Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age by Terry Carr - 1978

New York: Harper & Row, 1978. first. hardcover. poor/poor. Irving Friedman. First edition. Former library item, expected imperfections, markings, stickers, etc. Dust jacket has no library markings, but does have some closed tears with tape repairs, and a small chip with minor loss on the front hinge; spine is faded; price intact; now in new removable protective cover. Red boards, quarter bound in blue cloth with gold print on the spine. Boards and spine are bumped with much wear. Harper hard cover with dust jacket, first edition (stated), first printing October 1978, complete number line. ISBN: 9780060106348, 445 pages. Cover art by Irving Friedman. 8vo (5.5"" x 8.5"") Anthology of stories, originally published 1940 - 1942. Contents: Introduction, essay by Terry Carr; stories: The Smallest God, by Lester del Rey; Into the Darkness, by Ross Rocklynne; Vault of the Beast, by A. E. van Vogt; The Mechanical Mice, by Maurice G. Hugi and Eric Frank Russell; ""ÑAnd He Built a Crooked House,"" by Robert A. Heinlein; Microcosmic God, by Theodore Sturgeon; Nightfall, by Isaac Asimov; By His Bootstraps, by Robert A. Heinlein; Child of the Green Light, by Leigh Brackett; Victory Unintentional, by Isaac Asimov; The Twonky, by Henry Kuttner; Storm Warning, by Donald A. Wollheim.