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Westport, CT: Hyperion Press, Inc., 1976. Reprint . Paper Back. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 230pp..; SC white w/orange&blue-pic.cover; slight rub w/clean,tight pgs. "Classics of Science Fiction Hyperion reprint series" "The title story deals with an alien thing from outer space that enters the camp of an Arctic research party and blends, at will, into the forms of the various men and dogs in the camp.

Shasta Publishers, 1948. 1. Hardcover. Acceptable. ** Signed by John W. Campbell Jr. on the front endpaper **; Acceptable/Fair; Hardcover, Missing Jacket; Covers are moderately discolored and edgeworn; Yellowing with a few small spot-marks to the textblock edges; The endpapers and text pages are all clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5" - 9.75" tall); 1.0 lbs; Light blue cloth covers with title in gold lettering along the spine; 1948, Shasta Publishers; 230 pages; "Who Goes There?: Seven Tales of Science Fiction," by John W. Campbell Jr.

Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1951. First edition. Some toning to the front end papers, mild wear to extremities, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with wrap around illustration by Hannes Bok, spine age darkened with wear and shallow chipping to spine ends, light wear to corner tips. (31889). Octavo, cloth. Classic collection of stories first published under Campbell's pseudonym, Don A. Stuart, in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION between 1934 and 1938. "These short stories are much better than the author's novel-length space operas, and constitute a fascinating body of work." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-13. The title story has been filmed twice, the first in 1951 as "The Thing From Another World," one of the classic Science Fiction films of the 1950s (with James Arness in the title role), and by John Carpenter in 1982 as "The Thing." See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-211. See Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 2003-07.

Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1951. Second edition. Slight spine lean, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (26059). Octavo, original tan cloth with green lettering to the spine, top edge stained green. Signed by Campbell on the front free end paper. The second edition (so stated on the copyright page) with the 1951 movie tie-in dust jacket. Classic collection of stories first published under Campbell's pseudonym, Don A. Stuart, in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION between 1934 and 1938. "These short stories are much better than the author's novel-length space operas, and constitute a fascinating body of work." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-13. The title story has been filmed twice, the first in 1951 as "The Thing From Another World", one of the classic Science Fiction films of the 1950s (with James Arness in the title role), and by John Carpenter in 1982 as "The Thing." See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-211. See Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 2003-07.

Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1948. First Edition. Attractive copy of this classic collection, gathering stories which Campbell published pseudonymously in Astounding Science Fiction between 1934-38. The title story is the basis for two noted film adaptations: The Thing From Another World (1951), directed by Christian Nyby and Howard Hawks, and John Carpenter's 1982 film The Thing. Bleiler (1978 ed.), p.38. First Printing. Octavo (20cm); blue cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [viii],[2],3-230,[2]pp. Pictorial bookplate of bibliophile Warren Bowers Dexter mounted to front pastedown; trivial wear to heel, with some very subtle tanning to text edges; very Near Fine. In the original Hannes Bok dustjacket, price-clipped, with some trivial wear to extremities but displaying none of the usual toning to the spine; very Near Fine.