New Writings in S.F.—2

Overview:

  • Title: New Writings in S.F.—2
  • Author: John Carnell
  • Year: 1970
  • ISBN-10: 0552084123
  • Publisher: Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers
  • Price: £0.20
  • Pages: 191
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: A Round Billiard Table
  • Notes:
    Dated 3rd printing of the 1965 edition. Title page:
    • "Edited by [over] John Carnell [over] New Writings in S.F.—2"
    • Corgi colophon [over] "Corgi Books [over] Transworld Publishers Ltd [over] A National General Company"
    Copyright page:
    • "New Writings in S.F.—2"
    • "A Corgi Book 552 08412 3"
    • "Originally published in Great Britain [over] by Dobson Books, Ltd."
    • "Printing History"
    • "Dobson Books Edition published 1964"
    • "Corgi Edition published 1965"
    • "Corgi Edition reprinted 1965"
    • "Corgi Edition reissued 1970"
    • "Copyright, ©, 1964 by John Carnell"
    • "Corgi Books are published by Transworld Publishers, Ltd., [over] Bashley Road, London, N.W.10"
    • "Made and printed in Great Britain by [over] Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press), Ltd., Bungay, Suffolk."
    • No number line.
    Spine:
    • "552 08827 7"
    Back cover:
    • "Illustration: Bentley, Farrell and Burnett" (no visible signature(s) on the artwork)
    • "U.K. 20p. (4s.), Australia 65c, New Zealand 65c, South Africa 50c"
    First numbered page is page 7. ToC on page 5 lists the page numbers of the half-title pages for each story; respectively pps. 9, 67, 87, 105, 119, 149, 163, 181. The story texts start on pages as below. Acknowledgements on page 6:
    • "Hell-Planet: Copyright © 1964 by John Rackham."
    • "The Night-Flame: Copyright © 1964 by Colin Kapp."
    • "The Creators: Copyright © 1964 by Joseph Green."
    • "Rogue Leonardo: Copyright © 1964 by G. L. Lack."
    • "Maiden Voyage: Copyright © 1964 by John Rankine."
    • "Odd Boy Out: Copyright © 1961 by Bruce Royal [over] Publishing Corp., Connecticut, U.S.A., for Escapade [over] magazine; reprinted by permission of the author."
    • "The Eternal Machines: Copyright © 1964 by William [over] Spencer. A Round Billiard Table: Copyright © 1964 [over] by Steve Hall."
    Foreword is titled "Foreword [over] by John Carnell", and is signed, on page 8, "John Carnell [over] August 1964". Last story finishes on unnumbered page 191. An advert (bep) for ordering available Corgi books is dated "(April '70)". OCLC has no record for the ISBN and only a single record for a '65 Corgi edition. Gloss cover.