August Derleth [ed.]; Nelson Bond; Ray Bradbury; Carl Jacobi et al — Far Boundaries: Twenty Science-Fiction Short Stories

New York, Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1951 . First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of the ninth Fantasy and Science Fiction annual, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper, featuring twenty works selected by American writer and anthologist August Derleth. In the publisher's original beige cloth binding. Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.  First edition.  The ninth annual selection from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Including stories by Fritz Leiber, Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, Donald Wandrei, Carl Jacobi, Frank Belknap Long, Nelson Bond, A. E. Van Vogt and others, August Derleth presents twenty tales, largely from the 1930s and 1940s, alongside four unusual tales from the nineteenth century. The earliest of these tales is the 1787 story 'From a Private Mad-House', about a voyage to the moon. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. One or two very minor spots of damp staining to upper extremities of front board and spine to joint. Slight bumping to spine ends. Dust wrapper, excellent. Slight edge wear to extremities, resulting in one or two very small chips, closed tears, and creases, more so to spine ends. Slight sunning to spine. Light scattered spotting to upper fore edge visible to inside wrap. Very light soiling to wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.