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	1 Campbell, John W., Jr., ed. (Algis Budrys; Theodore Sturgeon, Everett B. Cole, Frank Herbert, Murray Leinster, P. Schuyler Miller). Cover art by van Dongen. ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION. JANUARY 1956. VOLUME LVI, NUMBER 5. Street & Smith, New York, 1955.  162 pp, soft cover (digest size), stapled inside wraps. B&w illustrations by Freas, Rogers and van Dongen. Contents: The Executioner by Algis Budrys; Won't You Walk- by Theodore Sturgeon; Indirection by Everett B. Cole; Under Pressure by Frank He rbert (Conclusion); Labor of Love (article) by Murray Leinster; The Editor's Page; In Times To Come; The Reference Library by P. Schuyler Miller. Interior - very light browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear - mainly on spine. VG  Price: 10.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	2 Sturgeon, Theodore. THE COSMIC RAPE. Dell, (New York, 1968), Ist printing new Dell edition.  160 pp, PB. "It came from outer space...the Medusa, the inter-galactic conqueror, a hive-like being with a consuming appetite to absorb all life in the universe. Now the Medusa had reached Earth. It had taken control of its first human being. Th rough him it would possess all his fellows..." Interior - page edges browning slightly, a few small tears in margins, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - edgeworn, creased, split 1/2" at bottom of spine near b a c k cover. G  Price: 3.50 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	3 Heinlein, Robert. (also includes Damon Knight, Miriam Allen deFord, Theodore Sturgeon, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Bloch, Avram Davidson, John Christopher, Gordon R. Dickson, Robert F. Young, Idris Seabright, Isaac Asimov, Theodore R. Cogswell, et al. THE DOOR INTO SUMMER. (THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF THIS NOVEL. IN 3 NUMBERS OF THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION. VOLUME 11, NO.s 4, 5 & 6. OCTOBER, NOVEMBER & DECEMBER 1956. Fantasy House, Concord, N.H., 1956, first appearance - preceding publication in book format.  127 pp, 128 pp, 128 pp, soft cover (stapled in wraps - digest size). The first appearance of a new Robert A. Heinlein novel - the first printing in book format was by Doubleday in 1957. Cover art by Kelly Freas. October Contents: THE DOOR INTO S UMMER (first of three parts) by Robert A. Heinlein; I Don't Mind by Ron Smith; The Monster Show by Charles Beaumont; Anything Box by Zenna Henderson; The Decline and Fall of the Bug-eyed Monster (article) by John Christopher; Try This for Psis by R o bert Bloch; Mr. Guthrie's Cold War by Jay Williams; Recommended Reading (department) by Anthony Boucher; Tea from Chirop Terra by Winona McClintic; King's Evil by Avram Davidson; Sonnets in a Moonship (verse) by Starr Nelson. November Contents : T HE DOOR INTO SUMMER (second of three parts) by Robert A. Heinlein; Lullaby for a Changeling (verse) by Doris P. Buck; Flying Pan by Robert F. Young; The Truth of the Matter (article) by G. Harry Stine; Zeepsday by Gordon R. Dickson; Recommende d Rea din g (department) by Anthony Boucher; The Hero Comes by Idris Seabright; Gimmicks Three: A Triptych - The Brazen Locked Room by Isaac Asimov; Time Trammel by Miriam Allen deFord; Impact with the Devil by Theodore R. Cogswell. December Conten ts : S tran ger Station by Damon Knight; First Lesson by Mildred Clingerman; Full Circle (verse) by Dorothy Cowles Pinkney; THE DOOR INTO SUMMER (conclusion) by Robert A. Heinlein; Gandolphus by Anthony Boucher; The Red Wagon by Jane Roberts; The S cie nce S creen (department) by Charles Beaumont; The Apothesis of Ki by Miriam Allen deFord; Venture to the Moon - I. The Starting Line & II Robin Hood, F.R.S. by Arthur C. Clarke; Recommended Reading (department) by the editor; And Now the News.. . by Theod ore St urgeon; Index to Volume XI. Interiors - small tear on first page at bottom staple, small closed tear (archivally taped) at bottom of page 55/56, otherwise clean (no rusting to staples) and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exte riors - very l ight edge wear to covers - a little heavier at top/bottom of spine, top corner of October issue has light crease through book, soft small crease to bottom corner of front cover of December issue with migration into approx. firs t 60 p ages, sp ines fla t and uncreased. Scan of Nov. attached - scans of other two books available upon request. VG  Price: 75.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	4 Boucher, Anthony, ed. (Poul Anderson, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert S. Richardson, Isaac Asimov, Charles Beaumont, Randall Garrett, Saki, Bird Ferguson, Gordon R. Dickson, P.G. Wodehouse, Anthony Boucher, Theodore Sturgeon.) Cover art by Chesley Boneste THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION. VOLUME 9, NO. 6. DECEMBER 1955. Fantasy House, Concord, N.H., 1955.  127 pp, soft cover (digest size). Contents: Delenda Est by Poul Anderson; Mellonta Tauta by Edgar Allan Poe; The Day After We Land on Mars by Robert S. Richardson; Dreaming Is a Private Thing by Isaac Asimov; The Science Screen (department) by Cha rles Beaumont; Blaze of Glory (verse) by Randall Garrett; The Hedgehog by Saki; Interview (verse) by Bird Ferguson; Of the People by Gordon R. Dickson; Mulliner's Buck-U-Uppo by P.G. Wodehouse; Recommended Reading (a note) by Anthony Boucher; The [ W idget], the [Wadget], and Boff (second of two parts) by Theodore Sturgeon; Index. Interior - very light browning to pages, crease to top corner of pages 77-82, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light e dg e wear, very light rubbing, tiny closed tear (archivally taped) on front cover with soft crease, tiny corner piece missing on rear cover, spine flat and uncreased. VG-  Price: 10.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	5 Derleth, August, ed. (A.E. Van Vogt, Clifford Simak, Frank Belknap Long, Isaac Asimov, Nelson Bond, Ray Bradbury, Cleve Cartmill, Fletcher Pratt, Clark Ashton Smith, Theodore Sturgeon.) THE OUTER REACHES: FAVORITE SCIENCE-FICTION TALES CHOSEN BY THEIR AUTHORS. CONTAINS: CO-OPERATE - OR ELSE!; GOOD NIGHT, MR. JAMES; THE CRITTERS; DEATH SENTENCE; THIS IS THE LAND; YLLA; THE GREEN CAT; PARDON MY MISTAKE; PLUTONIAN DRUG; FAREWELL TO E Berkley, New York, c1951.  174 pp, mass market paperback (6 3/8" H). "This edition of 'The Outer Reaches' contains 10 of the 17 stories that appeared in the hard-bound edition." Interior - pages browned, small soft crease at top corner of last few pages, light waterstain do wn inside fore-edge of rear cover, faint watermark at lower fore-edge of approx. last 50 pages. Exterior - light to moderate edge wear, soft corner creases, light rubbing, wrinkling on spine. Good reading copy only.  Price: 5.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	6 Ferman, Edward L. and Mills, Robert P. eds. (Isaac Asimov, Alfred Bester, Larry Niven, Philip MacDonald, Robert Bloch, Theodore Sturgeon, Will Stanton, Charles Runyon, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Frtiz Leiber, Gahan Wilson, Richard Matheson, et al TWENTY YEARS OF THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1970).  264 pp, 8vo, HC in dust jacket. "...twenty stories which appeared in the magazine during its first two decades - stories with a wide range of mood and technique, but all meeting a consistent standard of excellence. The stars of SF are here - Ray B radbury, Isaac Asimov...Fritz Leiber, Theodore Sturgeon, Robert Bloch, Alfred Bester, Philip K. Dick - along with memorably individual stories by writers less famous. Carefully avoiding the overanthologized story, the editors have made a fresh s e l e ction which will be a delight to all readers of imaginative fiction." Light edgewear to boards. Dust jacket is price clipped, has light edgewear/wrinkling/soiling, a few tiny scuffs to spine. VG/VG  Price: 20.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart