Travelers of Space

Overview:

  • Title: Travelers of Space
  • Author: Martin Greenberg
  • Year: 1953
  • Publisher: Gnome Press
  • Price: $3.95
  • Pages: 400
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: Travelers of Space
  • Notes:
    • Stated first edition.
    • 5000 copies printed per Chalker/Owings.
    • The copies from this printing were issued with two different jackets. This record is for the second state jacket by Ric Binkley. Chalker/Owings speculate that there may have been two bindings split 3000/2000. However, the bindings appear to be identical.
    • The jacket is blue and the back lists Gnome Press titles through 1953.
    • The last name of Samuel Anthony Peeples is misspelled as "Peebles" on the contents page.
    • Peeples wrote a preface to the section "A Dictionary of Science Fiction." His essay (which is called "Preface" in the book itself) is more aptly titled "Preface to Dictionary" on the contents page.
    • According to the contents page "The Interstellar Zoo" is a "special descriptive story" written to accompany Edd Cartier's illustrations (see next note). The text of the story is found on pages 31-32 and 49-52.
    • The title "Life on Other Worlds" refers to 16 pages of full color illustrations by Edd Cartier found on pages 33-48. That title, which is the only title found in the book for this section, was printed solely on the contents page.