Corgi 1976 paperback. Cover by Peter Jones, 174 pages, price is 60 pence / Canadian $1.75. Condition is VG+ to near-Fine: tight and square with flat spine, spine has light edgewear under the 2" non-yellowing library tape reinforcing it; age-tanning is mild to moderate and uniform (consistent with its age.) Stamp on first page and page 85 - from the reserves of a defunct SF library - no other marks or writing. This is tight and square enough that it is probably unread.

The Best of Murray Leinster - the first of 2 collections with this title. This British edition precedes the American version by 2 years. Of the ten stories, for 7 this was their first appearance in a Leinster collection - and only 3 stories are in common with the American book with this title that came out in 1978. Seven stories were picked up for First Contacts - the massive N.E.S.F.A. retrospective in 1998, but this is the only collection that has the 3 stories that weren't. I would call this uncommon to scarce.

(Introduction by Brian Davis)
Time to Die
The Ethical Equations
Symbiosis
Interference
De Profundis
Pipeline to Pluto
Sam, This is You
The Devil of East Lupton
Scrimshaw
If You Was a Moklin

Stories originally appeared from 1945 to 1955 - in Astounding (5), Colliers, Thrilling Wonder Stories (3) and Galaxy (2.) Three of these (the 1st, 4th and 8th) - do not appear in any other Leinster collection.