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THE STEEL CROCODILE.
Boston: Gregg Press, 1976. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. hardcover edition, first printing. 250 copies printed. "The Colindale Institute functions ostensibly to anticipate new developments in research so as to be in a position to encourage or suppress them. A major special project aims to generate a new messiah to better control the masses. The work is aided by a computer system capable of highly sophisticated, associative retrieval, and naturally, the computer nominate itself for the role of messiah." - Mowshowitz, p. 303. Text offset from that of the 1970 Hodder and Stoughton edition published as THE ELECTRIC CROCODILE. New introduction by David G. Hartwell. 1970 Nebula nominee. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-273].
A USUAL LUNACY.
San Bernadino: The Borgo Press, 1978. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. One of 50 signed copies done in hardcover produced by Barry Levin and the Borgo Press.
A USUAL LUNACY.
San Bernardino, California: The Borgo Press, 1978. Octavo, black buckram, spine stamped in gold. First edition. The hardbound issue, limited to 61 copies signed by Compton, of which this is letter "I" of eleven lettered copies "reserved for distribution to the author and his friends ..."
WINDOWS.
New York: Published by Berkley Publishing Corporation Distributed by G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1979]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Sequel to THE CONTINUOUS KATHERINE MORTENHOE, a.k.a. THE UNSLEEPING EYE (1974). "A good sequel to a fine original -- but barely SF." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 422. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-272. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 392].