The Best of E. E. 'Doc' Smith

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Title: The Best of E. E. 'Doc' Smith
Author: E. E. 'Doc' Smith
Year: 1976
ISBN-10: 0297770047
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Price: £3.95
Pages: 284
Binding: Hardcover
Type: Collection
Title Reference: The Best of E. E. 'Doc' Smith
Notes: © Verna Smith Trestrail 1975 and "First published in hardcover by Weidenfeld and Nicolson..." on copyright page. "[This] edition was scheduled for October 1975 release but was not published until January 1976". [Currey]. However copies of the book were available in late December 1975 in USA. The book states: "Jacket artwork by Karel Thole, the world's foremost cover artist of science fiction." Price from British Integrated Library Catalogue (BLIC/BNB)