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IF 1956,December
Tight / square; flat spine. Light overall wear mainly as faint rubbing. 5" fold trace and a small bump-trace (1" or less) at bottom right of front cover, and 5" fold trace at upper left corner of back cover. Age-tanning is a little less than average for its vintage. No stamps, marks or writing.
IF - Worlds of Science Fiction: December 1956 (Volume 7, Number 1)
Illustrations by Paul Orban, Ed Emshwiller. Cover by Mel Hunter ("This Lonely Earth.")
Science: "This Lonely Earth" by Dr. Walther Riedel.
Novelette: "It's Cold Outside" by Richard Wilson.
Stories: "The Chasm" by Bryce Walton
"Routine for a Hornet" by Don Berry
"Family Tree" by Charles L. Fontenay
"A Little Knowledge" by Russ Winterbotham
"Thought for Today" by Henry Slesar
"But the Patient Lived" by Harry Warner, Jr.
Edited and published by James L. Quinn (who edited from November 1952 to August 1958.) Asssitant editor is Eve Wulff; Art Editor is Mel Hunter.
