grayson & grayson h/cvr first printing, first edition
mixed reprint collection of nineteen short stories (eight apparently original) and a novelette
cover (d-j) art by eric mudge-marriott (signed mudge-marriott, possibly credited)
cover (d-j) price 9/6d
240pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p, bound with endpapers between covered boards
colonial (novelette)° astounding vol. xliii #2, 4/1949, three b+w illustrations by paul orban, astounding atlas bre 9/1949, no illustrations; both: as by christopher youd
the prophet (short story) new worlds #20, 3/1953, two b+w illustrations by gerard quinn; thrilling wonder stories vol. xlii #2, 6/1953, a b+w illustration by j. dreany
breaking point (ss)° avon science fiction and fantasy reader vol.1 #2, 4/1952 a b+w illustration by john giunta; new worlds #15, 5/1952 with two b+w illustrations by gerard quinn
decoy (ss)° (seemingly original: (o) science fiction stories vol.6 #1, 7/1955, a b+w illustration by ed emshwiller)
the tree (ss)° worlds beyond vol.1 #2, 1/1951 as ''tree of wrath'', new worlds #11, autumn/1951, a b+w illustration by gerard quinn
christmas roses (ss) astounding vol.42 #6, 2/1949 as ''christmas tree'', a b+w illustration by timmins
occupational risk (ss) (seemingly original)
mr. kowtshook (ss) avon science fiction and fantasy reader vol.1 #1, 1/1953, as ''mister ~'', science-fantasy #6, spring/1953
the new wine (ss) fantastic vol.7 #2, summer/1954 as william vine, with a b+w illustration by lawrence sterne stevens
sentence of death (ss) (?) 1953
museum piece (ss) orbit science fiction (vol.1) #2, c.12/1953, with a b+w illustration by jack faragasso; new worlds #22, 4/1954, with a b+w illustration by gerard quinn
rich and strange (ss) (seemingly original)
the rather improbable history of hilary kiffer (ss) avon science fiction and fantasy reader vol.1 #2, 4/1953 (also spelled ''hiliary'' sometimes)
monster (ss) science fantasy #1, summer/1950 as by christopher youd
weapon (ss) (apparently original)
a time of peace (ss) (apparently original)
the $64 question (ss) (apparently original)
blemish (ss) authentic #39, 11/1953, a b+w illustration by john richards as by davis
rock-a-bye (ss) space vol.2 #1, 7/1953; space bre vol. 2 #1; both: as ''explosion delayed'' by william vine, both: witha b+w illustration by (frank) kelly freas
begin again (ss) (apparently original)
° - max larkin stories (this comment is from another edition of this book)
panther books (renamed hamilton & co. stafford, moved into brompton road, west london) first printing, prob'ly first p/b edition
mixed original and reprint collection of nineteen short stories (eight seemingly original) and a novelette
cover art uncredited, unsigned
cover price 2'6
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p.
refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical second printing, 1962, which notes:
reprinted october 1962 (this comment is from another edition of this book)
cover art by ed emshwiller (uncredited, art is signed "emsh")
cover price 75¢
192pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)
variant mixed original and reprint collection:
drops one apparently original story, "occupational risk", from the uk first edition & ff, and adds
"balance" new worlds #9, spring 1951
(aka "in the balance" as by c. s. youd, future combined with science fiction stories vol.2 #2, 7/1951) (this comment is from another edition of this book)