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GALAXY 1953,February
Tight and almost square / flat spine (with the usual light wear, dirt accumulation, and slight contours from glue shrinking below the paper.) Light to moderate overall wear, including extra wear or rubbing to left side of front cover, 3" fold-trace at upper right corner of front cover, some wear to lower right edge of front cover, very faint spotting at top of cover. Age tanning is average or slightly worse for its vintage.
GALAXY Science Fiction: February 1953 (Volume 5, Number 5)
Illustrations by Ashman, Willer, Tom Beecham, Don Sibley, Ed Emshwiller. Cover by Mel Hunter: "Spaceship Departure."
Novelets: "Four in One" by Damon Knight
"Watchbird" by Robert Sheckley.
Stories: "Protective Mimicry" by Algis Budrys
"Saucer of Loneliness" by Theodore Sturgeon
"Know Thy Neighbor" by Elisabeth R. Lewis.
Serial: "Ring Around the Sun" (Conclusion) by Clifford D. Simak.
Science: "For Your Information: The Ice Age (III), etc." by Willy Ley
H. L. Gold's editorial is "Buy Me That!" Book reviews by Groff Conklin (for the 1st five years.) In 1953, Galaxy would split the first "Hugo" award for best magazine (shared with Astounding.)
