Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: First, Third, Fourth, Fifth Annual
- The books show signs of wear, including marks and discolouration, and are fair copies overall.
- The dust jackets have notable wear, including creases along the edges and corners.
- The spines show some creasing and marking.
- The text in the books is clear and free from any significant marks.
- The textblocks display some foxing and wear.
Content in the books inlcude:
First Annual Edition
- Philip José Farmer - The Sliced-Crosswise Only-on-Tuesday World
- Robert Silverberg - Good News from the Vatican
- James Tiptree, Jr. - I'll Be Waiting for You When the Swimming Pool Is Empty
- David M. Locke - The Power of the Sentence
- Harry Harrison - The Wicked Flee
- Thomas N. Scortia - When You Hear the Tone
- Theodore Sturgeon - Occam's Scalpel
- Burt K. Filer - Hot Potato
- Harlan Ellison and A. E. van Vogt - The Human Operators
- A. Lentini - Autumntime
- Poul Anderson - A Little Knowledge
- W. Macfarlane - To Make a New Neanderthal
- R. A. Lafferty - The Man Underneath
- B. Alan Burhoe - Ornithanthropus
- Larry Niven - Rammer
Third Annual Edition
- Alfred Bester - Something Up There Likes Me
- Norman Spinrad - A Thing of Beauty
- George R. R. Martin - With Morning Comes Mistfall
- Clifford D. Simak - Construction Shack
- Thomas N. Scortia - Thou Good and Faithful
- Edward Wellen - Androids Don't Cry
- Theodore R. Cogswell - The Population Implosion
- Michael Kurland - Think Only This of Me
- Robert F. Young - Ghosts
- Frederik Pohl - Afterword
- Poul Anderson - The Problem of Pain
- R. A. Lafferty - Parthen
- Norman Spinrad - The National Pastime
- Cogswell Thomas - Paradise Regained (possible uncertainty in author's name)
- Kate Wilhelm - Whatever Happened to the Olmecs?
Fourth Annual Edition
- F. M. Busby - If This Is Winnetka, You Must Be Judy
- Harlan Ellison - Sleeping Dogs
- Vonda N. McIntyre - The Mountains of Sunset, The Mountains of Dawn
- Carolyn Gloeckner - Earth Mother
- Alan Dean Foster - Dream Gone Green
- Mildred Downey Broxon - The Night Is Cold, The Stars Are Far Away
- Harry Harrison - Ad Astra
- R. A. Lafferty - And Name My Name
- John Brunner - What Friends Are For
- Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth - Mute Inglorious Tam
- Robert Silverberg - The Man Who Came Back
- Harvey Jacobs - Dress Rehearsal
- Gordon R. Dickson - Enter a Pilgrim
- Stan Nodvik - The Postponed Cure (uncertain if correct name)
- Clifford D. Simak - The Birch Clump Cylinder
Fifth Annual Edition
- Poul Anderson - The Bitter Bread
- Hayford Peirce - Mail Supremacy
- P. J. Plauger - Child of All Ages
- Phyllis Eisenstein - Tree of Life
- Stephen Robinett - Helbent Four
- Robert Hoskins - Pop Goes the Weasel
- Liz Hufford - The Book Learners
- Hayford Peirce - High Yield Bondage
- Clifford D. Simak - Senior Citizen
- Joan D. Vinge and Vernor Vinge - The Peddler's Apprentice