Out of Space and Time

Arkham House (Sauk City), 1942, is the true first — the census claim is confirmed on publisher, year, print run and Arkham sequence. There is no competing original-language or UK first. The first British hardcover is Neville Spearman (London), 1971, confirming the census note, followed by a two-volume Panther paperback in 1974 and a Bison Books trade paperback in 2006; all are "first thus" at best and none disturbs the 1942 precedence. One naming trap worth knowing: Smith wanted the book titled "The End of the Story and Other Stories" and Derleth supplied the published title, so that phrase on a title page is not this book.