Publication: Gateway to the Stars

Publication: Gateway to the StarsPublication Record # 15121
Editor: John Carnell
Date: 1955-03-00
Publisher: Museum Press
Price:
9/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
Pages: 192
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: Gateway to the Stars (1955) • by Mudge-Marriott
Notes:
- "First published in Great Britain by The Museum Press Limited, 1955" on copyright page.
- Published March 1955 per Cole Checklist of Science Fiction Anthologies.
- Price on front flap of dust jacket. Mudge Marriott's signature on front jacket art.
- Title page and spine of book (but not jacket) includes logo of the UK "Science Fiction Club" book series.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 30195398
- Reginald-1: 02590

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Anthology Title: Gateway to the Stars • anthology by John Carnell

Contents (view Concise Listing)

9 • Introduction (Gateway to the Stars) • (1955) • essay by John Carnell
11 • Stitch in Time • (1952) • novelette by J. T. McIntosh
39 • Only an Echo • (1954) • short story by Alan Barclay
55 • Conspiracy • (1955) • novelette by John Christopher
75 • Stranger from Space • (1954) • short story by Eugene Lees [as by Gene Lees]
91 • Never on Mars • (1954) • short story by John Wyndham [as by John Beynon]
115 • Assisted Passage • [Allen • 1] • (1953) • novelette by James White
135 • Circus • (1952) • novelette by Peter Hawkins
161 • Unfortunate Purchase • (1954) • short story by E. C. Tubb
171 • Operation Exodus • (1952) • short story by Lan Wright

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