Extra stamps on top, side, bottom page blocks. Tight and almost square; spine is flat. Light to moderate overall wear.

First Voyages, a reprint-anthology edited by Damon Knight, Martin H. Grenberg, and Joseph D. Olander. In 1963, Knight edited an anthology of ten "first stories" by famous SF authors: First Flight, retitled to Now Begins Tomorrow in 1969. Greenberg & Olander (his new co-editors) suggested a longer version of that book, with stories by another ten "household names" of SF - so this expanded collection came out in 1981. Each story has an introduction by the author or "the editors" - varying from one paragraph to three pages.

Contents:
(Introduction by Damon Knight)
"The Isolinguals" by L. Sprague de Camp
"The Faithful" by Lester del Rey
"Black Destoyer" by A. E. van Vogt
"Life-Line" by Robert A. Heinlein
"Ether Breather" by Theodore Sturgeon
"Proof" by Hal Clement
"Loophole" by Arthur C. Clarke
"Tomorrow's Children" by Poul Anderson
"That Only a Mother" by Judith Merril
"Scanners Live in Vain" by Cordwainer Smith
"Time Trap" by Charles L. Harness
"Defense Mechanism" by Kaherine MacLean
"Angel's Egg" by Edgar Pangborn
"Come On, Wagon!" by Zenna Henderson
"Walk to the World" by Algis Budrys
"Beyond Lies the Wub" by Philip K. Dick
"My Boyfriend's Name is Jello" by Avram Davidson
"T" by Brian W. Aldiss
"Prima Belladonna" by J. G. Ballard
"April in Paris" by Ursula K. LeGuin