The Best Science Fiction Stories

by Everett F. Bleiler; T. E. Dikty [editors]

$1,028 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · Signed · In dust jacket

New York: Frederick Fell Inc., 1949-1953. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8.5" by 6". None. A smart set of five volumes of The Best Science Fiction Stories series, with volume one signed and inscribed by the editors. Five volumes. First editions. With volume one signed and inscribed by the editors to the front endpaper, which reads: 8-17-1949 To T. L. MacDonald with the very best personal wishes of the editors. A collection of anthologies of science fiction short stories, being the first published anthology to present the best science fiction stories for a given year. With most stories having previously appeared in magazines such as Planet Stories, Astounding Science Fiction, Blue Book, Comment, and Thrilling Wonder Stories from the previous year. The collection was published annually from 1949 to 1954, with additional publication Year s Best Science Fiction Novels being issued for the years 1952, 1953, and 1954. With contributions from authors such as Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Fredric Brown, Clifford Simak, Robert S. Carr, L. Sprague de Camp, Gordon Dickson, Katherine MacLean, William F. Temple, Alfred Bester, Betsy Curtis, Zenna Henderson, John D. MacDonald, Walter M. Miller, and John Wyndham, amongst others. Edited by Everett Franklin Bleiler, an American editor, bibliographer, and scholar of science fiction, detective fiction, and fantasy literature, and Thaddeus Maxim Eugene (Ted) Dikty, an American editor who also played a role as one of the earliest

• Publisher: Frederick Fell Inc.
• Year: 1949
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: hardcover

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