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IF 1953,January
Tight, 1/4" spine-tilt, spine is indented with a long line down length, and edgewear. Moderate to noticeable wear to front cover, letter "B" in ink at middle left. Cover has slipped 1/8" to left, exposing a bit of the page-block at right (see scans.) Back cover has heavy wear including 3 fold-traces at upper left corner, 2 fold-traces at lower left corner, bump-trace at lower right corner, and line(s) next to spine. Age tanning is a little less than average for its vintage. No stamps, marks or writing.
IF - Worlds of Science Fiction: January 1953 (Volume 1, Number 6)
Illustrations by Tom Beecham, Ted Speicher, Kelly Freas, Bob Martin. Cover by Anton Kurka: "The Ultimate Re-sowing of the Human Race - 4000 AD."
Novel: "Ye of Little Faith" by Rog Phillips.
Novelettes: "Check and Checkmate" by Walter Miller, Jr.
"The Statue" by Mari Wolf.
Stories: "The Last Gentleman" by Rory Magill
"Success Story" by Robert Turner
"The Peacemaker" by Alfred Coppel
"Time Enough At Last" by Lynn Venable
"The Anglers of Arz" by Roger Dee
"No Shield from the Dead" by Gordon R. Dickson.
Features: "Personalities in Science: Michael Faraday", "Science Briefs," a letter column.
Edited and published by James L. Quinn (who edited from November 1952 to August 1958.) Bimonthly for the first 2 years, IF went monthly for a year or so as of March 1954, then back to bimonthly in June 1955 (on the even months.)
