The Best Science Fiction Stories 1951. Cet article n’est pas disponible.The Best Science Fiction Stories 1951

Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Frederick Fell, New York. 1951. 351 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is chipped and worn to the extremities). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A collection of anthologies of science fiction short stories, being the first published anthology to present the best science fiction stories for a given year. With most stories having previously appeared in magazines such as Planet Stories, Astounding Science Fiction, Blue Book, Comment, and Thrilling Wonder Stories from the previous year. The collection was published annually from 1949 to 1954, with additional publication Year's Best Science Fiction Novels being issued for the years 1952, 1953, and 1954. With contributions from authors such as Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Fredric Brown, Clifford Simak, Robert S. Carr, L. Sprague de Camp, Gordon Dickson, Katherine MacLean, William F. Temple, Alfred Bester, Betsy Curtis, Zenna Henderson, John D. MacDonald, Walter M. Miller, and John Wyndham, amongst others. Edited by Everett Franklin Bleiler, an American editor, bibliographer, and scholar of science fiction, detective fiction, and fantasy literature, and Thaddeus Maxim Eugene (Ted) Dikty, an American editor who also played a role as one of the earliest science fiction anthologists, and as a publisher. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…