first fawcett gold medal mmpb printing, first edition
reprint anthology containing six novelettes and a short story, with introduction by groff conklin
cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price 60¢
256pp. including titles, indica etc.
number-string 231-01924-060 on spine may be this book's abn, with cover price in ¢ in three digits appended: it is not an sbn nor an isbn.
white lion publishers first printing, first h/cvr edition
primarily a ''library reprint'' publisher, white lion h/cvrs were available to the trade - but i've never seen a copy of this outside of a public library that wasn't an ex-library sell-off.
cover (d-j) art (pass)°
cover (d-j) price (pass)°
256pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
° - should anycatter ever see a whole copy with intact d-j in the wild, it'd be appreciated if you'd comment ''here'', thus allowing the blanks to be filled in... (this comment is from another edition of this book)
hodder fawcett first coronet books printing, first uk edition
top line front cover: hodder fawcett (logo outline coronet over shield bearing ''HF'') coronet books
cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price 5/-, australia 80c, new zealand 75c
256pp. including titles, indica, table-of-contents etc.
contents:
introduction (nf) groff conklin
flatlander (novelette) larry niven (known space) if vol.17 #3, 3/1967
the crime and the glory of commander suzdal (short story) cordwainer smith (instrumentality) amazing vol.38 #5, 5/1964 b+w illustration by george schelling
overproof (ntte) randall garrett as ''johnathan blake mackenzie'' analog vol. lxxvi #2, 10/1965 two b+w illustrations by john schoenherr
poor planet (ntte) j. t. mcintosh f&sf vol. 27 #2, 8/1964
shamar's war (ntte) kris neville galaxy vol.22 #3, 2/1964 two b+w illustrations by john giunta
the tactful saboteur (ntte) frank herbert galaxy vol.23 #1, 10/1964 three b+w illustrations by jack gaughan
ministry of disturbance (ntte) h. beam piper astounding vol. lxii #4, 12/1958 five b+w illustrations by h. r. van dongen, astounding atlas bre vol. xv #33/1959 same five b+w illustrations
randall garrett's pseudonym is also spelled without the 'h', on occasion - including upon this p/b's cover (this comment is from another edition of this book)
third coronet books uk p/b printing
(whether hodder fawcett, hodder paperbacks or hodder & stoughton)
cover art unsigned, uncredited photomontage (retained from second coronet p/b printing)
cover price 35p, australia $1.20, new zealand $1.20
256pp. including titles, indica, table-of-contents etc.
stated third impression in printing history, which includes the hodder fawcett first coronet printing (this comment is from another edition of this book)
second coronet (whether hodder fawcett, hodder paperbacks or hodder & stoughton) p/b printing
top left-hand corner of front cover: coronet books logo: a large hollow C in a square outline box above coronet in small type
cover art unsigned, uncredited photomontage
cover price 30p, australia $1.00, new zealand $1.00
256pp. including titles, indica, table-of-contents etc., and pp. advertising
stated second impression in printing history which includes hodder fawcett coronet first uk p/b (this comment is from another edition of this book)