reprint anthology of eleven short stories and four novelettes with two introductions
contents:
introduction to avram davidson's introduction (nf) jack dann and gardner dozois
the spoor of the unicorn (introduction nf) avram davidson
the silken-swift (short story) theodore sturgeon - f&sf vol.5 #5, 11/1953
eudoric's unicorn (ss) l. sprague de camp - ? -
the flight of the horse (ss) larry niven - f&sf vol.37 #4, 10/1969
on the downhill side (ss) harlan ellison - "universe 2" ed. terry carr (1972)
the night of the unicorn (ss) thomas burnett swann - "nameless places" ed. gerald w. page (1975)
mythological beast (novelette) stephen r. donaldson - f&sf vol.56 #1, 1/1979
the final quarry (ntte) eric norden - vol.38 #5, 5/1970
elfleda (ss) vonda n. mcintyre - "new dimensions 12" eds. marta randall and robert silverberg (1981)
the white donkey (ss) ursula k. leguin - "triquarterly" #49, fall/1980
unicorn variation (ntte) roger zelazny - iamsf vol.5 #4, 13/4/1981 (cover story art by robert crawford)
the sacrifice (ss) gardner dozois - f&sf vol.62 #3, 3/1982
the unicorn (ss) frank owen - weird tales vol.44 #7, 11/1952
the woman the unicorn loved (ntte) gene wolfe - iamsf vol.5 #6, 8/6/1981
the forsaken (ss) beverly evans - ? -
the unicorn (ss) t. h. white - (from "the once and future king" t. h. white (as a short story 1939))
selected bibliography (nf uncredited)
cover art possibly signed, undeciphered
cover price $2.75
320pp? including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising
11/1982 near-identical second ace books mmpb printings differ:
isbn 0-441-85442-7
cover price $2.95 (suspected canadadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel)
cover price $2.75 (wholly merkin-printed copies intended for general distribution)
?/1983-4? near-identical third ace books mmpb printing (not yet seen reported/seen):
isbn 0-441-85443-5 ?
cover price $2.95?
?/1984-5? near-identical fourth ace books mmpb printing (not yet seen reported/seen):
isbn 0-441-85444-3?
cover price $2.95?
6/1984? (reported) near-identical fifth ace books mmpb printing differs:
isbn 0-441-85443-5
cover price ($3.25 canada) $2.95 u.s.
indica publishing history states fifth printing / june 1986 (? reported)
10/1984? (reported) near-identical sixth ace books mmpb printing differs:
isbn 0-441-85444-3
cover price (canada $3.50) u.s. $2.95
indica publishing history states sixth printing / october 1984 (? reported)
these last two reported printings are not impossible, as ace accounting of printings hiccuped badly, at least twice, but do seem a little inconsistent...