Table of Contents

• Biographical Note
  
• Scope and Contents Note
  
• Contents List
  
• Alphabetical Index
  
  

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  Biographical Note

              Roland E. Bounds (1953 – 2002) attended Concord High School in Wilmington, Delaware, and obtained a B.S. in geology from the University of Delaware in 1975.  He pursued graduate studies in mineralogy and applied geology at the University of Delaware and Oklahoma State University.  By vocation and avocation, he was a collector.  He began collecting rocks at age six, and as an adult became a noted mineral collector and dealer with business partner Eric Meier in Broken Back Minerals.  Bounds was a senior research technician with the Delaware Geological Survey, located in Newark, Delaware.  He regularly submitted articles to First State Geology and was a longtime editor of Geogram, the newsletter of the Delaware Mineralogical Association.  Bounds was also active in the Pennsylvania Chapter of the Friends of Mineralogy.            Bounds was equally known as a collector of science fiction, an interest he developed at age thirteen when he “discovered the large amount of material being published but not available in either the local county or school libraries.”  Bounds concentrated on collecting vintage (pre-1965) paperbacks and pulp magazines (pre-1953).  Thematically, he developed an interest in “the way technological advances have been predicted and the ways that authors of various times have viewed society and its problems.”  He also collected with an interest in book and magazine cover art and illustration of science fiction and fantasy.  When he was a graduate student at the University of Delaware, he twice won (in 1983 and 1984) first prize in the student book collecting contest sponsored by the University of Delaware Library Associates.  His science fiction collection was included in a 1991 exhibition at the University of Delaware Library, Delaware Collects. 

  
  

  The extensive Roland Bounds Science Fiction Collection, containing over 20,000 volumes, is housed in Special Collections at the University of Delaware Library.

  Sources:

  “Additions to the Science Fiction Collection.”  Newsletter of the University of Delaware Library Associates. April 2004, no. 456. pp. 25-26.

  “Roland Bounds, 1953-2002.”  Matrix: a Journal of the History of Minerals. v. 10, no. 2 (Summer 2002). p. 91. (See Folder 24)

  
  

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  Scope and Content Note

   

              The Roland Bounds Science Fiction Periodicals Collection contains several hundred issues of science fiction and fantasy magazines dating from the 1920s to the 1990s, though Bounds made a special effort to collect vintage (pre-1953) issues.  The 144 titles represented in this collection were published in America, with a few British and German exceptions (Perry Rhodan).  Arranged alphabetically by title of the periodical, the contents list also provides place and name of publisher, as well as volume/issue numbers and publication dates (when available).  In a few cases, some issues are “bound with” other titles, and are thus listed out of alphabetical order.  A complete index of titles in the collection is located after the container list.

              The periodicals can be lumped into two main types:  those with many small novelettes and those with only one longer story.  Differing in style and appeal to varied readers, many of the publishers followed a seemingly standard pattern of featuring the work of “famous” authors such as Isaac Asimov or Poul Anderson, along side contributions from writers of less renown.

              The bulk of the periodicals represent three broad time periods:  1930s-to the mid-1940s, the late 1950s, and a final large group in the mid- to late-1970s.  There are several extensive serial runs, such as Amazing Stories, Analog, Astounding Science Fiction, though most are incomplete.  Bounds made an effort to collect first issues of many titles, and these are well represented throughout the collection.  Many of the titles found in the collection do not have subsequent issues after the inaugural one.

              This collection is useful for study of developments in style and subject in twentieth-century science fiction and fantasy, and the transition of the genre from early “pulp” to contemporary periodicals.  In addition to the literary aspect, the collection is an important source for study of popular culture, gender representation in the genre of science fiction, cover illustration art, advertising to a reader-driven market, and the history of reading.

   

   

  Related Collections:

   

  Mss 494           Roland E. Bounds Collection  Papers and Ephemera

   

  Contents

   

  Container List                                                                                                         p. 6

   

  Index - Alphabetically by Title of Periodical                                                           p. 31

   

  
  

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  Contents List

  Box -- Periodical Title -- Contents

  1                      Air War Stories  (New York: Dell)

                                      1929    August                                                  1:2

   

                          Amazing Stories (New York: E.P. Co.)

                                      1926    April - December                                 1:1-9

                                      1927    January - December                             1:10-12, 2:1-9

                                      1928    January - October                                2:10-12, 3:1-7

   

   

  2                                  1928    November – December                        3:8-9

                                      1929    January - December                             3:10-12, 4:1-9

                                      1930    January – December                             4:10-12, 5:1-9

   

   

  3                                  1930    December                                            5:9

                                      1931    January - December                             5:10-12, 6:1-9

                                      1932    January - December                             6: 10-12, 7:1-9

                                      1933    January - September                             7:10-12; 8:1-5

   

                          Amazing Stories Annual (New York: E.P. Co.)

                                      1926                                                                1:1

                          bound with

                          Wonder Stories (New York: E.P. Co.)

                                      1932                                                                3:8

   

   

  4                      Amazing Stories

                                      1933    October - December                            8:6-8

                                      1934    January - December                             8:9-12, 9:1-8

                                      1935    January - October                                9:9-11, 10:1-6

                          bound with

                          Astounding Stories (New York: E.P. Co.)

                                      1931    November                                            8:2

                                      1932    February                                              9:2

                                      n.d.                                                     

   

   

  5                      Amazing Stories

                                      1934    November – December                        9:7-8

                                      1935    January - December                             9:9-11, 10:1-3,7

                                      1936    February - December                           10:8-13

                                      1937    February - December                           11:1-6

                                      1938    February - August                                12:1-4

  
  

   

  5                      Astounding Stories

                                      1933    November                                            2:3

                          bound with

                          Wonder Stories

                                      1936    April                                                     8:1

   

   

  6                      Amazing Stories  (New York City : Experimenter Pub. Co)

                                      1938    October – December                            12:5-7

                                      1939    January - April                          13:1-4

                                      1941    January - December                             15:1,3,5,7,10,12

                                      1942    January - August                                   16:1-8 (lacking 16:7)

   

   

  7                      Amazing Stories

                                      1942    September – December                        16:9-12 (lacking 16:11)

                                      1943    January - November                             17:1-11 (lacking 17:10)

   

   

  8                      Amazing Stories

                                      1946    February - December                           20:2-9

                                      1947    January - November                             21:1-11(lacking 21:7-10)

                                      1948    January - November                             22:1-11

   

   

  9                      Amazing Stories

                                      1948    December                                            22:12

                                      1949    January - December                             23:1-12

                                      1950    February - December                           24:2-12 (lacking 24:8)

                                      1951    January - April                          25:1-4

   

   

  10                    Amazing Stories

                                      1951    May - December                                  25:5-12

                                      1952    January - December                             26:1-12

                                      1953    January - March                                   27:1-3

                                      1955    May, November                                   29:3,6

                                      1958    February                                              32:2

                                      1959    February                                              33:2

                                      1960    May                                                     34:5

                                      1961    June, Sepember                                    35:6,9

                                      1962    April, August                                        36:4,8

                                      1963    December                                            37:12

                                      1964    August                                                  38:8

                                      1965    March                                                  39:3

  
  

   

  10                    Amazing Stories (Cont’d)

                                      1966    February, August                                  40:4,7

   

   

  11                    Amazing Stories

                                      1966    October                                               40:8

                                      1967    February - December                           40:10, 41:1-5 (lacking 1,2)

                                      1968    July, November                                    42:2,4

                                      1969    January - May                                      42:5-6, 43:1

                                      1970    January - November                             43:5, 44:1-4

                                      1971    January - March                                   44:5-6

                                      1974    August                                                  48:2

                                      1975    May-July                                              48:6, 49:1

                                      1976    January - September                             49:4-5, 50:1-2

                                      1977    October                                               51:1

                                      1978    January - November                             51:2-4, 52:1

                                      1979    February                                              52:2

                                      1984    March                                                  57:6

                                      1991    September – December                        66:5-8

                                      1998    Summer                                                80:1

   

   

  12                    Amazing Stories Quarterly

                                      1930    Winter                                                  3:1

                                      1931    Fall                                                       4:4

                                      1932    Winter- Fall/Winter                               5:1-3

                                      1933    Spring/Summer-Winter             6:4, 7:1

                                      1942    Summer                                                15:11

   

   

  13                    Analog  (New York: Davis Publications)

                                      1960    April – December                                 65:2-6, 66:1-4

                                      1961    January – December                             66:5-6, 67:1-6, 68:1-4

                                      1962    January – December                             68:5-6, 69:1-6, 70:1-4

                                      1963    January – Febryary                               70:5-6

   

   

  14                    Analog

                                      1963    March – December                              71:1-6, 72:1-4

                                      1964    January – December                             72:5-6, 73:1-6, 74:1-4

                                      1965    January – December                             74:5-6, 75:1-6, 76:1-4

                                      1966    January – October                                76:5-6, 77:1-6, 78:1-2

   

   

  
  

   

  15                    Analog

                                      1966    November–December                          78:3-4

                                      1967    January – December                             78:5-6, 79:1-6, 80:1-4

                                      1968    January – December                             80:5-6, 81:1-6, 82:1-4

                                      1969    January – August                                  82:5-6, 83:1-6

   

   

  16                    Analog

                                      1969    September-December                          84:1-4

                                      1970    January – December                             84:5-6, 85:1-6, 86:1-4

                                      1971    January – December                             86:5-6, 87:1-6, 88:1-4

                                      1972    January – May                                      88:5-6, 89:1-3

   

   

  17                    Analog

                                      1972    June – December                                  89:4-6, 90:1-4

                                      1973    January – December                             90:5-6, 91:1-6, 92:1-4

                                      1974    January – December                             92:5-6, 93:1-6, 94:1-4

                                      1975    January – April                         94:5, 95:2-4

   

   

  18                    Analog

                                      1975    May – December                                 95:5-12

                                      1976    January – December                             96:1-12

                                      1977    January – December                             97:1-12

                                      1978    January – February                               98:1-2

   

   

  19                    Analog

                                      1978    March – December                              98:3-12

                                      1979    January – December                             99:1-12

                                      1980    January – December                             100:1-12

   

   

  20                    Analog

                                      1981    January – December                             101:1-13

                                      1982    January – December                             102:1-12

                                      1983    January – December                             103:1-13

   

   

  21                    Analog

                                      1984    January – December                             104:1-4,6,8,13

                                      1985    December                                            105:12

                                      1986    May-July                                              106:5-7

  
  

   

  21                    Argosy  (New York: Lifetime Wholesalers)

                                      1933    25 November                                       242:6

                                      1938    8 January, 17 December                       278:5, 286:6

                                      1977

                                      1990    May                                                     3:1

   

                          Asimov’s SF Adventure  (New York: Davis Publications)

                                      1978    Fall                                                       1:1

                                      1979    Spring-Fall                                           1:2-4

   

                          Astonishing Stories  (Chicago: Fictioneers)

                                      1940    February                                              1:1

                                      1942    March, June, October                           3:3-4, 4:1

   

   

  22                    Astounding Science Fiction  (New York: Street & Smith Co)

                                      1933    November                                            12:3

                                      1934    March – October                                 13:1-6, 14:1-2  (lacking 13:5)

                                      1935    February – September                          14:6, 15:1-6, 16:1

                                      1936    September                                            18:1

                                      1937    January – December                             18:5, 19:1-2,4-5, 20:1-4

                                      1938    January – February                               20:5-6

   

   

  23                    Astounding Science Fiction

                                      1938    June – November                                 21:4-6, 22:1,3

                                      1939    January – December                             22:5-6, 23:1-6, 24:1-4

                                      1940    January – December                             24:5-6, 25:1-6, 26:1,3-4

                                      1941    January – May                                      26:5-6, 27:1-3

   

   

  24                    Astounding Science Fiction

                                      1941    August – December                              27:6, 28:1-4 (lacking 28:2)

                                      1942    January – December                             28:5-6, 29:6, 30:3-4

                                      1943    January –October                                 30:5-6, 31:4-6, 32:2

                                      1944    March                                                  33:1

                                      1945    February – December                           34:6, 35:1-3,5-6, 36:1-2,5

                                      1946    January – May                                      36:5-6, 37:1-3

   

   

  25                    Astounding Science Fiction

                                      1946    June –December                                   37:4-6, 38:1-4

                                      1947    February – November                          38:6, 39:6, 40:1-3

                                      1948    January – December                             40:5, 41:3-6, 42:1-4

                                      1949    January – December                             42:5-6, 43:1-6, 44:1-4

   

  25                    Astounding Science Fiction (Cont’d)

                                      1950    January – May                                      44:5-6, 45:1-3

   

   

  26                    Astounding Science Fiction

                                      1950    June – December                                  45:4-6, 46:1-4

                                      1951    January – December                             46:5-6, 47:1-6, 48:1-4

                                      1952    January – December                             48:5-6, 49:1-6, 50:1-4

                                      1953    January – August                                  50:5-6, 51:1-6

   

   

  27                    Astounding Science Fiction

                                      1953    September – December                        52:1-4

                                      1954    January – December                             52:5-6, 53:1-6, 54:1-4

                                      1955    January – December                             54:5-6, 55:1-6, 56:1-4

                                      1956    January – December                             56:5-6, 57:1-6, 58:1-4

                                      1957    January – April                         58:5-6, 59:1-2

   

   

  28                    Astounding Science Fiction

                                      1957    May – December                                 59:3-6, 60:1-4

                                      1958    January – December                             60:5-6, 61:1-6, 62:1-4

                                      1959    January – December                             62:5-6, 62:1-6, 64:1-4

                                      1960    January – March                                   64:5-6, 65,1

                                      1970    Fall                                                      

   

                          Avon Fantasy  (New York: Avon Book Co.)

                                      1947                                                                n. 1-3

                                      1948                                                                n. 6

                                      1950                                                                n. 12

                                      1951                                                                n. 16-17

                                      1952                                                                n. 18

   

                          Avon Science Fiction  (New York: Avon Book. Co.)

                                      1951                                                                1:1

   

                          Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy  (New York: Avon Book. Co.)

                                      1953                                                                1:1

   

                          Beyond  (New York: Galaxy Publishing. Co.)

                                      1953    June                                                     1:1

                                      1954    January – March                                   1:4-5

   

                          Blue Book  (Dayton, Ohio: McCall Co.)

                                      1935    March                                                  60:5

   

   

  29                    Captain Future  (New York: Better Publications)

                                      1940    Winter – Summer                                 1:1-3

   

  29                    Captain Future (Cont’d)

                                      1941    Winter, Spring                                      2:2-3

                                      1942    Summer, Fall                                        4:2-3

                                      1944    Winter, Spring                                      6:1-2

   

                          Classics Illustrated  (New York: Gilberton Co)

                                      From Earth to the Moon                                   n. 105

                                      The War of the Worlds                         n. 124

                                      The Time Machine                                            n. 133

                                      The First Men in the Moon                               n. 144

                                      Off on a Comet                                                n. 149

   

                          Cosmos Sciene Fiction  (New York : Star Publications)

                                      1953    September, November                         1:1-2

                                      1954    March, July                                          1:3-4

   

                          Cosmos  (York, UK: Mickelgate)

                                      1977    May – November                                 1:1-4

   

                          Coven 13  (Los Angeles : Camelot Pub)

                                      1969    September, November                         1:1-2

                                      1970    January, March                         1:3-4

   

                          Danger Trail  (New York: Danger Trail)

                                      1927    September                                            7:2

   

                          Darkover Program  (Berkeley, CA : Marion Zimmer Bradley)

                                      1980    November                                            n.3

                                      1981    November                                            n.4

   

                          Distant Soil  (Fullerton, CA: Image Comics)

                                      1997    December                                            n.22

                                      1999    April                                                     n.27

   

                          Doc Savage  (New York: Street & Smith)

                                      1942    October                                               20:2

                                      1949    Winter                                                  30:5

   

                          Dynamic Science Fiction  (Holyoke, MA: Columbia Publications)

                                      1952    December                                            1:1

                                      1953    March – October                                 1:2-5

                                      1954    January                                     1:6

   

                          Dynamic Science Stories  (Chicago, IL: Western Fiction)

                                      1939    February                                              1:1

  
  

   

  30                    Famous Fantastic Mysteries  (New York: Frank A. Munsey)

                                      1939    September – Decemeber                      1:1-3

                                      1940    January – December                             1:4-6, 2:1-5

                                      1941    February – December                           2:6, 3:1-5

                                      1942    February – December                           3:6, 4:1-6, 5:1-2

                                      1943    March – December                              5:3-5

                                      1944    March – December                              5:6, 6:1-3

                                      1945    March – December                              6:4-6, 7:1

                                      1946    February – June                                    7:2-4

   

   

  31                    Famous Fantastic Mysteries

                                      1946    August  - December                             7:5, 8:1-2

                                      1947    February – December                           8:3-6, 9:1-2

                                      1948    February – December                           9:3-6, 10:2

                                      1949    February – August                                10:3-6

                                      1950    February – August                                11:3-6

                                      1951    January – December                             12:2-6, 13:1

                                      1952    February – December                           13:2-6, 14:1

                                      1953    February – Jun e                                  14:2-4

   

   

  32                    Fantastic Adventures  (Chicago: Ziff-Davis) see also Box 63

                                      1941    March                                                 3:2

                                      1943    May – October                                    5:5-9 (lacking 5:8)

                                      1944    April                                                     6:2

                                      1945    April – December                                 7:2-5

                                      1946    February – November                          8:1-5

                                      1947    January – December                             9:1-8

                                      1948    January – February                               10:1-2

   

   

  33                    Fantastic Adventures see also Box 63

                                      1948    March – December                              10:3-12

                                      1949    January – December                             11:1-12

                                      1950    January – December                             12:1-2,4,6-7,10,12

   

  34                    Fantastic Adventures see also Box 63

                                      1951    January – December                             13:1-12 (lacking 13:2,10)

                                      1952    February –June                         14:2-7 (lacking 14:3,5)

   

                          Fantastic Films  (Chicago, IL: Fantastic Films Inc)

                                      1978    April                                                     1:1

   

   

  34                    Fantastic Novels  (New York: Frank A. Munsey Co.)

                                      1940    July – November                                  1:1-3

                                      1941    January – April                         1:4-5

                                      1948    March –November                               1:6, 2:1-4

                                      1949    January – November                            2:5-6, 3:1-4

                                      1950    January – November                            3:5-6, 4:1-4

                                      1951    January – June                                      4:5-6, 5:1

   

   

  35                    Fantastic Science Fiction  (New York: Ziff-Davis)

                                      1952    August, n.d.                                          1:1-2

                                      1965    November                                            15:2

                                      1966    March – July                                        15:4-6

                                      1967    July                                                      16:6

                                      1968    December                                            18:2

                                      1969    August, December                                18:6, 19:2

   

                          Fantastic Stories  (Flushing, NY: Ultimate Publishing)

                                      1970    February – June                                    19:3-5

                                      1971    April, August                                        20:4,6

                                      1972    April, August                                        21:4,6

                                      1973    February                                              22:3

                                      1974    March – November                              23:3-5, 24:1

                                      1975    April – December                                 24:3-4, 25:1

                                      1976    February – May                                   25:2-3

                                      1977    September – December                        26:3-4

   

                          Fantastic Story Magazine  (Kokomo, IN: Best Books)

                                      1952    Winter – November                              3:2, 4:2-3

                                      1953    January – September                            5:1-3, 6:1-2

                                      1954    Winter – Spring                                    6:3, 7:1

   

   

  36                    Fantastic Story Magazine

                                      1954    Summer – Fall                                      7:2-3

                                      1955    Winter – Spring                                    8:1-2

   

                          Fantastic Story of Imagination  (Kokomo, IN: Best Books)

                                      1961    October                                               10:10

                                      1962    May – September                                 11:5-9 (lacking 11:6,8)

                                      1963    November – December                        12:11-12

                                      1964    January – May                                      13:1-5 (lacking 13:2-4)

   

                          Fantastic Story Quarterly  (Kokomo, IN: Best Books)

                                      1950    Spring – Summer                                  1:1-2

   

  36                    Fantastic Story Quarterly (Cont’d)

                                      1951    Winter – Fall                                        2:1-3, 3:1

                                      1952    Spring –Summer                                   3:3, 4:1

   

                          Fantastic Universe  (New York: King-Size Publications)

                                      1953    June-Sept                                             1:1-2

                                      1954    December                                            2:5

                                      1955    May, November                                   3:4, 4:4

   

                          Fantasy Book  (Los Angeles, Calif. : Fantasy Pub)

                                      1947                                                                1:2

   

                          Fantasy & Science Fiction  (Cornwall, CT: Mercury Press)

                                      1979    May – October                                    56:5, 57:2-4

                                      1980    February – December                           58:2-4, 59:6  (lacking 58:3)

                                      1981    January – August                                  60:1-5, 61:1-2 (lacking 60:3)

   

   

  37                    Fantasy & Science Fiction

                                      1981    September – December                        61:3-6

                                      1982    January – April                         62:1-4

                                      1999    July                                                      97:1

   

                          Fantasy Magazine  (New York: Future Publications)

                                      1953    February – November                          1:1-4

   

                          Fantasy Tales  (New York: Carroll & Graf)

                                      1990    Spring                                                  1:1

   

                          First World of IF

                                      1957

   

                          Flying Saucers from Other Worlds  (Evanston, IL: Palmer Publications)

                                      1957    July

   

                          Forgotten Fantasy  (Hollywood, CA: Nectar Press)

                                      1970    October- December                             1:1-2

                                      1971    February – June                                    1:3-5

   

                          Further Adventures of Indiana Jones  (New York: Marvel Comics Group)

                                      1983    July                                                      1:7

   

                          Future  (New York: Future Magazine)

                                      1978    April – November                                n.1-6

                                      1979    January –December                              n.7-15

  
  

   

  37                    Future (Cont’d)

                                      1980    February – November                          n.16-22

   

                          Future Fantasy  (New York: Cousins Publication)

                                      1978    February                                              1:1

   

                          Future Fiction  (Holyoke: Mass., Blue Ribbon Magazines)

                                      1939    November                                            1:1

   

                          Future Combined with Science Fiction

                                      1942    February – August                                2:3,6

   

                          Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories

                                      1950    July –October                                       1:2-3

                                      1951    January – September                            1:5, 2:3

   

   

  38                    Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories

                                      1952    January – November                            2:5, 3:1-5

                                      1953    March – November                              3:6, 4:1-4

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