STARTLING (FLETCHER PRATT; MARGARET ST. CLAIR; JUDITH MERRIL; CHARLES A. STEARNS; SAM MERWIN, JR.; GEORGE O. SMITH; GOTTHARD GUNTHER) — Startling Stories: Summer 1954

NY, Better Publications. 1954. SingleIssueMagazine. Book, Vol. 32, No. 1. Pulp magazine. Edited by Samuel Mines. Cover art by Emsh for "The Spiral of the Ages" (novel) by Fletcher Pratt. Includes "Finders Keepers" by Margaret St. Clair; "Stormy Weather" by Judith Merril; "The Garden" by Charles A. Stearns; "Summer Heat" by Sam Merwin, Jr. Articles: "Topologically Speaking" by George O. Smith; "Aristotelian and Non-Aristotelian Logic" by Gotthard Gunther. Features: "The Ether Vibrates"; "The Saucers Return" (verse) by A. Kulik; "Scientific Instruments" (a quiz); "Riders to the Stars" (a movie review). Illustrated by Virgil Finlay, Dick Francis, Peter Poulton, Phil Bard, and David Stone. Glue-shrink; minor scuff; minor creasing; top end a little soiled with three black marks; tanning. Very Good+.