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Auction #129 begins on 26 Feb 2026

[Greenberg (Martin) Editor:]

ALL ABOUT THE FUTURE (Presentation copy)

Introductions by Robert A. Heinlein and Isaac Asimov. Adventures in Science Fiction (Volume 5)

Published: Gnome Press Inc., New York, 1955

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $100

Approximately:

Estimate: $150

Bidding opens: 26 Feb 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 5 Mar 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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First Edition: 374 pages, second state binding in black paper covered boards, title in red on the spine, foxing and toning on the page edges and the preliminary pages, a very good copy in dust jacket which is fraying along the edges, designed by Ed Emsh with the price $3.50 and the code AATF, presentation inscription on the front free endpaper signed by the author.

Presentation inscription reads: To Albert, With best wishes, Martin Greenberg, easter time 9/5/1959

Includes the stories:

"The Midas Plague" by Frederik Pohl (Galaxy, April 1954)

"UN-Man" by Poul Anderson (Astounding, January 1953)

"Granny Won't Knit" by Theodore Sturgeon (Galaxy, May 1954)

"Natural State" by Damon Knight (Galaxy, January 1954)

"Hobo God" by Malcolm Jameson (Astounding, September 1944)

"Blood Bank" by Walter M. Miller Jr. (Astounding, June 1952)

"Excerpts From the Encyclopedia of Galactic Culture" edited [written] by Edward Wellen:

"Origins of Galactic Etiquette" (Galaxy, October 1953)

Additional fictitious encyclopedia entries on Law, Slang, and Medicine

  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 8vo (220 x 145 mm)


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