Author: AVON SCIENCE FICTION READER, (ed. Donald A. Wollheim)

Avon Science Fiction And Fantasy Reader Vol 1 no 1.

By: AVON SCIENCE FICTION READER, (ed. Donald A. Wollheim)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Avon Novels, Inc., NY. : 1953.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 48666

Binding: Stapled pictorial wrappers.

Condition: Spine a little browned, wear along bottom spine edge, creased back cover, a VG+ copy.

January 1953 issue (vol 1 no 1). First of just two magazine issues published in total in 1953, an attempt to revive the earlier Avon Fantasy Reader series and Avon Science Fiction Reader series under one title. Unlike those earlier series (which contained many reprints), all stories in these two issues were new. Indeed, this first issue contains Arthur C. Clarke's classic story ''The Forgotten Enemy''.''US digest-size magazine, two issues in 1953, published by Avon Books; edited by Sol Cohen. A hybrid successor to the Avon Fantasy Reader and Avon Science Fiction Reader, the Avon Science Fi...
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Avon Science Fiction Reader no 2.

By: AVON SCIENCE FICTION READER, (ed. Donald A. Wollheim)

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Avon Novels, Inc., NY. : 1951.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 22312

Binding: Stapled pictorial wrappers.

Condition: Pages browning, front cover creased, a G/VG copy.

Second of just three magazine issues published 1951-1952, intended as a companion title to the successful AVON FANTASY READER series. Contained mostly reprints from the 1920s and 1930s (the title story is ''Priestess Of The Flame'' by Sewell Peaslee Wright). Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. See Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 134-35.
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Avon Science Fiction Reader no 2.

By: AVON SCIENCE FICTION READER, (ed. Donald A. Wollheim)

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Avon Novels, Inc., NY. : 1951.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 39236

Binding: Stapled pictorial wrappers.

Condition: Pages browning, spine ends a little torn, staples rusting, a G/VG copy.

Second of just three magazine issues published 1951-1952, intended as a companion title to the successful AVON FANTASY READER series. Contained mostly reprints from the 1920s and 1930s (the title story is ''Priestess Of The Flame'' by Sewell Peaslee Wright). Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. See Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 134-35.
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Author: AVON SCIENCE FICTION READER, (ed. Donald A. Wollheim)

Avon Science Fiction And Fantasy Reader Vol 1 no 1.

Avon Science Fiction Reader no 2.

Avon Science Fiction Reader no 2.

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