The Best of Sci-Fi

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Overview:

Title: The Best of Sci-Fi
Author: Judith Merril
Year: 1963
Publisher: Mayflower-Dell
Price: 5/-
Pages: 384
Binding: Paperback
Type: Anthology
Title Reference: Mine Own Ways
Notes:
Dated first printing of two in 1963. Title page:
- "A Mayflower Paperback"
Copyright page:
- "Copyright © 1961 by Judith Merril"
- "First publication in Great Britain"
- "Published as a Mayflower Paperback, 1963"
- The rest of this page, and the following page, are copyright statements as "Acknowledgments".
Back cover:
- No data.
Spine:
- "0543-8" on black ground.
"Issued earlier in the US as The 6th Annual of the Year's Best S-F." - Currey. Cover art is a variant of The 6th Annual of the Year's Best S-F, where John van Zwienen is credited. Introduction is signed "J. M. [over] Milford, March, 1961" Page 10 is the first numbered page. Page 112 "J.G." shortfiction piece by Roger Price is a novel excerpt. "A Rose by Other Name" in the TOC and on page 150. Page 174 a text titled "About the Author" appears as a postscript to the preceding story. The text is about the author Elizabeth Emmett. "Beach Scene" in TOC as page 185, in error. The titling for "Abominable" in the TOC spells "Fredric Brown" as "Frederic Brown". The story titling "Fredric Brown" is correct on page 211. "Hilbert Schenck, Jr." in TOC and page 268. The essay by Anthony Boucher (S-F Books) appears as "S-F Books— 1960" in the TOC, but on page 378 as "S-F Books: 1960". Gloss cover.