The Space Merchants

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Overview:

Title: The Space Merchants
Author: C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl
Year: 1953
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Price: $0.35
Pages: [8]+179
Binding: Paperback
Type: Novel
Title Reference: The Space Merchants
Notes:
• ©1952, 1953 No other statement of publication or printing • Date of printing from copyright page of the third printing • The artist is credited on the copyright page, no visible signature. • OCLC lists the hardcover but not the '53 paperback. • This marks the first SF novel published by Ballantine, only preceded by the first Star SF anthology as this publisher's first SF book. There is a very interesting editorial on page [5] Time for a Change: A Statement on Science Fiction 'signed' simply "Ballantine Books, Inc." that may be unique to this publication.