Summer Kickoff Comics & Toys 06'26
Lot 622:
Description
BID PER WHAT YOU SEE IN THE PHOTO, NOT THE AI GENERATED TITLES AND DESCRIPTIONS! An Assortment of Vintage Science Fiction, Fantasy, and News Magazines. Various Publishers, 1960-2000.
A collection of vintage periodicals focusing on science fiction, fantasy, science, and news culture, primarily dating from the 1990s. The group includes several issues of Science Fiction Age featuring contributors such as Jack Williamson, Anne McCaffrey, Harlan Ellison, Stephen Baxter, David Gerrold, and Niven & Pournelle. Also present are multiple issues of Realms of Fantasy and a selection of year-end Newsweek special double issues including 1995 (The Year of the Internet), 1996 (Pictures of the Year), 1997 (In Cartoons), and the January 1, 2000 millennium issue featuring a farewell to Charlie Brown by Peanuts creator Charles Schulz.
Highlights within the collection include the October 1993 15th Anniversary Collector’s Edition of Omni magazine (Science and the Soul); the January 31, 1994 issue of The New Yorker with cover art by Edward Sorel; the July/August 1993 Special Scratch ‘n’ Sniff issue of The Journal of Irreproducible Results; and a September 1999 issue of Scientific American (T. REX reexamined). One earlier title is present: a July 1960 issue of Car Craft. The magazines are standard quarto format, staple-bound with pictorial softcovers. Several Newsweek issues bear original mailing labels addressed to a recipient in Baltimore, Maryland.
Condition report:
The collection shows various signs of age and handling. Visible wear includes edge wear, corner bumping, surface scuffing, and spine stress marks throughout. Several issues of Newsweek have original paper mailing labels affixed to the front covers. Some covers show minor creasing and light foxing or toning. Interior pages are not fully inspected but appear complete based on the external condition.
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