MAPS OF THE UNKNOWN: The Wandering Isle

On the track of the phantom Thompson Island in the South Atlantic. Map by Charles Green, from A Grue of Ice by Geoffrey Jenkins.

Courtesy Fontana Books, 1964 (original pub. 1962). 

COSMIC DEBRIS: The Illustrated Man in Black

Author Albert K. Bender drew this sketch after an eerie encounter in 1953 with a trio of well dressed inhumanoids ... but that is a story for another time. Dig the iconic sunburst effect this fellow has stolen from Our Lady of Guadalupe!

From Flying Saucers and the Three Men, by Albert K. Bender with Gray Barker. Courtesy the Paperback Library, 1968 (original pub. 1962).

STRANGEST OF ALL by Frank Edwards

 

A collection of Forteana that straddles the old and new, with Frank Edwards presenting a series of disconnected chapters that move from feeble old school mysteries such as Clever Hans and ghostly folk tales into more modern fare like out-of-place artifacts, ESP, and Flying Saucers. Edwards would focus more heavily on these pseudoscience subjects for the latter half of his career, with his final two books being UFO titles. He passed away in 1967.

Ace Books, 1962 (original pub. 1956)