Lester Del Rey — Day of the Giants

New York, Avalon Books, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this exciting novel from American science fiction writer Lester Del Rey. First edition. With the original misprint to the front panel of the dust wrapper spelling the author's name as Ray rather than Rey. Leif Svensen and the other farmers were desperately cutting wood to keep their stoves going as ice and snow covered the land in Winter. But when a neighbour claims that Leif's dog has killed one of their livestock, he knows this is not true and sets out to find the real danger. Written by Lester del Rey, an American science fiction author and editor who was the author of many books in the juvenile Winston Science Fiction series and the fantasy editor at Del Rey Books. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with light wear to the extremities and fading to the spine. A small tear to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good Indeed.