ASTOUNDING (GEORGE O. SMITH; L. RON HUBBARD AS RENE LAFAYETTE; PETER PHILLIPS; MARK CHAPMAN LEE; JOHN D. MACDONALD; ARTHUR C. CLARKE; R. S. RICHARDSON) — Astounding Science Fiction: September, Sept. 1948

NY, Street & Smith. 1948. Wraps. Book, Vol. XLII, No. 1. Large digest-sized. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Cover art by Chesley Bonestell. Includes "The Catspaw" (novelette) by George O. Smith; "The Great Air Monopoly" (novelette) by Rene Lafayette [L. Ron Hubbard]; "Dreams Are Sacred" (1st story appearance) by Peter Phillips; "The Gorgons" by Mark Chapman Lee; "Dance of a New World" by John D. MacDonald; "Inheritance" by Arthur C. Clarke. Article: "Paper Planets" by R. S. Richardson. Readers' Departments: "The Editor's Page: Undesireable Invention"; "In Times to Come"; "The Analytical Laboratory"; "Book Review"; "Brass Tacks". Illustrations by Cartier, Orban and Timmins. Glue-mends to spine and hinges with losses to spine; tape at spine head; creasing; tanning; small losses here and there. Good-.