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TRAVELERS OF SPACE
by Greenberg, Martin (editor)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Previous owner's ink stamp to front free end paper, corner tips bruised, a nearly fine to fine copy in a nearly fine second stat
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Gnome Press Incorporated Publishers, [1951]. First edition. Previous owner's ink stamp to front free end paper, corner tips bruised, a nearly fine to fine copy in a nearly fine second state dust jacket (printed in blue and back ink and different artwork) with two tiny closed tears to upper front panel with crease, mild wear to front corner tips and spine ends, with a fine copy of the first state dust jacket. (30682). Octavo, cloth backed boards. Inscribed and signed on the front free end paper by editor/publisher Martin Greenberg. Collects fourteen stories by Ray Bradbury, Hal Clement, William Tenn, P. Schuyler Miller, Fredric Brown, A. E. van Vogt, Poul Anderson, and others. Includes 16 full-page color illustrations of aliens by Edd Cartier.
Synopsis
Travelers of Space is a 1951 anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Martin Greenberg. The stories originally appeared in the magazines 'Planet Stories, Astounding, Thrilling Wonder Stories and Startling Stories.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30682
- Title
- TRAVELERS OF SPACE
- Author
- Greenberg, Martin (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used - Previous owner's ink stamp to front free end paper, corner tips bruised, a nearly fine to fine copy in a nearly fine second stat
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Gnome Press Incorporated Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1951]
- Keywords
- Anthology . SF
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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