New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1955. First edition. Pencil marks to lower rear paste down, corners slightly bumped, tiny stain to front cover, a nearly fine copy in a very good price clipped dust jacket with rubbing to folds and base of spine panel, tiny tear with crease to lower left front corner, several tiny tears to the upper spine panel, verso of jacket has two light blue lines from a previous dust jacket protector with some faint bleed through rear panel and rear flap. (25552). Octavo, cloth. Sturgeon's third collection of short fiction. Eleven stories selected, with introduction, by Groff Conklin. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-365. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1561.

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Bookseller: John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 25552
Title: A WAY HOME: STORIES OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY..
Author: Sturgeon, Theodore
Book Condition: Used - Pencil marks to lower rear paste down, corners slightly bumped, tiny stain to front cover, a nearly fine copy in a very good pri
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Funk & Wagnalls Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1955
Keywords: SF . Fantasy . SC

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