Latest Updates - Andre Norton

---

Comment by ppint.:

ace books mmpb first printing, first thus: ace books' abridged edition of this novel
half a classic "ace double" format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other

cover art by ed valigursky (unsigned, uncredited; attribution from ace image library)
cover price 35¢
256pp including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves


doubled with "star hunter" also by andré norton (1961), q.v.

---

Comment by ppint.:

high hallack series #3:

high hallack series #1 is ''horn crown'' (1981), q.v.

(witch world main series #7 is "'ware hawk" (1983), q.v.)

main series #1: "witch world" (1963), q.v. for series and sub-series listings, and links.

---

Comment by ppint.:

w. h. allen/howard & wyndham wyndham books universal imprint, tandem books p/b second printing over-all with new

cover art by rodney matthews (unsigned, uncredited; attributed on andre-norton.com)
b+w map by jack gaughan retained ultimately from ace books mmpb first edition
cover price 75p, 80c malta, $2.65 australia, $2.30 new zealand
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

---

Comment by ppint.:

ace books undated (save for copyright date)° mmpb first printing, first edition

cover art by jack gaughan (credited)
b+w interior illustration by jack gaughan (signed with his "jg" digraph) (both retained from first edition)
cover price 40¢
224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

° - copyright date taken as publication date

---

Comment by ppint.:

witch world #3

#1: "witch world" (1963), q.v. for series listing and links

---

Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb sixth printing

---

Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb fourth or fifth printing (not stated by o.p.)

---

Comment by ppint.:

high halleck series #1
witch worlds associated series:
witch world series #1: "witch world" (1963), q.v. for full series including sub-series listings and links.

high hallack:
hh#1: "horn crown" (1981), (this novel)
hh#2: "year of the unicorn" (1965), q.v.
hh#3: "spell of the witch world" (1972), q.v.
hh#4: "the jargon pard" (1974), q.v.
hh#5: "zarsthor's bane" (1978), q.v.
hh#6: "songsmith" by andré norton and a. c. crispin (1992), q.v.

high hallack: the crystal gryphon:
cg#1: "the crystal gryphon" (1972), q.v.
cg#2: "gryphon in glory" (1981), q.v.
cg#3: "gryphon's eyrie" by andré norton and a. c. crispin (1984), q.v.

---

Comment by ppint.:

universal-tandem publishing tandem books p/b first printing, first uk edition

cover art by philip castle (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price 5/- 25p
224pp. including 4pp. titles, indicia etc, 3 end pp: 2pp. advertising, 1p. mail-order information

n.b. the planned 1978 universal imprint uk p/b from the same setting, suitably modified, did not appear.
rodney matthews' cover art for it was completed and has appeared, including on andre-norton.com, q.v.

---

Comment by ppint.:

i've seen a poorly, only partially reported further ace mmpb printing advised on the same isbn, with new
cover price $3.50
no details of cover art, nor date nor ordinality of printing provided.

beyond this, yr hmbl srppnt.'s seen no further report nor actual deadtree book in the wild of ''year of the unicorn'' published as a later stand-alone, english language book.

---

Comment by ppint.:

berkley publishing group (possibly still also credits charter communications - check) ace books tenth printing over-all - and so-stated in indicia publishing history!

cover art by john pound (signed, still uncredited?)
cover price $2.50
288pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

---

Comment by ppint.:

(possibly just berkley publishing group - check) grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books/imprint mmpb eighth printing over-all, incorrectly stated in indicia publishing history to be the sixth

cover art by john pound (signed, uncredited)
cover price $2.50
288pp..(check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

---

Comment by ppint.:

grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books seventh printing over-all, incorrectly stated in indicia to be the sixth, with new

cover art by john pound (signed)
cover price $2.50
288pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

---

Comment by ppint.:

grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books undated° sixth mmpb printing over-all†

cover by j. h. breslow (signed with his jhb monogram, retained from previous mmpb printing, uncredited)
cover price $2.50
288pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

° - nor date of publication nor printing nor ordinality of printing given in indicia publishing history, only copyright date. printed and distributed before the next ace books mmpb printing, which is dated 9/1981 in its indicia publishing history and announced incorrectly as the sixth, but must be the seventh printing

---

Comment by ppint.:

(possibly grosset & dunlap by now) charter communications, inc. ace books undated° fourth printing over-all

cover art by j. h. breslow (signed with his jhb monogram, retained from third printing, uncredited)
cover price $1.50
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

° - date and ordinality of printing from grosset & dunlap charter communications ace fifth printing indicia

---

Comment by ppint.:

grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb fifth printing over-all

cover art by j. (jack) h. breslow (signed with jhb monogram, retained from previous printings but in re-designed cover)
cover price $1.95
288pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

indicia publishing history includes line giving date of undated immediately previous printing:
fourth ace printing: january 1976

---

Comment by ppint.:

charter communications, inc. ace books undated mmpb third ace books printing over-all
first standard (near uk a-format p/b) tall mmpb printing, text not re-set, with new

cover art by j. h. breslaw (signed with jhb monogram on horse's mantling)
cover price 95¢
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

---

Comment by ppint.:

charter communications, inc. ace books mmpb second printing over-all

cover art by jack gaughan retained from first ace books printing,
b+w frontispiece, interior illustrations by him retained likewise
cover price 60¢
224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

---

Comment by 23skidoo:

With respect to OP, uploaded a cleaner scan of the front cover, sans sticker.

---

Comment by ppint.:

author field should^W has been varied to editor

---

Comment by ppint.:

contents:

foreword (nf) andre norton
agent of vega (novella) james h. schmitz , astounding vol.xxxxiii #5, 7/1949, five b+w illustrations by quackenbush
bait (short story) roy l. cliff, jr. astounding vol. xxxxvii #4, 6/1951, with a b+w illustration by paul orban
pax galactica (novelette) ralph williams, astounding vol. l #3 , 11/1952, with three b+w illustrations by orban
police operation (ntte) h. beam piper, astounding vol. xxxxi #5, 7/1948, with four b+w illustrations by ed cartier, a paratime story
of those who came (ss) francis g. rayer, new worlds #18, 11/1952; fantastic universe vol.1 #1, 6-7/1952 as by george langdon
the substandard sardines (ntte) jack vance, startling stories vol.18 #3, 1/1949, one b+w illustration by virgil finlay, a magnus ridolph story
the closed door (ss) kendall foster crossen (misspelling of kendell) amazing vol.27 #6, 8-9/1953; amazing strato bre #1, 12/1953
tough old man (ntte) l. ron hubbard, startling stories vol. 22 #2, 11/1950
beep (novella) james blish, galaxy vol.7 #5-A, 2/1954, galaxy strato bre #16, 7/1954, both: with four b+w illustrations by ed emshwiller; but revised by the deletion of all references to drinking alcohol for this anthology

order of constituent stories probably not as listed; the nf notes to the stories are also by andre norton

---

Comment by ppint.:

world publishing co. h/cvr first printing, first edition

reprint anthology of three short stories, five novelettes and a novella, nf introduction by andre norton

cover (d-j) art by virgil finlay (signed)
cover (d-j) price $2.75
256pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards

---

Comment by ppint.:

date is^W was wrong, should^W be^W now is 2/72 (from stuart wells); h/cvr first edition was 1970.

---

Comment by ppint.:

contents:

introduction (nf) c. j. cherryh
spider silk (novelette) in ''flashing swords! #3'' ed. lin carter (1976), q.v.
sand sister (novella) in ''heroic fantasy'' eds. gerald w. page, hank reinhardt (1979), q.v.
falcon blood (short story) in ''amazons!'' ed. jessica amanda salmanson (1979), q.v.
legacy from sorn fen (ss) in ''garan the eternal'' andre norton (1972), q.v.
sword of unbelief (ntte) in ''swords against darkness II'' ed. andrew offut (1972), q.v.
the toads of grimmerdale (nlla) in ''flashing swords! #2'' ed. lin carter (1973/4), q.v.
changeling (ntte) (° original to this collection)

---

Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb sixth printing

reprint collection of two novellas°, three novelettes, two short stories, introduction by c. j. cherryh
° - one original

with new isbn, cat#, new

cover design typography
cover art by michael whelan retained from first and later printings, credited
near-meaningless daw books collector no.400 returned to front cover, under new style daw logo
cover price (canada $4.50) • u.s. $3.50
276pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising

---

Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb printing, which not reported by contributor

i've not seen reported elsewhere; refer to the publishing history printing number line; it's indicated by the lowest remaining digit which should probapossibly be 5, indicating the fifth printing.
i've added the isbn

the text appears to've been re-set, as indicated by pagination increase to c.276pp.

---

Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb undated fourth printing, near-identical with first printings, with new isbn, cat#
differs:

cover price $2.50
indicia publishing history number line 4 5 6 7 8 9

---

Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb undated third printing, near-identical with first printings, new isbn, new cat#
differs:

cover price $2.25 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution)
indicia publishing history drops digits 1 & 2 leaving first printing, september 1980/3456789

(implicitly retrospectively deeming one of the two first printings to've been the second printing)

---

Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers

reprint collection of two novellas°, three novelettes and two short stories, introduction by c. j. cherryh
° - one original to this collection

cover art by michael whelan (signed mw, credited)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed)
near-meaningless daw books collector no.400
cover price $2.25 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel)
cover price $1.95 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution)
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia, frontispiece etc, end pp. advertising

refer also to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first printing, september 1980/123456789

if digits 1 & 2 dropped leaving 3456789, cat# UE1634, isbn 0-87997-634-9, it is the third printing