The Best of Fredric Brown

Overview:

  • Title: The Best of Fredric Brown
  • Author: Fredric Brown
  • Year: 1977
  • Publisher: Nelson Doubleday / SFBC
  • Price: $2.49
  • Pages: 280
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: The Best of Fredric Brown
  • Notes:
    • First edition (not stated); an exclusive SFBC edition indicated by the Nelson Doubleday imprint
    • First printing has gutter code "G50" [verified] on page 278, indicates a printing in December 1976.
    • A January 1977 Selection of the SFBC; source of the price not known
    • Edited by Robert Bloch
    • "Book Club Edition" on front flap; SFBC # on rear flap
    • "Jacket illustration by Richard V. Corben" on rear flap, the artwork is also signed
    • Introduction titled "Introduction: A Brown Study" on the copyright page.
    • First printing has lime-green boards with black lettering.
    • Book club edition has "Block" instead of Bloch on the spine.