foreword (nf) martin greenberg
introduction (nf) willy key
man against the stars (novelette) manly wade wellman, astounding vol. xxii #4, 6/1938
the red death of mars (ntte) robert moore williams, astounding vol. xxv #5, 7/1940
the iron standard (ntte) henry kuttner, c. l. moore, astounding vol. xxxiii #4, 12/1943 as by lewis padgett
schedule (short story) harry walton, astounding vol. xxxv #4, 6/1945
far centaurus (ss) a. e. van vogt, astounding vol. xxxii #5, 1/1944
cold front (ntte) hal clement, astounding vol. xxxvii #5, 7/1946
the plants (ss) murray leinster, astounding vol. xxxvi #5, 1/1946
competition (ntte) e. mayne hull, astounding vol. xxxiii #4, 6/1943
when shadows fall (ss) l. ron hubbard, startling stories vol.17 #3, 7/1948
almat corp.(?) pyramid books imprint mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first p/b edition, first thus
reprint anthology of five novelettes and four short stories, nine of the twelve of the 1950 gnome press h/cvr first edition, with foreword by the editor, and introduction by willy ley
cover art by mel hunter (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price 35¢
192pp. including titles, indica, table-of-contents, foreword, introduction etc, end p. advertising
canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel bear cat# 524
distinguish from apparently near-identical 1958 second pyramid books mmpb printing bearing same cat# G234, which contains only seven of the nine stories, dropping the last two from the contents listed above, and has only 160pp.