A Treasury of Great Science Fiction, 2 Volumes, edited by Anthony Boucher

Complete 2 volume set. Dust jackets have light wear, and small closed tear; Vol. 2 jacket has tanning and is missing .25 inch from the top of the spine; now in new removable protective covers. Gray boards, with red print on spine. Prior owner's name on paste down in Vol. 2. Pages are clean and unmarked, old book smell. Doubleday / Science Fiction Book Club hard cover set of 2, with dust jackets, 1959 edition, but later printing, 527 + 522 pages, cover art by Sydney Butchkes. SFBC #1890. 8vo (5.75" x 8.5") Classic anthology of 4 novels and 19 stories. Contents of Vol. 1: Before the Curtain . . . essay by Anthony Boucher; Re-Birth, novel by John Wyndham; The Shape of Things That Came, by Richard Deming; Pillar of Fire, by Ray Bradbury; Waldo, by Robert A. Heinlein; The Father-Thing, by Philip K. Dick; The Children's Hour, by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore; Gomez, by C. M. Kornbluth; The [Widget], the [Wadget], and Boff, by Theodore Sturgeon; more. SKU: 11231515SFBC1890vb