Sidewise in Time and Other Scientific Adventures by Leinster, Murray - 1950

Chicago: Shasta, 1950. first. hardcover. Good/missing. First edition, missing dust jacket. Burgundy cloth covered boards with silver print on the spine. Spine has slight lean. Some stray pen marks on front free end paper, and prior owner's book plate on the half title page. Shasta Publishers, 1950 first edition (stated), 211 pages. 8vo (5"" x 7.75"") Collects six stories. Includes ""A Logic Named Joe"" (1946), an early computer story, and ""Sidewise in Time"" (1934), a flamboyant tale that introduced alternate histories into pulp SF. Also included: De Profundis, Proxima Centauri, The Fourth-Dimensional Demonstrator, and The Power.

Shasta Publishers, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in acceptable condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. New protective mylar applied to dust jacket. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Shasta Publ, Chicago, 1950. 1st edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Dust Jacket chipped/taped at head of spine. Bookplate. Top edge spotted/dusty. Dust jacket in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 13245. .

Chicago, IL: Shasta Publishers. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1950. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. First Trade Edition, following a subscribers edition. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, with some light toning to the reverse and spine. The dust jacket has four-color artwork by Hannes Bok. "Leinster's first science fiction story, "The Runaway Skyscraper", appeared in the February 22, 1919 issue of Argosy, and was reprinted in the June 1926 issue of Hugo Gernsback's first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories. In the 1930s, he published several science fiction stories and serials in Amazing and Astounding Stories (the first issue of Astounding included his story… Read More

Shasta Publishers, 1950. Signed, using both names. First edition. Good condition. No dust jacket. Owner name and embossed stamp.

Shasta Publishers, Chicago, 1950. Bound in cloth, with pictorial dust jacket by Hannes Bok. 211 p. -(very) good.-(Some toning on the dust jacket and slightly on the fly leafs, a few small nicks in the edges of the dust jacket, but otherwise the book is in very good condition. Binding tight, block square, pages bright and clean. A highly collectible copy.).

Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1950. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Near Fine. 8" by 5". None. The first edition of these exciting science fiction short stories by Murray Leinster, in the original illustrated dustwrapper. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A thrilling collection of six science fiction short stories by Murray Leinster, the pseudonym of William Fitzgerald Jenkins.Containing 'Sidewise in Time', 'Proxima Centauri', 'A Logic Named Joe', 'De Profundis', 'The Fourth-Dimensional Demonstrator', and 'The Power'.All these stories originally appeared in the magazines 'Astounding' and 'Thrilling Wonder Stories'. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, generally smart. Bumping has caused a small amount of loss to the extremities to the head of the front board. Tape mark to the recto to the front endpaper and to the verso to the rear endpaper. Dustwrapper with light edgewear. Spine is a little sunned, and… Read More

Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1950 [1934]. First Collected Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 211 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine sunned yellow with dark blue lettering and illustration of a sunflower. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$3.00". Mild shelf wear and soiling. Sunning to head of text block and spine of jacket. Spine slightly cocked. SIGNED by the author twice to front end paper: top signature his given name Will F. Jenkins, bottom signature his pseudonym "Murray Leinster" [in quotations]; "FIRST EDITION" stated to copyright page. shelved in Case 8. The title story "Sidewise in Time" first appeared in the June 1934 issue of Astounding Stories, and is widely considered one of if not the best alternate history novels in the science fiction genre - the Sidewise Award for Alternate History was established in 1995 to honor books of a similar caliber; this Shasta hardcover edition also contains five other short stories by Jenkins. 1373994.… Read More

Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1950. First edition. Mild tanning to end papers, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket with four color artwork by Hannes Bok. (28839). Octavo, cloth. One an unknown number of signed subscriber copies, signed as Leinster and Jenkins. Collects six stories. Includes "A Logic Named Joe" (1946), an early computer story, and "Sidewise in Time" (1934), a flamboyant tale that introduced alternate histories into pulp SF. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-656.

Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1950. First edition. A fine copy in a fine price clipped dust jacket, wrap around artwork by Hannes Bok. (11144). Octavo, cloth. One of the signed subscriber copies, signed as Leinster and Jenkins. Collects six stories. Includes "A Logic Named Joe" (1946), an early computer story, and "Sidewise in Time" (1934), a flamboyant tale that introduced alternate histories into pulp SF. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-656.