CLOAK OF AESIR

[Chicago]: Shasta Publishers, 1952. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of an unknown quantity of subscriber's copies signed by Campbell. A collection of stories first published in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION under Campbell's "Don A. Stuart" pseudonym. "These short stories are much better than the author's novel-length space operas, and constitute a fascinating body of work." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-13. "The Machine" is an early AI story. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with light wear along top edge, mainly upper spine end, and mild tanning to spine panel and upper edges of flaps. (#150068) (Inventory #: 150068)