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Famous Novel Magazine [v1 #4, February 1928] ed. Leo Marcin (Famous Magazine Corporation, 25¢, 64pp+, large pulp, cover by Bragon)
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

196 · Jungle Madness · George Agnew Chamberlain · na
237 · A Birthday Present · Ben Hecht · ss
239 · The Last Illusion · Warwick Deeping · ss The Story-teller Mar 1922, as “Mr. Yen’s Debt”
243 · Oko-Kan, the Bull Moose · James Oliver Curwood · ss Munsey’s Magazine Oct 1912
246 · A Slight Error · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss
247 · Beau Revel [Part 4 of 5] · Louis Joseph Vance · sl Munsey’s Magazine Jun 1919 (+3)

Famous Novel Magazine [v1 #5, April 1928] (cover by George James)
Details taken from eBay listing.

A Soldier of Fortune · Albert Payson Terhune · na
The Return of the Pilgrim · Warwick Deeping · ss Cassell’s Magazine Dec 1910
The Wild Man · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss All-Story Weekly Aug 28 1915
A Pell Street Spring Song · Achmed Abdullah · ss The Argosy Sep 28 1918
The Individual · Ramsey Benson · ss Munsey’s Magazine Jun 1920
Fructidor [Part 1 of ?] · Rafael Sabatini · sl
Beau Revel [Part 5 of 5] · Louis Joseph Vance · sl Munsey’s Magazine Jun 1919 (+3)

Famous Science Fiction (about)

Publishers:

Health Knowledge, Inc.; New York: Famous Science Fiction, Win 1966 – Spr 1969.

Editors:

Robert A. W. Lowndes - Editor: Famous Science Fiction, Win 1966 – Spr 1969.

Features:

First Fandom · Robert A. Madle · cl; Fll 68, Spr 69.

Famous Science Fiction [v1 #1, #1, Winter 1966/67] (50¢, 132pp, digest s/s, cover by Virgil Finlay)

6 · Why “Famous”? · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ed
11 · The Girl in the Golden Atom [The Scientific Club] · Ray Cummings · na All-Story Weekly Mar 15 1919
61 · The City of Singing Flame [City of Singing Flame] · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Wonder Stories Jul 1931
79 · Voice of Atlantis [Stranger Club] · Laurence Manning · nv Wonder Stories Jul 1934
106 · The Plague · George Henry Smith · vi
109 · The Question · J. Hunter Holly · ss

Famous Science Fiction [v1 #2, #2, Spring 1967] (50¢, 132pp, digest s/s, cover by Virgil Finlay)

6 · Standards in Science Fiction: Science Fiction as Instruction · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ed
11 · The Moon Menace · Edmond Hamilton · nv Weird Tales Sep 1927
40 · Dust · Wallace West · ss
49 · The White City · David H. Keller · nv Amazing Stories May 1935
72 · Rimghost · A. Bertram Chandler · ss
83 · Seeds from Space [Stranger Club] · Laurence Manning · nv Wonder Stories Jun 1935

Famous Science Fiction [v1 #3, #3, Summer 1967] ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes (Health Knowledge, Inc., 50¢, 132pp, digest s/s, cover by Virgil Finlay)
banner beneath title on the cover: TALES OF WONDER. Details supplied by Todd Mason.

5 · Standards in Science Fiction: Science Fiction as Propaganda · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ed
8 · Beyond the Singing Flame [City of Singing Flame] · Clark Ashton Smith · nv Wonder Stories Nov 1931
30 · A Single Rose · Jon DeCles · ss
34 · Disowned · Victor A. Endersby · ss Astounding Sep 1932; illustrated.
54 · The Last American · J. A. Mitchell · nv Stokes 1889; illustrated.
80 · The Man Who Awoke (I) · Laurence Manning · nv Wonder Stories Mar 1933
120 · The Reckoning · [The Readers] · lc; reader’s poll results.
121 · Down to Earth · RAWL and The Readers · lc
121 · [letter] · Mark Owings · lt
122 · [letter] · A Reader quoted · lt
123 · [letter] · Andy Hashley · lt
123 · [letter] · A Reader · lt
124 · [letter] · Fred B. Golstein · lt; (surname typoed?)
125 · [letter] · Philip E. Phelan · lt
126 · [letter] · Mike Ashley · lt
129-130 · Reader’s Preference Page · [Misc.] · ms

Famous Science Fiction [v1 #4, #4, Fall 1967] (50¢, 132pp, digest s/s, cover by Virgil Finlay)

4 · Standards in Science Fiction: Science Fiction as Delight [Part 1 of 3] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ed
6 · The Man Who Awoke II: Master of the Brain · Laurence Manning · nv Wonder Stories Apr 1933
34 · ...Do Not Fold or Mutilate... · William M. Danner · vi
38 · The Last Shrine · Chester D. Cuthbert · nv Wonder Stories Jul 1934
64 · The Time We Had · Edward D. Hoch · ss
69 · Master of the Octopus · Edward Olin Weeks · ss Pearson’s Magazine Oct 1899
82 · The City of Spiders · H. Warner Munn · nv Weird Tales Nov 1926

Famous Science Fiction [v1 #5, #5, Winter 1967/68] (50¢, 132pp, digest s/s, cover by Frank R. Paul)

5 · Standards in Science Fiction: Science Fiction as Delight [Part 2 of 3] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ed
8 · The Pygmy Planet · Jack Williamson · nv Astounding Feb 1932
33 · Destroyers · Greg Bear · vi
36 · The Man Who Awoke III: The City of Sleep · Laurence Manning · nv Wonder Stories May 1933
66 · Echo · William F. Temple · ss
76 · Plane People · Wallace West · nv Astounding Nov 1933

Famous Science Fiction [v1 #6, #6, Spring 1968] (50¢, 132pp, digest s/s, cover by Frank R. Paul)

5 · Standards in Science Fiction: Science Fiction as Delight [Part 3 of 3] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ed
8 · The Hell Planet · Leslie F. Stone · nv Wonder Stories Jun 1932
41 · The Dragon-Kings · L. Sprague de Camp · pm
42 · The Man Who Awoke IV: The Individualists · Laurence Manning · nv Wonder Stories Jun 1933
71 · More Than One Way · Burt K. Filer · ss
78 · The Invulnerable Scourge · John Scott Campbell · nv Wonder Stories Nov 1930

Famous Science Fiction [v2 #1, #7, Summer 1968] (50¢, 132pp, digest s/s, cover by Frank R. Paul)

8 · Men of the Dark Comet · Festus Pragnell · na Wonder Stories Jun 1933
58 · The Man Who Awoke V: The Elixir · Laurence Manning · nv Wonder Stories Aug 1933
84 · Why Bother with Criticism? · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ed
90 · Away from the Daily Grind · Gerald W. Page · ss
94 · The Fires Die Down · Robert Silverberg · ss Nebula Science Fiction #31 1958
106 · Not By Its Cover · Philip K. Dick · ss

Famous Science Fiction [v2 #2, #8, Fall 1968] (50¢, 132pp, digest s/s)

fc. · Dark Moon · Wesso · cv Astounding May 1931; originally published as an interior illustration.
8 · Dark Moon [Walter Harkness] · Charles Willard Diffin · na Astounding May 1931
78 · Art or Artiness? · Lester del Rey · ed
87 · The Eld · Miriam Allen deFord · ss
94 · The Eternal Man [Herbert Zulerich] · D. D. Sharp · ss Science Wonder Stories Aug 1929
102 · The Maiden’s Sacrifice · Edward D. Hoch · vi
108 · Why the Heavens Fell · Epaminondas T. Snooks, D.T.G. · ss Wonder Stories May 1932

Famous Science Fiction [v2 #3, #9, Spring 1969] (50¢, 132pp, digest s/s)

fc. · The Derelict of Space · Paul · cv Wonder Stories Quarterly Fll 1931; originally published as an interior illustration.
8 · The Forgotten Planet [John Hanson] · Sewell Peaslee Wright · nv Astounding Jul 1930
32 · John Kendrick Bangs—Forgotten Master of Fantasy · Richard A. Lupoff · bg
36 · A Glance Ahead · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Over the Plum Pudding, Harper 1901
50 · Space Storm · Harl Vincent · nv
66 · The Borders of “Science Fiction” · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ed
72 · Death from the Stars · A. Rowley Hilliard · nv Wonder Stories Oct 1931
94 · The Derelict of Space · William T. Thurmond & Ray Cummings · nv Wonder Stories Quarterly Fll 1931; given as by Ray Cummings alone.

Famous Spy Stories (about)

Famous Spy Stories [v1 #1, January-February 1940] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, 128pp, pulp)
Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents.

6 · The Strange Villa [Anthony Hamilton] · Max Brand · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 5 1935, as “The Case of the Strange Villa”
36 · The Little Father of Death [Anthony Hamilton] · Max Brand · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 12 1935, as “The Case of the Little Father of Death”
68 · The Scarred Back [Anthony Hamilton] · Max Brand · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 26 1935, as “The Case of the Scarred Back”
96 · The Man in the Shroud [Anthony Hamilton] · Max Brand · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 9 1935, as “The Case of the Man in the Shroud”

Famous Spy Stories [v1 #2, March-April 1940] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, 128pp, pulp)
Cover title: Famous Spy Stories by Famous Authors. Details supplied by Douglas Greene & Monte Herridge.

6 · Treason Against a King [Anthony Hamilton] · Max Brand · na Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 13 1935
42 · The Gilded Box [Anthony Hamilton] · Max Brand · na Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 27 1935
74 · Dynamite Cargo · K-4 (as told to Richard Wilmer Rowan) · ar Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 16 1933
90 · Espionage · Gordon Stiles · nv Argosy All-Story Weekly Jan 8 1927
119 · The Twisted Matches · Armand Brigaud · ar Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 11 1933

Famous Spy Stories [v1 #3, May-June 1940] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, 128pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Mike Ashley. Cover title: Famous Spy Stories by Famous Authors.

6 · Wings Over Moscow [Anthony Hamilton] · Max Brand · na Detective Fiction Weekly May 11 1935; illustrated by Macfarren
38 · The Downfall [Anthony Hamilton] · Max Brand · na Detective Fiction Weekly May 25 1935
70 · The Great Bomb Plot Explosion · K-4 (as told to Richard Wilmer Rowan) · ts Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 7 1933, as “Exploding a Bomb Plot”
85 · Spy by Blackmail · Captain R. du Chalieu · ar Detective Fiction Weekly May 2 1931
101 · War Ribbons · Fred M. White · ss Argosy Mar 8 1930
112 · Captain Hoffman, German Spy · Martin McCall · ar 1932

Famous Stories (about)

Famous Stories [v1 #1, June 1937] (Review of Reviews Corporation, 10¢, 64pp+, 5½" x 7½" s/s)
Details supplied by Joe Sokola.

1 · The Accursed House · Émile Gaboriau; translated by E. C. Waggener · ss Short Stories Feb 1893; translated from the French.
5 · The Snow Story · Chauncey Thomas · ss McClure’s Nov 1901, as “Why the Hot Sulphur Mail Was Late”
14 · The Divided Horsecloth · Bernier · ss Great Short Stories of the World, ed. Barrett H. Clark and Maxim Lieber, R. M. McBride 1925
17 · Captain Veneno’s Proposal · Pedro Antonio de Alarcón · ss (r)
19 · The Reverend Mr. Williams · James Gordon Fraser · hu (r)
20 · His Wedded Wife · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Civil and Military Gazette Feb 25 1887
23 · King of the Brazilian Jungle · D. de Pereyra · ss (r)
25 · Jorrocks · Robert Smith Surtees · ex (r)
26 · The Piece of String · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r); translated from the French (“La Ficelle”).
30 · Beauty Triumphant · John Keats · pm (r)
31 · A Kiss · Luigi Capuana · ss (r)
34 · A Terrible, Awful Medieval Romance · Mark Twain · ss Buffalo Express Jan 1 1870
38 · Woman · Henri Amiel · ms (r); from Amiel’s Journal.
39 · Bindle Goes to Chapel [Bindle] · Herbert Jenkins · ss The Bindles on the Rocks, Herbert Jenkins Limited 1924
46 · Horace Greeley’s Handwriting · James Parton · ms (r); from Life of Horace Greeley.
47 · The Prisoner of Assiout · Grant Allen · ss The Strand Magazine Aug 1891
52 · Where None Intrudes · Lord Byron · pm (r)
53 · Rappaccini’s Daughter [Part 1 of 2; Rappaccini] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review Dec 1844
64 · Authors’ Own Recipes for Authorship · [Various] · ms (r)

The Famous Story Magazine (about)
A reprint magazine, similar to the British titles Best-Story and Argosy (which also began in the mid-1920s).

The Famous Story Magazine [v1 #1, October 1925] ed. George T. Delacorte, Jr. & David Arnold Balch (The Famous Story Publishing Co., Inc., 25¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by F. Gratz Farish)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

9 · The Wit of Porportuk · Jack London · nv The Times Magazine (Oakland) Dec 1906
22 · Long Ever Ago · Rupert Hughes · ss Metropolitan Magazine Aug 1916
35 · Ingwa-Banashi · Lafcadio Hearn · ss In Ghostly Japan, Little Brown 1899
37 · Aucassin and Nicolette · Anon.; translated by Andrew Lang · pm David Nutt 1887
38 · A Miscellany · [Various] · ms (r)
39 · Sob Sister · Fannie Hurst · ss Metropolitan Magazine Feb 1916
52 · 116th Sonnet · William Shakespeare · pm Shake-speares Sonnets, Thomas Thorpe 1609
53 · The Hidden Path · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Red Book Magazine Oct 1915
59 · Mother Earth to the Shepherd · N. P. L. · pm (r)
60 · Rabelais’ Gargantua · Gustave Doré · pi (r)
62 · Miracle Mary · John A. Moroso · ss The American Magazine Dec 1913
70 · Doomed to Live · Honoré de Balzac · ss Shorter Stories from Balzac, Walter Scott 1890; translated from the French (“El Verdugo”, La Mode, January 30, 1830).
76 · A Trilogy of Wits · Oscar Wilde, Remy de Gourmont & Bernard Shaw · ms (r)
78 · That’s Marriage! · Edna Ferber · ss Metropolitan Magazine May 1918
91 · Fishhead · Irvin S. Cobb · ss The Cavalier Jan 11 1913
96 · When the Lamp Is Shattered · Percy Bysshe Shelley · pm Posthumous Poems, John and Henry L. Hunt 1824
97 · Sorrows of a Summer Guest · Stephen Leacock · hu Frenzied Fiction, Lane 1918
102 · A Woman’s Last Word · Robert Browning · pm Men and Women 1855
103 · The Two-Gun Man · Stewart Edward White · ss Collier’s Apr 15 1905
110 · Something Plus · Zona Gale · ss Pictorial Review Dec 1915
118 · Atalanta in Calydon · Algernon Swinburne · pm Edward Moxon 1865
119 · The Memoirs of Benvenuto Cellini [Part 1 of 6] · Benvenuto Cellini · bg Henry Colburn 1822
126 · Olalla [Part 1 of 3] · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Court and Society Review Christmas 1885

The Famous Story Magazine [v1 #2, #2, November 1925] ed. George T. Delacorte, Jr. & David Arnold Balch (The Famous Story Publishing Co., Inc., 25¢, 144pp, pulp)
Details taken from the March 1926 issue of the British reprint edition which appears to be identical.

153 · The Secret House · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss Metropolitan Magazine May 1914
166 · A Benefit Performance · W. W. Jacobs · ss To-Day
173 · Patient Griselda [from The Decameron] · Boccaccio · ss 1886; translated from the Italian (Decamerone, 1353).
178 · Outlawed [Kazan] · James Oliver Curwood · ss The Red Book Magazine Jun 1913
186 · Autumn Idleness · Dante Gabriel Rossetti · pm Ballads and Sonnets, F. S. Ellis 1881
187 · According to Their Lights · O. Henry · ss The Trimmed Lamp, McClure 1907
191 · Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae · Ernest Dowson · pm Verses, Leonard Smithers 1896
192 · The Way to Freedom · Percival Wilde · ss The Red Book Magazine Oct 1922
201 · A Fable of Doing Just as You Please · George Ade · ss (r)
204 · The Shame Dance · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Harper’s Magazine Dec 1920
217 · The Bridge · Mildred Cram · ss Harper’s Bazar Apr 1921
225 · Love Triumphant · Frederic Lawrence Knowles · pm Harper’s Monthly Magazine Oct 1902
226 · The Credo of Love · Alphonse Daudet · ss (r); translated from the French.
228 · The Reconciliation · Alfred Tennyson · pm (r)
229 · Us · Booth Tarkington · ss The (London) Evening News Nov 17 1922
237 · Dr. Manette’s Manuscript [from A Tale of Two Cities] · Charles Dickens · ex Chapman & Hall 1859
245 · A Book of Love · [Various] · ms (r)
246 · Speed · Sinclair Lewis · ss The Red Book Magazine Jun 1919
254 · On the Fever Ship · Richard Harding Davis · ss Scribner’s Magazine Jan 1899
262 · The Paw · Thomas Burke · ss Limehouse Nights, Grant Richards 1916
267 · Constancy · Sir John Suckling · pm (r)
268 · The Memoirs of Benvenuto Cellini [Part 2 of 6] · Benvenuto Cellini · bg Henry Colburn 1822
273 · The Death of Laura · Petrarch · pm (r)
274 · Olalla [Part 2 of 3] · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Court and Society Review Christmas 1885

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