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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. illustrated with black-and-white photographs of the contributors, index. Light page edge foxing and some spine toning. See photo clph.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 4th printing, Sept. 1974. Trade-sized. Includes "Introduction"; "On the Writing of Speculative Fiction" by Robert A. Heinlein; "Writing a Science Novel" by John Taine; "The Logic of fantasy" by Jack Williamson; "Complication in the Science Fiction Story" by A. E. van Vogt; "Humor in Science Fiction" by L. Sprague de Camp; "The Epic of Space" by Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.; "The Science of Science Fiction Writing" by John W. Campbell, Jr. Mild tanning; slight wear. Book.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Chicago: Advent Publishers. Very Good. 1964. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. First printing thus. Pictorial wrappers, 104 pages, illustrated with black-and-white photographs of the contributors, index. Near Fine copy with some age-toning to the spine. .bx121.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Chicago, IL., Advent publishers 4th printing of the second edition illustrated with black-and-white photographs of the contributors, index. This copy signed by the Edited and writer of the introduction Lloyd Arthur Eshbach. A near fine unread copy with the spine evenly toned. See photo clph/ E. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 4th printing, Sept. 1974. Cover art by John Stopa. Includes "Introduction"; "On the Writing of Speculative Fiction" by Robert A. Heinlein; "Writing a Science Novel" by John Taine; "The Logic of fantasy" by Jack Williamson; "Complication in the Science Fiction Story" by A. E. van Vogt; "Humor in Science Fiction" by L. Sprague de Camp; "The Epic of Space" by Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.; "The Science of Science Fiction Writing" by John W. Campbell, Jr. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Chicago: Advent Publishers. 1964. First advent edition, reissue of the 1947 Fantasy Press edition. 104 pages, Lloyd Arthur Eshbach (editor) with essays by John W. Campbell Jr., L. Sprague de Camp, Robert A. Heinlein, Edward E. Smith Ph.D., John Taine AKA Eric Temple Bell, A. E. van Vogt, and Jack Williamson. A near fine book with light wear, in a very good dust jacket with the spine toned and light wear, light dust soiling. See Photos cel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Original 1947 edition, very scarce. Red cloth, spine panel lettered in gilt. Moisture contact has resulted in a few spots and areas of dye lightening to cover cloth, with dampstaining along lower spine panel/joints and lightening to heel of spine. Foxed endpapers, clean interior, firm binding. 96 pp., illus. w/ contributors' portraits. Dust jacket shows several shorter closed edge tears, 1/4" loss at head of spine and 1/2" at heel, light dampstaining along rear joint, some wear to corners, now in mylar. Stated 1st edition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

First Edition. OF WORLDS BEYOND, Fantasy Press, 1947, first edition, several lightened areas to the spine and rear cover, else vg in like dust-wrapper. A symposium about Science Fiction by E.E. Smith, J.W. Campbell, L.S. DeCamp, A.E. Van Vogt, John Taine & Robert Heinlein. 1/1,262 copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. 2nd Edition. 104 Pp. Grey Cloth, Gilt. The Scarce Hardcover Issue. One Of The Author's Copies, Inscribed By A E Van Vogt To A Friend Who Was A Long Time Sf Fan. Book Fine, No Wear Or Foxing. Dust Jacket Very Near Fine, Narrow Rubs On Fore-Edge Only. Inscribed by Author(s).

First edition. Octavo, seventeen parts plus preliminaries, the parts and the two preliminary leaves professionally bound in black cloth. COSMOS, a legendary collaborative novel by eighteen authors, was published in seventeen parts as supplements to SCIENCE FICTION DIGEST (later FANTASY MAGAZINE), July 1933January 1935. In order of appearance, contributors were Ralph Milne Farley, David G. Keller, Arthur J. Burks, Bob Olsen, Frances Flagg, John W. Campbell, Rae Winters, Otis Adelbert Kline and E. Hoffmann Price, Abner J. Gelula, Raymond A. Palmer, A. Merritt, J. Harvey Haggard, Edward E. Smith, P. Schuyler Miller, Lloyd A. Eshbach, Eando Binder, and Edmond Hamilton. The title page (designed by Hannes Bok) and table of contents were printed with the final issue. In 1946 Sam Moskowitz estimated that only thirty complete sets of COSMOS existed. [Reference: Moskowitz, The Immortal Storm (1974), p. 16. Pavlat and Evans, Fanzine Index (1965), p. 19]. Installments and preliminaries are in fine condition throughout. This set is accompanied by Hannes Bok's original black and white preliminary drawing for the cover illustration. (34593).