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Astounding Science Fiction (1938-1960 Street and Smith) Pulp / Digest Vol. 24 #1

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    Astounding Science Fiction (1938-1960 Street and Smith) Pulp / Digest Vol. 24 #1


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    Astounding Science Fiction (1938-1960 Street and Smith) Pulp / Digest Vol. 24 #1
    Published Sep 1939 by Street & Smith.
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    • Paper: Off white
    • Back cover detached 10%.
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    • Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    "Forces Must Balance" a novelette by Manly Wade Wellman, "Ether Breathers" a short story, the first published science-fiction by Theodore Sturgeon.

    September 1939. Cover by Rogers. Stories: "Forces Must Balance" by Manly Wade Wellman, "The Last Hope" by Don Evans, "Atmospherics" by Victor Valding, "Masson's Secret" by Raymond Z. Gallun, "Ether Breather" by Theodore Sturgeon (his 1st published SF work), "The Other Side of Astronomy" by R.S. Richardson, and "General Swamp, C.I.C." (Conclusion) by Frederick Engelhardt. Illustrations by Isip, Koll, Mayan, Orban, Schneeman and Wesso. Trimmed pulp, 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in, 100 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.