Strange Ports of Call
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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.