AVON FANTASY READER
by AVON FANTASY READER. 1947. (Number 5). Donald A. Wollheim, editor
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Age darkening to text paper, light edge wear, cover creases, a very good copy. (28139)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Avon Book Company, [1947]. First edition. Age darkening to text paper, light edge wear, cover creases, a very good copy. (28139). Small octavo single issue, pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. Authors in this book; C. L. Moore, William Fryer Harvey, Robert Bloch, Carl Jacobi, Stephen Vincent Benet, Clare Winger Harris, Robert W. Chambers, Frank Owen and C. M. Kornbluth. Editor Donald Wolheim and the publisher Joseph Meyers considered these to be books rather than a magazine anthology series and they brought to a mass audience some of the great genre fiction. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 124-132.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28139
- Title
- AVON FANTASY READER
- Author
- AVON FANTASY READER. 1947. (Number 5). Donald A. Wollheim, editor
- Book Condition
- Used - Age darkening to text paper, light edge wear, cover creases, a very good copy. (28139)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Avon Book Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1947]
- Keywords
- Horror . Fantasy . Anthology . Magazine
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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