BLUE BOOK (Pulp MAGAZINE). February, 1948 >>> The Pastel Produciton Line by John D. MacDonald // ILLINOIS - The Rail-Splitter / the Prarie Years = Wraparound Painted cover; by John D. MacDonald -- H. Bedford-Jones; Oscar Schisgall; William Brandon; Robert Barbour Johnson; Charles Ellsworth; Bill Goode; Arch Whitehouse; Georges Surdez; Joel Reeve; Frederick & P.G. Bell; Karl Detzer; Cornell Greening Richard March, Rupert Gra - 1948

USA.: McCall Corporation, 1948. Book. Illus. by Herbert Morton Stoops Wraparound Painted Cover Art.. Good to Very Good.. Soft cover. TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus.. BLUE BOOK - February. 1948 MAGAZINE Vol. 86, No. 4 A Complete Book-Length Novel - (1) "This Land is Ours" by Oscar Schisgall (A colorful story of the West, and its National Parks and cattle-men today.); NOVELETTE (1) - "The Mask of Noh" by William Brandon (An Army intelliegence officer in Japan deals with a reverse double-cross in a matter of stolen pearls.) TEN SHORT STORIES - (1) "The Big Hitch" by Robert Barbour Johnson (A modern circus with its tractors learns to appreciate its fine old drafts horses.); (2) "The Broads-Brimmed Hat" by Charles Ellsworth (A millwright journeys West, young man, and invents something new.); (3) "King Bones" by Bill Goode (He looked like a mongrel but history on the Florida dog tracks.); (4) "We're Coming Through!" by Arch Whitehouse (A moving and suble drama of the air-lanes over the Midwest.); (5) "The Ladies" by Georges Surdez (The author of 'Homeland' returnes to the Foreign Legion in this story.); (6) "Starlet in Jeopardy" by Joel Reeve (Home from Hollywood to the Old Neiborhood, she is kidnaped.); (7) "The Cup Comes Home" by H. Bedford-Jones (Round the Horn for China, she good ship Martha picks up castaways.); (8) "The Pastel Produciton Line" by John D. MacDonald (A Factory trouble-shooter is saddled with a Man of Vision from Washington.); (9) "The Shipmate Spirit" by Frederick & P.G. Bell (When an outbound Navy ship stores, she gets them.); (10) "Calling All cars!" by Karl Detzer;STORIES OF FACT AND EXPERIENCE - (1) "New Evidence" by Cornell Greening & Richard March (Curious circumstances inthe life of John Booth just before his crime.); (2)"Combat Team" by Colonel Rupert D. Graves (The battle of the Bulge concludes she fighting career of the 517th Airborne.); (3) "Washington Ives in his Ledgers" by Fairfax Downey (He recorded the expenses for spies - and his accounts balanced. >>> Beautiful painted Cover art by Herbert Morton Stoops = Part of the "These United States" series of covers, this issue features; ILLINOIS - The Rail-Splitter / the Prarie Years = Wraparound Painted cover; >>> Nice near FN example, but with V-Shaped 4" x 2" TEAR in Back Cover, repaired on inside with Magic Tape, thus G/VG Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.