The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy / Second Annual Volume / A Dell First Edition (SIGNED BY ISAAC ASIMOV)

Merril, Judith, Edited by / Isaac Asimov, C.M. Kornbluth, Algis Budrys, Damon Knight, J.G. Ballard, Theodore Sturgeon contribute

Published by Dell Publishing Co., New York, 1957

About this Item

A "very good" 35-cent "Dell First Edition . . . First Printing -- June 1957" signed in blue ink to blank verso of the front wrap by Isaac Asimov, who here contributes the 14-page story "Each an Explorer." Also includes J.G. Ballard's "Prima Belladonna." The pages moderately age-browned, especially to the edges. There's some vertical creasing to spine, and an additional vertical crease along the spine about 1/16th of an inch into the front wrap. Editor Merril concludes with her essay "This Year's SF / Summation and Honorable Mention." (Since 80 authors receive honorable mentions, we will list a few only in the context of this question: "If E.L. Malpas and Ray Russell and Roger Thorne (writing in "Tiger") made your "best" list of 18, would anyone care to explain how Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore, Murray Leinster, Madeleine L'Engle, and Walter M. Miller, Jr. all "failed to make the cut," rating "honorable mentions," only? 320 pp. mass-market paperback. Reduced from $395.

Seller Inventory # 012376

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy / Second Annual Volume / A Dell First Edition (SIGNED BY ISAAC ASIMOV)
• Publisher: Dell Publishing Co., New York
• Publication Date: 1957
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Cover painting by Richard Powers
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed fiction
  • Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Cover art by Richard M. Powers