The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 22nd Series

New York: Ace, 1978. First thus. Mass Paperback. very Good. Patrick Woodroffe. First paperback edition. Faint tanning to spine and bottom edge of pages, otherwise like new. No creases to cover or spine; pages clean and unmarked; appears never read. Intact book club ad bound in between p. 184 and p. 185. Ace mass paperback, first printing Sept. 1978 (stated), ISBN: 9780441054619 407 pages, cover art by Patrick Woodroffe. 12mo (4.25" x 7") 1st paperback edition of 1977 Doubleday hardcover original. Contents: Introduction, by Edward L. Ferman; The Hertford Manuscript (5th place, 1977 Locus Poll Award), by Richard Cowper; From Competition 2: Blurbs in Excess; A Case of the Stubborns, by Robert Bloch; Where We Are and Where We Came From, essay by Algis Budrys; From Competition 4: Story Leads from the Year's Worst Fantasy and SF; My Boat, by Joanna Russ; In the Bowl (nominated, 1977 Nebula Award; 7th place, 1976 Locus Poll Award), by John Varley; From Competition 6: Bawdy SF Limericks; This Offer Expires, by Liz Hufford; The Fantastic Ten, essay by Baird Searles; The Women Men Don't See (18th place, 1974 Locus Poll Award), by James Tiptree, Jr.; The Ghastly Priest Doth Reign (nominated, 1976 World Fantasy Award), by Manly Wade Wellman; Dress Rehearsal, by Harvey Jacobs; From Competition 7: A Lexicon from an Alien Language; From Competition 8: Near-Miss SF Titles; San Diego Lightfoot Sue (winner, 1977 Nebula Award; nominated, 1976 Hugo Award), by Tom Reamy; Out of Dickinson by Poe, or The Only Begotten Son of Emily and Edgar, poem by Ray Bradbury; Sanity Clause, by Edward Wellen; Thinking About Thinking, essay by Isaac Asimov; From Competition 8: Near-Miss SF Titles; Mute Inglorious Tam (19th place, 1975 Locus Poll Award), by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth; Old Uncle Tom Cobleigh and All, by Reginald Bretnor.