ace books mmpb first printing, first edition
half a classic ''ace double'' format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other
cover art by jeff jones (signed, credited)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed with his digraph)
½ 256pp. including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves
number-string on spine, 020-08077 (-060) is likely the book's abn; the 020- publisher prefix and the checksum digit-less abn system item number are wholly incompatible with the sbn, later developed into the isbn book numbering system.
month of publication not given, taken from the second ace double printing's publishing history
holt, rinehart & winston first printing, first merkin h/cvr edition, not the first edition
cover (d-j) art by carl lundgren (no visible signature°, credited on d-j front flap)
cover (d-j) price $8.95
236pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
° - the whole painting is liable to bear his formalised signature in a line-drawn box, but i've not seen this
i robots:
the ideal (short excerpt) stanley g. weinbaum (1935), q.v.
moxon's master (short story) ambrose bierce, the san francisco examiner, ?/1899 as ''a night at moxon's''
reason (ss) isaac asimov, astounding vol. xxvii #2, 4/1941 (a positronic robot story)
who can replace a man? (ss) brian w. aldiss, infinity vol.3 #5, 6/1958 as ''but who can replace a man?''
ii time travel:
short excerpt from ''the time machine'' h. g. wells (1894-5), q.v.
of time and third avenue (ss) alfred bester, f&sf vol.2 #5, 10/1951
sail on! sail on! (ss) philip josé farmer, startling vol.28 #2, 12/1952; startling pembertons bre (#2)
short excerpt from ''worlds of the imperium'' keith laumer (1962), q.v.
the business, as usual (ss) mack reynolds, f&sf vol.3 #3, 6/1952
iii space:
what's it like out there? (novelette) edmond hamilton, thrilling wonder stories vol. xli #2, 12/1952; thrilling wonder stories atlas bre vol.1 #10, summer/1953
sky lift (ss) robert a. heinlein, imagination vol.4 #10, 11/1953; rogue 8/1958
the star (ss) arthur c. clarke, infinity vol. 1 #1, 11/1955
iv other worlds and people:
the crystal egg (ss) h. g. wells, the new review, 5/1897
the wind people (ss) marion zimmer bradley, if vol.9 #2, 2/1959
unhuman sacrifice (ntte) katherine maclean astounding vol. lxii #3, 11/1958, astounding atlas bre vol. xv #2, 2/1959; both: three b+w illustrations by john schoenherr
v aliens among us:
what was it? a mystery (ss) fitz-james o'brien, harpers 3/1859; weird tales vol.6 #6, 12/1925
the first days of may (ss) claude veillot, fiction #78, 5/1960 as ''les premiers jours de mai''; f&sf vol.21 #6, 12/1961; f&sf atlas bre vol. iii #5, 4/1962; both: the cover story, art by ed emshwiller
days of succession (ss) theodore l. thomas, astounding vol. lxiii (but misnumbered vol. lxiv) #6, 8/1959; astounding atlas bre vol. xv #11, 1/1960
angel's egg (ntte) edgar pangborn, galaxy vol.2 #3, 6/1951
vi superman:
another world (ntte) j. h. rosny ainé, a revue de paris 9-10/1895 as ''une autre monde'' translated by damon knight
short excerpt from ''odd john'' olaf stapledon (1935), q.v.
call me joe (ntte) poul anderson, astounding vol lix #2, 4/1957; astounding atlas bre vol. xiii #8, 8/1957; both: the cover story, art by (frank) kelly freas, also four b+w illustrations by freas
vii marvellous inventions:
from the ''london times'' of 1904 (ss) mark twain, the century magazine 11/1898
short excerpt from ''20,000 leagues under the sea'' jules verne (? which translation ?), originally as ''vingt mille lieues sous les mers'' (1869-1870 in two volumes), q.v.
you are with it! (ss) will stanton, f&sf vol.21 #6, 12/1961; f&sf atlas bre vol. iii #5, 4/1962
cease fire (ss) frank herbert, astounding vol. lx #5, 1/1958; astounding atlas bre xvi #4, 10/1960
victor gollancz h/cvr first printing, first uk edition
reprint anthology of seventeen short stories, four novel excerpts and five novelettes, with anthology & individual items' introductions by the editor, uncredited extensive suggested reading bibliography
cover (d-j) art none, typographical cover in black and magenta on ''gollancz yellow'' field, with the anthology's seven sections listed in-between the lines of a rounded-cornered twin black line-drawn vertical rectangular frame around the main typography
cover (d-j) price 21/-
352pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents, nf introduction by the editor, end pp. nf bibliography, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
to serve man (short story) galaxy vol.1 #2, 11/1950
idiot stick (ss) in ''star 4'' ed. frederik pohl (1958), q.v., new worlds #84, 6/1959
thing of beauty (novelette) galaxy vol.16 #5, 9/1958; galaxy strato bre #66, 11/1958
the enemy (ss) venture vol.2 #1, 1/1958; venture atlas bre #16, 12/1964
not with a bang (ss) f&sf vol.1 #2 , winter-spring (1)/1950
babel II (ntte) beyond vol.1 #1, 7/1953 with four b+w illustrations by ed emshwiller; beyond strato bre #1, 1/1954
anachron (ss) if vol.2 #6, 1/1954
special delivery (ss) galaxy vol.8 #1, 4/1954; galaxy strato bre #18, 9/1954
you're another (ntte) f&sf vol.8 #6, 6/1955
time enough (ss) amazing vol.34 #7, 7/1960
extempore (ss) as "the beach where time began" infinity vol.1 #4; 8/1956
cabin boy (ntte) galaxy vol.2 #6, 9/1951
the last word (ss) satellite vol.1 #3, 2/1957
michael joseph h/cvr first printing, first edition
cover (d-j) art by peter elson (signed with his pe in a line-drawn box, credited on d-j front flap)
cover (d-j) price £4.50
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p, bound with endpapers between covered boards
weidenfeld & nicolson arthur barker imprint first printing, first h/cvr edition
title as per title page; ''the cybernauts'' on d-j front & spine
cover (d-j) art unsigned t.v. still/p.r. material
cover (d-j) price £3.75
160pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
foreword (nf) andre norton
agent of vega (novella) james h. schmitz , astounding vol.xxxxiii #5, 7/1949, five b+w illustrations by quackenbush
bait (short story) roy l. cliff, jr. astounding vol. xxxxvii #4, 6/1951, with a b+w illustration by paul orban
pax galactica (novelette) ralph williams, astounding vol. l #3 , 11/1952, with three b+w illustrations by orban
police operation (ntte) h. beam piper, astounding vol. xxxxi #5, 7/1948, with four b+w illustrations by ed cartier, a paratime story
of those who came (ss) francis g. rayer, new worlds #18, 11/1952; fantastic universe vol.1 #1, 6-7/1952 as by george langdon
the substandard sardines (ntte) jack vance, startling stories vol.18 #3, 1/1949, one b+w illustration by virgil finlay, a magnus ridolph story
the closed door (ss) kendall foster crossen (misspelling of kendell) amazing vol.27 #6, 8-9/1953; amazing strato bre #1, 12/1953
tough old man (ntte) l. ron hubbard, startling stories vol. 22 #2, 11/1950
beep (novella) james blish, galaxy vol.7 #5-A, 2/1954, galaxy strato bre #16, 7/1954, both: with four b+w illustrations by ed emshwiller; but revised by the deletion of all references to drinking alcohol for this anthology
order of constituent stories probably not as listed; the nf notes to the stories are also by andre norton
world publishing co. h/cvr first printing, first edition
reprint anthology of three short stories, five novelettes and a novella, nf introduction by andre norton
cover (d-j) art by virgil finlay (signed)
cover (d-j) price $2.75
256pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
helen dexter (& suki) cosy crime mysteries/seaview hotel series #1:
#1: ''murder at the seaview hotel'' (2021), (this novel)
#2: ''curtain call at the seaview hotel'' (2022), q.v.
#3: ''foul play at the seaview hotel'' (2023), q.v.
one of the two last-published bart books p/bs of which i know, and the only two that bear cover prices of $3.50 us, $3.50 can(ada) (rather than $3.50 us, $4.50 can(ada)); hence my suspicion that the canadian price printed may've been in error.