ASTOUNDING (L. RON HUBBARD; JACK WILLIAMSON; A. E. VAN VOGT; MURRAY LEINSTER; JOHN D. MACDONALD; E. L. LOCKE) — Astounding Science Fiction: May 1948 ("the Rull")

NY, Street & Smith. 1948. Wraps. Magazine, Vol. LI, No. 3. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Cover art by Alejandro. Includes ".And Searching Mind" (pt. 3) by Jack Williamson; "The Rull" (novelette) by A. E. van Vogt; "The Obsolete Weapon" (novelette) by L. Ron Hubbard; "The Strange Case of John Kingman" by Murray Leinster; "The Mechanical Answer" by John D. MacDonald. Article: " The Electrical Robot Brain" (pt. 1 of 2) by E. L. Locke. Readers' Departments: "The Editor's Page: Second Solution" by John W. Campbell, Jr.; "The Analytical Laboratory"; "Science Fiction Between Boards" by P. Schuyler Miller.; 'In Times to Come"; "Brass Tacks". Illustrated by Cartier, Orban, Rogers and Timmins. Creasing Tanning; tears at spine ends with loss at head; spine sunned with some gglue-shrink; marks on front; minor internal tears and small corner loss; minor rubbing and creasing; minor stains. Very Good-.