STARTLING (PHILIP JOSE FARMER; KENDELL FOSTER CROSSEN; HARRY NEAL; CHARLES E. FRITCH; BOYD ELLANBY; JACK VANCE; DAVE DRYFOOS) — Startling Stories: August, Aug. 1952 ("the Lovers")

NY, Better Publications. 1952. Wraps. Magazine, Vol. 27, No.1. Pulp magazine. Edited by Samuel Mines. Cover art by Walter Popp for "The Lovers" (novel) by Philip Jose Farmer. Includes "The Hour of the Mortals" (novelet) by Kendell Foster Crossen; "Page and Player" (novelet) by Harry Neal; "Major Venture and the Missing Satellite" by Charles E. Fritch; "Family Tree" by Boyd Ellanby; "Noise" by Jack Vance; "Here Lies Bottlethwaite" by Dave Dryfoos. Features: "The Ether Vibrates"; "There Goes a Spaceman"; "Current Fan Publications". Illustrated by Virgil Finlay, Schomburg, Peter Poulton, Emsler, Napoli, and others. Letters from Philip Jose Farmer and others. Creasing; rubbing; stress; minor losses; tanning; short tears with minor losses; old marker on front; minor soiling. Very Good-.