berkley publishing group ace books mmpb fourth printing, mis-stated the third printing in indicia
the new cat# would be correct for the third printing, but that was 9/1980 and 21885
new cover design, and reverts to the first two printings'
cover art by boris vallejo (signed boris)
cover price $2.75
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
adds indicia publishing history line immediately below first ace edition / july 1978
third printing: december 1983
distinguish from ace books near-identical 1986 correctly identified fifth mmpb printing, which differs:
isbn 0-441-22218-8
cat# 22218 (which would have been correct for the fourth printing)
cover price: ($3.95 canada) • $2.95 u.s.
224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
indicia replaces line immediately below modified ace edition / july 1978 with
fifth printing / november 1986
grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books imprint mmpb unstated third printing, with new
cover art by david plourde (signed plourde, though miscredited to boris; new cover design)
cover price $2.25
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by boris vallejo (signed boris, credited to boris)
cover price $1.75
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
distinguish from near-identical 1979 second printing with same cover art (credit dropped) which differs:
isbn 0-441-22216-1
cat# 22216 (correctly increased by one from that of the first printing)
cover price $1.95
adds indicia publishing history line stating
second printing, march 1979
macdonald & co. futura publications p/b first printing, first uk edition
cover art by chris moore (unsigned, uncredited, collected in ''parallel lines'' peter elson, chris moore (1981), q.v.)
cover price £1.25, $4.50 australia
224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from
near-identical 1984 second printing, which differs:
cover price £1.95
publishing history adds line stating reprinted 1984
near-identical 1987 third printing, which differs:
isbn, uk price now in the white bar-code box on the back cover,
bar-code number 9780708 880678 00250
cover price £2.50
cover art by attila hejja
cover price $1.95
224pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
publication date taken from locus #230, 2/1980
refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical third printing, which differs:
cover price $2.25
indicia publishing history printing number line has lowest remaining digit 3
pocket books mmpb simultaneous first printings, first edition
reprint non fix-up / collection of novelettes and two short stories
cover art by ed (edward) soyka (unsigned, credited)
cover price $1.75
224pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
front cover of canadian-carcassed copies bear a small white maple leaf, states published in canada
refer also to indicia publishing history to check carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state pocket book edition published may, 1977
paperback library mmpb second printing with striking new
cover art (unsigned, uncredited; re-used from sphere books second printing; i attribute it to michael leonard as matching covers known to be by him very closely)
(seen said to be by frank frazetta (without any justifying reference): extremely atypically-styled for frazetta, and to be by but unsigned by him by this date is also highly unlikely))
cover price 75¢
176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
bpc by now prob'ly macdonald & co. (publishers) h/cvr first printing, not first uk h/cvr edition
approximately simultaneous with the macdonald/futura p/b first printing with which it shares°
cover (d-j) art by mick van houten (unsigned, uncredited; shared with p/b edition)
cover (d-j) price £8.95
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, blank end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards
° announced for simultaneous publication, the macdonald h/cvr editions frequently trailed the futura p/bs during this era of macdonald / futura / orbit
macdonald & co. publishers futura books p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition
approximately simultaneous with the macdonald & co. publishers h/cvr edition with which it shares
cover art by mick van houten
cover price £1.95 (overseas territories prices?)
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
identified as book four in the atlantis saga, but this is variable: is book three if book two is not split
introduction (nf) robert silverberg
valley beyond time (novella) science fiction adventures (us) vol.2 #2, 12/1957, one b+w illustration by ed emshwiller; science fantasy #27, 2/1958
the flame and the hammer (nlla) science fiction adventures (us) vol.1 #6, 9/1957
the wages of death (ntte) if vol.8 #5, 8/1958, one b+w illustration by virgil finlay; science fiction adventures (uk) #20, 5/1961, cover story, art by brian lewis
spacerogue (ntte) infinity vol.4 #2, 11/1958 as by webber martin, cover story, and one b+w illustration also by ed emshwiller
white lion h/cvr first printing, not first uk h/cvr edition
cover (d-j) art unsigned, uncredited
cover (d-j) price (c. £3) (parts of d-j flaps not visible on the library laminated rebinding seen)
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p, bound with endpapers between covered boards
white lion publishers were primarily (though not solely) a supplier of books to the uk public libraries
the budgets of the uk public libraries were progressively cut - and then the single largest local authority, and with it, its excellent library service, was destroyed as a matter of doctrinaire right-wing idiocy:
white lion seems to've ceased publishing fiction hardcover reprints during 1977 in consequence, and possibly shortly after ceased to exist.
tandem books ltd. tandem imprint p/b first printing, not first p/b edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited; probably by dave pether, the artist for at least two of tandem's cija p/bs
cover price 45p, 48p eire, 50c malta
192p. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
an isbn is trivially derivable from the sbn, but the cover bears the nine-digit sbn
first published year is wrong and should be corrected to 1985:
''h. p. lovecraft omnibus 3: the haunter of the dark: and other tales'' was first published in 1985
this collection is some two hundred pages longer than panther books' 1963 cat#1474,
''the haunter of the dark and other tales of terror'' (first: victor gollancz h/cvr 1951), q.v.,
containing all of the earlier collection plus one novella, two novelettes and a short story;
this 200pp. difference is more than long enough to be an entire p/b on its own - so this is significantly different a book, as well as a different title!
wm collins sons grafton books imprint p/b second printing, third printing including the 1985 granada publishing group panther books imprint first printing, first edition of this ''h. p. lovecraft omnibus 3: the haunter of the dark and other stories''
reprint collection of three novellas, seven novelettes, four short stories, nf introduction by august derleth
cover art by tim white unsigned, credited on back cover, collected in ''chiaroscuro'' tim white (1988), q.v.
cover price £4.50, $10.99 australia, $15.99 new zealand
544pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
penguin group penguin imprint p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition
cover art by peter goodfellow (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £1.75, $4.95 australia
256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
berkley publishing group berkley books imprint mmpb first printing, first p/b edition
cover art by david plourde (signed, shared from first edition h/cvr d-j where it is credited)
cover price $1.95
248pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
artist's signature is visible because a slightly different view of the cover art is used on the mmpb:
it's just off the lower edge of the h/cvr d-j.
sidgwick & jackson h/cvr first printing, first uk edition
cover (d-j) art (none; dark blue typography on silver field with graduated dark blue horizontal lines)
cover (d-j) price £5.95 (the uk science fiction book club offered s&j copies to members at £4.50)
256pp. including titles, indicia etc, blank end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards
unbound collected signatures later assembled together with like of ''the ultimax man'' keith laumer (also sidgwick & jackson 1978) in ''science fiction special 37'' ed. anon. (sidgwick & jackson h/cvr 1981), q.v.
berkley publishing group berkley putnam h/cvr first printing, first edition
cover (d-j) art by david plourde (unsigned, credited on d-j back flap)
cover (d-j) price $8.95
256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards
day of publication from inlaid publishers review copy slip
distinguish from near-identical doubleday science fiction book club edition:
cover (d-j) bears no price on front flap, instead states book club edition
cat# 5438 on d-j back flap
184pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound between covered boards
Reviewthis seems to be the only book published by earthlight publishers - but what a book!
almost all the fiction tom reamy wrote - one remained unpublished by the editor to whom he'd submitted it for first publication, so couldn't be included without being withdrawn - excluding only two°, plus his only novel, ''blind voices'', which was published ''completed, but unfinished'' (he was still polishing it) posthumously, after the heart attack which killed him.°
beautifully-written, oftimes ominous, threatening, frequently horror-inducing, fantasy; earth-set but not earthbound, and well worthy of being published in such a beautiful edition.
° - missing are:
jenny's friends (short story) fantastic worlds (fanzine) vol.2 #2, spring 1954
sting! (short play) in ''six science fiction plays'' ed. roger elwood (1976), q.v.
m is for the million things (short story) in ''new voices 4: the john w. campbell award nominees'' ed. george r. r. martin (1981), q.v.
potiphee, petey and me (novelette) (sold to harlan ellison for ''the last dangerous visions'' (unpublished); eventually appeared in ''under the hollywood sign'' tom reamy (750-copy limited edition h/cvr 2023), q.v.°°
(°° - this 2023 collection is sfaik the complete novellas, novelettes, and short stories bar one (jenny's friends), compilation - it incorporates all of ''san diego lightfoot sue and other stories'' - but is considerably scarcer, and liable to be pricey - it bears a $50.00 cover price. . .)
enter the departing shadow (nf) harlan ellison
twilla (novelette) f&sf vol.47'#3, 9/1974
under the hollywood sign (ntte) in ''orbit 17'' ed. damon knight (1975), q.v.
beyond the cleft (ntte) in ''nova 4'' ed. harry harrison (1974), q.v.
san diego lightfoot sue (ntte) f&sf vol.49 #2, 8/1975
dinosaurs (ntte) in ''new dimensions 6'' ed. robert silverberg (1976), q.v.
the sweetwater factor (short story) in ''lone star universe'' eds. geo w. proctor, steven utley (1976), q.v.
the mistress of windraven (ss) chacal 1, winter/1976
the detweiler boy (ntte) f&sf vol.52 #4, 4/1977
insects in amber (ntte) f&sf vol.54 #1, 1/1978
waiting for billy star (ss) shayol #2, 2/1978
2076: blue eyes (ss) shayol #3, summer 1979
berkley publishing group ace books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition
collection of a novella, six novelettes, four short stories, nf article by harlan ellison
cover art by david heffernan (signed, credited)
cover price $2.95
336pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents, introduction etc, end pp. advertising
earthlight publishers hcvr first printing, limited first edition, 100 copies in cloth-covered slipcase
kansas city, missouri
cover (d-j) art by diane dillon, leo dillon
interior illustratios including endpapers' decoration by diane dillon, leo dillon
cover (d-j) price $14.95
slip-cased limited edition price $25.00
264pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents, introduction etc, bound in decorated endpapers between cloth-covered boards
new english library p/b first printing, first uk edition
cover art by tim white (unsigned, credited on back cover) (fossoid, doubtless on art director's direction)
cover price 85p, 93½p republic of ireland, $2.95 australia, $2.80 new zealand
208pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. excerpt from ''the end of the matter'' (pip & flinx #3), advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical
second printing which differs:
adds line stating reprinted july 1983
cover price £1.50
third printing which differs:
adds line
third impression 1988
cover price £2.50
ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
cover art by darrell k. sweet (signed, credited without the ''d.'')
cover price $1.50
242pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first edition: march,1977
bantam books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition
almost entirely original anthology of three novelettes, thirteen short stories, five poems, and one nf essay, nf introduction by frank herbert
cover art unsigned, uncredited; still as-yet unattributed sfaik
cover price $1.25
256pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising