Octavo, cloth. First edition. Fix-up novel connecting a series of stories published in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION between November 1948 and March 1950, plus two first published here about super-intelligent children in hiding. On the Science Fiction Book Club's list of "The Most Significant SF & Fantasy Books of the Last 50 Years, 1953-2002." Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1008. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 349-53. A fine copy in bright, very good dust jacket (priced $2.75 on the front flap) with with shallow wear and tiny closed tears along the top edge, mainly spine and rear panels. (#173921). Seller Inventory # 173921

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Title: CHILDREN OF THE ATOM

Publisher: Gnome Press, [New York]

Publication Date: 1953

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition

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