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Five Science Fiction Anthologies, including:... (Total: 5 Items)
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Five Science Fiction Anthologies, including: William Tenn, editor. Children of Wonder. 21 Remarkable and Fantastic Tales. Edited and with an Introduction by William Tenn. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953. First printing. Octavo. xiv, 336 pages. Publisher's quarter light gray cloth over dark blue boards with the spine lettered in dark blue. Dust jacket designed by Paul Bacon. Very minor rubbing to the covers, some discoloration to the top edges of the covers, slightly rubbed jacket with a slightly sunned spine and top edge. Altogether a very good copy. Some works in this anthology include "The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D. H. Lawrence; "Small Assassin" by Ray Bradbury; "Miriam" by Truman Capote; "Terminal Quest" by Poul Anderson; and "Errand Boy" by William Tenn. [and:] Donald A. Wollheim, editor. Prize Science Fiction. Edited with an Introduction by Donald A. Wollheim. New York: The McBride Company, [1953]. First edition. Octavo. xii, 230 pages. Publisher's light blue cloth covers with a small orange publisher's imprint on the front cover and the spine is lettered in orange. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, some sunning to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This volume consists of the twelve best science-fiction stories of the year, bestowing upon these authors the Jules Verne award. Some of the included stories are: "All the Time in the World" by Arthur C. Clarke; "The Beautiful Woman" by Charles Beaumont; "Listen" by Gordon R. Dickson; and "The Timeless Ones" by Eric Frank Russell. [and:] Murray Leinster, editor. Great Stories of Science Fiction. Edited by Murray Leinster. Introduction by Clifton Fadiman. New York: Random House, [1951]. First printing. Octavo. xxvii, 321 pages. Publisher's light blue cloth covers with the front cover geometrically illustrated in blue and gilt, lettered in blue. The spine is geometrically illustrated and lettered in blue and gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Leo Manso. Very minor discoloration to the edges of the covers, some rubbing to the jacket, minor sunning to the spine. Altogether a very good copy. Twelve provocative stories make up this collection, including: "Symbiosis" by Will F. Jenkins; "Blind Alley" by Malcolm Jameson; "In Hiding" by Wilmar H. Shiras; "The Impossible Highway" by Oscar J. Friend; and "The Chromium Helmet" by Theodore Sturgeon. [and:] Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty, editors. Imagination Unlimited: Science-Fiction and Science. Edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty. New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, [1952]. Octavo. xiii, 430 pages. Publisher's quarter cream cloth over bright green boards with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor discoloration to the spine, slightly rubbed covers. Altogether a very good copy. Thirteen highly imaginative and wide ranging stories compose this work, including works on astronomy, geology, anthropology, linguistics, and mathematics. [and:] John Collier. Fancies and Goodnights. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951. First edition. Octavo. 364 pages. Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in peach. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Margot Tomes. Peach coated endpapers. Very minor sunning to the spine, two tiny closed tears the head and spine of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. This volume includes short works only authored by John Collier, and at that, only works he deemed worth for his third anthology.Auction Info
2008 June Grand Format Books & Manuscripts Auction #683 (go to Auction Home page)
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