Isbn: 9780911682281 - galaxy magazine: the dark and the light years (9 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: FAIR. First Edition. Galaxy Magazine: The Dark and the Light Years. Acceptable. 1986, First Edition stated, Starmont House. Hardcover. Withdrawn Ex-Libris. Typical library stickers, envelope paste in, markings, and stamps. Text pages clean with no marks. Stored and protected in a Mylar cover. Jacket shows a bit of edge and shelf wear. Binding solid. B&W photos and illustrations. Ships quickly and with care. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SYNOPSIS & HISTORY: It was never an apprentice, A new magazine will usually go through a long apprenticeship, a period of trial and error as it gradually works its way up toward the top ranks in its field. But not Galaxy! From its very first issue in 1950, Galaxy Science Fiction was in the top rank, fully the equal of John W. Campbell's Astounding Science Fiction, hitherto the undisputed leader in the science fiction field. Under the editorship of Horace Gold Galaxy was a superior production in fiction, in artwork, and even in the quality of its cover stock. Gold ran stories by the best of the established authors, and like Campbell before him, encouraged and developed new authors. But Galaxy was not merely a superior imitation of Astounding. Gold had his own very distinctive voice. Galaxy soon became famous for stories of social satire and character insight. There were fewer of superscientific heroes and more of normal human beings, and even antiheroes. If Campbell asked how new technology would change the society, Gold asked how those social changes would affect ordinary people. David Rosheim presents a detailed history of Galaxy from its founding in 1950 to its last issue in 1980. He covers both the triumphs (which were many) and the failures (which were few) right up to the financial and management problems which finally killed the magazine. Galaxy had both its light years and its dark years, and if the dark finally took it away from us, we still have the memory of the light. This is a work of nostalgic affection (not pedantic scholarship) in the tradition of Alva Rogers' A Requiem for Astounding (now out of print, alas). With color frontispiece of the first Galaxy cover and many other covers in blackand white.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine in a Fine jacket. 1st Printing. Signed by Rosheim. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. Advent, 1986 1st ed. Fine in near fine jacket with very light wear to spine ends and corners. See photos clphE.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. 343 pages.

Octavo, pp. [i-ix] x-xvi [xvii-xviii] [1] 2-343 [344: blank], illustrations, cloth. First edition. Issue-by-issue survey of GALAXY (1950-1980) with some publishing history. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 12-43. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#175108).

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. "FIRST EDITION: July 1986" on its copyright page. SIGNED, with no personalization or inscription, on its title page by author David L. Rosheim. This book is in near fine condition, marred only by light bumps on its covers' front bottom edge, and spine ends. Its binding is sound and square, with no spine crease. Covers are unmarked and otherwise unworn, with bright gilt titles on its spine. Pages are unworn and otherwise unmarked. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is also in near fine condition: whole, bright, and unmarked, with very light bumps on its spine ends and back top edge. I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble cushion, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description. Signed by Author(s).…

1st edition, 1986. Spine head & foot bumped; otherwise a clean, tidy copy in tight binding. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.

Hardback. Near fine book in Near fine dustwrapper. First printing.

hardcover. Condizione: As New.