Latest Updates - Jack Vance

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Comment by ppint.:

contents:

the dogtown tourist agency (novella) ''epoch'' eds. roger elwood, robert silverberg (1975), q.v.
freitzke's turn (novella) ''triax'' ed. robert silverberg (1977), q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

dennis dobson first printing, first h/cvr edition, not first uk edition (preceded by mayflower p/b edition)

cover (d-j) art by richard weaver (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap)
cover (d-j) price £2.75
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards

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Comment by ppint.:

dennis dobson first printing, first h/cvr edition, may have been preceded by the mayflower uk p/b edition

cover (d-j) art by richard weaver (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap)
cover (d-j) price £2.75
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards

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Comment by ppint.:

dennis dobson first printing, first h/cvr edition, first uk edition (preceded the mayflower p/b edition, just)

cover (d-j) art by richard weaver (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap)
cover (d-j) price £2.75
192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards

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Comment by ppint.:

dennis dobson first printing, first h/cvr edition, first uk edition (preceded the mayflower p/b by a year)

cover (d-j) art by richard weaver (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap)
cover (d-j) price £2.75
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers

cover art by h. r. van dongen (signed, credited)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed, uncredited)
near-meaningless daw books collector no.347
cover price $1.95 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel)
cover price $1.75 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution)
160pp. including titles, indicia, etc.

refer to indicia publishing history to see if the carcass of the copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first daw printing, august 1979/123456789

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers

cover art by h. r. van dongen (signed, credited)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed, uncredited)
2pp. b+w map of tschai (unsigned, uncredited: reprinted from the ace books mmpb edition)
near-meaningless daw books collector no.347
cover price $1.95 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel)
cover price $1.75 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution)
160pp. including titles, indicia , b+w map etc.

refer to indicia publishing history to see if the carcass of the copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first daw printing, july 1979/123456789

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers

cover art by h. r. van dongen (signed, credited)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed, uncredited)
2pp. b+w map of tschai (unsigned, uncredited: reprinted from the ace books mmpb edition)
near-meaningless daw books collector no.342
cover price $1.95 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel)
cover price $1.75 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution)
160pp. including titles, indicia , b+w map etc.

refer to indicia publishing history to see if the carcass of the copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first daw printing, june 1979/123456789

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Comment by annaloog:

The plot synopsis on the dust jacket flap is suspiciously reminiscent of that on the back cover of the DAW edition.

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers

cover art by h. r. van dongen (signed, credited)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed, uncredited)
2pp. b+w map of tschai (unsigned, uncredited: reprinted from the ace books mmpb edition)
near-meaningless daw books collector no.339
cover price $1.95 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel)
cover price $1.75 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution)
160pp. including titles, indicia , b+w map etc.

refer to indicia publishing history to see if the carcass of the copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first daw printing, may 1979/123456789

and to distinguish from the undated near-identical third printing, which drops the first two digits from the printing number line, was wholly merkin-printed, and bears
cover price (? not as yet seen/seen reported: probably $1.75)
some copies of this bear a lengthways oval white sticker printed in black stating $1.95 price in canada

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Comment by ppint.:

planet of adventure or tschai tetralogy #4:

#1: "city of the chasch" (1968), q.v. for series listing and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

planet of adventure #2:
aka "wankh", aka "the wannek", qq.v.

#1: "city of the chasch" (1968), q.v. for series listing and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

alastor cluster #1, a novel of the gaean reach:

#1: ''trullion: alastor 2262'' (1973), (this book)
#2: "marune: alastor 933" (1975), q.v.
#3: "wyst: alastor 1716" (1978), q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

alastor cluster #1:

#1: "trullion: alastor 2262" (1973), q.v. for series listing and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

alastor cluster #3:

#1: "trullion: alastor 2262" (1973), q.v. for series listing and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

the planet of adventure, aka "tschai", aka "tschai, the planet of adventure" tetralogy #1:

#1: "city of the chasch" (this novel), aka "(the) chasch" (1986), q.v.
#2: "servants of the wankh" (1969), q.v., aka "wankh" (1986), aka "the wannek" (2006), qq.v.
#3: "the dirdir" (1969), q.v.
#4: "the pnume" (1970), q.v.

omnibus edition of the tetralogy:

#O: "planet of adventure" (1985 uk), q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

planet of adventure #3:

#1: "city of the chasch" (1968), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

i sold the omnibus giant-size (?or anabas large?) poster of ''ether stream'', the painting, in IMT lancaster

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Comment by ppint.:

thomas doherty associates tor books mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition

cover art is ''the ether stream'' by rodney matthews (was a poster; print/giclée was available: his website)
isbn 0-812-50092-X can(ada)
cover price can(ada) $4.95
cover price u.s. $3.95
224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

month of publication not given, taken from locus

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Comment by ppint.:

complete bar-code number truncated by too-small field: 9 780340 212523 90125

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings, not first mmpb edition, sharing merkin-printed covers°

cover art by david b. mattingly (signed, credited)
b+w frontispiece also by mattingly (signed with his initials)
near-meaningless daw books collector no.453
° cover price $2.50 canadian-carcased copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
° cover price $2.25 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
192pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia, frontispiece, b+w map etc, end pp. advertising

refer also to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority in publication date established nor liable to be, but printing line drops the first digit, ''1'' leaving /23456789 formally identifying this as the second printing

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Comment by annaloog:

As mentioned elsewhere, the number, "47401" appears to be incorrect, and more likely 'should have' been "47041", as this fits better with Ace's then new numbering scheme, which was based alphabetically by title.