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Soft cover (Stapled Wrappers). Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Octavo, 24pp. Original typographical stapled wrappers featuring a clear "Progress?" editorial outline on the front cover by Joyce & Ken Slater.Features: A critically important document detailing the financial and organizational growing pains of early 1950s British sci-fi fandom. The reverse cover is a monumental piece of bibliographical history, showcasing a full-page advertisement from legendary British editor and bookseller E. J. Carnell (operating out of Plumstead, London). The ad lists the absolute first British editions of monumental masterpieces, including John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids (priced at 10/6), Arthur C. Clarke's The Sands of Mars, and A.E. van Vogt's Cruise of the Space Beagle.Condition: Very Good. Wrappers show typical faint handling wear and minor, clean storage blemishes near the spine extremities. Text block is secure, pages are clean, square, and well-preserved.…