1904 Pulp Magazine Dime Novel Science Fiction ROBOT

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Tonight we are listing of a nice collection of vintage Victorian boy's adventure dime novel pulps , most published by the House of Beadle and Adams , about 30 in all .Deadwood Dick , Broncho Bill ,Violet Vane , Dick Doom , Broadway Billy are just a few of the Pantheon of Heroes to inspire America's youth .Westerns and sea yarns , melodramas of the Big City , and a few with weird or science fiction overtones . They come from a very old estate lot and the magazines show their age , specificly they are only fair condition and VERY BRITTLE at the edges and they must be handled very carefully , however , all the magazines are complete with no lost pages or torn text. Unless otherwise noted , they measure 8 by 11 inches and have 16 pages . Click on View seller's other items to see them all.The Huge Hunter , or the Steam Man of the Praries , by Edward S Ellis . Vol XLIX , no 1156 , Dec 1904 . This is , perhaps , one of the most sought after issues of the Victorian Dime Novel era , often presented as an achetype of the fantastic and melodramatic stories of the era , and said to be the FIRST fictional representation of an articulated mobile robot , This is not a photo copy or facsimile , this is the ORIGINAL printing , produced in 1904 , over 100 years old ! Fortunatly , of all of the items in the group of pulps we are offering now on eBay , this item is one of the LEAST which shows the effects of age or brittleness , the paper is smooth and supple , it can be easily read and handled . GOOD condition . --------->>>POSTAGE AND INSURANCE<<<--------- All items are shipped F.O.B. Framingham MA . Insurance will be purchased for the buyer if remittance for it is enclosed with payment . International buyers must send a form of payment which is in U.S. Dollars and drawn on a U.S.A. Bank . Items will be sent within U.S. by priority mail for a minimum of $4.50, or parcel post for a minimum of $2.50, plus extra postage for additional weight.If items can be sent in a flat cardboard First Class mailer , $1.50 . International postage will be determined for each sale/item.Will combine items for shipping if requested. from /steamman/index.html , a great website about "steam" robots. When Professor Campion unveiled Boilerplate in 1893, the concept of a mechanical man was not a new one. Edward S. Ellis, in 1865, wrote about a prodigy that constructed a nonsentient automaton called the Steam Man. At the time, it was considered to be nothing more than an elaborate novelty item, like Boilerplate. Stories of its feats were relegated to the tabloids and "Edisonades." In the account entitled Steam Man of the Prairies (the first of several such publications), Johnny Brainerd, a teenage dwarf, invented "a man that shall go by steam." is how it was described: "It was about ten feet in height, measuring to the top of the 'stove-pipe hat,' which was fashioned after the common order of felt coverings, with a broad brim, all painted a shiny black. The face was made of iron, painted a black color, with a pair of fearful eyes, and a tremendous grinning mouth. A whistle-like contrivance was made to answer for the nose. The steam chest proper and boiler, were w the chest in a human being is generally supposed to be, extending also into a large knapsack arrangement over the shoulders and back. A pair of arms, like projections, held the shafts, and the broad flat feet were covered with sharp spikes, as though he were the monarch of baseball players. The legs were quite long, and the step was natural, except when running, at which time, the bolt uprightness in the figure showed differed from a human being. "In the knapsack were the valves, by which the steam or water was examined. In front was a painted imitation of a vest, in which a door opened to receive the fuel, which, together with the water, was carried in the wagon, a pipe running along the shaft and connecting with the boiler. "The lines which the driver h... read more

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