Astounding 1952 Set (3 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Soft Cover. Street & Smith 1952. Book condition: F - Fine. A collection of 3 consecutive issues of Astounding Science Fiction magazine, including issues from June, July & August 1952 in fine to very fine condition, with some taped spines - an expected level of wear and tear for these beautiful vintage magazines. Featuring 'Firewater' by William Tenn, 'Bridge' by James Blish, 'Steel Brother' by Gordon R. Dickson, 'Space Fear' by James H. Schmitz, 'High Threshold' by Alan E. Nourse, 'Philosophical Corps' by E. B. Cole, 'Protected Species' by H. B. Fyfe, 'Gunner Cade' by Cyril Judd, 'Man Down' by Jack Williamson and many more. Astounding Science Fiction is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled Astounding Stories of Super-Science, the first issue was dated January 1930, published by William Clayton, and edited by Harry Bates. Clayton went bankrupt in 1933 and the magazine was sold to Street & Smith. The new editor was F. Orlin Tremaine, who soon made Astounding the leading magazine in the nascent pulp science fiction field. A British edition published by Atlas Publishing and Distributing Company ran from August 1939 until August 1963, initially in pulp format, switching to digest from November 1953. The material in the British editions was selected from the U.S. issues, most stories coming from a single U.S. number, and other stories picked from earlier or later issues to fill the magazine. The covers were usually repainted from the American originals. Condition: Fine/Very Fine. 64 pages. Size: 7" x 9" (170mm x 235mm). (0.4 AST19522).

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Soft Cover. Street & Smith 1952. Book condition: F - Fine. A collection of 4 consecutive issues of Astounding Science Fiction magazine, including issues from February, March, April & May 1952 in fine to very fine condition, with some taped spines - an expected level of wear and tear for these beautiful vintage magazines. Featuring 'City of the Phoenix' by M. C. Pease, 'The Bodyguard' by Vernon W. Glasser, 'Courtsey' by Clifford D. Simak, 'Prometheus' by Julian Chain, 'The Monkey Wrench' by Gordon R. Dickson, 'The Price' by Dave Dryfoos, 'Day of the Moron' by H. Beam Piper, 'Untitled Story' by Frank M. Robinson, 'The Universe Between' by Alan E. Nourse, 'Galactic Gadgeteers' by Harry Stine, 'Izzard & The Membrane' by Walter M. Miller Jnr, 'That Share of Glory' by C. M. Kornbluth, 'Telek' by Jack Vance and many more. Astounding Science Fiction is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled Astounding Stories of Super-Science, the first issue was dated January 1930, published by William Clayton, and edited by Harry Bates. Clayton went bankrupt in 1933 and the magazine was sold to Street & Smith. The new editor was F. Orlin Tremaine, who soon made Astounding the leading magazine in the nascent pulp science fiction field. A British edition published by Atlas Publishing and Distributing Company ran from August 1939 until August 1963, initially in pulp format, switching to digest from November 1953. The material in the British editions was selected from the U.S. issues, most stories coming from a single U.S. number, and other stories picked from earlier or later issues to fill the magazine. The covers were usually repainted from the American originals. Condition: Fine/Very Fine. 64 pages. Size: 7" x 9" (170mm x 235mm). (0.45 AST19521).

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Soft Cover. Street & Smith 1952. Book condition: F - Fine. A collection of 4 consecutive issues of Astounding Science Fiction magazine, including issues from September, October, November & December 1952 in fine to very fine condition, with some taped spines - an expected level of wear and tear for these beautiful vintage magazines. Featuring 'Dumb Waiter' by Walter M. Miller Jnr, 'The Farthest Horizon' by Raymond F. Jones, 'Gunner Cade' by Cyril Judd, 'Blood's A Rover' by Chad Oliver, 'Fast Falls the Eventide' by Eric Frank Russell, 'The Specter General' by Theodore R. Cogswell, 'Bluff-Stained Transaction' by H. B. Fyfe, 'The Emissary' by Jim Brown, 'All The Way Back' by Michael Shaara and many more. Astounding Science Fiction is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled Astounding Stories of Super-Science, the first issue was dated January 1930, published by William Clayton, and edited by Harry Bates. Clayton went bankrupt in 1933 and the magazine was sold to Street & Smith. The new editor was F. Orlin Tremaine, who soon made Astounding the leading magazine in the nascent pulp science fiction field. A British edition published by Atlas Publishing and Distributing Company ran from August 1939 until August 1963, initially in pulp format, switching to digest from November 1953. The material in the British editions was selected from the U.S. issues, most stories coming from a single U.S. number, and other stories picked from earlier or later issues to fill the magazine. The covers were usually repainted from the American originals. Condition: Fine/Very Fine. 64 pages. Size: 7" x 9" (170mm x 235mm). (0.45 AST19523).