Seller: WF Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, CanadaWF Sandercombe

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(xii, viii) 305, 278 pp. Book One has black boards lettered in gray on the spine; Book Two is quarter-bound in dark blue on light blue boards; lettered in lavender on the spine. Both dustjackets have light wear at the corners. Dj art by Karel Thole. These anthologies contain: VOLUME ONE: Been a Long, Long Time by R. A. Lafferty; The Possessed by Arthur C. Clarke; Protected Species by H. B. Fyfe; All the Way Back by Michael Shaara; The Star Plunderer - a novelette by Poul Anderson; Foundation - a novelette by Isaac Asimov; We're Civilized by Alex Apostolides and Mark Clifton; The Crime and Glory of Commander Suzdal by Cordwainer Smith; The Rebel of Valkyr - a novella by Alfred Coppel; Brightness Falls from the Air by Margaret St. Clair writing as Idris Seabright; Immigrant - a novella by Clifford D. Simak; Resident Physician - a novelette by James White; Age of Retirement by Hal Lynch; and Planting Time by Pete Adams and Charles Nightingale. VOLUME TWO: Escape to Chaos - a novella by John D. MacDonald; Concealment by A. E. van Vogt; To Civilize by Algis Budrys; Beep - a novelette by James Blish; Down the River by Mack Reynolds; The Bounty Hunter by Avram Davidson; Not Yet the End by Fredric Brown; Tonight the Stars Revolt - a novella by Gardner F. Fox; Final Encounter by Harry Harrison; Lord of a Thousand Suns - a novelette by Poul Anderson; Big Ancestor - a novelette by F. L. Wallace; and The Interlopers by Roger Dee. Both volumes contain an assortment of essays by Brian W. Aldiss. Size: 8vo.

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Bibliographic details

Title
GALACTIC EMPIRES - Volume One - with - Volume Two
Author
Aldiss, Brian W. (editor) (John D. MacDonald; James Blish; Fredric Brown; Gardner F. Fox; Idris Seabright; Cordwainer Smith; Clifford Simak; R. A. Lafferty; Arthur C. Clarke; Isaac Asimov; A. E. van Vogt; Algis Budrys; Avram Davidson; Poul Anderson)
Publisher
St. Martin's Press, New York
Publication year
1976
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
Very Good
Book Type
Book
Binding
Hardcover
Illustrator
Karel Thole;
Edition
Book Club Editions.
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Fantasy and Science Fiction

WF Sandercombe

Burlington, ON, Canada

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We are an Internet-only bookstore. We specialize in First Editions and collectible books ranging through most of the genres: Fantasy; Horror; Science Fiction; Mysteries; and a good selection of Literature; Historical Adventure; and Assorted Non-fiction. We stock roughly 9,000 books and add to our catalogues regularly.

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