Grade | VG/FN 5.0 |
Page Quality | Cream to off white |
Year | 1953 |
Publisher | Fiction House |
Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight.
This is a mid grade item. It will have enough minor defects that it is in clearly worse condition than a brand new freshly published comic, magazine, or book. Allowed defects for this grade include: a spine split of less than half an inch, minor water spotting or other residue, impacted corners, and an accumulation or spine stresses that may break color. An item could be assigned this grade due to either an accumulation of minor defects or one or two moderate defects.
This issues highlights: "Design for Great-Day" A novel by Eric Frank Russell, and "War Drums of Mercury Lost" a short story by John W. Jakes,
Volume 5, Issue 10 - January, 1953. Cover by Allen Anderson. "Oh Mesmerist from Mimas!" by Roger Dee. Other stories by Erick Frank Russell, John W. Jakes, Stanley Whiteside, and Bryan Berry. Illustrations by Herman Vestal, Wally Wood. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W.
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