Greenwich, CN: Fawcett Crest Books, 1975. First Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. VINTAGE PAPERBACK: Fawcett Crest Q2410 -- A collection of eight science fiction stories from the 1930s, collected and edited by SciFi master Isaac Asimov in the 1970s with commentary from Asimov on how these favorite stories from his boyhood led him to become a scientist and SF author. The eight include: "The Man Who Evolved," Edmond Hamilton; "The Jameson Satellite," Neil R. Jones; "Submicroscopice," and "Awlo Of Ulm," Capt. S.P. Meek; "Tetrahedra Of Space," P. Schuyler Miller; "The World Of The Red Sun," Clifford D. Simak; "Tumithak Of The Corridors," Charles R. Tanner; and "The Moon Era," Jack Williamson. Originally published in hardcover by Doubleday & Co. in 1974, this copy is a First Printing, First Edition from the mass market paperback edition. 384 pages including four pages of ads, in pictorial wrappers with front cover lettering in yellow and white. Front cover shows series of very light, vertical parallel creases almost invisible in pictorial design, and single reading crease on spine, o/w covers and text are clean, complete and unmarked, no tears or chipping, not remaindered. A very nice copy of a somewhat scarce Asimov-selected anthology.

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Bookseller: H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005501
Title: BEFORE THE GOLDEN AGE: A SCIENCE FICTION ANTHOLOGY OF THE THIRTIES
Author: Asimov, Isaac
Format/Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Fawcett Crest Books
Place of Publication: Greenwich, CN
Date Published: 1975
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: SCIENCE FICTION, FIRST EDITION, 1930S, HAMILTON, NEIL JONES, S.P. MEEK, SCHUYLER MILLER, SIMAK, TANNER, WILLIAMSON,
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