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SF: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy Second Annual Volume
by Judith Merril
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- fair
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
Item Price
$15.03$12.02
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About This Item
New York: Dell, 1957. First. Mass Paperback. fair. Richard Powers. First edition. Pages are clean and unmarked; lightly tanning; old book smell; spine crease; minor ding to lower corner on front; small dampstain on the edge throughout the book. Dell mass paperback, first printing June 1957 (stated), Dell #B110, 320 pages, cover art by Richard Powers. 12mo (4.25" x 6.5") Published jointly with Gnome Press hardcover but 1 month before; stated first edition on cover. Contents: The Man Who Liked Lions, by John Bernard Daley; The Cosmic Charge Account, by C. M. Kornbluth; The Far Look, by Theodore L. Thomas; When Grandfather Flew to the Moon, by E. L. Malpass; The Doorstop, by R. Bretnor; Silent Brother, by Algis Budrys; Stranger Station, by Damon Knight; Each an Explorer, by Isaac Asimov; All About ""The Thing"" poem by Randall Garrett; Put Them All Together, They Spell Monster, by Ray Russell; Digging the Weans, by Robert Nathan; Take a Deep Breath, by Roger Thorne; Grandma's Lie Soap, by Robert Abernathy; Compounded Interest, by Mack Reynolds; Prima Belladonna, by J. G. Ballard; The Other Man, by Theodore Sturgeon; The Damnedest Thing, by Garson Kanin; Anything Box, by Zenna Henderson; The Year's S-F, Summation and Honorable Mentions, essay by Judith Merril.
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- Bookseller
- Bujoldfan
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12052001dellB110cam
- Title
- SF: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy Second Annual Volume
- Author
- Judith Merril
- Illustrator
- Richard Powers
- Format/Binding
- Mass Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Dell
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Story Collection
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction / Fantasy; First editions;
- Size
- 12mo
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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