Collectible! "The Best of Henry Kuttner"; Nelson Doubleday(Garden City; 1975); BCE; 1st ed/1st prnt (code 01 R, pg 335); 2-Vol, HB,VGG; Not ex-lib, NOT remainder; HB-olive green boards, sturdy binding w/minor edgewear, corners slightly bumped; DJ-bright, colorful design by Larry Kresek, edgeworn w/tiny corner tears, (vol-2 has 1/2" closed tear, rear joint) w/Mylar(Brodart) wrap; 338pps, slight foxing on top, uncut fore-edges; First published in 1975 as a 2-vol book club edition, "The Best of Henry Kuttner" was re-released in 2007 under the title of "The Last Mimsy" (following the New Line Cinema feature film release of "The Last Mimsy" loosely based on Lewis Padgett's short story.) It includes "What You Need" (basis for a classic Twilight Zone episode) & "The Iron Standard" as well as other stories first appearing in important pulp magazines "Astounding Science Fiction"& "Amazing Stories." Kuttner, a prolific writer who published under pseudonyms Lewis Padgett & Lawrence O'Donnell, worked in such close collaboration w/wife C. L. Moore(1940's-1950's) & L. Sprague de Camp that it was often impossible to know where one stopped & the other began; This is classic sci-fi.