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GALAXY 1953,July

Tight and square / flat spine. Light overall wear - mainly as line next to spine, fold-trace at bottom right corner of front cover, 1/4" by 1/2" chip gone from upper left corner of back cover. Age tanning is less than average for its vintage.

GALAXY Science Fiction: July 1953 (Volume 6, Number 4)
Illustrations by Don Sibley, Ed Emshwiller, Ashman, Vidmer, Dick Francis. Cover by Emsh: "A Settlement Out of Court."

Novelets: "Kindergarten" by Clifford D. Simak
"The Weather on Mercury" by William Morrison
"Soldier Boy" by Michael Shaara.

Stories: "Caretaker" by James H. Schmitz
"Home Is the Hunter" by C. L. Moore & Henry Kuttner
"A Bad Day for Sales" by Fritz Leiber
"Green Grew the Lasses" by Ruth Laura Wainwright.

Science: "For Your Information: Second Trip to Venus" by Willy Ley

H. L. Gold's editorial is "Old Laws - New Uses." 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.)


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