Latest Updates - Christopher Priest

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Comment by ppint.:

indicia publishing history of the canadian-printed declared second printing states:

pocket book edition published october, 1971
second printing ..... august, 1971

the canadian-printed "second printing" was intended for distribution north of the parallel

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Comment by ppint.:

simon & schuster pocket books canadian mmpb "second printing" apparently first mmpb edition followed by merkin "first printing"; these may have been published simultaneously

cover art by richard powers (unsigned, uncredited; his very distinctive style is recognisable)
cover price 95¢
192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

canadian-printed copies bear a small maple leaf cutout in the richard powers artwork on the front cover

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Comment by ppint.:

pan macmillan pan books p/b first printing, not first uk p/b, first slightly shorter revised edition

cover art by geoff taylor (unsigned, uncredited; on geofftaylor-artist.com website)
cover price 75p (overseas territories prices)
192pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia etc, 2 end pp: 1p. author's note, 1p. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

faber & faber (he + himself) h/cvr first printing, first edition

cover art (unsigned restricted palette (red & black, title left white) of ear on a wall)
cover price £1.40
228pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, a blank end p, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards

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Comment by ppint.:

* - check if my faber h/cvr includes andrew stephenson's illustrations

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Comment by ppint.:

manor books first printing, first mmpb edition, not first p/b edition

aka and originally "fugue for a darkening island" (1972), q.v.

cover art by j. friere (signed, uncredited)
cover price $1.25
192pp. including six unnumbered pages titles, indicia etc, 1 end p. advertising