244 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Alex Schomburg; interiors by: Paul Orban; BRush; Edd Cartier; Williams; Frank Kramer; and Lester Elliot. This anthology contains: Letter to a Phoenix - a short story by Fredric Brown; Cold War - a short story by Kris Neville; Ex Machina - a novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore writing as Lewis Padgett; Invariant - a short story by John Pierce; Police Operation - a novelette by H. Beam Piper; Ogre - a novelette by Clifford D. Simak; and Thunder and Roses - a novelette by Theodore Sturgeon. Size: 8vo.

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Title

THE BEST OF ASTOUNDING

Publisher

Baronet Books, New York

Publication Date

1978

Language

English

ISBN 10

0894370243

ISBN 13

9780894370243

Binding

Soft cover

Illustrator

Alex Schomburg; Paul Orban; BRush; Edd Cartier; Williams; Frank Kramer; Lester Elliot;

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Very Good

Book Type

Book

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Fantasy and Science Fiction

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Baronet Publishing, 1978. Trade paperback, 1st edition, one of two printings. Collection of classic stories from 1940’s-era Astounding Magazine. Introduction by the editor, and these stories: Letter to a Phoenix (1949) by Fredric Brown; Cold War (1949) by Kris Neville; Ex Machina (1948) by Henry Kuttner [as by Lewis Padgett]; Invariant (1944) by John Pierce; Police Operation (1948) by H. Beam Piper; Ogre (1944) by Clifford D. Simak; Thunder and Roses (1947) by Theodore Sturgeon. Interior illustrations by Orban, Brush, Edd Cartier, Willams, Kramer, Lester Elliot.

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