Usual library distinctions, pocket intact, else contents appear as unread & unblemished in very good grey boards. DJ displays minimal surface/edge/wear, as shown, in poly protector.

11 Short Stories. This collection of the first published works of Jack Williamson offers a rare glimpse into the very beginning of American science fiction. 11 short stories beginning with "The Metal Man" (Author's 1st published story, published from 1928 - 1933 in various pulp). Jacket displays art of Gary Friedman, depiction of Thomas Kelvin's airplane, shortly to be transformed into "The Metal Man", in the radioactive grip of the towering cylinder of black metal at the mysterious source of the Rio De la Sangre.

Early stories, with autobiographical introduction and remarks between stories. Contents: Introduction, essay by Jack Williamson; Scientifiction, Searchlight of Science, essay by Jack Williamson. Stories: The Metal Man; The Girl from Mars (excerpt), novelette by Jack Williamson and Miles J. Breuer, M.D.; The Cosmic Express; The Meteor Girl; Through the Purple Cloud; The Doom from Planet 4; Twelve Hours to Live!; The Plutonian Terror; Salvage in Space; "We Ain't Beggars;" Dead Star Station. Short Stories,

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Bookseller: Eve's Reads (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: #2446-42710
Title: Early Williamson, The
Author: Jack Williamson
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Xlib
Jacket Condition: Very Good Poly Protected DJ.
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Ed.
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0385027222
ISBN 13: 9780385027229
Publisher: Doubleday & Co., Inc.
Place of Publication: Garden City, NY
Date Published: 1975
Size: 199 Pages
Keywords: Short Stories Autobiographical

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