STAR SCIENCE FICTION STORIES NO. 2
by Pohl, Frederik (editor)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Edge rubbing, tiny crease to upper right front cover, a very good to nearly fine copy. (30344)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Ballantine Books, [1953]. First edition. Edge rubbing, tiny crease to upper right front cover, a very good to nearly fine copy. (30344). Small octavo, cover art by Richard Powers, pictorial wrappers. Ballantine Book 55. The pioneer SF original anthology series. Collects fourteen stories by Alfred Bester, Hal Clement, Lester del Rey, C. M. Kornbluth, and others. Includes Jerome Bixby's "It's a Good Life," a story Bleiler (1983) terms "a modern classic." Also, "The Purple Fields," Robert Crane's first published story, a tale of a post-World War III future in which the United States is an authoritarian dystopia controlled by the "Program." Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1398. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1319.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30344
- Title
- STAR SCIENCE FICTION STORIES NO. 2
- Author
- Pohl, Frederik (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used - Edge rubbing, tiny crease to upper right front cover, a very good to nearly fine copy. (30344)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1953]
- Keywords
- Anthology . SF . Paperback
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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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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