first edition
1933 · Brooklyn, NY; South Ozone Park, NY; Jamaica, NY
by Ingher, Maurice Z.; Conrad H. Ruppert; Julius Schwartz; Mortimer Weisinger; Raymond A. Palmer; Forrest J. Ackerman, et al.
Brooklyn, NY; South Ozone Park, NY; Jamaica, NY: Science Fiction Digest Company, 1933. First Edition. Near Fine. September 1932 (volume 1, number 1) through December 1933 (volume 2, number 4, whole number 16). A complete run of the amateur magazine published as Science Fiction Digest, prior to its name change to Fantasy Magazine with issue number 17. The Cosmos supplement is not present. Sixteen issues, bound in side-stapled wraps and side-stapled self-wraps. Ranging from Very Good to Near Fine, with general wear, light pencil notations, soiling, some wear to spines and staples. Several small mends and chips, several rear covers detached. A very early science fiction fanzine which absorbed The Time Traveller, which is considered by many to be the first true science fiction fanzine. The two publications shared several overlapping founders and editors. Complete runs are scarce.
(Inventory #: 140948109)