Publisher:NEL
NEL (New English Library)
A British publisher that is now an imprint of Hodder Headline
Commonly used ISBN prefixes are:
- 02839 1976-1982
- 03406 1994-1999
- 03407 1999-2004
- 03408 2004
- 04500 1969-1997
- 04503 1986-1993
- 04504 1987-1990
- 04505 1989-1994
- 04506 1994-1995
0340 overlaps with Hodder: 02839 with Sidgwick & Jackson: 0450 is a pretty clear indication of being NEL though.
NEL also used Souvenir Press and Four Square imprints, but these are likely to be pre-ISBN.
A selection of the NEL and Four Square Horror Covers
SF Master Series
In the Mid 1970s NEL republished several classic novels. The series was edited by Brian Aldiss and Harry Harrison, but introductions were often by another "eminent SF authority". We have these identified so far:
A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! (pb) Harry Harrison
Brain Wave (hc) Poul Anderson
Brain Wave (pb) Poul Anderson
Bring the Jubilee (hc) Ward Moore
Bring the Jubilee (pb) Ward Moore
Land Under England Joseph O'Neill
Lieutenant Gulliver Jones: His Vacation (hc) Edwin L. Arnold
Lieutenant Gulliver Jones: His Vacation (pb) Edwin L. Arnold
Martian Time-Slip (hc) Philip K. Dick
Martian Time-Slip (pb) Philip K. Dick
Memoirs of a Spacewoman (hc) Naomi Mitchison
Memoirs of a Spacewoman (pb) Naomi Mitchison
Mission of Gravity Hal Clement
No Man Friday (hc) Rex Gordon
No Man Friday (pb) Rex Gordon
Other Worlds Cyrano de Bergerac
Ring Around the Sun (hc) Clifford D. Simak
The Caltraps of Time David I. Masson
The Mind of Mr. Soames (hc) Charles Eric Maine
The Mind of Mr. Soames (pb) Charles Eric Maine
The Paradox Men Charles L. Harness
The Strange Invaders Alun Llewellyn