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    How the World Was One: Beyond the Global Village by Arthur C. Clarke (Gollancz, June 25, 1992, 0-575-05226-0, £15.99, 289pp, hc, co, cover by Steven Hunt)
        Historical look at the development of transatlantic cables and satellite communications, based on the first 19 chapters of Voices Across the Sea (Harper 1958) and several other pieces, some previously uncollected. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam) edition.

    Into Space: A Young Person’s Guide to Space by Arthur C. Clarke & Robert Silverberg (Harper & Row, 1971, 06-021271-3, 129pp, hc, nf, cover by Ginger Giles)
        Non-fiction book about space for young people, revised (by Silverberg) from Clarke’s The Young Traveller in Space (Phoenix House, 1954).

    A Meeting with Medusa by Arthur C. Clarke (Tor, October 1988, 0-812-53362-3, $2.95, 67pp, pb, nv, cover by Vincent Di Fate)
        Bound in the tête-bêche style with Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson. Kim Stanley Robinson is listed as author on the running heads. Labelled “Tor Double #1” on the cover.

    The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume III ed. Arthur C. Clarke & George W. Proctor (Avon, March 1982, 0-380-79335-0, $3.95, 672pp, pb, an)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1981 as Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Four) SF anthology. First American edition.

    British Future Fiction: Volume 1: The Beginnings ed. I. F. Clarke (Pickering & Chatto, January 2001, 1-85196-617-X, £550.00, l+439pp, hc, an)
        SF omnibus of 2 novels - The Reign of George VI (Anonymous, 1763) and The Coming Race (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1871) - plus supplementary material. Each novel has an introduction by Clarke. Volume 1 of an 8-volume set, which is not to be sold separately, and which all share a common ISBN.
    • ix · Preface · I. F. Clarke · pr
    • xi · General Introduction · I. F. Clarke · in
    • xxxix · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi
    • xlviii · Note on Copy-Texts · ms
    • 1 · The Reign of George VI: 1900-1925: A Forecast Written in the Year 1763 · [uncredited] · n. W. Niccoll, 1763; this is the 1899 republication “with Preface, and Notes” for Rivingtons (Covent Garden). the annotator (C. [Sir Charles] Oman) is mistakenly listed as Editor on the contents page.
    • 139 · The Coming Race · Edward Bulwer-Lytton · ex William Blackwood & Sons, 1871, uncredited.
    • 437 · Notes · [uncredited] · ms
    • 438 · Authors and Editions · [uncredited] · ms

    British Future Fiction: Volume 2: New Worlds ed. I. F. Clarke (Pickering & Chatto, January 2001, 1-85196-617-X, £550.00, 697pp, hc, an)
        SF omnibus of 2 novels - Three Hundred Years Hence (William Delisle Hay, Newman & Co, 1881) and A Crystal Age (W. H. Hudson, T. Fisher Unwin, 1887; revised 1906. Each novel has an introduction by Clarke. Volume 2 of an 8-volume set, which is not to be sold separately, and which all share a common ISBN.
    • 1 · Three Hundred Years Hence · William Delisle Hay · n. Newman & Co., 1881
    • 371 · A Crystal Age · W. H. Hudson · n. T. Fisher Unwin, 1887; this is the revised text (T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) with a new Preface by Hudson.
    • 697 · Authors and Editions · [uncredited] · ms

    British Future Fiction: Volume 3: The Marvels of Mechanism ed. I. F. Clarke (Pickering & Chatto, January 2001, 1-85196-617-X, £550.00, 541pp, hc, an)
        SF omnibus of 2 novels - The Wreck of a World (William Grove, Digby & Long, 1889) and An American Emperor (Louis Tracy, C. Arthur Pearson, 1897; partially ghost-written by M. P. Shiel). Each novel has an introduction by Clarke. Volume 3 of an 8-volume set, which is not to be sold separately, and which all share a common ISBN.
    • 1 · The Wreck of a World. With a Preface by Sir John Brown, C.E. · William Grove · n. Digby & Long, 1889
    • 165 · An American Emperor · Louis Tracy · n. C. Arthur Pearson, 1897; not mentioned in the Introduction or notes is that this is partially ghost-written by M. P. Shiel.
    • 541 · Authors and Editions · [uncredited] · ms

    British Future Fiction: Volume 4: Women’s Rights: Yea and Nay ed. I. F. Clarke (Pickering & Chatto, January 2001, 1-85196-617-X, £550.00, 703pp, hc, an)
        SF omnibus of 2 novels - The Revolt of Man (Walter Besant, William Blackwood, 1890) and Lesbia Newman (Henry Robert Samuel Dalton, George Redway, 1889). Each novel has an introduction by Clarke. Volume 4 of an 8-volume set, which is not to be sold separately, and which all share a common ISBN.
    • 1 · The Revolt of Man · Walter Besant · n. William Blackwood & Sons, 1890, uncredited.; the introduction dates this as an 1882 original, though this is the text of the “later and revised ninth edition: William Blackwood, 1890”.
    • 367 · Lesbia Newman · Henry Robert Samuel Dalton · n. George Redway, 1889; the author is mistakenly named as Dawson on the contents page.
    • 702 · Notes · [uncredited] · ms
    • 703 · Authors and Editions · [uncredited] · ms

    British Future Fiction: Volume 5: Woman Triumphant ed. I. F. Clarke (Pickering & Chatto, January 2001, 1-85196-617-X, £550.00, 429pp, hc, an)
        SF omnibus of 2 novels - Star of the Morning (Anonymous, Thomas Burleigh, 1906) and The Sex Triumphant (Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, George Routledge, 1909). Each novel has an introduction by Clarke. Volume 5 of an 8-volume set, which is not to be sold separately, and which all share a common ISBN.

    British Future Fiction: Volume 6: The Next Great War ed. I. F. Clarke (Pickering & Chatto, January 2001, 1-85196-617-X, £550.00, 497pp, hc, an)
        SF anthology of 6 historical future war stories, including “The Battle of Dorking” (George Tomkyns Chesney, 1871), and The Invasion of England (William Francis Butler, Sampson Low, 1882). Each story and novel has an introduction by Clarke. Volume 6 of an 8-volume set, which is not to be sold separately, and which all share a common ISBN.

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