Before the Golden Age Volume One

Overview:

• Title: Before the Golden Age Volume One
• Author: Isaac Asimov
• Year: 1975
• ISBN-10: 0860078035
• Publisher: Orbit / Futura Publications
• Price: £0.50
• Pages: [14]+223
• Binding: Paperback
• Type: Anthology
• Title Reference: Before the Golden Age
• Notes:
  Apparent first printing. Volume 1 of 4. Title page:
  • "Futura Publications Limited: An Orbit Book" as publisher.
  Copyright page:
  • "An Orbit Book"
  • "First published in Great Britain in 1975 by Futura Publications Limited"
  • "Copyright © Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1974"
  Page following copyright page:
  • " 'The Man Who Evolved,' by Edmond Hamilton, copyright © 1931 by Gernsback Publications, Inc.; reprinted by permission of the author and the agents for the author, Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Inc."
  • " 'The Jameson Satellite,' by Neil R. Jones, copyright © 1931 by Radio-Science Publications, Inc.; reprinted by permission of the author."
  • " 'Submicroscopic,' by Capt. S. P. Meek, copyright © 1931 by Radio-Science Publications, Inc."
  • " 'Awlo of Ulm,' by Capt. S. P. Meek, copyright © 1931 by Teck Publishing Corporation."
  • " 'Tetrahedra of Space,' by P. Scuyler Miller, copyright © 1931 by Gernsback Publications, Inc.; reprinted by permission of the author."
  • " 'The World of the Red Sun,' by Clifford D. Simak, copyright © 1931 by Gernsback Publications, Inc.; reprinted by permission of the author."
  Back cover:
  • "U.K. 50p * Australia $1.70 (recommended) * New Zealand $1.70"
  This publication appears to be the first to credit S. P. Meek's 'Submicroscopic' and 'Awlo of Ulm' as by 'Capt. S. P. Meek'. Cover art not credited in this printing. Cover art credited on page 50-51 of Steven Caldwell's "Star Quest" here and Greg Bear's "Hardfought" here.