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Author:Frederik Pohl as Edson McCann
Co-authors:Lester Del Rey
Title:Preferred Risk
Publisher:  Ballantine Books
Country:USA
Date:Jan 1980
Format:Paperback
Genre:Fiction, Science Fiction, Business
ISBN-10:0345285751
Cat#:28575
Total Editions:3
First Published:  1955
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Frederik Pohl - Preferred Risk - Simon & Schuster - Hardcover - USA (1955)

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ppint.
2nd Oct 2023
 published as by frederik pohl and lester del rey
writing as edson mccann

the first edition - so far as is known to yr hmbl srppnt. - to publish the secret of the pseudonym;
though according to frederik pohl, it was an open secret within the sfnal world pretty well from the beginning.
 
 
ppint.
2nd Oct 2023
 random house group ballantine books simultaneous first printings, not first mmpb edition

adds two nf afterwords by the authors:
''the art and agony of collaboration'' frederik pohl
''risk, but not preferred'' lester del rey

cover art by chris barbieri (signed barbieri, credited)
cover price $2.50 canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
cover price $1.95 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. including afterwords, advertising

refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first ballantine books edition: january 1980
 

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