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MEN AGAINST THE STARS
de Greenberg, Martin (editor)
- Usado
- First
- Estado
- Previous owner's inked name and date (3/17/50) to front free end paper also with his bookplate to front paste down, a fine copy
- Librería
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Gnome Press, Publishers, [1950]. First edition. Previous owner's inked name and date (3/17/50) to front free end paper also with his bookplate to front paste down, a fine copy in a fine first state dust jacket (with five titles listed on the rear panel) with upper spine and corners a bit pushed in as the jacket is not trimmed to size. lower front corner bruised, a fine copy in a fine first state dust jacket (with five titles listed on the rear panel). (31980). Octavo, cloth backed boards. Inscribed to Joe Wrzos by artist Edd Cartier. Collects twelve stories with conquest of space themes by Isaac Asimov, Manly Wade Wellman, Lewis Padgett, A. E. van Vogt, Hal Clement, L. Ron Hubbard, and others. The two Asimov stories in this collection are "Trends," his first published story in Astounding Science Fiction in 1939 and "Bridle and Saddle," the first publication in hardcover one of the stories that would become FOUNDATION.
Sinopsis
Men Against the Stars is a 1950 anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Martin Greenberg. It was the first “theme” anthology in science fiction, where all stories are about a common idea, setting, or concept. All the stories, save one, had originally appeared in the magazine Astounding. The other story, "When Shadows Fall", first appeared in Startling Stories.
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- Librería
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 31980
- Título
- MEN AGAINST THE STARS
- Autor
- Greenberg, Martin (editor)
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Previous owner's inked name and date (3/17/50) to front free end paper also with his bookplate to front paste down, a fine copy
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Editorial
- Gnome Press, Publishers
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- [1950]
- Palabras clave
- Anthology . SF
Términos de venta
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Sobre el vendedor
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Miembro de Biblio desde 2017
Laurel, Maryland
Sobre John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
John W. Knott, Jr., BooksellerABAA/ILABFine First Editions
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