(xii, viii) 305, 278 pp. Book One has black boards; Book Two is quarter-bound in dark blue on light blue boards; both are lettered in lavender on the spine. Both dustjackets have some wear at the corners; no interior markings. Dj art by Karel Thole. These anthologies contain: VOLUME ONE: Been a Long, Long Time by R. A. Lafferty; The Possessed by Arthur C. Clarke; Protected Species by H. B. Fyfe; All the Way Back by Michael Shaara; The Star Plunderer - a novelette by Poul Anderson; Foundation - a novelette by Isaac Asimov; We're Civilized by Alex Apostolides and Mark Clifton; The Crime and Glory of Commander Suzdal by Cordwainer Smith; The Rebel of Valkyr - a novella by Alfred Coppel; Brightness Falls from the Air by Margaret St. Clair writing as Idris Seabright; Immigrant - a novella by Clifford D. Simak; Resident Physician - a novelette by James White; Age of Retirement by Hal Lynch; and Planting Time by Pete Adams and Charles Nightingale. VOLUME TWO: Escape to Chaos - a novella by John D. MacDonald; Concealment by A. E. van Vogt; To Civilize by Algis Budrys; Beep - a novelette by James Blish; Down the River by Mack Reynolds; The Bounty Hunter by Avram Davidson; Not Yet the End by Fredric Brown; Tonight the Stars Revolt - a novella by Gardner F. Fox; Final Encounter by Harry Harrison; Lord of a Thousand Suns - a novelette by Poul Anderson; Big Ancestor - a novelette by F. L. Wallace; and The Interlopers by Roger Dee. Both volumes contain an assortment of essays by Brian W. Aldiss. Size: 8vo.

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Title

GALACTIC EMPIRES - Volume One and Volume Two

Publisher

St. Martin's Press, New York

Publication Date

1976

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

Karel Thole;

Edition

Book Club Editions.

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Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

Book Type

Book

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Fantasy and Science Fiction

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