Strange Ports of Call

Overview:

  • Title: Strange Ports of Call
  • Author: August Derleth
  • Year: 1948
  • Publisher: Pellegrini & Cudahy
  • Price: $4.00
  • Pages: [8]+393
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: At the Mountains of Madness
  • Notes:
    • "Copyright 1948 by August Derleth" on copyright page. No statement of edition or printing.
    • Published April 1948 per Cole Checklist of SF Anthologies.
    • The dust jacket was printed with $4.00 price on top corner of front flap of dust jacket. However, this book is commonly found with that price clipped from dust jacket and replaced by stamped price of $3.75 (the first primary verified copy is in this state). Tuck lists the price as $3.75, as does the bibliography 100 Books by August Derleth. Contemporary reviews mention the book with both prices.
    • No credit for jacket art, and no visible signature.
    • There are 8 un-numbered pages before page 1, containing Derleth's 5-page Introduction plus the Contents page.