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A MARTIAN ODYSSEY AND OTHERS
by Weinbaum, Stanley G
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- first
- Condition
- Previous owner's ink stamp to half title page, a fine copy in a bright, nearly fine to fine dust jacket with mild rubbing at fol
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Reading: Fantasy Press, 1949. First edition. Previous owner's ink stamp to half title page, a fine copy in a bright, nearly fine to fine dust jacket with mild rubbing at folds and a touch of shelf wear at the spine ends. An attractive copy. (30675). One of 500 numbered copies with a special inserted limitation leaf with a picture of Weinbaum and a biography. Collects twelve stories, all published 1934-1936. "Weinbaum set important precedents with his blithely exotic accounts of alien life, the first in pulp magazines to exhibit a rudimentary awareness of ecological issues" - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1222. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 3-66; (1981) 2-114; (1987) 2-125; (1995) 2-135. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 224. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1353-56.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30675
- Title
- A MARTIAN ODYSSEY AND OTHERS
- Author
- Weinbaum, Stanley G
- Book Condition
- Used - Previous owner's ink stamp to half title page, a fine copy in a bright, nearly fine to fine dust jacket with mild rubbing at fol
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Fantasy Press
- Place of Publication
- Reading
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- SC . SF
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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