shark ship (novelette) c. m. kornbluth, vanguard vol.1 #1, 6/1958 as ''reap the dark tide''
polity and customs of the camiroi (short story) r. a. lafferty, galaxy vol. 25 #5, 6/1967
coming-of-age day (ss) a. k. jorgensson science fantasy #76, 9/1965
heresies of the huge god (ss) brian w. aldiss, galaxy vol.24 #6, 8/1966; galaxy gsp bre 3-4(/1967)
the streets of ashkalon (ss) harry harrison, new worlds #122, 9/1962 aka ''the streets of ashkelon'', aka ''an alien agony''
the totally rich (ntte) john brunner, worlds of tomorrow vol.1 #2, 6/1963
imposter (ss) philip k. dick, astounding vol. li #4, 6/1953 with 2 b+w illustrations by pawelka; astounding atlas bre vol. ix #11, 11/1953
road to nightfall (ntte) robert silverberg, fantastic universe vol. 10 #1, 7/1958
the beast that shouted love at the heart of the world (ss) harlan ellison, galaxy vol. 26 #5, 6!1968;
the cover story, art by wenzel; a b+w illustration by jack gaughan
psychomosis (ss) david i. masson, new worlds #160, 3/1966, b+w illustration by james cawthorn
the cage of sand (ntte) j. g. ballard, new worlds #119, 6/1962
a deskful of girls (ss) fritz leiber, f&sf vol.14 #4, 4/1958 (a changewar story);
the cover story, art by (frank) kelly freas; venture atlas bre #21, 5/1965 no cover art
on the walls of the lodge (ntte) james blish, virginia kidd, galaxy vol.20 #5, 6/1962; galaxy thorpe & porter bre #92; both: as by james blish, virginia blish
masks (ss) damon knight, playboy 7/1968
keepers of the house (ss) lester del rey, fantastic universe vol.4 #6, 1/1956; new worlds #73, 7/1958
journey's end (ss) poul anderson, f&sf vol.12 #2, 2/1957 (without the ''''')
ballantine books uk ltd. p/b first printing, first uk edition; printed in canada
reprint anthology of six novelettes and ten short stories, with nf introduction by robert silverberg
cover art by ron walotsky (signed, credited as ronald walotsky)
cover price 7/- 35p (overseas territories prices?)
312pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
granada publishing panther books imprint p/b third printing, second state, identical with (unsold warehouse stock of) first state except:
originally printed cover prices overprinted with a black plasticky ink, obscuring them and bearing new
cover price 95p, £1.04½ rep. of ireland, $3.25 australia, $3.25 new zealand
granada publishing group panther books imprint p/b third printing, first state, with new
cover art by peter goodfellow (unsigned, uncredited; reproduced on his website)
cover price 65p, $1.90 australia, $1.95 new zealand, $1.95 canada
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, v2 end pp. advertising
granada publishing group panther books imprint p/b second printing with new
cover art (unsigned, uncredited sfaicr; jagged two-dimensional pieces of a face against barbed wire n a black field)
cover price 30p, 75c south africa, $3.00 singapore, 95c australia & new zealand, 95c canada
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, 2 end pp. advertising
publisher should^W has been emended from g. k. hall & co. to gregg press
when this bookcat item was originally entered, the bookcat doctrine that the imprint should be entered as the publisher, not the publisher owning the imprint, had not been fully evolved, let alone clearly set down in carven stone tablets.
the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing, first merkin p/b edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited; sfaik as-yet unattributed
cover price 75¢
176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
distinguish from undated° near-identical second printing which differs with new
cat# 25015
cover price $1.50
and by reference to the indicia publishing history, which adds line stating it's the second printing
° - prob'ly 10/1974, to tie in with the publication date of the second printing of avon books' mmpb of ''334'' thomas m. disch, q.v. but this is not a definitive dating; the cat# would be a slightly better fit in the run of avon mmpb cat#s issued in 1975
granada publishing group panther books imprint first printing, first p/b edition
cover art by rickards/vargo (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price 5/- (25p), 60c south africa, 80c australia, 75c new zealand
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
rupert hart-davis h/cvr first printing, first edition
cover (d-j) art by ken reilly (unsigned, spot red and black on silver-coloured field)
cover price 25/-
~184pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
g. k. hall & co. large format h/cvr first printing, first edition
cover art (none; typographical in back with yellow ruled horizontal lines
cover price (none printed iirc; $48.00 list price with a low % trade discount)
600pp. (check) including xxix pp. titles, indicia, introduction, key etc., bound with endpapers between light reddish-brown cloth-covered boards;
issued without dust-jacket other than of unprinted, very lightly waxed translucent paper
ace books mmpb undated° first printing, first edition
reprint collection or omnibus of two novellas
cover art by jerome podwil (signed jerry podwil, credited as podwil)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed with his digraph, uncredited)
each novella has a small, uncredited b+w illustration on its title page, possibly from its original magazine publication in argosy all-story weekly, respectawigglilly n/7/1921, n/9/1921
° - year of publication of this ace mmpb publication not given, taken from ''science fiction and fantasy authors: a bibliography of first printings...'' l. w. (lloyd) currey (1979), q.v.
continuing christopher hovelle wood's nine ''confessions of'' series novels, published as by ''timothy lea'', q.v.; futura publications commissioned a dozen ''confessions of'' series novels from laurence james.
macdonald futura futura publications p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition
orbit/futura series, not yet a fully separate imprint
cover art by michael (mick) posen (unsigned, uncredited; original painting is signed)
cover price £2.50, $8.95 australia, $11.99 new zealand
192pp. including titles, indicia etc. (check end pp.)
tbl group sphere books p/b third printing, with new
cover art unsigned, seen attributed to anthony (tony) roberts with no support adduced
cover price £1.75, £1.75 malta (other territories prices?)
192pp. including titles, indicia etc. (check end pp.)
(check also: isbn in book as well as on back cover)
tbl group sphere books p/b second printing with new isbn, new
cover art by peter elson (signed pe in line-drawn box, uncredited)
cover price 85p, 93½p eire, 90c malta, $2.75 australia, $2.75 new zealand, $1.95 canada
192pp. including titles, indicia etc. (check end pp.)
tbl group sphere books first printing, first uk p/b edition
cover art by dave pether (unsigned, uncredited; original painting is signed)
cover price 40p, $1.25 australia, $1.25 new zealand, $1.75 canada
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, (fish out & check end pp.)
walker & co. first printing, first h/cvr edition, not first edition
preceded by the avon books mmpb simultaneous first printings which are, together, the first edition
cover (d-j) art by jack gaughan (unsigned sfaics, credited on d-j front flap)
cover (d-j) price $4.95
192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
indicia includes the incorrect statement that ''nightwings'' was ''first published in book form in the united states of america in 1970''
this bookcat item nc879591uk was entered incorrectly. attempts to get it corrected over ~three years were ignored, and yr hmbl srppnt. eventually entered it correctly (as item nc334537uk).
this item nc879591uk has therefore been superseded and should accordingly be deleted.
categorisation as genre fantasy is wrong and should^W has been deleted;
there is no detectable fantasy content -
- other than in the general philosophical sense that all fiction constitutes fantasy, which is not very useful, save to score points in debates of a philosophical upmanship variety -
- this is fairly ''hard'' sf, though not as hard as that of e.g. dr. robert l. forward, q.v.
little, brown & co. (uk) group (= warner books uk group) orbit books general p/b first printing, not first uk general p/b edition
cover art by fred gambino (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £5.99, $16.95 australia (recommended)
192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents, nf preface by the author, etc, end pp. advertising
sidgwick & jackson p/b fourth printing (declared in publishing history)°, may be fifth, with new
cover art by danny flynn (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £1.95 (no overseas territories prices)
176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
bar-code number truncated by too-small field: 9780283986239 90195
still stated internally to be published by sidgwick & jackson †, still with the sidgwick & jackson isbn (and now with sidgwick & jackson bar-code number etc.) but almost entirely apparently a nel p/b externally. sidgwick & jackson ltd. was/were bought by pan macmillan, and the ''published by/in co-operation with'' arrangements presumably determined - or, at least, ceased to be operated - after this printing.
° - amazonuk list/listed a 1987 fourth printing with the previous cover art by tim white:
unless examples of this surface in the real world™ - or a convincing facsimile thereof - this must be regarded as existing only in amazonworld™, and having no concrete existence. ‡
† - published in this edition in 1976 by sidgwick & jackson ltd.
reprinted 1980, 1983, 1987
‡ - and a bookcatter discovers such a rare and currently presumédly mythological beast, please would they/you be so good as to closely examine it, and to report in comment on this page:
the isbn, bar-code number (if any), cover price(s), the title page logo, and the indicia publishing history in the wording used upon the indicia page on the reverse of the title page.
tbl group sphere books p/b second printing, with new isbn
cover art (unsigned, retained from first printing)
cover price £1.00, £1.00 malta, $3.50 australia
240pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
the hearst corporation avon books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers
cover art by hector garrido (unsigned, credited)
cover price 75¢
224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin-printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first avon printing, august, 1968
hodder & stoughton h/cvr first printing, probably first edition
cover (d-j) art (unsigned, may be credited on d-j)
cover (d-j) price 18/-
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. bound with endpapers between covered boards
new english library p/b first printing ,second printing over-all including the four square p/b, with new
cover art by tim white (unsigned, check if credited; reproduced sans typography in "the science fiction and fantasy world of tim whitee" tim white (1981), q.v.)
cover price 95p (check for other territories prices)
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising