The Seeds of Time - First Edition

First edition, first impression, published by Michael Joseph in 1956. Black textured paper boards, spine lettered in gilt, light bruising at the corners, otherwise tidy covers, rolled spine, secure binding, clean, age toned pages, a few pages with a tiny mark, no inscriptions. Dust jacket with original price in tact, a few short closed tears to the edges, back panel a little marked, jacket now in a removable protective wrapper. Good condition. Wyndham's collection of 10 sci-fi short stories previously published in periodicals. the stories include; Chronoclasm - A rom-com about a time traveling historian who falls in love while visiting the past, risking the future timeline. Time to Rest - After Earth is destroyed, a human survivor attempts to adapt to their new life among Martians on Mars. Survival - a stranded spacecraft in orbit around Mars is running out of supplies, what lengths will the crew go to survive? Compassion Circuit - The latest domestic robot has fancy new circuitry to feel compassion for its owners, what could possibly go wrong? (a lot). The other stories are Meteor, Pawley's Peepholes, Opposite Number, Pillar to Post, Dumb Martian, and Wild Flower.…