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Six Science-Fiction Anthologies, including:... (Total: 6 Items)
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Six Science-Fiction Anthologies, including: The Year After Tomorrow: An Anthology of Science Fiction Stories. Selected by Lester del Rey, Cecile Matschat, Carl Carmer. Foreword by Lester del Rey. Illustrated by Mel Hunter. Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1954]. First edition. Octavo. xi, 339 pages. Some illustrations by Mel Hunter throughout the text. Publisher's gray cloth covers with an illustration in maroon on the front cover. The spine is lettered in maroon. Illustrated dust jacket. Minor rubbing to the jacket, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Selected from the pages of the influential Astounding Science Fiction and American Boy magazines, this anthology includes some of the influential science fiction authors, such as: Lester del Rey, Carl H. Claudy, Peter van Dresser, Robert Moore Williams, Carl H. Claudy, Peter van Dresser, Lester del Rey, Carl H. Claudy, and Peter van Dresser. [and:] Every Boy's Book of Science-Fiction. Compiled and Edited by Donald A. Wollheim. New York: Frederick Fell, Inc., Publishers, [1951]. First printing February 1951. Octavo. 254 pages. Publisher's light blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in silver and the front cover blind-stamped with small stars. Illustrated dust jacket in red, white, and black. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, slight bumping to the corners, very tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This anthology was collected with the imaginative teen-age boy in mind, thus prompting the inclusion of such works as: The Gravity Professor by Ray Cummings, The Infra-Medians by Sewell Peaslee Wright, The Living Machine by David H. Keller, M. D., The Asteroid of Gold by Clifford D. Simak, and King of the Gray Spaces by Ray Bradbury. The work also includes a short piece one suggested readings for those who are sparked by the subject of the anthology. [and:] Flight into Space: Great Science Fiction Stories of Interplanetary Travel. Compiled by Donald A. Wollheim. New York: Frederick Fell, Inc., [1950]. First printing May 1950. Octavo. 251 pages. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the front covers blind-stamped with small stars, and the spine lettered in silver. Blue dust jacket with white lettering. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, otherwise a near fine copy. Focused upon the theme of interplanetary travel, this anthology collects the best science fiction stories which play upon this theme, including: The Mercurian by Frank Belknap Long, The Death of the Moon by Alexander m. Phillips, Planet Passage by Donald A. Wollheim, and The Rape of the Solar System by Leslie F. Stone. [and:] These Are Strange Tales. By Anthony Abbot. Philadelphia and Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1948]. First edition. Octavo. vi, 212 pages. Publisher's black textured boards with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt and ruled in red. Yellow and black dust jacket with the same imprint on the front as the back. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, very tiny closed tears to the head of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Anthony Abbot, renowned and respected mystery writer, collects some of his best works in this anthology, including: Life is Stranger, That is the Man!, Terror's Messenger Boy, and Stranger in the House. [and:] Invaders of Earth. Edited by Groff Conklin. New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., [1952]. Octavo. xiii, 333 pages. Publisher's brown cloth covers with the spine lettered in blue. Dust jacket colored hues of blue, green, and yellow, with the lettering in white. Slightly bumped corners, very minor rubbing to the jacket, one tiny closed tear to the top front edge of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Twenty-two tales of invasion from outer space by some of the most well respected science fiction authors, including: This Star Shall Be Free by Murray Leinster, Impulse by Eric Frank Russell, Child of Void by Margaret St. Clair, Tiny and the monster by Theodore Sturgeon, Not only Dead Men, by A. E. Van Vogt, and The Man in the Moon. [and:] Science-Fiction: Adventures in Dimension. Edited by Groff Conklin. New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., [1953]. Octavo. xv, 354 pages. Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Dust jacket with red and black geometric illustrations. Slight sunning to the tope edge of the covers, some rubbing to the jacket, sunned spine and top edges of the jacket, a few tiny closed tears to the jacket edges, one tear to the side of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This anthology, perfectly arranged and annotated by the editor Groff Conklin, presents fascinating stories of time-travel and parallel worlds, including: Yesterday Was Monday by Theodore Sturgeon, The Middle of the Week After Next by Murray Leinster, Night Meeting by Ray Bradbury, Perfect Murder by H. L. Gold, and Way of Escape by William F. Temple.Auction Info
2008 June Grand Format Books & Manuscripts Auction #683 (go to Auction Home page)
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