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Beyond, Inc., Published 1968-1969. Wraps (staple bound), 7 single issues, 130 pp. each; 18.5 x 13.5 cm; illustrated with black-and-white photographs, color pictorial covers. Includes October 1968 (Vol. 1, No. 2), December 1968 (Vol. 1, No. 4), February 1969 (Vol. 2, No. 6), March 1969 (Vol. 2, No. 7), April 1969 (Vol. 2, No. 8), May 1969 (Vol. 2, No. 9) and June 1969 (Vol. 2, No. 10).
In Acceptable condition. All covers show moderate to heavy shelf wear, scuffing, soiling, creasing, chips to spines and some color loss along edges; pages toned throughout with intermittent nicks, chips and tears. October 1968: front cover slit along spine and barely attached; folded, torn lower corners on contents leaf and p. 4; otherwise unmarked. December 1968: cover reinforced with masking tape along spine; chips and tears, moderate chipping to edges; pen squiggle on skull on front cover; pages otherwise unmarked. February 1969: rear cover missing, final leaf soiled; chipping at head and tail of spine with 1-inch slits; chipping, tearing and creasing to interior pages; otherwise unmarked. March 1969: front cover heavily creased; chipping at head and tail of spine, chipping and tearing to cover edges; pages otherwise unmarked. April 1969: front cover completely separated, with 3-inch tear from spine edge just below "Human Vampire" cover line; chipping and tearing at head and tail of spine; previous owner's name and address in ink on 4 order coupons (inside front cover, Borderline Reports advertisement, p. 66, rear cover); ink note on map p. 23. May 1969: slit to rear cover, chipping to spine; pink stain on p. 12; folded, torn corner at p. 73; otherwise unmarked. June 1969: starting to separate, with slits at head and tail of spine; previous owner's ink entry on subscription form on second-to-last page; otherwise unmarked. Seven digest-format issues of the New York monthly devoted to the paranormal, UFOs and unexplained phenomena, from its first year of publication. Contributors include Brad Steiger, Vincent Gaddis and Warren Smith. October 1968 includes a witchcraft section with "I Live with a Witch" by Raymond Buckland, a piece on Rosemary's Baby, Denis Brian on Betty and Barney Hill, and an advertisement for the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magic. March 1969 reproduces a frame from the Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin Sasquatch film, with Bhutan's Abominable Snowman stamps. February 1969 includes a photo feature on Ishi and a reproduction of the Pravda front page on Zond 5. May 1969 includes "Red-Eyed Winged Creature Terrorizes W. Va. Town" by Timothy G. Beckley, on the Mothman of Point Pleasant, and Peter Hurkos on the Boston Strangler. Other subjects include Marilyn Monroe, Padre Pio, Elke Sommer, Elizabeth Taylor and the Krupp diamond, and advertisements for Paul Twitchell's Eckankar and the Ouija board.