ACKERMAN, Forrest J. (1916-2008), et al. (eds.). Imagination! Vol. 1, no. 9. Los Angeles: LA Science Fiction Society, June 1939.

8vo. Original pictorial wraps (toning, rubbing, light creases). Provenance: Forrest J. Ackerman (1916-2008), American editor, magazine publisher, and science fiction author; acquired by the present owner directly from Ackerman.

TWO EARLY SHORT STORIES BY RAY BRADBURY WITH COVER ART BY BRADBURY.

FIRST EDITION. Imagination! was the brainchild of Forrest J. Ackerman and his girlfriend at the time, Myrtle Rebecca Douglas (better known as “Morojo”). Early contributors included Ray Bradbury, whose first printed short story “Hollerbochen’s Dilemma” appeared in the January 1930 issue. Others issues featured works by Robert Bloch, Donald Wollheim, and Charles D. Hornig, while Bradbury, Ray Harryhausen, Hannes Bok, and Malcolm J. Smith contributed cover art. The present issues features two stories by Bradbury, the first under his own name and the second printed under the pseudonym “Hollerbochen,” and was displayed at the Museum of Science Fiction (now the Museum of Popular Culture) in Seattle from 2004-2011.

[With]: ACKERMAN, et al (ed.). Detached front cover of Imagination! Vol. I, no. 12. Los Angeles: LA Science Fiction Society, September 1938. 8vo (corners trimmed). COVER ART BY RAY HARRYHAUSEN. The present image is the first printed work by Ray Harryhausen (1920-2013), special effects pioneer, and is believed to be the earliest rendering of one of Harryhausen’s most famous creations, the Kraken as it appeared in his final project, The Clash of the Titans (1981).

[With]: ROUSSEAU, Victor (1879-1960). Original typescript for “Messiah of the Cylinder” as it appeared in the April 1938 issue of Imagination! 1 p., 8vo (toning). Includes editorial notes.