Edité par Street & Smith, NY, 1949
Vendeur : Books from the Crypt, N. Potomac, MD, Etats-Unis
Membre d'association : IOBA
Magazine / Périodique
SingleIssueMagazine. Etat : Very Good-. Vol. XLII, No. 6. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Cover art by Rogers for "Seetee Shock" by Will Stewart [Jack Williamson]. Includes "Manna" (novelette) by Peter Phillips; "The Prisoner in the Skull" (novelette) by Lewis Padgett [Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore]; "A Present from Joe" by Eric Frank Russell; "Next Friday Morning" by D. W. Meredith; "Christmas Tree" (1st story under real name) by Christopher Youd [aka John Christopher]. Article: "The Little Blue Cells" by J. J. Coupling. Readers' Departments: "The Editor's Page: Radiation and Mutations" by John W. Campbell, Jr.; "In Times to Come"; "Books Reviews"; "The Analytical Laboratory"; "Brass Tacks". Illustrations by Cartier, Orban & Timmins. Upper foredge corner has been slightly wet; minor edge tears; tanning.
Edité par New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc. 1st Edition, 1949
Vendeur : John McCormick, Mississauga, ON, Canada
Edition originale
Soft Cover. Etat : Very Good+. Alejandro (front cover) (illustrateur). First Edition. ----------pulp magazine, digest size. Notable stories this issue are part 2 of Seetee Shock by Williamson, and Opening Doors, part of Shiras' Children of the Atom series. Small split to spine top, corner crease, a VG+ copy. Back cover advertisement is for Audel's Carpenters and Builders Guides (Audel, Publishers).
Edité par Lancer Books, New York, 1968
Vendeur : W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
Edition originale
Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Jeff Jones; (illustrateur). First Paperback Printing. 222 pp. Lancer Book 73-733. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; store stamped. Cover art by Jeff Jones. In 1975, Jack Williamson was presented with the Nebula Grand Masters Award for lifetime achievement. Book.
Edité par Street & Smith, NY, 1949
Vendeur : Books from the Crypt, N. Potomac, MD, Etats-Unis
Membre d'association : IOBA
Magazine / Périodique
SingleIssueMagazine. Etat : Very Good+. Vol. XLII, No. 6. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Cover art by Rogers for "Seetee Shock" by Will Stewart [Jack Williamson]. Includes "Manna" (novelette) by Peter Phillips; "The Prisoner in the Skull" (novelette) by Lewis Padgett [Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore]; "A Present from Joe" by Eric Frank Russell; "Next Friday Morning" by D. W. Meredith; "Christmas Tree" (1st story under real name) by Christopher Youd [aka John Christopher]. Article: "The Little Blue Cells" by J. J. Coupling. Readers' Departments: "The Editor's Page: Radiation and Mutations" by John W. Campbell, Jr.; "In Times to Come"; "Books Reviews"; "The Analytical Laboratory"; "Brass Tacks". Illustrations by Cartier, Orban & Timmins. Tanning; minor stress tear at lower front hinge; upper rear cover staple pokes; minor soiling.
Edité par Street & Smith, NY, 1949
Vendeur : Books from the Crypt, N. Potomac, MD, Etats-Unis
Membre d'association : IOBA
Magazine / Périodique
SingleIssueMagazine. Etat : Very Good. Vol. XLIII, No. 2. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Cover art by Santry for "Plague!" (novelette) by Rene Lafayette [L. Ron Hubbard]. Includes "The Undecided" (novelette) by Eric Frank Russell; "Colonial" (novelette) by Christopher Youd [John Christopher]; "Devious Weapon" by M. C. Pease; "Prodigy" by Theodore Sturgeon; "Seetee Shock" (pt. 3 of 3) by Jack Williamson. Article: "9F19" by Arthur C. Parlett. Readers' Departments: "The Editor's page: 'Oh King, Live Forever. . ."; "In Times to Come"; "The Analytical Laboratory". Illustrated by Cartier, Orban and Quackenbush. Spine has tears at ends and wear with sall scars; small open tear at upper rear cover spine corner; corner and edge wear.
Edité par Lancer Books, 1968
Vendeur : Once Upon A Time Books, Siloam Springs, AR, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : Good. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .
Edité par Street & Smith, NY, 1949
Vendeur : Books from the Crypt, N. Potomac, MD, Etats-Unis
Membre d'association : IOBA
Magazine / Périodique
SingleIssueMagazine. Etat : Very Good+ to Near Fine. Vol. XLII, No. 6. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Cover art by Rogers for "Seetee Shock" by Will Stewart [Jack Williamson]. Includes "Manna" (novelette) by Peter Phillips; "The Prisoner in the Skull" (novelette) by Lewis Padgett [Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore]; "A Present from Joe" by Eric Frank Russell; "Next Friday Morning" by D. W. Meredith; "Christmas Tree" (1st story under real name) by Christopher Youd [aka John Christopher]. Article: "The Little Blue Cells" by J. J. Coupling. Readers' Departments: "The Editor's Page: Radiation and Mutations" by John W. Campbell, Jr.; "In Times to Come"; "Books Reviews"; "The Analytical Laboratory"; "Brass Tacks". Illustrations by Cartier, Orban & Timmins. Tanning; minor creasing and wear.
Edité par Street & Smith, NY, 1949
Vendeur : Books from the Crypt, N. Potomac, MD, Etats-Unis
Membre d'association : IOBA
Magazine / Périodique
SingleIssueMagazine. Etat : Very Good+. Vol. XLIII, No. 2. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Cover art by Santry for "Plague!" (novelette) by Rene Lafayette [L. Ron Hubbard]. Includes "The Undecided" (novelette) by Eric Frank Russell; "Colonial" (novelette) by Christopher Youd [John Christopher]; "Devious Weapon" by M. C. Pease; "Prodigy" by Theodore Sturgeon; "Seetee Shock" (pt. 3 of 3) by Jack Williamson. Article: "9F19" by Arthur C. Parlett. Readers' Departments: "The Editor's page: 'Oh King, Live Forever. . ."; "In Times to Come"; "The Analytical Laboratory". Illustrated by Cartier, Orban and Quackenbush. Minor tears; minor losses at spine ends; tanning; staple poke and tears to rear cover over upper staple.
Edité par A Tower Book, New York, 1965
Vendeur : Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, Etats-Unis
Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Second paperback edition. Tower Book 43-531. A SF thriller about a bioengineered race of superhumans who plan to rule the world. Bookstore stamps on inside covers, a very good or better copy. (#173387).
Edité par Berkley Publishing Corporation / G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York:, 1976
ISBN 10 : 039911467X ISBN 13 : 9780399114670
Vendeur : About Books, Henderson, NV, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine condition. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good+ dust jacket. First Edition. New York:: Berkley Publishing Corporation / G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1976. A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is just a little rubbed at the spine ends and corners. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NOT price-clipped (6.95). Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NO owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are mildly age-toned, as usual, but otherwise clean, crisp, and free of any markings. Bound in the original bluish-green cloth, lettered in shiny gold on the spine. Currey 544 [SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY AUTHORS, A BIBLIOGRAPHY]. Chute/Nichols p. 1330. From the Dust Jacket: "Travel to the further reaches of the galaxy and you will find Nggongga, a world steeped in the tradition of its first black settlers. Nggongga. home of a nameless, solitary young man with a will of iron and a singular cause -- to prove his place on his planet by entering into ritual contest against one of the deadly, birdlike creatures known as the tly.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine condition./Very Good+ dust jacket. 8vo. (viii), 183pp.
Edité par Street & Smith Publications Inc, New York, 1942
Vendeur : biblioboy, North Providence, RI, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Single Issue magazine. Etat : Fair. First Edition; First Printing. New York: Street & Smith Publications Inc. Fair. 1942. First Edition; First Printing. Single Issue magazine. First edition. Bedsheet-size pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 8.5" x 11.5"], 130 pages, illustrated. Includes "Four Little Ships" by Murray Leinster, "Not Only Dead Men" by A. E. van Vogt, "It's a Tough Life" by Frank Belknap Long, etc. Fair copy [1.5" chipping to the spine heel, tearing to both ends of the front spine edge, creasing and some edgewear to the cover, cheap paper tanning/tanned as usual].; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 130 pages . magbx 6.
Edité par Street & Smith Publications Inc, New York, 1943
Vendeur : biblioboy, North Providence, RI, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Single Issue Magazine. Etat : Good. cover art by William Timmins (illustrateur). First Edition; First Printing. New York: Street & Smith Publications Inc. 1943. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. First edition. Bedsheet-sized pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 8.5" x 11.25"], 130 pages, illustrated. Includes "The Search" by A. E. Van Vogt, "Elsewhen" by Anthony Boucher, "Nothing but Gingerbread Left" by Henry Kuttner, "Time Locker" by Lewis Padgett AKA Henry Kuttner, etc. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 130 pages . A Good with chipping to the spine and the front cover reinforced at the hinge by a previous owner, scattered creasing and a fore-edge nick to the front cover, top edge dust-soiled, shallow lower corner staining to the entire issue, paper tanned as usual. See Photos Magbx 6.
Edité par Street & Smith Publications Inc, New York, 1942
Vendeur : biblioboy, North Providence, RI, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Single Issue Magazine. Etat : Good. cover art by Modest Stein (illustrateur). First Edition; First Printing. New York: Street & Smith Publications Inc.1942. First Edition Bedsheet-size pulp magazine in Pictorial wrappers,130 pages, illustrated. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. with stories by Cleve Cartmill, Will Stewart AKA Jack Williamson, Murray Leinster, Colin Keith, John Berryman, A. E. van Vogt, Malcolm Jameson, Frank Belknap Long. Includes "Four Little Ships" by Murray Leinster, "Not Only Dead Men" by A. E. van Vogt, "It's a Tough Life" by Frank Belknap Long, etc. Cover art by Modest Stein. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 130 pages . A good copy with creasing and a few short tears to the cover, text paper toned with white tape reinforcement inside each cover where they meet the text block. See Photos Magbx 6 / E.
Edité par Lancer (Easy Eye Edition # 8), 1968
Vendeur : Brothertown Books, Deansboro, NY, Etats-Unis
Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. This is the 1968 Lancer Large Type (Easy Eye) Reprint of "The Reign of Wizardry" by Jack Williamson. Originally published in 1940, Williamson completely reinvented Mediterranean history and mythology - the ancient world of Crete, Minos, and Greece, into something never imagined by historians of the ancient past ."The magic of the Dark One enslaved the world . Theseus alone stood against it!" ***************************************** From the cover blurb: "THE WALLS OF SORCERY . Before the glory of Greece, Crete ruled the known world - and kept it enslaved by black magic. The evil of Minos held sway, protected by the three unconquerable walls . First there is the fleet, that they call the wooden wall. Then there is a giant of living brass - he is the second wall. Then there is another barrier about the power of Minos. THE WALL OF WIZARDRY ! Theseus, the tall Achean - the man they called Captain Firebrand - vowed to scale and destroy all three, and to rid the world of the evil yoke of Minos. But Minos had other defenses besides the three walls - and many ways to attack, as well ." This is classic Sword and Sorcery! ***************************************** SERIES : Easy Eye (Large Type Series) / TITLE : The Reign of Wizardry / AUTHOR : Jack Williamson (John Stewart Williamson (1908 2006) / IMPRINT : Lancer Books ( 73-748) / PLACE : New York / DATE : (1968) / EDITION : Reprint / COVER ART : Portion of a Frazetta picture titled "Reign of Wizardry" / STATUS : OP / PHYSICAL DETAILS : Mass MarketPaperback; 254 pages plus 2 pages of publisher's promotional text; bound-in is a postcard ad for accounting careers (paperbacks, back in the day, frequently had such bound-in ads fro a great variety of things. Such ads helped to finance the publisher.) approx. 4 1/8" x 7"; pictorial wraps, glued. ******************************************** CONDITION - VERY GOOD - This is a previously owned book which remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR -- No creasing to spine; a bit of mild nicking to cover edges; cover surfaces have modest surface rub , else bright and clean. / BINDING -- Solid - tight / INTERIOR -- Clean and free of marking.
Edité par Doubleday Signal Books, New York, 1968
Vendeur : W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Robert Amundsen; (illustrateur). First Edition. 144 pp. Glossy pictorial boards matching the dustjacket. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; price clipped; no interior markings. Wraparound dj art by Robert Amundsen. Size: 8vo. Book.
Edité par Ballantine Books, 1982
Vendeur : Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book Club Edition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket shows light edge wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!.
Edité par Doubleday, New York, 1970
Vendeur : Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Soft cover. Etat : Fine. Robert Amundsen (illustrateur). 1st Edition. First trade paperback edition, review copy, with publisher's slip laid-in. Book in fine condition.
Edité par Simon & Schuster, New York, 1951
Vendeur : Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. S. Robins (illustrateur). 1st Edition. First printing of the first edition. Book with faint foxing to outer page edge, hinges starting, else fine; dust jacket with a closed tear, moderate edge wear, and rubbing along folds.
Edité par Street & Smith, NY, 1942
Vendeur : Books from the Crypt, N. Potomac, MD, Etats-Unis
Membre d'association : IOBA
Magazine / Périodique
SingleIssueMagazine. Etat : Good to Very Good-. Vol. XXX, No. 3. Bedsheet-sized pulp. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Cover art by Modest Stein for "Overthrow" (novel) by Cleve Cartmill. Includes "Minus Sign" (novel; Seetee series) by Will Stewart [Jack Williamson]; "Four Little Ships" by Murray Leinster; "Sand" by Colin Keith [Malcolm Jameson]; "The Gentle Pirates" by John Berryman; "Not Only Dead Men" by A. E. van Vogt. Articles: "Vulcan: Ice King" by Malcolm Jameson; "It's a Tough Life" by Frank Belknap Long. Readers' Departments: "The Editor's Page: Sneak Invasion"; "The Analytical Laboratory"; "In Times to Come"; "Book Review"; "Brass Tacks"; "Probability Zero!" Letter from Cleve Cartmill. Illustrated by Fax, Kolliker and Kramer. Tape at spine ends and in between; glued inside hinges; small loss to corner at lower front hinge.
Edité par Fantasy Press, Reading, Pennsylvania:, 1952
Vendeur : About Books, Henderson, NV, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Fine condition. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good++ dust jacket. Angerman, Richard (jacket art) (illustrateur). First Edition (so stated). Reading, Pennsylvania:: Fantasy Press, 1952. 5.25" wide by 7.5" tall. A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is just a little rubbed with one tiny chip. NO tears. NO fading. NO foxing. NOT price-clipped (3.00). Protected by a removable Gaylord clear-plastic sleeve. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are bright white, clean, crisp, and free of any markings. Bound in the original blue-green cloth, lettered in shiny gold on the spine (Currey's "A" binding, with priority). First Issue Dust Jacket with $3.00 price, blurbs for 2 other Williamson titles on back inner flap, and biography of the author on the rear panel. Currey SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY AUTHORS, A BIBLIOGRAPHY p. 543. Barron ANATOMY OF WONDER (1981) 2-122: "A classic of pulp SF in which a small army of soldiers of fortune is co-opted into a war between alternate futures to settle which of them will really exist. The gaudy costume drama is sustained by the power of the central idea, which was new in 1938 when the novel was serialized in ASTOUNDING." Barron (1987) 2-135. Barron (1995) 2-145. . First Edition (so stated). Hard Cover. Fine condition./Very Good++ dust jacket. Illus. by Angerman, Richard (jacket art). 252pp.
Edité par Street & Smith, NY, 1942
Vendeur : Books from the Crypt, N. Potomac, MD, Etats-Unis
Membre d'association : IOBA
Magazine / Périodique
SingleIssueMagazine. Etat : Very Good-. Vol. XXX, No. 3. Bedsheet-sized pulp. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Cover art by Modest Stein for "Overthrow" (novel) by Cleve Cartmill. Includes "Minus Sign" (novel; Seetee series) by Will Stewart [Jack Williamson]; "Four Little Ships" by Murray Leinster; "Sand" by Colin Keith [Malcolm Jameson]; "The Gentle Pirates" by John Berryman; "Not Only Dead Men" by A. E. van Vogt. Articles: "Vulcan: Ice King" by Malcolm Jameson; "It's a Tough Life" by Frank Belknap Long. Readers' Departments: "The Editor's Page: Sneak Invasion"; "The Analytical Laboratory"; "In Times to Come"; "Book Review"; "Brass Tacks"; "Probability Zero!" Letter from Cleve Cartmill. Illustrated by Fax, Kolliker and Kramer. Edge and corner wear with short tears and small losses; creasing; stress; tanning; loss at spine head.
Edité par Street & Smith, NY, 1942
Vendeur : Books from the Crypt, N. Potomac, MD, Etats-Unis
Membre d'association : IOBA
Magazine / Périodique
SingleIssueMagazine. Etat : Very Good-. Vol. XXX, No. 3. Bedsheet-sized pulp. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Cover art by Modest Stein for "Overthrow" (novel) by Cleve Cartmill. Includes "Minus Sign" (novel; Seetee series) by Will Stewart [Jack Williamson]; "Four Little Ships" by Murray Leinster; "Sand" by Colin Keith [Malcolm Jameson]; "The Gentle Pirates" by John Berryman; "Not Only Dead Men" by A. E. van Vogt. Articles: "Vulcan: Ice King" by Malcolm Jameson; "It's a Tough Life" by Frank Belknap Long. Readers' Departments: "The Editor's Page: Sneak Invasion"; "The Analytical Laboratory"; "In Times to Come"; "Book Review"; "Brass Tacks"; "Probability Zero!" Letter from Cleve Cartmill. Illustrated by Fax, Kolliker and Kramer. AStress crack; a little bent from poor stacking; standard edge and corner wear and tear; tannuing.
Edité par Street & Smith, NY, 1942
Vendeur : Books from the Crypt, N. Potomac, MD, Etats-Unis
Membre d'association : IOBA
Magazine / Périodique
SingleIssueMagazine. Etat : Very Good-. Vol. XXX, No. 3. Bedsheet-sized pulp magazine. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Cover art by Modest Stein for "Overthrow" (novel) by Cleve Cartmill. Includes "Minus Sign" (novel; Seetee series) by Will Stewart [Jack Williamson]; "Four Little Ships" by Murray Leinster; "Sand" by Colin Keith [Malcolm Jameson]; "The Gentle Pirates" by John Berryman; "Not Only Dead Men" by A. E. van Vogt. Articles: "Vulcan: Ice King" by Malcolm Jameson; "It's a Tough Life" by Frank Belknap Long. Readers' Departments: "The Editor's Page: Sneak Invasion"; "The Analytical Laboratory"; "In Times to Come"; "Book Review"; "Brass Tacks"; "Probability Zero!" Letter from Cleve Cartmill. Illustrated by Fax, Kolliker and Kramer. Tears at hinge ends with 1" missing from spine head; other closed, or minor tears; minor corner chips and creases.
Edité par Lancer Books, New York, 1964
Vendeur : Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Lancer Books 72-761. Heroic fantasy based on the Greek myth of of Theseus destroying the Minoan kingdom on Crete. First published as a three-part serial in UNKNOWN, March-May 1940. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1722. Reginald 15444. A fine copy. (#158055).
Edité par Tor, New York, 1999
Vendeur : Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Octavo, boards. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#91726).
Edité par Ballantine Books, New York, 1982
Vendeur : Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. "Superhuman colonists and their machines are 'seeded' on a dangerous alien planet where a previous civilization was wiped out. Adequate space adventure by an old hand." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second editions (1995), p. 227. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-609. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#5441).
Edité par Fantasy Press, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1952
Vendeur : Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Octavo, cloth. First edition. Time opera first published as a three-part serial in ASTOUNDING, May-July 1938, in which a time ship, the Chronion, cruises through conflicting possible future worlds. "There is a war between alternate timelines, and a present day man is caught up in that vast struggle. A marvelously flamboyant tale which was highly original in its day." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 208. ". in many ways the epitome of the pulp science fiction story, a brilliant example of that peculiar kind of artistry." - Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1178-1181. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-145. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with touch of rubbing to blue background ink at head and tail spine panel and front corner tips. (#87337).
Edité par Ballantine Books, New York, 1984
Vendeur : Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. "Two species of aliens arrive in the solar system -- one dangerous, the other benign. A sophisticated latter-day space opera by this author who has been producing such tales since the 1930s." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 210. "An autumnal masterpiece the ensures that Williamson, unlike most writers of his generation, remains a major force in SF in his fifth decade as a professional writer." - Martin Morse Wooster, Twentieth-Century Science Fiction Writers. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1259. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#61223).
Edité par Fantasy Press, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1952
Vendeur : Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Octavo, cloth. First edition. Time opera first published as a three-part serial in ASTOUNDING, May-July 1938, in which a time ship, the Chronion, cruises through conflicting possible future worlds. "There is a war between alternate timelines, and a present day man is caught up in that vast struggle. A marvelously flamboyant tale which was highly original in its day." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 208. ". in many ways the epitome of the pulp science fiction story, a brilliant example of that peculiar kind of artistry." - Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1178-1181. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-145. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with touch of rubbing to blue background ink on spine panel. (#62477).
Edité par Ace Books, New York, 1962
Vendeur : Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace Books D555. Mankind, on the verge of becoming a space going people, must be judged ready for galactic citizenship or destroyed -- and the man making decision is not an impartial judge. A fix-up novel largely based on "A Planet for Plundering," GALAXY, April 1962. A fine copy. (#87530).