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Editor:Robert P. Mills
Title:A Decade Of Fantasy And Science Fiction
Publisher:  Dell
Country:USA
Date:Jan 1962
Format:Paperback
Class Number:808.83876
Genre:Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Cat#:X12
Total Editions:2
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Mass market paperback.
Introduction by Robert P. Mills.
25 stories.
416 numbered and total pages.
Cover painting by Richard Powers.

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ppint.
5th Feb 2021
 reprint anthology of seven novelettes and sixteen short stories, a poem, and an extract from an 18th century letter (uk editions drop the short story, ''proof positive'' by graham greene, possibly because of a uk rights issue), plus introduction by robert park mills (editor of f&sf 1958-1962, having been its managing editor from its founding in 1949; also founding & sole editor through its closure of its companion magazine, venture 1957-1958)

simultaneous first dell books mmpb printings sharing merkin-printed covers

cover art by richard powers (credited on back cover)
cover price 75¢
refer to printing history to distinguish between canadadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel, and wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
no priority established, both state first dell printing -- january 1962
416pp. including titles, indica, table-of-contents etc.
 

 
ppint.
1st May 2022
 reprint anthology of seven novelettes, fifteen short stories, a poem, extract from an 18th century letter, with introduction by the managing editor from its founding in 1949, and the editor of the magazine of fantasy & science fiction 1958-1962, also founding & only editor of venture magazine 1957-1958
drops one short story, ''proof positive'' by graham greene, from the original merkin anthology (1960), q.v.

cover art by fritz wegner, base detail from art for ''the virgin of the seven daggers'' vernon lee (corgi 1962)
cover price 5/-
320pp. including titles, indica, table-of-contents etc, end p. advertising
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