victor gollancz yp/b first printing, simultaneous first uk edition
card covers bind-up of the same print-run signatures as the victor gollancz h/cvr first printing
cover art none, typographical cover
cover price £4.95
376pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between card covers
1984, the sf year in review (nf) charles n. brown is dropped from the gollancz h/cvr & yp/b editions
victor gollancz h/cvr first printing, simultaneous first uk edition
collected signatures of the same printing also bound in card covers as the victor gollancz yp/b edition
cover (d-j) art none; typographical cover
cover (d-j) price £9.95
376pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
1984, the sf year in review (nf) charles n. brown is dropped from the gollancz h/cvr & yp/b editions
cover (d-j) art by david l. fletcher (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap)
cover (d-j) price £1.80
268pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first p/b edition
adds ''about ''land of unreason'', l. sprague de camp and fletcher pratt: a michigan yankee in king oberon's court'' (nf) lin carter
cover art by donna violetti (signed violetti, credited)
cover price 95¢
252pp. (check) including (i-)xi pp. titles, indicia etc, nf introduction by lin carter, end p. advertising
refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed; no priority established nor liable to be, both state first ballantine books edition: january, 1970
introduction (nf) terry carr
press enter [splodge] (novella) john varley
blued moon (novelette) connie willis
summer solstice (ntte) charles l. harness
morning child (short story) gardner dozois
the aliens who knew, i mean, everything (ss) george (geo) alec effinger
a day in the skin (or, the century we were out of them) (ss) tanith lee
instructions (ss) bob leman
the lucky strike (ntte) kim stanley robinson
greenhearts (ss) lee montgomerie
bloodchild (ntte) octavia e. butler
trojan horse (ntte) michael (g.) swanick
fears (ss) pamela sargent
trinity (nlla) nancy kress
1984, the sf year in review (nf) charles n. brown
recommended reading (nf) terry carr
thomas doherty associates tor books mmpb first printing, first edition
''terry carr's best science fiction of the year'' on cover
aka ''best sf/science fiction of the year 14'' ed. terry carr (victor gollancz 1985), q.v.
reprint anthology of two novellas, five novelettes and six short stories, with nf introduction & recommended reading list by terry carr, review of the sfnal year by charles n. brown (founder-editor-publisher of locus)
cover art by michael w. carroll (unsigned, credited)
isbn 0-812-53274-0 can(ada)
cover price can(ada) $3.95
cover price u.s. $3.50
384pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp.
harcourt brace jovanovich pyramid books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by george ziel (unsigned, uncredited; on lyle munroe books website of cover artists)
cover price $1.25
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
bluejay books tp/b first printing, possibly first tp/b (the distribution system used for, and therefore the status of avon books' equinox p/b series is still uncertain)
a bluejay special edition (series)
adds new nf afterword by peter s. beagle
dedication: to john v. padovano
cover art by john pierard (unsigned, credited)
cover price $5.95
232pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. including afterword (nf) peter s. beagle, advertising
avon books equinox imprint b-format p/b first printing
rediscovery series #12
cover art by stanislaw fernandes (aka stanislaw fernandez) (signed, mis-credited to ark wong)
cover price $1.95, canada $2.25
cat# 24711 in canada
224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
the spider glass (novelette) in ''shadows 4'' ed. charles l. grant (1981), q.v.
renewal (novella) in ''shadows 5'' ed. charles l. grant (1982), q.v.
art songs (short story) in ''a fantasy reader'' eds. jeff frame, jack rems (1981), q.v.
seat partner (ss) in ''nightmares'' ed. charles l. grant (1979), q.v.
cabin 33 (nlla) in ''shadows 3'' ed. charles l. grant (1980), q.v.
my favourite enigma: the historical count saint-germain (nf) chelsea quinn yarbro (original to this collection)
simon & schuster pocket books timescape imprint mmpb first printing, first edition
reprint collection of two novellas, a novelette and two short stories, all featuring le comte de saint-germain
cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price $2.95
208pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. including nf article by chelsea quinn yarbro, advertising
thomas doherty associates tor books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition
cover art by manuel pérez-santjulián ''sanjulian'' clemente
isbn can(ada) 0-812-520179-8
cover price can(ada) $5.95
cover price u.s. $4.95
476pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
victor gollancz h/cvr first printing, first uk edition
cover (d-j) art by alan breese
cover (d-j) price 15/-(?) (this mayn't be the original price°)
276pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
° - victor gollancz ran what was in effect a separate junior library-aimed sf line of titles often merkin-published as category sf, or as general fiction line, as adult fiction; but they also picked up uk & british commonwealth (usually excluding canada) volume rights to titles published as children's books for this.
exceptionally for victor gollancz science fiction h/cvrs throughout this period, the books they published for this bore illustrated restricted-palette dust-jackets, usually single-colour (and black) on white paper.
"the day of the great shout" worlds of tomorrow vol.2 #5 (whole no.11), 1/1965, q.v. and
"the suicide express" worlds of tomorrow vol.3 #6 (whole no.18), 3/1966, q.v.
andre deutsch rapp & whiting first printing, first uk h/cvr edition
cover (d-j) art by beverley lebarrow (unsigned, credited for jacket design, first name misspelled beverly)
cover (d-j) price £2.25
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
"the day of the great shout" worlds of tomorrow vol.2 #5 (whole no.11), 1/1965, q.v. and
"the suicide express" worlds of tomorrow vol.3 #6 (whole no.18), 3/1966, q.v.
granada publishing panther books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition
cover art by patrick woodroffe (unsigned, collected in ''mythopoeikon'' patrick woodroffe (1976), q.v.)
sbn 586-03939-2
cover price 40p, $1.20 australia, $1.20 new zealand, $1.50 canada
208pp. including 4pp. titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
#1: "to your scattered bodies go" (1971), q.v. for series listing and links.
fix-up of
"the felled star" from if vol.17 #7, 7/1967 q.v., #8, 8/1967 q.v.
part one is the cover story, and both parts have a b+w illustration, all by jack gaughan
and
"the fabulous riverboat" from if vol.20 #11, 5+6/1971 q.v., #12, 7+8/1971 q.v.
both parts have a b+w illustration by jack gaughan
granada publishing panther books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition
cover art by peter andrew ''paj'' jones (unsigned, credited on back cover)
sbn 586039899
cover price 60p, $1.80 australia, $1.80 new zealand, $2.50 canada
256pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia etc, 4 end pp. advertising
distinguish from near-identical reprintings:
second printing 1978 which differs:
isbn 0586039899
cover price 85p, $2.95 australia, $2.75 new zealand, $2.50 canada
third printing 1979 which differs:
isbn 0586039899
cover price 95p, £1.04½ republic of ireland, $3.25 australia, $2.95 new zealand
granada panther fourth printing 1980 which differs:
front cover titles new typography larger, swirled
isbn 0586039899
cover price £1.25, $4.95 australia, $5.25 new zealand
indicia publishing history lists three printings, last 1979
granada panther fifth printing 1980 which differs:
front cover titles retain swirled typography
isbn 0586039899
cover price £1.25, $4.95 australia, $5.25 new zealand
indicia publishing history lists four printings, last 1980
granada panther sixth printing ,1982 which differs:
front cover retains swirled typography
isbn 0586039899
cover price £1.50 (overseas territories?)
indicia publishing history lists four printings, last two 1979, 1982 - i.e. omits both 1980 printings
granada panther seventh printing, 1983 which differs:
front cover retains swirled typography
isbn 0586039899
cover price £1.95, $5.95 australia, $5.95 new zealand
indicia publishing history lists five printings, last three 1979, 1982, 1983 (omits both 1980 printings)
granada panther eighth printing, 1985 which differs:
front cover retains swirled typography
isbn 0586039899
cover price £1.95, $5.95 australia, $7.95 new zealand
indicia publishing history lists six printings, last four 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985 (omits both 1980 printings)
wm. collins sons grafton books imprint, first grafton imprint 1986, ninth over-all, which further differs:
front cover retains panther science fiction and swirled typography of title
isbn 0586039899
cover price £2.50, $6.95 australia, $9.95 new zealand
indicia publishing history claims first published by grafton 1975, and reprinted 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986 - still omits the two 1980 printings
wm. collins sons grafton books second printing 1988, tenth printing over-all, differs:
front cover drops the panther science fiction line, retains swirled typography
isbn 0586039899
cover price £2.99, $8.95 australia, $12.95 new zealand
indicia publishing history line: reprinted 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988 - still omits the two 1980 printings
harpercollinspublishers first printing 12/1993, eleventh printing over-all, bears new
cover art by keith scaife
isbn 0586039899
cover price £4.99
first published by grafton 1975. reprinted ten times
this paperback edition 1993. 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2
#1: "to your scattered bodies go" (1971), q.v. for series listing and links.
fix-up of
"the felled star" from if vol.17 #7, 7/1967 q.v., #8, 8/1967 q.v.
part one is the cover story, and both parts have a b+w illustration, all by jack gaughan
and
"the fabulous riverboat" from if vol.20 #11, 5+6/1971 q.v., #12, 7+8/1971 q.v.
both parts have a b+w illustration by jack gaughan
#1: "to your scattered bodies go" (1971), q.v. for series listing and links.
fix-up of
"the felled star" from if vol.17 #7, 7/1967 q.v., #8, 8/1967 q.v.
part one is the cover story, and both parts have a b+w illustration, all by jack gaughan
and
"the fabulous riverboat" from if vol.20 #11, 5+6/1971 q.v., #12, 7+8/1971 q.v.
both parts have a b+w illustration by jack gaughan