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Published by Fantasy House, NY, 1955
Magazine / Periodical
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 9, No. 2. Edited by Anthony Boucher. Cover art by Emsh. Includes "Two-Handed Engine" (short novelet) by Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore; "The Last Prophet' by Mildred Clingerman; "Cause" by Stephen Arr; "Our First Death" by Gordon R. Dickson; "The Strange Children" by Sanxay Holding; "Chirp Me A Story" (verse) by Bob Ottum; "Inside Straight" (short novelet) by Poul Anderson; "The Ape at the Typewriter" (verse) by Patric Dickenson; "Recommended Reading"; "The Vanishing American" by Charles Beaumont; "The Tiddlywink Warriors" (short novelet) by Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson; "Nellthu" by Anthony Boucher. Small scar to front (see scan); tanning; dust-soiling; minor stains; tanning; corner wear with minor losses at spine ends; a little creasing.
Published by Fantasy House, Berkeley CA, 1955
Seller: Space Age Books LLC, Conroe, TX, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. "Volume 9, No. 2". Features classic Emshwiller cover art. This copy appears unread, and is in very good+ condition, marred only by wear at top and bottom of the spine, traces of edge wear, and age-toning to the cover and pages. Its binding is tight and square, with no reading creases in the spine or hinges. The cover and pages are unmarked, and otherwise unworn. This magazine features an interesting milestone in SF history. 1955 is the year that Henry Kuttner and Catherine Moore stopped using pseudonyms, and released their openly co-authored collection "No Boundaries". The credits in that collection say their novelet 'Two-Handed Engine' "appeared" (past tense) in F&SF. All the other previously-published stories in that collection were under pseudonyms. Anthony Boucher's intro to the novelet in this magazine says it's "their first non-pseudonymous appearance in F&SF". So the cover of this magazine could be the first appearance of the by-line "Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore". If you're a fan of Kuttner & Moore's body of work, this magazine deserves a place in your library. As with all Space Age Book purchases, I will ship this magazine in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its proud new owner in the same condition as my description.
Published by Fantasy House, New York, 1955
Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Ed Emsh; (illustrator). First Edition. 128 pp. Digest format. Edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; date stamped faintly on the front cover. Cover art by Ed Emshwiller. This issue contains: The Brass Cannon by Lee Correy; Asking by Margaret St. Clair writing as Idris Seabright; Piece of Eight - a novelette by Frank Gruber; The Logic of Rufus Weir by Arthur Porges; The Expert Touch by Alan E. Nourse; Youth Anybody by Cleve Cartmill; Joy in Mudville (a Hoka story) - a novelette by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson; The Widget, the Wadget and Boff (first of two parts) by Theodore Sturgeon; and Dreamworld - a short story by Isaac Asimov. Size: 12mo. Book.
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Science fiction stories & comments featuring the great detective, or someone awfully like him; Boucher contributes an introduction and two pieces; Anderson & Dickson team up for one and offer one more bit each; Reynolds & Derleth venture forth with two Solar Pons tales; Piper & McGuire a tale of mistaken identity. The publisher was the Denver scion of the venerable fan club the Baker Street Irregulars. Hardcover, as pictured, in decorated heavy orange cloth - Currey notes 984 copies were published, 500 bound in gray cloth with gilt spine titling, no illustration noted. We speculate this was a special binding intended for libraries (but here NOT marked so), scarcer but perhaps less desirable; probably issued without the jacket, with which it shares the illustration. Book shows light wear, minor smudges, no names or marks; text clean; 137 pages. Size: Octavo.