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Tag Archives: Frank A. Munsey
Rediscovered: 100 Years Ago
Noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook had to send in a note in re: Abe Merritt’s most famous work — if you care to join him in the festivities, pull your copies of the pulp out and have at … Continue reading
Rediscovered: Nosing Around in Newsprint
Noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook sends along some more food for thought, following up the musings he closed out the last year on. Here’s Kevin: The newspaper reprint phenomenon has more elements than we have touched on. For … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Lit
Tagged Akron Beacon Journal, Argosy All-Story Weekly, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Frank A. Munsey, Homer Eon Flint, Kevin Cook, newspaper action
Rediscovered: Lost Quinn (and Hall)
The noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook doesn’t want you to think that Brian Leno is the only guy who has so much stuff in his collection he doesn’t know what he has — hell, no! Here’s Kevin with … Continue reading
Posted in Lit
Tagged Argosy All-Story Weekly, Austin Hall, Brian Leno, Frank A. Munsey, Homer Eon Flint, Jack Palance, Kevin Cook, Roads, Seabury Quinn
Rediscovered: Further “Fungus” Fisher
Yet another Autograph Hound Super-Sunday! Jeez, what have I got lying around in all the stacks of stuff? Remember when Brian Leno provided a John Hancock for Philip M. Fisher Jr, probably best known today for his short story “Fungus … Continue reading
Posted in Lit
Tagged "Fungus Isle", Argosy All-Story Weekly, Brian Leno, Frank A. Munsey, Kevin Cook, Philip M. Fisher Jr, The Great War
Rediscovered: Woolrich and Mom
Autograph Hound Saturday yet again, and I think this round we’re going to go with the theme of Revisited — John Hancocks you’ve seen here before, but different. Can’t call them new, because they’re hauled forth from Out of the … Continue reading
Rediscovered: A Line or Two on Fiction Mag Word Rates
And John Locke sent in some thoughts on the large trove of Munsey cheques from which we’ve run any number of samples in recent months. “Weinberg used to auction batches of those checks,” John says, “at Windy City and Pulpcon. … Continue reading
Rediscovered: A. Merritt
For Autograph Hound Super-Sunday (Revisited), Kevin Cook dips into his archival material to do a showcase on another of his favorite authors: Abraham Merritt. If you recall, Kevin got interested in the concept and potential ramifications of the autograph weekends … Continue reading
Posted in Lit, REH
Tagged A. Merritt, Autographs, Frank A. Munsey, Kevin Cook, Robert Davis, Seven Footprints to Satan
Rediscovered: Tod Robbins
And finally for this incarnation of Autograph Hound Saturday Revisited we lay out another signature from Clarence A. Robbins, often billed as C.A. Robbins, but best known as Tod Robbins, who wrote the story that served as the kernel of … Continue reading
