New Writings in S.F.—4

Overview:

  • Title: New Writings in S.F.—4
  • Author: John Carnell
  • Year: 1971
  • ISBN-10: 0552088277
  • Publisher: Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers
  • Price: £0.25
  • Pages: 186
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: Bernie the Faust
  • Notes:
    Dated 2nd printing of the 1965 edition. Title page:
    • "Edited by [over] John Carnell [over] New Writings in S.F.—4"
    • Corgi colophon [over] "Corgi Books [over] Transworld Publishers Ltd [over] A National General Company"
    Copyright page:
    • "New Writings in S.F.—4"
    • "A Corgi Book 0 552 08827 7"
    • "Originally published in Great Britain by [over] Dobson Books, Ltd."
    • "Printing History"
    • "Dobson Books Edition published 1965"
    • "Corgi Edition published 1965"
    • "Corgi Edition reissued 1971"
    • "Copyright © 1965 by John Carnell"
    • "Corgi Books are published by Transworld Publishers, Ltd., [over] Cavendish House, 57–59 Uxbridge Road, Ealing, [over] London, W.5."
    • "Made and Printed in Great Britain by [over] Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press), Ltd., Bungay, Suffolk."
    • No number line.
    Spine:
    • "0 552 08827 7"
    Back cover:
    • "Cover by Solution"
    • "UK 25p, Australia 80c, New Zealand 80c, Canada 95c"
    First numbered page is page 9. Acknowledgements on page 5:
    • ""Star Light" by Isaac Asimov. Copyright 1962 by Hoffman Electronics Corporation. Reprinted by permission of the publisher and the author."
    • ""The Country Of The Strong" by Dennis Etchison. Copyright 1962 by Triangle Publications, Inc., and published originally in Seventeen. Reprinted by permission of the publisher and the author."
    • ""Bernie The Faust" by William Tenn. Copyright 1963 by HMH Publishing Co., Inc., and published originally in Playboy. Reprinted by permission of the author."
    ToC on page 7 lists the page numbers of the half-title pages for each story; respectively pps. 11, 51, 59, 99, 111, 131, 139. The story texts start on pages as below. Foreword is titled "Foreword [over] by John Carnell", and is signed, on page 10, "John Carnell [over] February 1965". An advert (bep) for ordering available Corgi books is dated "(Nov. 71)". Last story finishes on the last numbered page, 186. Gloss cover.