Sci-fi book cover: "Star Ways" (aka Kilts in Space?)

• Title: Star Ways
• Cover blurb: "Enjoyable from first to last. Fast-moving and convincing." — Astounding Science-Fiction
• Author: Poul Anderson (1926-2001). One of the titans of the science-fiction genre. He was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to Danish parents. According to the Nebula Awards website, "Anderson is probably best known for adventure stories in which larger-than-life characters succeed gleefully or fail heroically. His characters were nonetheless thoughtful, often introspective, and well developed. His plot lines frequently involved the application of social and political issues in a speculative manner appropriate to the science fiction genre."

• Cover artist: Ed Emshwiller, according to the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. (He's not credited in the book, but his nickname appears within the illustration.) Emshwiller's work was also featured in this 2014 post.
• Publisher: Ace Books (D-568)
• Cover price: 35 cents
• Publication year: 1963 for this edition. Star Ways was first published in 1956 and has many editions.
• Pages: 143
• Format: Paperback
• Dediction: "To the MFS — all of them"
• First sentence: There is a planet beyond the edge of the known, and its name is Rendezvous.
• Wouldn't having a name make it known? Hush up.
• Last sentence: The sky darkened around them and the stars came forth.
• What came fifth? Oh, a wise guy, eh?
• Random sentence from the middle: His black eyebrows lifted courteously.
• I got nothing. Me either.
• Goodreads rating: 3.28 stars (out of 5.0)
• Goodreads review excerpt: In 2014, Ari wrote: "It was one of Anderson's first novels, and the style feels a bit more clipped and the characters a bit shallower than his later work. ... The economics in the novel make no sense. It's hard to imagine interstellar starships selling home made handicrafts."
• Amazon rating: 2.4 stars (out of 5.0) Some of those low ratings appear to have been unfairly assigned due to the quality of the ebook edition the reader purchased.
• Amazon review excerpt: In 2017, Indiana Reviewer wrote: "The book displays an early version of Poul Anderson which includes some quite unrealistic SF elements. That an alien who evolved on another world could pass for a stunningly beautiful woman is unlikely to the extreme, and is a fatal and unrepairable flaw in this novel, for that is a central theme from beginning to end. If the reader can overlook that, the story is quite decent."
• Reddit dunks on the cover: Some excerpts:
  
  • I dig the space kilt! Finally the fellas have to suffer with impractical spacewear!
  • It looks like Emsh took every prop he had in the room for that wardrobe idea.
  • I don't think plaid should be paired with... any of that.