Men Against the Stars : Martin Greenberg : Science Fiction Short Stories 1950

Men Against the Stars

Edited by Martin Greenberg

Gnome Publishers, New York, 1950. First Edition. Hardback book with dust jacket, 8vo, 351 pages.

CONDITION
A good first edition. The dust jacket has its original price intact but has a scuff to the spine and a little loss to the spine ends and a closed tear to one of the corners. Boards and spine are good. All contents present and pages good throughout. No writing or names to the book.  Overall a good first edition.

Stories in this book by:
Isaac Asimov
L Ron Hubabrd
Hal Clement
E. M. Hull

Men Against the Stars is a 1950 anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Martin Greenberg, originally published in hardcover by Gnome Press. A British hardcover was issued by Grayson & Grayson in 1951. Pyramid Books published several abridged paperback versions in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

It was the first “theme” anthology in science fiction, where all stories are about a common idea, setting, or concept. All the stories, save one, had originally appeared in the magazine Astounding SF. The other story, "When Shadows Fall", first appeared in Startling Stories.

(Location : Glass Cabinet 2)