ASTOUNDING (MURRAY LEINSTER; STANLEY G. WEINBAUM; NAT SCHACHNER; WALLACE WEST; A. R. LONG; RAYMOND Z. GALLUN; RALPH MILNE FARLEY; JACK WILLIAMSON) — Astounding Stories: August, Aug. 1936 ("the Cometeers")

NY, Street & Smith. 1936. Wraps. Magazine, Vol. XVII, No. 6. Pulp magazine. [Edited by F. Orlin Tremaine.] Cover art by Howard V. Brown for "The Incredible Invasion" (pt. 1; vt "The Other Side of Here") by Murray Leinster. Includes "Proteus Island" (novel) by Stanley G. Weinbaum; "The Return of the Murians" (novelette) by Nat Schachner; "En Route to Pluto" by Wallace West; "A Leak in the Fountain of Youth" by Amelia Reynolds Long; "The Scarab" by Raymond Z. Gallun; "Black Light" by Ralph Milne Farley; "The Cometeers" (concusion) by Jack Williamson. Science Feature: "Mercury" by John W. Campbell, Jr. Readers' Departments: "Brass Tacks"; "Editor's Page: Blazing New Trails". Illustrated by Dold, Wesso, Brown, Marchioni, Flatos, Schneeman, Saaty. Letters from Jack Darrow, James Taurasi, and others. Covers glued to facing pages; cover and following three pages corner clipped; rear cover and last 2 pages trimmed; creasing. Label on cover partially removed (see scan); small scars; small hole punch in cover at upper spine corner; tear at spine head and glue mend at heel. Otherwise a nice, solid copy. Good+ to Very Good-.