Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Covers clean. First Bantam printing. No spine crease. Covers clean. No tears, chips, stains or dog-ears. Very slight edge wear here and there. Interior unmarked, but page edges turning brown from age. Contains stories by Bradbury, Bester, Van Vogt, Wyndham, Boucher, Tenn and others. One folio protrudes a bit but apparently book came off the presses that way. 166 pages. Binding tight, square.
Published by Mayflower-Dell, 1964
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1964. No Edition Remarks. 190 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
Hardcover. Condition: very good. Very Good Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
Published by Fell, 1951
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. dj shows moderate wear, tear, chipping, rubbing, creasing. bumped corners, pages lightly tanned and clean.
Language: English
Published by Berkley, 1959
Seller: Clarkean Books, Stoney Creek, ON, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Richard Powers (illustrator). 1st Edition. First paperback edition/printing thus (1959 Berkley G233) in Near Fine, unread condition with minor crease and tanning. New Powers cover art from the hardcover and also different than the Powers art on the UK paperback edition.
Published by Berkley Publishing Corporation, New York, New York, 1959
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good Plus. Richard Powers (illustrator). 1st Edition. #G233, with 35 cents price. Tight and crisp with reading crease near spine and on rear. Collection of fantastic stories.
Published by Fell
Seller: Books End Bookshop, Syracuse, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Moderate edgewear to DJ. Chip on spine. Now protected by mylar.
Language: English
Published by Mayflower, 1964
Seller: Clarkean Books, Stoney Creek, ON, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Richard Powers (illustrator). 1st Edition. First UK paperback edition/printing thus (1964 Mayflower 3985) in Very Fine, unread condition and uncommon thus. New Powers cover art different than the Powers art on the U.S. paperback edition.
Published by Berkley Publishing Corp. [1959], [New York], 1959
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
First paperback edition. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Berkley Books G233. Collects seven of the thirteen stories that appeared in the hardcover edition. Fiction by Ray Bradbury, Theodore Sturgeon, Julian May, L. Sprague De Camp, Peter Phillips, John Berryman, and Frank Robinson. Some light edge rubbing, cease to front cover at spine, a very good to nearly fine copy. (18283).
Published by Bantam Books [1955], New York, 1955
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Bantam Books 1328. A best of the best, selections from THE BEST SCIENCE-FICTION STORIES 1951, 1952, 1953. Collects fourteen stories. Slight spine lean, mild creasing to corners, rub mark to upper right corner, a very good or somewhat better copy. (18272).
Published by Mayflower Dell, 1964
Seller: H4o Books, Market Rasen, LINCS, United Kingdom
Softcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Contributions by Ray Bradbury, Theodore Sturgeon, Philip Latham, and others. 1966 reprint Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 190 pages. Item Type: Book. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. . Previous owner's signature, pencil. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ; Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 033372.
Language: English
Published by Grayson & Grayson, Ltd., London, 1951
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
First Edition
Original Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition containing 8 of the 13 stories in the US edition which was published in 1950 under the title 'The Best Science Fiction Stories:1950' by Frederick Fell. Boards have a little bumping to the spine and corners. Page edges are browned with quite heavy spotting. Endpapers are browned with previous owners bookplate to the front pastedown. Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Jacket has one small closed edge tear and chipping to the top and bottom of the spine and the corners. The rear panel has some discolouration and light staining. First printing.
Language: English
Published by Grayson & Grayson, Ltd., London, 1952
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
First Edition
Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Mudge-Marriott, Eric (illustrator). 1st Edition. First UK edition containing 14 of the 18 stories in the US edition which was published in 1951 under the title 'The Best Science Fiction Stories:1951' by Frederick Fell. Boards have very slight bumping to the corners. Page edges are lightly browned with some brown spotting to the top edges and a tiny dark mark to the bottom edges. Endpapers are browned but pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Jacket has slight edge wear and discolouration to the rear panel. Jacket illustration by Eric Mudge-Marriott. First printing.
Language: English
Published by Frederick Fell, New York, 1953
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + Dust Jacket. First Edition (stated). 315 Pp. Brown Cloth, Gilt. First Printing Stated. A Bright, Clean, Fine Copy. Dust Jacket Priced $3.50, Rubbed At Corners With A Few Minute Losses,1/4" V-Chip At Bottom Of Front Spine Edge, 1/4" Closed Tear Top Of Front Panel And Another At Top Of Rear Flap Fold, Some Fading To Background Color Of Spine To A Light Orange, A Little Dust On White Rear Panel.
Published by Farrar, Strauss and Young Inc., New York, 1952
Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Farrar, Strauss & Young 1952 `1st ed. 430pp Contents include Mathematics and Philosophy, The Physical Sciences, The Biological Sciences, The Social Sciences. Collects 13 stories. Very good with light wear, minor foxing to endpapers and page edges, dust soiling to pag edges, in jacket with wear, rubbing and toning. See photos clphE.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Young, New York, 1952
Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.
First Edition
Quarter Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Quarter light tan cloth with green cloth patterned boards with black lettering on the spine. Cloth at spine at top board has a few black scuff marks at the top and bottom along three 1/8th inch white discolorations. Otherwise near new. Jacket is unprice-clipped with wear around edges and the corners have been worn through the jacket at the tips of the corners and at the head of the spine. Overall a EXCELLENT book in a VERY GOOD plus jacket. verett Franklin Bleiler (born 1920) is an editor and bibliographer of science fiction and Fantasy. He has won the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement and the Pilgrim Award for science fiction scholarly works. He also co-edited the first "year's best" series of science fiction anthologies. He is also noted for two Hugo Award nominated works concerning early science fiction; Science-Fiction: The Early Years and Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Young, New York, 1952
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Quarter cream cloth, spine lettered in black, green buckram. A few dints, pushing to spine ends. Edges gently toned, a little musty, nick to half-title. Else, clean and tight. In the wonderful Edgard Cirlin-designed dust jacket: wear and chipping to spine ends, amateur taping to reverse, some soiling. Very good/ very good A very good copy of Bleiler and Dikty's short story anthology, including contributions by Ray Bradbury, John Berryman and L. Sprague de Camp. Comprising thirteen stories, each of its four sections is introduced by an essay by Bleiler and Dikty, 'Mathematics and Philosophy,' The Physical Sciences, 'The Biological Sciences' and 'The Social Sciences'.