Edited By John Campbell Prologue To Analog and 12 similar items

PROLOGUE TO ANALOG Edited by John W. Campbell Garden City, New York: Doubleday Company, Inc., 1962. First edition (stated). Frayed wear to the lower spine, else a very good plus tight copy in light blue cloth, spine titles in black; in a very good plus dust jacket with wear and a chip missing from the lower spine, nicks and modest wear to the crown of the spine, and soiling to the rear panel. Original $3.95 price to the front flap. Editor John W. Campbell has selected ten exceptional stories and novelettes from Astounding Science Fiction as a Prologue to Analog, representing the best authors and stories since 1953. Campbell starts the anthology with an eight-page introductory essay. Contents: Isaac Asimov--"Belief"; Christopher Anvil--"Pandora's Planet"; Randall Garrett and Robert Silverberg--"Sound Decision"; H. Beam Piper--"Omnilingual"; J.F. Bone--"Triggerman"; Rick Raphael--"A Filbert is a Nut"; Ralph Williams--"Business As Usual, During Alterations"; Joseph P. Martino--"Pushbutton War"; Roger Kuykendall--"We Didn't Do Anything Wrong, Hardly"; and Eric Frank Russell--"Minor Ingredient". A relatively common anthology in the science fiction book club edition--BUT very scarce in the publisher's first edition. NOTE: We will place the dust jacket in a new clear Brodart sleeve to protect and enhance it's appearance. Easily removed if not desired. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS!