Campbell Jr., John W. [editor] ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION. A lot of 83 volumes sold together. New York: Street & Smith Publications, Sept 1935 - Aug 1959. Including: Sept 1935, 16.1; Nov, 16.3, Aug 1936,17.6; Dec, 18.4; Mar 1937, 19.1; May 1939, 23.3; Oct, 24.2; Nov, 24.3; Mar 1940, 25.1; Aug, 25.6, Oct, 26.2; Jan 1941, 26.5; Dec, 28.4; May 1945, 35.3; Jun, 35.4; Jul, 35.5; Aug, 35.6; Sept, 36.1; Nov, 36.3; Dec, 36.5; Jan 1946, 36.5; Feb, 36.6; Mar, 37.1; Apr, 37.2; Jun, 37.4; Aug, 37.6; Sept, 38.1; Oct, 38.2; Nov, 38.3; Dec, 38.4; Jan 1947, 38.5; Feb, 38.6; Jun, 39.4; Sept, 40.1; Oct, 40.2; Nov, 40.3; Mar 1948, 50.1; Jul 1949, 43.5; Jul 1950, 45.5; Mar 1951, 47.1; May, 47.3; Jun, 47.4; Aug, 47.6; Sept, 48.1; Feb 1952, 48.6; Mar, 49.1; May, 49.3; Jun, 49.4; Oct, 50.2; Nov, 50.3; Dec, 50.4; Mar 1953, 51.1; Apr, 51.2; May, 51.3; Jun, 51.4; Jul, 51.5; Oct, 52.2; Feb 1954, 52.6; Mar, 53.1; Aug, 53.6; Oct, 54.2; Nov, 54.3; Oct 1955, 56.2; Feb 1956, 56.6; Mar, 57.1; Apr, 57.2; Jun, 57.4; Oct, 58.2; Nov, 58.3; Dec, 58.4; Feb 1957, 58.6; Mar, 59.1; Apr, 59.2; May, 59.3; Jul, 59.5; Oct, 60.2; Feb 1958, 60.6; Mar, 61.1; Apr, 61.2; May, 61.3; Jul, 61.5; Sept, 62.1; Aug 1959, 64.6. 13 small quartos (Sept 1935 - Dec 1941); 70 8vo (May 1945 onwards). Colour-illustrated paper wraps, various imperfections. 16.1, 16.3, 24.3, 28.4, 36.5, 37.2, 37.4, 40.2, 45.5, 50.3 generally more worn; 18.4 with lower detached; 24.2 with upper detached; 49.1 with spine unglued. Includes many 1st appearances of fiction by Isaac Asimov: "Foundation And Empire" under title "The Mule," "Evidence," "Belief," "The Naked Sun," "Sucker Bait," "Escape!" under title "Paradoxical Escape," "Breeds There a Man...?", "The Currents Of Space," "The Dead Past," "Profession," and the spoof scientific paper "The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline," appearing under Asimov's real name and not a pseudonym as he had requested, and articles "Names! Names! Names!", "The Unblind Workings of Chance," "The Trappings of the Sun," "The Sea Urchin and We," "Overflowing the Periodic Table," and "Planets Have an Air About Them." Including more fiction by Philip K. Dick (1st appearance "Imposter"), Arthur C. Clarke (1st appearance of "Loophole"), Theodore Sturgeon, A. E. van Vogt (1st appearance of "Slan"), E. E. Smith (1st appearance "Second Stage Lensmen"), John Taine, Jack Williamson, E. E. Smith, L. Sprague de Camp, Clifford D. Simak, Eric Frank Russell, Alan E. Nourse, Poul Anderson, and others. *Additional photos and condition report available upon request.