Publication: Best SF

Publication: Best SFPublication Record # 309983
Editor: Edmund Crispin
Date: 1958-00-00
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Pub. Series: Faber Paper Covered Editions
Price:
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: 368
Format:
tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Notes:
- "First published in this edition mcmlviii by Faber and Faber Limited"
- Price printed inside front cover
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 22403057

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Anthology Title: Best SF • [Best SF (Crispin) • 1] • (1955) • anthology by Edmund Crispin

Contents (view Concise Listing)

9 • Introduction (Best SF) • (1955) • essay by Edmund Crispin
17 • Dormant • (1948) • short story by A. E. van Vogt
35 • Pictures Don't Lie • (1951) • short story by Katherine MacLean
56 • Dumb Martian • (1952) • novelette by John Wyndham
85 • Or Else • (1953) • short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Henry Kuttner]
95 • No Woman Born • (1944) • novella by C. L. Moore
148 • The Fire Balloons • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1951) • short story by Ray Bradbury
168 • The New Wine • (1954) • short story by John Christopher
183 • Prott • (1953) • short story by Margaret St. Clair
199 • A Present from Joe • (1949) • short story by Eric Frank Russell
214 • The Cerebrative Psittacoid • [C. P. Ransom • 10] • (1953) • short story by H. Nearing, Jr.
233 • First Lady • (1953) • novelette by J. T. McIntosh
262 • The Ruum • [Ruum] • (1953) • short story by Arthur Porges
276 • The Xi Effect • (1950) • short story by R. S. Richardson [as by Philip Latham]
299 • A Case of Conscience • [After Such Knowledge] • (1953) • novella by James Blish
367 • Acknowledgements (Best SF) • (1955) • essay by Edmund Crispin

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