Condition: Good condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Spine issue on page 66.
Publisher blurb: "The year 1940 was one of the most important in the Golden Age of science fiction, and this anthology presents some fo the most memorable science fiction stories from that time. Isaac Asimov, along with his coeditor Greenberg, brings together another selection of fantastic tales to delight and amaze anyone with true imagination. Flying saucers, robots in all shapes and sizes, and even the short story that spawned the classic movie The Day the Earth Stood Still can be found in this exciting book.... each story has an introduction and commentary from Asimov.
Cover design: Tom McKeveny
Contents:
9 • Introduction (The Great SF Stories 2 (1940)) • (1979) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
13 • The Dwindling Sphere • (1940) • short story by Willard Hawkins
30 • The Automatic Pistol • (1940) • short story by Fritz Leiber
46 • Hindsight • (1940) • short story by Jack Williamson
65 • Postpaid to Paradise • [Murchison Morks] • (1940) • short story by Robert Arthur
80 • Into the Darkness • [Darkness (Rocklynne)] • (1940) • novelette by Ross Rocklynne
108 • Dark Mission • (1940) • short story by Lester del Rey
125 • It • (1940) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
149 • Vault of the Beast • (1940) • novelette by A. E. van Vogt
176 • The Impossible Highway • (1940) • short story by Oscar J. Friend
191 • Quietus • (1940) • short story by Ross Rocklynne
206 • Strange Playfellow • (1940) • short story by Isaac Asimov
219 • The Warrior Race • (1940) • short story by L. Sprague de Camp
237 • Farewell to the Master • (1940) • novelette by Harry Bates
276 • Butyl and the Breather • [Ether Breather] • (1940) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
297 • The Exalted • [Johnny Black] • (1940) • novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
321 • Old Man Mulligan • (1940) • novelette by P. Schuyler Miller