Prime Press, Inc. was a science fiction and fantasy small press specialty publishing house founded in in 1947. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting See also Alternative media Small press is a term often used to describe Publishers with annual sales below a certain level It was founded by Oswald Train, James A. Williams, Alfred C. Prime, and Armand E. Waldo who were all members of the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society. The Philadelphia Science Fiction Society (PSFS is a Science fiction club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The founders originally intended that the press focus on writers living in the Philadelphia area or associated with PSFS. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə In 1950, Prime and Waldo asked Williams and Train to buy them out. Williams died suddenly in 1953^[1]. Train was unable to continue the press on his own. Their next book was to have been Lost Continents, by L. Sprague de Camp. Lost Continents The Atlantis Theme in History Science and Literature is a 1954 study by L Lyon Sprague de Camp, ( November 27 1907 – November 6 2000) was an American science fiction and fantasy author Prime had printed the signatures, but handed the project off to Gnome Press who bound them with a new title page^[2]. Gnome Press was an American small-press Publishing company primarily known for publishing many Science fiction classics

Works published by Prime Press

• The Mislaid Charm, by Alexander M. Phillips (1947)
• Venus Equilateral, by George O. Smith (1947)
• Equality; or, A History of Lithconia, Anonymous (1947)
• ...And Some Were Human, by Lester del Rey (1948)
• It!, by Theodore Sturgeon (1948)
• Without Sorcery, by Theodore Sturgeon (1948)
• The Torch, by Jack Bechdolt (1948)
• Lest Darkness Fall, by L. Sprague de Camp (1949)
• The Homunculus, by David H. Keller, M.D. (1949)
• Lords of Creation, by Eando Binder (1949)
• Exiles of Time, by Nelson S. Bond (1949)
• The Eternal Conflict, by David H. Keller, M.D. (1949)
• Three Hundred Years Hence, by Mary Griffith (1950)
• The Incomplete Enchanter, by L. Sprague de Camp (1950)
• Nomad, by George O. Smith (1950)
• The Wolf Leader, by Alexandre Dumas, translated and edited by L. Sprague de Camp (1950)
• The Lady Decides, by David H. Keller, M.D. (1950)
• The Blind Spot, by Austin Hall and Homer Eon Flint (1951)

Notes

References

• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). Jack Laurence Chalker ( December 17, 1944 – February 11, 2005) was an American Science fiction author. The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. , 529-533.  
• Clute, John; Peter Nicholls (1995). John Frederick Clute (1940-) is a Canadian born author and critic who has lived in Britain since 1969 Peter Nicholls (1939-) is an Australian literary scholar and critic The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction is a Reference work on Science fiction. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 961. St Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in the iconic Flatiron Building in New York City. ISBN 0-312-13486-X.  
• Eshbach, Lloyd Arthur (1983). Lloyd Arthur Eshbach ( June 20, 1910 - October 29, 2003) was an American Science fiction fan and writer secular Over My Shoulder: Reflections on a Science Fiction Era. Philadelphia: Oswald Train, 181-201. OCLC 10489084. The OCLC Online Computer Library Center is according to its website a "nonprofit membership computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purpose  

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