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Comment by ppint.:

world distributors (manchester) ltd. consul books imprint first printing, first edition/first thus
logo on front cover is the world distributors logo with those two words replaced by "consul books"

reprint collection of two jirel of joiry and four northwest smith novelettes

cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price 2'6
224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp.

c. l. moore is tyopped "c. e. moore" on the cover, but given correctly on the title page etc.

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Comment by ppint.:

contents:

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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Comment by ppint.:

states "the first complete and unabridged edition" on front cover.

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Comment by ppint.:

n.b. not credited in error to ''john campbell''

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contents:

cold war (novelette) thrilling wonder stories vol. xxxv #1, 10/1949; atlas bre vol.1 #3, 6/1950 (hogben)
call him demon (ntte) thrilling wonder stories vol. xxix #10, fall(10)/1946 as by keith hammond
the dark angel (ntte) startling stories vol.13 #2, 3/1946
the piper's son (ntte) astounding vol. xxxiv #6, 2/1945 as by lewis padgett
absalom (short story) startling stories vol.14 #2, fall(10)/1946 (baldies)
the little things (ss) thrilling wonder stories vol. xxix #1, fall(10)/1946
nothing but gingerbread left (ss) astounding vol. xxx #5, 1/1943
housing problem (ss) charm (merkin women's magazine) 10/1944