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SIDEWISE IN TIME AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC ADVENTURES.

Leinster, Murray (pseudonym of William F. Jenkins).

Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1950. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One an unknown number of signed subscriber copies, signed as Leinster and Jenkins. Collects six stories. Includes "A Logic Named Joe" (1946), an early computer story, and "Sidewise in Time" (1934), a flamboyant tale that introduced alternate histories into pulp SF. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-656]. Mild tanning to end papers, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket with four color artwork by Hannes Bok. (28839). Item #28839

Price: $250.00