AWAY AND BEYOND: A COLLECTION OF SCIENCE FICTION STORIES [INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPY]
New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 309 pages; VG-/G; mustard yellow and blue spine with white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; significant shelfwear and rubbing to the jacket; significant soiling to the jacket including two culacinos with dampstaining to the front of the jacket; significant creasing and tearing to the edges of the jacket; significant creasing and tearing to the head and tail of the spine including two large open tears; tearing to the either side of the spine's head; creasing to the right side of the spine; marked soiling to the back of the jacket; marked tearing and creasing to the fore edge of the jacket including 1.5 inch closed tears to the corners of the front jacket flap; marked tearing to the jacket corners at the back jacket flap; minor soiling and tearing to the jacket flaps, particularly to the tops and bottoms; spine is cocked; minor bumping to the corners of the boards and the tail of the spine; creasing to the cloth at the head of the spine; minor soiling to the edges of the text block; minor soiling and age-toning to the front and back paste downs and free endpapers; inscribed by van Vogt to editor David Hartwell on ffep; marked soiling throughout the pages; large open tear to the bottom of page 263; shelved in Case 8. More