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Six Science Fiction Anthologies, including: Marjorie Fischer and Rolfe Humphries, Editors. Pause to Wonder: Stories of the Marvelous Mysterious and Strange. Edited by Marjorie Fischer and Rolfe Humphries. Garden City, N. Y.: The Sun Dial Press, [1947]. Sun Dial Press Reprint edition. Octavo. xix, 572 pages. Publisher's light blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in maroon. Illustrated dust jacket. Minor rubbing to the spine and jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine, some minor closed tears to the head and spine of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Eighty-two stories by sixty-six authors are gathered in this impressive collection, ranging from the well known to fresh encounters. [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 chemistry, physics, biology, sociology, and mathematics. [and:] Ben Bova, editor. The Many Worlds of Science Fiction. Edited by Ben Bova. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., [1971]. Book Club edition. Octavo. 217 pages. Publisher's gray board covers with a large "S F" imprinted in black on the front cover. The spine is lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Lawrence Ratzkin. Minor rubbing to the jacket, some sunning to the spine. Altogether a very good copy. Included in this anthology are works by Gene Wolfe, Andre Norton, Robert Silverberg, and Harlan Ellison. [and:] Damon Knight. Dimension X: Five Science Fiction Novelllas. Compiled by Damon Knight. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1970]. Book Club edition. Octavo. 309 pages. Publisher's light blue boards with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Charles E. White III. A very small portion of the bottom corner on the front cover is missing, the same area on the jacket is also missing, some sunning to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This work includes novellas by Robert A. Heinlein, C. M. Kornbluth, Richard McKenna, Brian W. Aldiss, and Isaac Asimov. [and:] Terry Carr, editor. Creatures From Beyond: Nine Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Edited by Terry Carr. Nashville and New York: Thomas Nelson Inc., Publishers, [1975]. Book Club edition. Octavo. vi, 180 pages. Publisher's blue board covers with the spine lettered in yellow. Illustrated dust jacket designed by James E. Barry. Sunned spine and top edges of the jacket, minor rubbing to the jacket. Altogether a very good book. Various science fiction and fantasy authors are featured in the anthology, such as Donald A. Wollheim, Theodore Sturgeon, Brian W. Aldiss, and Robert Silverberg. [and:] R. A. Lafferty, Harry Harrison, Alexei Panshin, and Robert Silverberg. Four Futures: Four Original Novellas of Science Fiction. With a Foreword by Isaac Asimov. New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc. Publishers, [1971]. Octavo. xi, 195 pages. Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in metallic purple. Illustrated black dust jacket designed by M. C. Escher. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, minor sunning to the spine. Altogether a very good copy. Isaac Asimov's forward presents the possibility of reaching a plateau in population and then variations upon this theme. These themes are then expanded upon by the four authors included in this volume, R. A. Lafferty, Harry Harrison, Alexei Panshin, Robert Silverberg.Auction Info
2008 June Grand Format Books & Manuscripts Auction #683 (go to Auction Home page)
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