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Cover of Famous Fantastic Classics #2

Famous Fantastic Classics #2

uncredited

First published 1975
Publisher FAX Collector's Editions
Format Trade Paperback
Type Anthology
Cover art Michael William Kaluta
Pages 128
Price $5.00
ISBN 091396011X

  • New text material copyright 1975 by Fax Collectors Editions, Inc.
  • Cover Art Copyright 1975 by Michael William Kaluta. There is a black and white reproduction of the cover on page 1. It has a FAX Collectors Editions ribbon below it. The Front cover below the art has a blurb about the contents.
  • "The Stagnant Death" by H. Bedford-Jones copyright 1938 by the McCall Company. No record of separate renewal.
  • "The Radio Flyers" by Ralph Milne Farley copyright 1929 by The Frank A. Munsey Company. No record of separate renewal.
  • No pricing in/on book.
  • "These books are published in Limited editions only" from the back cover.
  • Back cover has subscription offer of six books for $25.00.
  • Introduction is an essay on these stories and the publishing hopes of the series.
  • "Illustrated by John Clymer, Austin Briggs and the XVIIIth Century cartographer De L'Isle". This in small print under a large splash title banner "'Trumpets From Oblivion' series 'The Stagnant Death'". This is over a drawing of old masted ships. Immediately below the picture is the 'Illustrated by' credits. The inference is that this covers page 6 through page 20 only. Two clear 'Clymer' signatures on pages 13 and 16.
  • No illustration attribution for 'The Radio Flyers' segment of the publication.
  • From the apparent look of the illustrations, they come from the original magazine material.
  • Reginald3 credits Robert Weinberg as editor.