Farnsworth Wright of 1904

A recent auction showed Wright's (probably) one and only amateur journalism publication. The seller stated:

THE LAUREL - MARCH, 1904
PUBLISHED & EDITED BY FARNSWORTH WRIGHT

Farnsworth Wright was a legendary figure in the history of Weird Tales, Pulpdom, and the fictional lives of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and Clark Ashton Smith. Were it not for Farnsworth Wright, would the quality of Weird Tales have been as high as it was? Would the artistic freedom he allowed have been present? Would his editorial scrutinies and suggestions to writers that aided their writings have been suggested by other editors? Farnsworth Wright is nearly as major a figure as the writers he promoted!

Farnsworth Wright was only briefly associated with Amateur Journalism and his contributions are few. This is the only issue he ever published himself and is very very rare. I {the seller of item} have never seen another copy of this journal in nearly forty years of collecting and selling in this genre. This is a thin four page issue.

Star Rover 1946

THE STAR ROVER NOV/DEC 1946 SF FANZINE
LEE BALDWIN

STAR ROVER 1#6 NOV.DEC 1946 MIMEO FANZINE IN FINE SHAPE. F.Lee baldwin was a member of the LOVECRAFT CIRCLE. his stories are very hard to find . there is a EDGAR ALLEN POE Checklist and overall this is a beautiful example of early fanzine output lots of talent here.

ARTICLES
The Fantastic Age"., ..John M. Stadter Jr
The Arkansas Time Traveler. Van H. Splawn
Dogmatica..... .......William Young
Forgotten Fantasies .... ...... . .Redd Boggs

A Checklist of Edgar Allen Poe. ....... Van H. Splawn
FICTION
Island Bees....... F.Lee Ba1dwin

POETRY
The Dwilla Trees Atlantis Lee
The Unwilling Visitor. . .Walter A. Coslet

DEPARTMENTS `
Front Cover. ..... Arthur A. McCourt

Editorial Notes. ............ Van H. Splawn
Back Cover . . . . ("Montage from Metropolis")
Van H, Splawn ...

August Derleth, 1963

DIANOURA #1 AUGUST DERLETH ARTICLE : WISCONSIN DAIRY
DIANOURA #1 MAY/JUL 1963

cover - Prosser
excerpt from the ODD ONE Annish,,,,.,,CIay Hamlin EDITORIAL.............................Phi1 Harrell
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK..... ,.Marion Zimmer Bradley.
FILLER #97..............................Dean A. Grinnell
FANDOM EQUALS IDENTITY; ,........... ...Beety Kujawa
WISCONSIN DIARY ........................August Derleth
YES VIRGIN'S,THERE IS A FANTASY MAGAZINE .... Robert S. Coulson
WHAT'S WRONG WITH_FANDOM? .............. .....Edward Wood
WHAT PRICE ENTERTAINMENT?. ..... ,..,,Michael Elm
THE ENIGMATICAL LOVECRAFT REVIEWS ..........Thomas Dilley
THE WORLD OF TIM DUMONT .......... ..... Tim Dumont

World Horror Convention Progress Report 2

From the ebayeum: This copy of World Horror Convention Progress Report 2 was published by the World Horror Literary Society in 1990, updating the preparations for the February 28-March 3, 1991 convention. This report, sent to registered members of the first-ever world horror convention, features a front cover by Jill Bauman. Interior art by four other artists, with Maxwell and Mayer. The convention line-up included Writer Guest of Honor Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Artist Guest of Honor Jill Bauman and Grand Master Robert Bloch. It was to be held at the Nashville Hyatt Regency, but changed to the Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza.

George Barr 1963

From ebay: The Pulp Era No. 61 July 1964 by Lynn A. Hickman (who had been publishing the newsletter 14 years by this point). It was focused on pulp fiction. The printing is nice and dark, clear and easy to read with some illustrations printed in a different color than the text. Front cover art by George Barr, back cover art by Rackham, interior illustrations by George Barr, Dave Prosser, Pat McLean, Mike Holsinger, Robert E. Gilbert, and Pat Scott.

Contents:
The Difference Between Us by John Phillifent
Down Memory Bank Lane by Terry Jeeves
Argassing
The Shadow by Dean Grennell