SF: The Best of the Best

New York: Dell, 1968. first thus. Mass Paperback. good. Norman Adams. First paperback edition. Creases to spine and cover; spine curved. Pages are clean and unmarked; lightly tanning; old book smell. Dell mass paperback, first printing August 1968 (stated), Dell #0508, 438 pages, cover art by Norman Adams. 12mo (4.25" x 7") Selects stories from the previous 12 years of "Best of" volumes edited by Merril. Contents: Introduction, by Judith Merril; stories: The Hoofer, by Walter M. Miller, Jr.; Bulkhead, by Theodore Sturgeon; The Anything Box, by Zenna Henderson; Prima Belladonna, by J. G. Ballard; Casey Agonistes, by Richard McKenna; A Death in the House, by Clifford D. Simak; Space-Time for Springers, by Fritz Leiber; Pelt, by Carol Emshwiller; Stranger Station, by Damon Knight; Satellite Passage, by Theodore L. Thomas; No, No, Not Rogov! by Cordwainer Smith; Compounded Interest, by Mack Reynolds; Junior, by Robert Abernathy; Sense from Thought Divide, by Mark Clifton; Mariana, by Fritz Leiber; Plenitude, by Will Worthington; Day at the Beach, by Carol Emshwiller; Let's Be Frank, by Brian W. Aldiss; The Wonder Horse, by George Byram; Nobody Bothers Gus, by Algis Budrys; The Prize of Peril, by Robert Sheckley; The Handler, by Damon Knight; The Golem, by Avram Davidson; The Sound Sweep, by J. G. Ballard; Hickory, Dickory, Kerouac, by Richard Gehman; Dreaming Is a Private Thing, by Isaac Asimov; The Public Hating, by Steve Allen; You Know Willie, by Theodore R. Cogswell; One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts, by Shirley Jackson.