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Comment by ppint.:

contents:

common time (short story) science fiction quarterly vol.2 #4, 8/1953
testament of andros (ss) future vol.3 #5, 1/1953, the cover story, art by milton luros
the art of the sneeze (ss) f&sf vol.63 #5, 11/1982
statistician's day (ss) in "science against man" ed. anthony cheetham (1970), q.v.
who's in charge here? (ss) f&sf vol.22 #5, 5/1962 (credit mis-stated, given as "none so blind", which is also a blish ss (1962): it is not the same story retitled)
how beautiful with banners (ss) (uncredited) in "orbit 1" aka "orbit one" ed. damon knight (1966), q.v.
this earth of hours (ss) f&sf vol.16 #6, 6/1959 (miscredited: given as published in thrilling wonder stories 1959); venture atlas bre #15, 11/1964
there shall be no darkness (novella) (uncredited) thrilling wonder stories vol. xxxvi #1, 4/1950; magazine of horror vol.5 #1, 1/1969
a work of art (ss) science fiction stories (u.s.) vol.7 #1, 7/1956 as "art-work"

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Comment by ppint.:

severn house first printing, first edition
severn house ltd. 9-15 high street, sutton surrey sm1 1df
(severn house inc. merkin office 475 fifth avenue, ny ny10017)

reprint collection of eight short stories and a novella assembled by frances lyall

cover (d-j) art unsigned, uncredited
cover (d-j) price £13.99, u.s. $19.00
192pp. including eight unpaginated pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, nf introduction by frances lyall, no blank end pp, sewn in signatures, bound with endpapers between black cloth-covered boards, author's surname, title and severn house logo in gold on spine

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Comment by ppint.:

severn house first printing, first h/cvr edition, not first uk edition

cover (d-j) art (unsigned photo, possibly african tribal mask or fantastic version of, somewhat blue°)
cover (d-j) price £3.95
128pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards


° - should any bookcatter possess or come across the d-j of this, please check the flaps for any credit; i didn't record any, but nor that there was none.