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IF 1955,June
Tight and almost square with flat spine. Moderate overall wear including faint long line 1" from spine on front cover, some faint tan smudges on back cover (grease? / see scan #2.) Date stamped at upper right corner of back cover; small spatter/spill on side page block edge - about 1/4" with 1/8" max penetration to interior. Age-tanning is extremely mild: the pages are amazingly light / cream colored? - way below average for this vintage.
IF - Worlds of Science Fiction: June 1955 (Volume 5, Number 4)
Illustrations by Kelly Freas, Paul Orban, Ernie Barth, Ed Emshwiller. Cover by Kelly Freas (for "The Strangers.")
Novelettes: "The Strangers" by Algis Budrys
"Men of the Ocean" by R. E. Banks.
Stories: "Bright Islands" by Frank Riley
"Your Time Is Up" by Walt Sheldon
"Until Life Do Us Part" by Winston Marks
"The Twilight Years" by Kirk & Garen Drussai
"Freeway" by Bryce Walton
"Forced Move" by Henry Lee
"The Pioneers" by Basil Wells.
Edited and published by James L. Quinn (who edited from November 1952 to August 1958.) Asssitant editors are Eve Wulff, Robert W. Greene; Art Editor is Ed Valigursky. Bimonthly for the first 2 years (on the odd months), IF went monthly for a year or so as of March 1954, then back to bimonthly in June 1955 (on the even months.)
