Publication: Mind at Bay

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Publication: Mind at BayPublication Record # 296542
Editor: Christopher Evans (I)
Date: 1969-00-00
ISBN: 0-586-02902-8 [978-0-586-02902-2]
Publisher: Panther
Price:
5/-^?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: 186
Format:
pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: Mind at Bay by John Holmes
Webpages: archive.org
Notes: Cover art credit from someone who asked the artist at vaultofevil.proboards.com The introduction is called Editor's Introduction only on contents page. Other prices on back cover of Archive.org copy: Australia 80¢, New Zealand 75¢, South Africa 60¢; U.K. price is also as 25p.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 752929368 7509357
- Reginald-1: 04953

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Anthology Title: Mind at Bay • anthology by Christopher Evans (I)

Contents (view Concise Listing)

7 • Introduction (Mind at Bay) • essay by Christopher Evans (I)
11 • The Frontier Guards • (1929) • short story by H. Russell Wakefield
18 • The Ash-Tree • (1904) • short story by M. R. James
32 • Back to the Beginning • (1952) • short story by John Connell
39 • The Idol of the Flies • (1942) • short story by Jane Rice
62 • Caterpillars • (1912) • short story by E. F. Benson
71 • Silent Snow, Secret Snow • (1932) • short story by Conrad Aiken
90 • The Master Plan • short story by John Sladek
106 • The Watch-Towers • (1962) • novelette by J. G. Ballard
137 • Breakaway • (1966) • short story by Alex Hamilton
146 • We Fused Ones • (1968) • novelette by Perry A. Chapdelaine
179 • Crab Apple Crisis • (1966) • short story by George MacBeth

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