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PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. No publication date but this UK edition dates from around June 1952 and includes some of the content of the September 1951 US edition along with the Sprague story from the July 1951 issue. Contains 'This Way to Mars' by Gault, 'The Masquerade on Dicantropus' by Vance, 'Yes, Sir!' by Fyfe, 'The White Fruit of Banaldar' by MacDonald, 'The Last Story' by Samalman and 'The Ultiimate Engine' by Sprague (Merwin). It also includes 'The Ether Vibrates' by the editor which has readers' letters. The cover illustration is also from the September 1951 US edition and is by Earl Bergey. The interior illustrations are by Poulton, Orban and Schomburg. There is a little chipping at the top and bottom of the spine which also has some light surface and edge wear. There is a small crease to the top corner of the front cover but the covers are otherwise clean and unmarked. The pages are a little browned but otherwise unmarked. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Bergey, Earle; Poulton, Paul; Orban Paul; Schomburg, Alex (illustratore).…

568 p.; 16 plates. Paperback 20 cm 380 gr.

768 p. Pocket (Label on title) 0 gr.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First American Printing Thus. 236 Pp. Green Cloth Stamped In Gilt And Black. Stated First Printing, But Actually First American Edition. Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $6.00 At Bottom Of Front Flap, Price Label At Top Of Front Flap. Reason Demands That Science Be Used To Understand And Improve Society And In Particular Its Institutions And Government; But The Demand Is Unreasonable, As Science Has Boundless Universal Audience And Participation And Review And Analysis And Criticism Subject To Explicit Standards, Whereas Society Does Not- Its Standards Are Vaguely Philosophical But Essentially Clan-Specific And Religious. To The Everlasting Surprise Of Society, Its Standards Are Occasionally Revised By Popular Sentiment When Experience, Including Some Consideration Of Science, Is Overwhelmingly Indicative Of Its Failings. The Academicians Here Assert Some Scientific Expertise In General, Which Is Not The Way Scientific Expertise Works In Social Concerns.…