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Out of the Unknown

A. E. van Vogt & E. Mayne Hull

First published 1948
Publisher Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Cover art Roy Hunt
Pages 141
Price $2.50

First printing of 1000 copies bound in light blue cloth. "First Edition" so stated on copyright page. [Currey] Copyrights 1940, 1942, 1943 by Street & Smith, and 1948 by the authors. Verification copy signed and dated by the authors "Feb. 13, 1948", hence they at least had copies in February. This copy also had an announcement postcard for the book as "now available", and that card is postmarked April, 1948. So we take that as the release date. Dust jacket of the third verified copy is the same as that shown for the second printing. Number of copies and bindings of editions from "Daddy!" by Jack L. Chalker in Fantasy Newsletter No. 61, August 1983.

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 The Sea Thing A. E. van Vogt Novelette
33 The Wishes We Make E. Mayne Hull Short Story
55 The Witch A. E. van Vogt Novelette
81 The Patient E. Mayne Hull Short Story
89 The Ultimate Wish E. Mayne Hull Short Story
107 The Ghost A. E. van Vogt Novelette

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Out of the Unknown Cover 1949 Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. Hardcover Collection Roy Hunt 141
Out of the Unknown 1952 Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. Hardcover Collection Roy Hunt 141
Out of the Unknown Cover 1969 Powell Paperback Collection PP 128 Albert Nuetzell 222
Out of the Unknown Cover 1970 New English Library Paperback Collection 2793 Richard Clifton-Dey 126