bantam doubleday dell group dell books mmpb first printing, first edition
(who also licenced a doubleday science fiction book club h/cvr edition for sale only to club members)
reprint collection of two novellas, four novelettes and three short stories, introduction & afterword by the author
cover art unsigned, uncredited; still as-yet unattributed sfaik
cover price $1.95
336pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p. advertising
introduction (nf) theodore sturgeon
the golden helix (novella) thrilling wonder stories vol. xliv #1, summer (6/1954) with two b+w illustrations by virgil finlay
the man who lost the sea (short story) f&sf vol.17 #4, 10/1959; venture atlas bre #2, 10/1963
and now the news... (novelette) f&sf vol.11 #6, 12/1956
the clinic (ss) in ''star science fiction stories No.2'' ed. frederik pohl (1953), q.v.; new words #46, 4/1956
... and my fear is great... (nlla) beyond vol.1 #1, 7/1953 with six b+w illustrations by william ashman; beyond bre #1, 1/1954 (?no b+w illustrations?)
the ultimate egoist (ntte) unknown vol. iv #5, 2/1941; unknown bre vol. iv #5, winter/1949 both: as by e. hunter waldo
the skills of xanadu (ntte) galaxy vol.12 #3, 7/1956; galaxy strato bre #42; both with three b+w illustrations by virgil finlay
the dark room (ntte) fantastic vol.2 #4, 7-8/1953; reprinted vol.15 #1, 9/1965; both a b+w illustration by ed emshwiller
yesterday was monday (ss) unknown vol. v #1, 6/1941 with three b+w illustrations by ed cartier; unknown bre vol. iii #10, summer/1947 (?no b+w illustrations?)
''i say ...ernst...'' (nf) los angeles weekly news 10/aug/1973 (this comment is from another edition of this book)
carroll & graf mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition
masters of science fiction series cover edge next to spine
reprint collection of two novellas, four novelettes and three short stories, nf introduction & afterword by the author
cover art by rowena morrill (re-used from bluejay books tp/b edition cover, where signature is visible)
cover price $3.95
336pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)
bluejay books first printing, first tp/b edition, not first p/b edition
reprint collection of two novellas, four novelettes and three short stories, nf introduction & afterword by the author
cover art by rowena morrill (signed rowena, credited)
cover price $7.95 (? check back & spine for a different canadian price ?)
336pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p.
a bluejay ''special edition'' - no number on front cover
locus recorded this as received in may - not january - 1985, so publication may well've been delayed (this comment is from another edition of this book)