Tight and almost square; spine is slightly dished with a line down length; 3/8" chip or scrape at upper right of front cover (in the A, C of the word "Space" in the title.) Extra stamp on top page block. Age tanning is very mild and uniform - much less than expected for this vintage.

First Lesson
Stickeney and the Critic
Stair Trick
Minister Without Portfolio
Birds Can't Count
The Word
The Day of the Green Velvet Cloak
Winning Recipe
Letters from Laura
The Last Prophet
Mr. Sakrison's Halt
The Wild Wood
The Little Witch of Elm Street
A Day for Waving
The Gay Deceiver
A Red Heart and Blue Roses

15 of 16 of these (eventually) appeared in Magazine of F&SF. The last 2 are original to this collection ("A Red Heart and Blue Roses" was reprinted in Magazine of F&SF in 1964.) The rest are from 1952 to 1958. "First Lesson" and "Winning Recipe" were first printed in Cosmopolitan, and "The Little Witch of Elm Street" came from Women's Home Companion (all later reprinted in Magazine of F&SF.)