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ultrasonic god (novelette) l. sprague de camp, future comb. with science fiction stories vol.2 #2, 7/1951
the chapter ends (ntte) poul anderson, dynamic science fiction (?vol.1 #6?) 1/1954 (a polesotechnic league story)
"a" as in android (short story) milton lesser, future comb. with science fiction stories vol.2 #1, 5/1951; thorpe & porter bre #4, (6/1952?)
...and the truth shall make you free (ss) clifford d. simak, future vol.4 #2, 3/1953; thorpe & porter bre #9, 5/1953
night fear (ss) frank belknap long, dynamic science fiction vol.1 #5, 10/1953 as "night-fear"
i am tomorrow (ntte) lester del rey, dynamic science fiction (?vol.1 #1?) 12/1952
testament of andros (ss) james blish, future science fiction vol.3 #5, 1/1953
the possessed (ss) arthur c. clarke, dynamic science fiction (?vol.1 #2?) 3/1953

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belmont productions belmont books mmpb first printing, first edition

reprint anthology of five short stories and three novelettes

cover art by robert maguire (unsigned, uncredited; his website has disappeared since his death in 2005)
cover price 50¢
176pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising

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ultrasonic god (novelette) l. sprague de camp, future comb. with science fiction stories vol.2 #2, 7/1951
the chapter ends (ntte) poul anderson, dynamic science fiction (?vol.1 #6?) 1/1954 (a polesotechnic league story)
"a" as in android (short story) milton lesser, future comb. with science fiction stories vol.2 #1, 5/1951; thorpe & porter bre #4, (6/1952?)
...and the truth shall make you free (ss) clifford d. simak, future vol.4 #2, 3/1953; thorpe & porter bre #9, 5/1953
night fear (ss) frank belknap long, dynamic science fiction vol.1 #5, 10/1953 as "night-fear"
i am tomorrow (ntte) lester del rey, dynamic science fiction (?vol.1 #1?) 12/1952
testament of andros (ss) james blish, future science fiction vol.3 #5, 1/1953
the possessed (ss) arthur c. clarke, dynamic science fiction (?vol.1 #2?) 3/1953

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belmont productions belmont books mmpb undated° second printing

reprint anthology of five short stories and three novelettes

cover art by robert maguire (unsigned, uncredited, retained from first edition)
cover price 50¢
176pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising

° - date of publication presumedly taken from donald h. tuck

cover is identical to that of the first edition save for the cutting out of the original cat# and its replacement on similar colour background.

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escape to earth (novelette) manly banister; science fiction quarterly vol.5 #2, 11/1952, three b+w illustrations, one by peter poulton, one by ed emshwiller (''emsh''), one unsigned
we are alone (short story) robert sheckley; future vol.3 #4, 11/1952, one b+w illustration unsigned
doomsday's color-press (ntte) raymond f. jones; future vol.3 #4, 11/1952,
the cover story, art by a. leslie ross, one b+w illustration by paul orban
a big man with the girls (ss) james macreigh (frederik pohl), judith merril; future vol.4 #2, 3/1953; bre #9; both: one b+w illustration by milton luros
temple of despair (ntte) m. c. pease; dynamic (vol.1 #5) 10/1953, one b+w illustration by don sibley
''if the court pleases'' (ntte) noel loomis; dynamic science fiction (vol.1 #3) 6/1953, one b+w illustration by c. a. murphy

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thank-you jimess.

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ask a foolish question - robert sheckley (short story) science fiction stories #1, undated (6/1953)
children of fortune - d. a. jourdan (novelette) science fiction quarterly vol.4 #6, 2/1957
peace on earth - irving e. cox, jr. (ntte) future vol.5 #1, 6/1954
riddle of the deadly paradise - frank belknap long (ntte) (the original) science fiction stories vol.9 #4, 11/1958; strato bre #7, both as by charles long
vulcan's hammer - philip k. dick (novella) future #29, 4/1956
the ear-friend - r. e. banks (ntte) (magazine title later prefixed, ''the original...'') science fiction stories vol.5 #5, 3/1955

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Covers added.

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my word (nf introduction) h. l. gold (1962; original to this anthology sfaik)
small lords (novelette) frederik pohl, science fiction quarterly vol.4 #6, 2/1957, a b+w illustration by (frank) kelly freas
sentiment, inc. (ntte) poul anderson, (later the original) science fiction stories #1, (6/)1953
name your tiger (ntte) milton lesser, science fiction quarterly vol.5 #1, 5/1957, a b+w illustration by ed emshwiller
iron man (short story) eando binder, future science fiction #28, 12/1955 (written by otto binder)
the hunted ones (ntte) mack reynolds, the original science fiction stories vol.10 #5, 11/1959
hail to the chief (novella) sam sackett, future sf vol.5 #1, 6/1954, a b+w illustration by freas
impractical joke (ntte) l. sprague de camp, future science fiction #29, 4/1956, a b+w illustration by ed emshwiller

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transworld publishers corgi books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition

reprint anthology of a short story, five novelettes αnd a short story, nf introduction by h. l. gold

cover art by josh kirby (unsigned°, uncredited; in drl's joshlist.html inter alia)
cover price 3/6, 60c australia, 4/6 (45c) new zealand
192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising

° - complete artwork liable to be signed kirby - if still extant, and discovered

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dennis dobson first printing, first h/cvr edition, first uk edition

reprint anthology of a short story, five novelettes and a novella, nf introduction by h. l. gold

cover (d-j) art by christopher evans (unsigned, credited for cover design on d-j front flap)
cover (d-j): price 15/-
174pp. (check) including pp. (i-vii) titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards

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belmont productions belmont books mmpb 2/1962 first printing, first edition

reprint anthology of a short story, five novelettes and a novella, with introduction by h. l. gold

cover art by john schoenherr (unsigned, uncredited; confirmed by the artist's son)
cover price 50¢
176pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising

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sally (short story) isaac asimov, fantastic vol.2 #3, 5-6/1953
''you'll never go home again!'' (ss) clifford simak, fantastic adventures vol. 13 #7, 7/1951 aka ''beachhead''
the eye of tandyla (novelette) l. sprague de camp, fantastic vol.13 #5, 5/1951
tomorrow and tomorrow (ss) ray bradbury, fantastic adventures vol. 9 #3, 5/1947
the hungry eye (ntte) robert bloch, fantastic vol.8 #5, 5/1959
the dark room (ntte) theodore sturgeon, fantastic vol.2 #4, 7-8/1953
the eternal eve (ntte) john wyndham, amazing vol.24 #9, 9/1950, amazing bre #4, 11/1950
i'm looking for ''jeff'' (ss) fritz leiber, fantastic vol.1 #2, fall/1952

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belmont tower mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition
printed from the 1967 belmont mmpb typesetting, suitably modified, by the successor corporation

reprint anthology of four novelettes and four short stories

cover art by george alvara (signed alvara, but unreadable as overlaid by ''de camp''; uncredited)
cover price 75¢
176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising