The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 1

Little, Brown, 1952. Hardcover with dustjacket. There were three printings. This is the first in the long-running series of anthologies collecting stories from the magazine. Includes an introduction by the editors and these Huge Beast" (1950) by Cleve Cartmill; "John the Revelator" (1951) by Oliver La Farge; "Elephas Frumenti" (1950) by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt; "The Gift of God" (1950) by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt; "The Friendly Demon" (1726) by Daniel Defoe; "Old Man Henderson" (1951) by Kris Neville; "The Threepenny-Piece" (1913) by James Stephens; "No-Sided Professor" (1947) by Martin Gardner; "The Listening Child" (1950) by Margaret St. Clair [as by Idris Seabright]; "Dress of White Silk" (1951) by Richard Matheson; "The Mathematical Voodoo" (1951) by H. Nearing, Jr.; "Hub" (1951) by Philip MacDonald; "Built Up Logically" (1949) by Howard Schoenfeld; "The Rat That Could Speak" (1860) by Charles Dickens; "Narapoia" [Dr. Manly J. Departure]" (1948) by Alan Nelson; "Postpaid to Paradise" (1940) by Robert Arthur; "In the Days of Our Fathers" (1949) by Winona McClintic; "Barney" (1951) by Will Stanton; "The Collector" (1951) by H. F. Heard; "Fearsome Fable" (1951) by Bruce Elliott.