The History of the Science Fiction Magazine, Vol. 3: 1946-1955, Michael Ashley. Published by Contemporary Books, Chicago, IL, 1977. First Edition. 349pp. Blue cloth boards. Contents in fine condition; dust jacket was taped to head and tail of boards leaving marks; fading to jacket spine. ISBN 0809278421 9780809278428 [CA]

Chicago: Contemporary Books, Inc, Date: 1977 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, 349 pp. So-called perfect binding is disintegrating (pages are falling out), otherwise near fine, just a bit of wear on corners & spine ends. DJ has closed tears of 4 & 3 cm, small chips, slight edge wear. Ashley's extensive overview of the science fiction of the period is followed by ten stories by ten authors--one from each year: Theodore Sturgeon, Arthur C. Clarke, Henry Kuttner, Ray Bradbury, Damon Knight, Paul Anderson, Ross Rocklynne, Richard Matheson, Robert Sheckley, and E. C. Tubb. These are followed by appendices listing magazine issues of the period, a glossary of magazine editors, statistics on cover artists, and checklists of the magazine appearences of the ten featured authors and ten others: James Blish, Leigh Brackett, John Christopher, Lester Del Rey, Robert Heinlein, Alan E. Nourse, Frederick Pohl, Eric Frank Russell, Richard S. Shaver, and John Wyndham. These checklists include pseudonymous works, with the pseudonyms listed in footnotes (E. C. Tubb used an astonishing thirty pseudonyms!). Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First US Edition. . 21½ X 13 cm. 1977. Contemporary Books, Inc ISBN 0809278421 9780809278428 [US]