ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited; sfaik still as-yet unattributed
cover price 50¢
192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass (''book'') of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first edition: june 1966
collection reprinting six stories plus two essays by frederik pohl, "how to count on your fingers" (up to 1,024) and "on binary digits and human habits".
probapossibly intext group (check) ballantine books mmpb second printing
cover art by ian robertson (unsigned, credited)
cover price 75¢
192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)
introduction (nf) frederik pohl
the children of night (novelette) galaxy vol.23 #1, 10/1964, with two b+w illustrations by virgil finlay
father of the stars (ntte) if vol.14 #6, 11/1964 with 1 b+w illustration; all art in thish by ed emshwiller
the five hells of orion (ntte) if vol.12 #6, 1/1963, cover story and a b+w illustration by george schelling
the fiend (short story) playboy 4/1964; in ''new writings in sf 3'' ed. john carnell (1965), q.v.)
earth eighteen (ss) galaxy vol.22 #4, 4/1964 as by ernst mason; 12 b+w illustrs. by jack gaughan
how to count on your fingers (nf) (''the original'') science fiction stories vol.7 #2, 9/1956
on binary digits and human habits (nf) f&sf vol.23 #6, 12/1962; venture atlas bre #1, 9/1963
with redfern on capella xii (ntte) galaxy vol.11 #2, 11/1955; bre #55; both: as by charles satterfield (this comment is from another edition of this book)
dennis dobson h/cvr first printing, first h/cvr edition
reprint collection of four novelettes, two short stories and two nf articles, with introduction by the author
cover (d-j) art by richard weaver (unsigned, credited on d-j)
cover (d-j) price 21/-
192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, sewn in signatures and bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards (this comment is from another edition of this book)
transworld publishers corgi books imprint p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition
reprint collection
cover art by solution (credited near bottom of rear cover, by/on spine hinge)
cover price 25p, 80c australia, 80c new zealand, 60c south africa
so should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule
- or not so re-flagged, according to equally well-respected moderator's heartfelt plea
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)