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IF 1953,July

Tight and almost square; spine is slightly dished with some edgewear and more wear towards middle. Light overall wear to front, plus a prominent long vertical line/crease 2" from right side (this is my main reason for downgrading from a basic look of VG to VG+.) Back cover has moderate wear including some 1" finger-creases near top (see scan #2.) Age tanning is a little less than average for its vintage - mild and uniform. No stamps, marks or writing.

IF - Worlds of Science Fiction: July 1953 (Volume 2, Number 3)
Illustrations by Virgil Finlay (for the Vance story), Ed Emshwiller, Kelly Freas, Paul Orban, Brush, Tom Beecham. Wraparound cover by Ken Fagg: "A Volcanic Eruption on Titan, Sixth Moon of Saturn."

Novelettes: "Sjambak" by Jack Vance
"Brink of Madness" by Walt Sheldon.

Stories: "Irresistible Weapon" by H. B. Fyfe
"A Bottle of Old Wine" by Richard O. Lewis
"Celebrity" by James McKimmey, Jr.
"One Martian Afternoon" by Tom Leahy
"Weak on Square Roots" by Russell Burton
"The Lonely Ones" by Edward W. Ludwig
"Progress Report" by Mark Clifton & Alex Apostolides
"The Guinea Pigs" by S. A. Lombino.

Features: "Personalities in Science: Donald W. Kerst", Science Briefs," a letter column.

Edited and published by James L. Quinn (who edited from November 1952 to August 1958.) Associate editor is Larry T. Shaw; staff artist is Ed Valigursky. Bimonthly (on the odd months) 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.)

The Finlay illustration for the Vance story is excellent [scan #3 / scanned from a different copy], and Kelly Freas is starting to show some of the humor and inventiveness that he would be known for…


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