Star Science Fiction Magazine - premier issue, January 1958

Derby, CT: Ballantine, 1958 [January]. Premiere Issue of the magazine. First Edition. Edited by Frederik Pohl, illustrated by Richard Powers. 7 1/2" x 5 3/8", pictorial wrappers, 128 pp. Age toning to the paper, a few small page-edge chips toward the back [not affecting text] and one toward front, small (5 mm) chip at spine bottom. Very Good. Very scarce first-issue-ever of the big-name sci-fi pulp entry, in nice condition. Included are three novelettes and four short storie, plus a desultory and witty commemorative editorial by Pohl. Titles: "It Walks in Beauty." (Chan Davis); "Mark X" (John A. Sentry); "The Apprentice Wobbler" (Poul Anderson); "S As In Zebantinsky" (Isaac Asimov); "Daybroke" (Robert Bloch); "Judas Dancing" (Brian W. Aldiss); "Nor the Moon by Night" (Gavin Hyde). Cover art in color, plus B&w interior illustrations by the stylish Richard Powers. Nice landmark in this end of sci-fi. Hard to find premiere issue. L82.