2" non-yellowing library tape reinforcing spine. This may be unread (very tight & square.)

"First Ace printing: October 1972" paperback. Cover by Dean Ellis, 153 pages, 75 cent cover price. Condition is near-Fine: tight and square with flat spine; age tanning is mild and uniform; slight overall wear. Spine is reinforced with 2" non-yellowing library tape. Bookstore stamp inside cover & price stamped on first page; stamps on page 1, 85 - no other marks or writing.

In the Queue
A Relic of War
The Big Show
Message to an Alien
The Plague
Test to Destruction

Stories are from 1967-1970: originally in Analog (3), Galaxy, Orbit 7 and Dangerous Visions. This is the first time any of these appeared in a Laumer collection.