Poul Anderson — Guardians of Time

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1961 . Cloth. The first UK edition of this collection of four science-fiction tales from American author Poul Anderson, in the bright Gollancz dust wrapper. The first UK edition. First published in the US in 1960. Collects four early Time Patrol stories by American fantasy and science-fiction author Poul Anderson. These works originally appeared in 'The Magazine of Fantasy and Science-Fiction' between 1955 and 1960. This collection is comprised of 'Time Patrol', 'Brave to be a King', 'The Only Game in Town' and 'Delenda Est&apos. Set 19,000 years into the future, these stories surround the secrets of time travel, with time machines being used a regularly as the trains on the London Underground. However, with such a monumental technological advancement, the Time Patrol organisation must often intervene to stop people meddling with the past. With the original, unclipped striking yellow Gollancz dust wrapper. With an ink inscription of H W F Jenning to the front endpaper. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with a little fading and a touch of bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Very light offsetting to endpapers, with an ink inscription to the front endpaper. One or two spots to the fore edge. Dust wrapper is very good, with very small chips to the extremities and sunning to the spine and extremities. The odd mark to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with handling marks to pages 11-20. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.