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Four for Tomorrow was first published in the USA in 1967. In Britain the collection was retitled A Rose for Ecclesiastes, so look for that title. The first UK edition is the Rupert Hart-Davis hardback, London, 1969: 207 pages, 21 cm, ISBN 0246985968. Panther issued a paperback under the same title in 1969 (ISBN 0586029206, 189 pages), and both its copyright page and library records credit Hart-Davis with first British publication, so the paperback is the later issue.
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Hart-Davis, London, in 1969, in hardback.
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 29 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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