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Latest Updates - Frank Herbert
7th Sep 2024 Comment [+] added to book by ppint.
Comment by ppint.: publisher entered is^W was still wrong and should^W still^W has been corrected to berkley medallion as per cover image
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Comment by ppint.: tbl sphere books p/b second printing, with new
cover art unsigned, uncredited (eye in partial face with homunculus in place of iris)
cover price 30p, 7.25 (shillings) east africa, 75c south africa, 1.00c australia, 1.00c new zealand, 1.25c canada
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
indicia adds line in publishing history:
reprinted april 1972
| New Book added by ppint. Frank Herbert - The Eyes Of Heisenberg - Sphere - UK (1972) | Comment [+] added to book by ppint.
Comment by ppint.: tbl sphere books p/b third printing, with new
cover art by chris foss (signed with his ''F-in-a-box'' monogram, uncredited)
cover price 30p, 1.00c (sic) australia, 1.00c (sic) new zealand
so should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule
- or not so re-flagged, according to equally well-respected moderator's heartfelt plea
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
indicia publishing history line adds note of date of third printing:
reprinted april 1972, reprinted november 1973
| New Book added by ppint. Frank Herbert - The Eyes Of Heisenberg - Sphere - UK (1973) |
6th Aug 2024 Comments [+] added to book by ppint.
Comment by ppint.: distinguish between this true first edition and the near-identical doubleday science fiction book club h/cvr (6/1956) first (and any subsequent) printing by their lack of the indicia statement "first edition". Comment by ppint.: doubleday h/cvr first printing, first edition, so stated in the indicia
cover (d-j) art by mel hunter (signed, should be credited on d-j front flap)
cover (d-j) price $2.95
192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
cover d-j price in canada $3.50 but i do not know if this was a separately-printed d-j or no.
| New Book added by ppint. Frank Herbert - The Dragon In The Sea - Doubleday - USA (1956) | New Book added by ppint. Frank Herbert - The Dragon In The Sea - New English Library - UK (1971) | Comment [+] added to book by ppint.
Comment by ppint.: the science fiction book club first printing, not first uk h/cvr edition
for sale only to members of the science fiction book club by post, on a near inertia sales subscription basis (or from time-to-time as a cheap/free book (pay only for p+p) in inducement to join the book club)
cover (d-j) price 5/6 (including postage & packing iirc)
cover (d-j) art design by c. w. bacon
208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp., bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
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Comment by ppint.: victor gollancz h/cvr first printing, first uk edition
cover (d-j) art none, typographical in black and magenta on "gollancz yellow" field with two narrow bands of decoration composed of printers' wibbles between narrow horizontal lines all in black
cover (d-j) price 13/6
208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp., bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
| New Book added by ppint. Frank Herbert - The Dragon In The Sea - New English Library - UK (1969) | New Book added by ppint. Frank Herbert - The Dragon In The Sea - The Science Fiction Book Club - UK (1961) | New Book added by ppint. Frank Herbert - The Dragon In The Sea - Victor Gollancz - UK (1960) |
4th Aug 2024 Comment [+] added to book by ppint.
Comment by ppint.: random house group uk (or random penguin by now?) hachette group orion books gollancz imprint h/cvr first printing of this edition, but not first uk h/cvr nor first victor gollancz h/cvr edition
cover art by john schoenherr (unsigned, re-used from " the prophet of dune" part 3 (of 5) asf vol. lxxv #1, 3/1965, where it is credited)
cover price £7.99
616pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, possible end p.; perfectbound (iirc) onto flexible backing strip with endpapers between laminated boards, no dust-jacket
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