Texas Rangers Western Pulp Magazines — Lot of 6, 1949–1950
Texas Rangers Western Pulp Magazines — Lot of 6, 1949–1950
TEXAS RANGERS
Six-Issue Western Pulp Magazine Lot
Jackson Cole, Tom Curry, A. Leslie Scott, and additional contributors
A collection of six original Texas Rangers western pulp magazines published in 1949 and 1950. Each issue features a novel-length Jim Hatfield adventure credited on the cover to Jackson Cole, the series house name used by multiple western writers.
The lot includes:
• June 1949 — Volume 35, Number 1 — “The Austin Marauders”
• July 1949 — Volume 35, Number 2 — “The Spoilers’ Trail”
• August 1949 — Volume 35, Number 3 — “Rustlers of Black Range”
• October 1949 — Volume 36, Number 2 — “The Riders of Rusk”
• April 1950 — Volume 38, Number 2 — “The Rimrock Raiders”
• August 1950 — Volume 39, Number 3 — “The Skeleton Riders”
The June through August 1949 magazines form a consecutive three-issue sequence. Bibliographic records attribute the principal stories to Tom Curry and A. Leslie Scott beneath the Jackson Cole house name.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
Author: Jackson Cole house name; principal stories by Tom Curry and A. Leslie Scott
Publisher: Standard Magazines / Thrilling Publications
Publication Year: 1949–1950
Edition: Original periodical issues
Printing: Original monthly issues
Format: Six pulp magazines in illustrated wrappers
Language: English
Country of Printing: United States
Publisher/Series Number, if applicable: Vol. 35 Nos. 1–3; Vol. 36 No. 2; Vol. 38 No. 2; Vol. 39 No. 3
CONDITION
Fair to Good overall. These magazines show substantial age and handling wear consistent with fragile mid-century pulp publications.
The illustrated front wrappers display varying degrees of edge and corner wear, creasing, rubbing, surface scratches, fading, small stains, chips, and tears. Several issues have heavier wear along the spine folds, with areas of paper loss and apparent splitting or partial separation. The April 1950 and August 1950 issues show pronounced creasing and edge wear. The July 1949 issue has substantial wrapper wear and chipping. The white-wrapper issues show visible toning and soiling.
The rear wrappers are age-toned and show rubbing, soiling, creases, chips, tears, and worn extremities. Several top and bottom edges have notable paper loss. Interior pages, staples, centerfolds, and complete contents have not been individually photographed or counted. Completeness is therefore not guaranteed until each issue is inspected.
No signatures or inscriptions are visible in the supplied photographs. No dust jackets, as issued.
The six magazines are offered together as one lot and will not be separated.
COLLECTOR’S NOTE
Texas Rangers was a long-running western pulp series centered on Ranger Jim Hatfield. This lot offers six visually distinctive period issues, including a consecutive three-month sequence from the summer of 1949, with colorful western cover artwork and secondary fiction advertised by writers including Harold Preece, Lee Bond, and Don Glassman.
SHIPPING
Carefully packed and shipped with protective materials to help ensure safe arrival.