewpoint · Mary Gnaedinger · lc
6 · Enjoyed Wells Issue · Hans (wolf) Nintzel · lt
6 · Wants More Lovecraft · Lin Carter · lt
8 · Recommends a Fantasy · Fantasy Fiend · lt
8 · Liked Tcheriapin · Jan Romanoff · lt
8 · Carried Away by Wells · William L. Caudill · lt
8 · Likes Larger F.F.M. · Henry D. Barnett · lt
8 · Back Issues Available · Gerry de la Ree · lt
10 · Lawrence’s Fine Cover · Lynn A. Hickman · lt
10 · Asking for Heinlein · Dean Wiederhold · lt
10 · Wants Old F.F.M.s · Douglas Mitchell · lt
10 · Offered for Sale · Vaughan Ralf Heiner · lt
10 · Attracted by Wells’ Novel · William A. Peck · lt
10 · Congratulations to F.F.M. · Greg Calkins · lt
12 · The Gray Mahatma [Athelstan King] · Talbot Mundy · n. Adventure Nov 10 ’22
67 · In the Next Issue · Misc. · ms
68 · “—And He Built a Crooked House—” · Robert A. Heinlein · nv Astounding Feb ’41
78 · The Spirit Boats · Minna Irving · pm, 1923
80 · The Book · Margaret Irwin · ss The London Mercury Sep ’30
88 · Pickman’s Model · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales Oct ’27
95 · Praising Lawrence’s Work · Robert Dennis McNamara · lt
95 · Want Burroughs Books? · Thomas E. Durst · lt
95 · Has Back Issues · Jack Marsh · lt
95 · Want List · K. Everett · lt
95 · Intersting Offer · Harold D. Warnke · lt
95 · Wants Rohmer Listing · R. E. Fontinelle · lt
95 · Disposing of Mags · John W. Blackburn · lt
96 · He Didn’t Want Soup · Paul Ernst · ss Argosy Dec 14 ’40
105 · Back Issues Offered · Mrs. Mary B. Spitzer · lt
105 · Wants Zagat and Taime · Dirce S. Archer · lt
105 · Want Back Issues? · Edward Gentry · lt
106 · Checking on Jules Verne · Edward Nickerson · lt; (a very long letter about Jules Verne)
109 · Rohmer Is Tops · David Mayne Johnston · lt
109 · Can You Help? · Mrs. Hazel Taylor · lt
110 · Needs Help · George Williams · lt
110 · Wants Letters · Lawrence Long · lt
111 · Needs Haggard List · David Beams · lt
111 · Criticism · B. Barnett · lt
112 · Correction · George X. Basarab · lt
112 · Wants F.F.M. Issues · Elaine A. De Uncein · lt
112 · Important Announcement · Walter Dunkelberger · lt
Famous Fantastic Mysteries Combined with Fantastic Novels Magazine [v13 #5, August 1952] ed. Mary Gnaedinger (Popular Publications, 25¢, 116pp, pulp, cover by Saunders) [TM]

6 · The Readers’ Viewpoint · Mary Gnaedinger, et al. · ed
6 · A Friend Through the Years · Gregg Calkins · lt
8 · A Fine Summing-Up · Richard Reader · lt
8 · About Science Fiction in F.F.M. · Robert D. McNamara · lt
8 · Enjoyed “The Death Maker” [and demands HPL, from his Canton, NC home, leading me to suspect this to be the eventual writer rather than, say, the famous aviator] · Fred Chappell · lt; given as “Chappelle”.
10 · ISFCC Announcement · Robert P. Hoskins · lt
10 · Asking for Sax Rohmer · Maurice Lubin · lt
10 · Likes Our Covers · Thomas L. McCalvy · lt
10 · For Servicemen in England · David S. Gardner · lt
12 · The White Wolf · Franklin Gregory · n. New York: Random House, 1941; illus. Virgil Finlay
76 · The Green Splotches · T. S. Stribling · nv Adventure Jan 3 ’20; illus. Lawrence
112 · Notice to Fans · M. McNeil · lt
112 · Can You Help? · A. Pancoe · lt
112 · Complaint · Eugene H. Hornung · lt
113 · Stupendous! · Arloa Beal · lt
113 · She Makes an Offer! · Barbara Witek · lt
113 · Superb Fantasy · Richard Z. Ward · lt
Famous Fantastic Mysteries Combined with Fantastic Novels Magazine [v14 #2, February 1953] ed. Mary Gnaedinger (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Saunders) [Tom Daniels]

· Inside Illustrations · Finlay · il
· Inside Illustrations · Lawrence · il
6 · The Readers’ Viewpoint · Mary Gnaedinger · lc
6 · An Excellent Choice · Robert E. Briney · lt
8 · Fleming Hears from an Author · Jim Fleming · lt
8 · Mr. Stribling’s Letter to Fleming · T. S. Stribling · lt
8 · Enjoyed Rohmer’s Story · John C. Denny · lt
8 · Wants Straight Fantasy · Calvin Thos. Beck · lt
8 · Requesting Information · Larry Farsace · lt
10 · Full Moon · Talbot Mundy · n. The American Weekly Oct 28 ’34 (+)
93 · In the Next Issue · Misc. · ms
94 · Ekrerar of Palorae · Louis M. Hobbs · pm
94 · Two Thousand Years Later · Louis M. Hobbs · pm
96 · The Eyes of Dromu · Cedric R. Mentiplay · ss (r)
106 · Rohmer Fan · John R. Colombo · lt
106 · Wants More Collier Stories · Robert P. Hoskins · lt
108 · Open Letter to All Readers of Science Fiction and Fantasy · Fred Goetz · lt
109 · Paging Dirce Archer · Mrs. C. W. Vallette · lt
109 · Not a Jack Mann Fan · Dale E. Ridgeway · lt
109 · Likes Horror-Fantasy · Burton Satz · lt
110 · Needs Haggard Item · Harold F. Keating · lt
111 · An Ardent Reader · William B. Wilson · lt
111 · Australia Calling Us · Tom A. Cowles · lt
112 · She Wants a Rare Book · Mrs. Jacquelyn Lewis · lt
112 · Clippings Wanted · Hugh Brock · lt
113 · More Enjoyable Than Ever · P. H. Malone · lt
Famous Fantastic Mysteries Combined with Fantastic Novels Magazine [v14 #3, April 1953] ed. Mary Gnaedinger (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, 116pp, pulp, cover by Lawrence) As “April, 1943” on contents page. From ToC. [RS2]

· illustrations · Lawrence · il
· illustrations · Hannes Bok · il
· illustrations · Virgil Finlay · il
6 · The Readers’ Viewpoint · The Readers · lt
12 · The Wanderer’s Necklace · H. Rider Haggard · n. London: Cassell, 1914
92 · On the Rim of Space · Stanton A. Coblentz · pm
94 · The Espadrilles · Margaret St. Clair · ss
Famous Fantastic Mysteries Combined with Fantastic Novels Magazine [v14 #4, June 1953] ed. Mary Gnaedinger (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Lawrence) NOTE: Last Issue. [Tom Daniels] · Inside Illustrations · Finlay · il · Inside Illustrations · Lawrence · il 6 · The Readers’ Viewpoint · Mary Gnaedinger · lc 6 · New Year’s Greeting · Harold Billings · lt 8 · Fantasy Vet’s Convention · Ray Van Houten · lt 8 · Liked Full Moon · Lyle Kessler · lt 8 · The New Index · Donald B. Day · lt 10 · Remembering The Death Maker · Donald Allgeier · lt 10 · The Philly Convention · Dave Hammond · lt 10 · 11th World Science Fiction Convention · Anon. · lt 10 · A Most Wonderful Story · Walter Spiegl · lt 12 · Anthem · Ayn Rand · nv London: Cassell, 1938 34 · Dirge · Louis M. Hobbs · pm 36 · The Metamorphosis · Franz Kafka · nv, 1937; Weisse Blätter Oct ’15. 62 · Haunted Hostel · Emma L’Hommedieu Frost · pm (r) 64 · Worms of the Earth [Bran Mak Morn] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales Nov ’32 78 · Find the Happy Children · Benjamin Ferris · ss (r) 86 · Pendulum · Ray Bradbury & Henry Hasse · ss Super Science Stories Nov ’41; revised from Futuria Fantasia Fall ’39, by Bradbury alone as anon. 92 · Bernie Goes to Hell · Arthur Dekker Savage · ss 101 · Annual Midwest Conference · Donald E. Ford · lt 101 · Mundy in the Movies · Irving Glassman · lt 101 · Robert Chambers Enthusiast · G. Samkofsky · lt 101 · Wants Some Humor · Tom Condit · lt 102 · Back Issues Available · L. D. Park · lt 102 · Enjoyed Full Moon · Mrs. R. W. Hamilton · lt 102 · 1952 a Good F.F.M. Year · Mrs. Hazel I. Taylor · lt 102 · Well Pleased · Mr. Lee Kuick · lt 102 · Rare Magazines Wanted · M. McNeil · lt 103 · Can You Help Him? · S. C. Brewerton · lt 103 · For H.R.H. Fans · Harold F. Keating · lt 104 · Books Available · Walter I. Norcott · lt 104 · Many Thanks · Burton S. Satz · lt 106 · Complaint · A Grumbler · lt; (Critic of Robert E. Howard’s story “Skull-Face”) 106 · Back Issues Available · Howard E. Moore · lt 106 · Best Issue of 1952 · Hillel Handloff · lt 107 · For Trade · James W. Moore · lt 107 · New Reader · Mrs. J. M. Schoonover · lt 107 · Skull-Face Issue Good · Pvt. Glenn Lord · lt; (Critic of Robert E. Howard’s story “Skull-Face”) 107 · Needs Back Issue · Mrs. M. C. Wilson · lt 108 · Very Enjoyable · Paul Mittelbuscher · lt 108 · The Gees Stories · Darrell C. Richardson · lt
Famous Lives
Famous Lives [v 1 #3, June 1929] ed. Harold Hersey & B. Virginia Lee (Magazine Publishers, Inc., 35¢, bedsheet, cover by Walter M. Baumhofer & Rita Leach) “A Magazine of Biography and Autobiography”; from TOC. [JL] · illustrations · R. C. Wardel · il · illustrations · Walter M. Baumhofer · il · illustrations · W. H. Brigham · il · illustrations · Elliott Dold · il 131 · The Romance of Biography · Editor · ed 133 · The Memoirs of Vidocq · Misc. Material · nf 157 · A Thrilling Chapter from the Wright Brothers’ Lives · Harry P. Moore · nf 163 · The Execution of Marie Antionette · Donald Gray · nf 172 · Eighty Years of an Inventor’s Life · Francis Arthur Jones · nf 185 · Over the Coffee Cups · Misc. Material · ms 187 · “Slim” · Arch Whitehouse · ms 195 · Off the Press · B. Virginia Lee · ms 200 · Eccentricities of the Great · Misc. Material · nf 201 · Jenny Lind in America · C. G. Rosenberg · nf 210 · The Emperor of the United States · David Day · nf 212 · Hans Holbein · Frank Barnes · nf 213 · Gerald Chapman, Gentleman Bandit · James Black · nf 218 · What They Say About Famous Lives · Misc. Material · ms 219 · The Call of the Carpenter · Bouck White · nf 253 · Copyright Notices · Misc. Material · ms
Famous Novel Magazine
Famous Novel Magazine [v 1 #1, November 1927] ed. Leonard Martin (Famous Magazine Corporation, 25¢, 64pp+, large pulp, cover by Bragon) [STM] 4 · The Iron-Rider · Frank L. Packard · na All-Story Weekly Jan 1 ’16 (+4) 48 · The Clash · Konrad Bercovici · ss All-Story Weekly May 31 ’19 49 · A Fire on the Hearth · Faith Baldwin · pm 50 · Beau Revel [Part ? of ?] · Louis Joseph Vance · sl London: Eveleigh Nash, 1920 53 · The Satisfactory Daniel · Edison Marshall · ss Munsey’s Jul ’25 56 · A Short-Short Story · John D. Swain · vi 57 · Crowned Heads · P. G. Wodehouse · ss The Argosy Jun ’14
Famous Novel Magazine [v 1 #3, January 1928] ed. Leo Marcin (Famous Magazine Corporation, 25¢, 62pp, bedsheet, cover by DeB) [MA]

132 · The Murder at Deignton Court · E. Phillips Oppenheim · n. (r)
177 · Buccaneer Days · Harry Kemp · pm Munsey’s Nov ’15
178 · Bust the Trust · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss
180 · Fire! Fire! · Homer Croy · ms
181 · Beau Revel [Part 3 of ?] · Louis Joseph Vance · sl London: Eveleigh Nash, 1920
184 · The Yellow Wife · Achmed Abdullah · ss Munsey’s Jul ’19
Famous Novel Magazine [v 1 #5, April 1928] ed. Anon. (cover by George James) Details taken from eBay listing. · A Soldier of Fortune · Albert Payson Terhune · na · Return of the Pilgrim · Warwick Deeping · ss · The Wild Man · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss · A Pell Street Spring Song · Achmed Abdullah · ss The Argosy Sep 28 ’18 · The Individual · Ramsey Benson · ss Munsey’s Jun ’20 · Fructidor [Part 1 of ?] · Rafael Sabatini · sl · Beau Revel [Part last of ?] · Louis Joseph Vance · sl London: Eveleigh Nash, 1920
Famous Science Fiction
Famous Science Fiction [v1 #3, No.3, Summer 1967] ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes (Health Knowledge, Inc., 50¢, 132pp, digest s/s, cover by Virgil Finlay) banner beneath title on cover: TALES OF WONDER. [TM] Standards in Science Fiction: ___ 5 · Science Fiction as Propaganda · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ed 8 · Beyond the Singing Flame [City of Singing Flame] · Clark Ashton Smith · nv Wonder Stories Nov ’31 30 · A Single Rose · Jon DeCles · ss 34 · Disowned · Victor A. Endersby · ss Astounding Sep ’32; illus. ? 54 · The Last American · J. A. Mitchell · nv Scribner’s Jun, 1889; illus. ? The Man Who Awoke: ___ 80 · (I) · Laurence Manning · nv Wonder Stories Mar ’33 120 · The Reckoning · The Readers · ms; reader’s poll results. 121 · Down to Earth · RAWL and the Readers · lt 121 · letter · Mark Owings · lt 122 · letter · A Reader quoted · lt 123 · letter · Andy Hashley · lt 123 · letter · A Reader · lt 124 · letter · Fred B. Golstein · lt; (surname typoed?) 125 · letter · Philip E. Phelan · lt 126 · letter · Mike Ashley · lt 129-130 · Reader’s Preference Page · Misc. Material · ms
Famous Spy Stories
Famous Spy Stories [v 1 #1, January-February 1940] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, pulp) from TOC. [JL] 6 · The Strange Villa [Anthony Hamilton] · Max Brand · nv 36 · The Little Father of Death [Anthony Hamilton] · Max Brand · nv 68 · The Scarred Back [Anthony Hamilton] · Max Brand · nv 96 · The Man in the Shroud [Anthony Hamilton] · Max Brand · nv
Famous Spy Stories [v 1 #2, March-April 1940] (Frank A. Munsey Company, 128pp, pulp) Cover title: Famous Spy Stories by Famous Authors. [DG/MH] 6 · Treason Against a King · Max Brand · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 13 ’35 42 · The Gilded Box · Max Brand · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 27 ’35 74 · Dynamite Cargo · K-4, as told to Richard Wilmer Rowan · nf Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 16 ’33 90 · Espionage · Gordon Stiles · nv Argosy All-Story Weekly Jan 8 ’27 119 · The Twisted Matches · Armand Brigaud · nf Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 11 ’33
Famous Spy Stories by Famous Authors [v 1 #3, May-June 1940] (Frank A. Munsey, 15¢, 128pp, pulp) [Mike Ashley] 6 · Wings Over Moscow · Max Brand · nv Detective Fiction Weekly May 11 ’35; illus. Macfarren 38 · The Downfall · Max Brand · nv Detective Fiction Weekly May 25 ’35 70 · The Great Bomb Plot Explosion [“Exploding a Bomb Plot”] · R. W. Rowan & Harold C. Keyes · ts Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 7 ’33 85 · Spy by Blackmail · Captain R. du Chalieu · ts, 1931 101 · War Ribbons · Fred M. White · ss Argosy Mar 8 ’30 112 · Captain Hoffman, German Spy · Martin McCall · ar, 1932
Famous Stories
Famous Stories [v 1 #1, June 1937] (Review of Reviews Corporation, 10¢, 64pp+, 5½" x 7½" s/s) [JAS] 1 · The Accursed House · Émile Gaboriau · ss (r) 5 · The Snow Story · Chauncey Thomas · ss (r) 14 · The Divided Horsecloth · Bernier · ss (r) 17 · Captain Veneno’s Proposal · Pedro Antonio de Alarcón · ss (r) 19 · The Reverend Mr. Williams · James Gordon Fraser · hu (r) 20 · His Wedded Wife · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Civil and Military Gazette Feb 25, 1887 23 · King of the Brazilian Jungle · D. de Pereyra · ss (r) 25 · Jorrocks · Robert Smith Surtees · hu (r) 26 · The Piece of String · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r) 30 · Beauty Triumphant · John Keats · pm (r) 31 · A Kiss · Luigi Capuana · ss (r) 34 · A Terrible, Awful Medieval Romance · Mark Twain · ss, 1870 38 · Woman · Henri Amiel · ms (r); from AMIEL’S JOURNAL. 39 · Bindle Goes to Chapel · Herbert Jenkins · ss (r) 46 · Horace Greeley’s Handwriting · James Parton · ms (r); from LIFE OF HORACE GREELEY. 47 · The Prisoner of Assiout · Grant Allen · ss The Strand Aug, 1891 52 · Where None Intrudes · Lord Byron · pm (r) 53 · Rappaccini’s Daughter [Part 1 of 2] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review Dec, 1844 64 · Authors’ Own Recipes for Authorship · Misc. Material · ms (r)

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