Amazing Stories. (British edition). Vol. 5.
Britain: Thorpe and Porter, 1950. Cover painting by Robert Gibson Jones. Larger format (250 mm x 170 mm), colour illustrated wraps, b& w illus, pp 132. Pages toned, spine worn, closed tears/chipping along the lower inner edge of the rear wrap. Very good condition.
Amazing Stories is an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction. This is the British edition, published by Thorpe and Porter from June 1950 to February 1955, in different sizes and schedules. This issue contains: a range of feature articles, a novel by Rog Philllips, "Weapon from the Stars", shorts by Roy B. Frentz and Alexander Blade, a novelet by Walt Sheldon and a novelet by Frederic Brown, "Gateway to Glory". This issue was probably distributed in Australia: it has a printed "price in Australia" in shillings. Item #105867
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