SCIENCE FICTION CRITIC. December 1936 - October 1937 (volume 1, numbers 6-11). Edited by Claire P. Beck. Lakeport, California: The Futile Press, December 1936 - October 1937 (volume 1, numbers 6-11). Octavo, six issues, hand bound by the press in flexible blue leatherette with printed paper label affixed to front cover. This bind-up of sheets was advertised for sale in the Futile Press CATALOGUE NUMBER ONE at 60 cents; 2s 6d. "Here, gathered together in a convenient volume are the first six issues of THE SCIENCE FICTION CRITIC to be published by The Futile Press. With HAMMER AND TONGS... it represents the important contents of the first two years of that magazine. The edition comprises over 75 pages of essays, reviews, criticism, biography, and articles of general interest. More than three dozen separate pieces are here, including the work of D. R. Smith, Peter Duncan, John W. Campbell, Jr., Louis C. Smith, Donn Brazier, D. W. F. Mayer, and many others. This is not a collection of rebound magazines, but a separate edition of hitherto unassembled sheets. Complete with an index of authors, this is among the best bargains ever offered to scientific fiction 'fans.'" In addition to those mentioned above, contributors to these issues include Robert A. W. Lowndes, John B. Michel, William H. Miller, Jr., Sam Moskowitz, Frederik Pohl, and Clark Ashton Smith. Moskowitz, The Immortal Storm, p. 46. Pavlat and Evans, Fanzine Index (1965), pp. 97-8. Some spotting to front and rear covers, else a fine copy. Rare. Only a few of these bind-ups were produced. (#110395)