fawcett gold medal imprint mmpb first printing, first p/b edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited, still sfaik as-yet unattributed
cover price 60¢
264pp? (check) including x pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents, introduction etc, end pp.
publisher should^W has been corrected to fawcett gold medal, as per cover image.
fawcett gold medal near-identical undated second mmpb printing, 2/7/1970 from last printed page
cover price 75¢
cat# T2272
264pp? (check) including x pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents, introduction etc, end pp.
Added image of front cover (of my VERY tatty copy). Think of it as a holding image until a better one is uploaded. (this comment is from another edition of this book)
introduction (nf) damon knight
the sentinel (short story) arthur c. clarke 10 story fantasy vol. 1 #1, spring/1951 as ''sentinel of eternity''
moonwalk (novelette) h. b. fyfe space sf vol.1 #3, 11/1952; space sf bre vol.1 #2 (1953)
mars is heaven! (ss) ray bradbury planet stories vol.3 #12, 8/1948
the edge of the sea (ss) algis budrys venture vol.2 #2, 3/1958; venture atlas bre #12, 8/1964
the martian way (ntte) isaac asimov galaxy vol.5 #2, 11/1952; galaxy bre vol.3 #3, 3/1953
the big contest (ss) john d. macdonald worlds beyond vol.1 #1, 12/1950
ordeal in space (ss) robert a. heinlein town & country 5/1948
that share of the glory (ntte) c. m. kornbluth asf vol.xxxxviii #5, 1/1952; asf atlas bre vol.8 #5, 5/1952
sunken universe (ntte) james blish super science stories vol.3 #4, 5/1942, as by arthur merlyn; incorporated into reprints of ''surface tension'' as ''cycle one''
believed omitted from all p/b editions:
more good reading in science fiction (nf) damon knight (this comment is from another edition of this book)
° - 1p. advert for "14 great tales of esp" edited by idella purnell stone, q.v., 1p. "more great science fiction from coronet books" listing 11 titles including that, cat#s & prices, plus mail-order information (cash sales department, kernick industrial estate, penryn, cornwall (uk)
cover art unattributed, a treated photographic composition
printed and bound in great britain
by hunt, barnard printing ltd., aylesbury, bucks
cover price 30p, 90c australia, 90c new zealand, 75c south africa
so should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule
- or not so re-flagged, according to equally well-respected moderator's heartfelt plea
reprint anthology of five short stories, three novelettes and a novella, with 2pp. introduction by editor, damon knight. coronet edition omits the 1 end page "more good reading" bibliography of the hardcover first edition - as prob'ly do the fawcett gold medal merkin mmpb editions, given their pagination. (this comment is from another edition of this book)