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Seven-issue lot: March, April, August, September, October, November, and December 1975 (May 1975 is not included). Mercury Press, Inc. Digest format; cover price $1.00 per issue. Edited by Edward L. Ferman; Isaac Asimov, science editor. Covers and spines in listing photos confirm all seven dates. Contents below verified against standard bibliographic references (philsp.com / ISFDB). Collectors' notes: April 1975 opens Robert Silverberg's three-part serial The Stochastic Man (Hugo and Nebula nominee as a novel). March includes Fritz Leiber's "Catch That Zeppelin!" (Hugo Award, Best Novelette). November features Algis Budrys's novella The Silent Eyes of Time (Hugo finalist). September includes an early George R. R. Martin story, "The Runners," and a Philip José Farmer Wold Newton novelette. December includes Brian Lumley's Cthulhu Mythos novella Born of the Winds and John Varley's "In the Bowl." The October issue carries a "26th Anniversary" cover label (standard 164-page digest, not the oversized October 1974 anniversary issue). Included issues and highlights: March 1975 (Vol. 48, No. 3, Whole No. 286): Novelets "Sandsnake Hunter" by Gordon Eklund, "Three Shadows of the Wolf" by R. A. Lafferty, and "Catch That Zeppelin!" by Fritz Leiber; short fiction by Harry Harrison, Manly Wade Wellman, Mildred Clingerman, and L. Sprague de Camp; Isaac Asimov science column "The Bridge of the Gods." Cover art by Chesley Bonestell. April 1975 (Vol. 48, No. 4, Whole No. 287): The Stochastic Man part 1 of 3 by Robert Silverberg; novelet "25 Crunch Split Right on Two" by George Alec Effinger; short fiction by C. L. Grant, Raylyn Moore, Jonathan Fast, Robert Hoskins, and Doris Pitkin Buck; Isaac Asimov science column "The Judo Argument." Cover art by David Hardy. August 1975 (Vol. 49, No. 2, Whole No. 291): Novelets "San Diego Lightfoot Sue" by Tom Reamy and "The Crown Jewels of Jerusalem" by Avram Davidson; Isaac Asimov short story "Earthset and Evening Star" (Black Widowers); short fiction by Charles W. Runyon, Henry Slesar, Robert F. Young, Larry Eisenberg, and Ron Goulart; Isaac Asimov science column "The Wicked Witch Is Dead." Cover art by David Hardy. September 1975 (Vol. 49, No. 3, Whole No. 292): Novelets "Dream by Number" by Robert Thurston and "The Final Fighting of Fion Mac Cumhaill" by Randall Garrett; short fiction by Brian Lumley, Theodore R. Cogswell, Raylyn Moore and John Penney, George R. R. Martin, and Philip José Farmer; Isaac Asimov science column "The Wrong Turning." Cover art by Mazey & Schell. October 1975 (Vol. 49, No. 4, Whole No. 293): "26th Anniversary" cover label. Novelets "The Custodians" by Richard Cowper, "Down to a Sunless Sea" by Cordwainer Smith, and "Counterkill" by Jack Williamson; short fiction by Clifford D. Simak, R. Bretnor, Poul Anderson, and Frederik Pohl; Isaac Asimov science column "The Third Liquid." Cover art by Mazey & Schell. November 1975 (Vol. 49, No. 5, Whole No. 294): Novella The Silent Eyes of Time by Algis Budrys; novelets "Wish Fiddle" by Ward Moore and "The Boy in the Iron Mask" by Arthur Jean Cox; short fiction by Scott Corbett, Harvey Jacobs, and Joseph Green; Isaac Asimov science column "Best Foot Backward." Cover art by David Hardy. December 1975 (Vol. 49, No. 6, Whole No. 295): Novelets "In the Bowl" by John Varley and Born of the Winds by Brian Lumley; short fiction by Mel Gilden, Charles W. Runyon, C. L. Grant, Pamela Sargent, and Robert F. Young; Isaac Asimov science column "The Smell of Electricity"; index to Volume 49. Cover art by Mazey & Schell. Condition: Fair to good vintage digest lot — noticeably more wear than typical copies in this collection's Isaac Asimov's SF Magazine set. Heavy page-edge tanning throughout all seven issues. Mailing labels on multiple back covers (visible in photos). March: chipping and small tears along the top edge; significant tear or paper loss at center of spine. April: moderate edge wear and spine rubbing. August: chipping at top of spine; severe fraying and erosion along the outer page block (right fore-edge), the worst edge damage in the lot. September: missing paper at top-right front corner; heavy wear along the right edge. October: relatively clean among the group; light edge rubbing; minor spine wear. November: diagonal crease at bottom-right corner; general edge wear. December: severe jagged tearing and small missing pieces along the entire right front cover edge; stack photos also show corner/page-edge damage consistent with insect activity on several issues in this lot. All seven bindings remain intact and interiors are readable, but collectors should expect cosmetic damage as shown. Seven magazines total, ships as one lot.