Latest Updates - J. G. Ballard

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Comment by ppint.:

orion books phoenix imprint b-format p/b first printing, not first uk b-format p/b edition

collection of the two novelettes and seven short stories set in vermilion sands, preface by the author

cover art by rene magritte (detail from "la meditation* (1936) credited on back cover)
cover price £4.99
208pp. including titles, indicia , table-of-contents etc, end pp.

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Comment by ppint.:

barcode number truncated by too-small field in full: 978046002277400295

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Comment by ppint.:

carroll & graf mmpb first printing, first complete merkin edition
masters of science fiction series

collection of the two novelettes and seven short stories set in vermilion sands

cover art unsigned, uncredited (?)
cover price $3.95
208pp. (check) including titles, indicia , table-of-contents etc, end pp.

contents follow the jonathan cape uk first h/cvr and first complete edition

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Comment by ppint.:

berkley publishing group berkley medallion mmpb near-identical simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers

collection of all bar one of the "vermilion sands"-set novelettes and short stories:
missing is "the singing statues" (short story) (fantastic 7/1962), probably to keep within 192pp.

cover art by richard powers (unsigned, uncredited; attribution from "the art of richard powers" jane frank, richard powers (2001) q.v.)
cover price 75¢
192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp.

refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state berkley medallion edition, april, 1971

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Comment by ppint.:

victor gollancz first printing, first h/cvr edition, first uk edition

cover (d-j) art none, typographical cover in black and magenta on classic ''gollancz yellow'' field with black zigzags
cover (d-j) price 15/-
176pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards

refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical second printing, 2/1963, which gives month of publication of first printing

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Comment by ppint.:

heyne bücher p/b first printing, first german language general p/b edition
translation originally published by marion von schröder in tp/b (1970), q.v.

cover art by karel (c. a. m.) thole (unsigned, credited)
cover price (unprinted, list price dm 2.80)
144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p.

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Comment by ppint.:

orion publishing group gollancz imprint b-format p/b first printing, third printing over-all of the orion publishing group b-format p/b setting previously a millennium imprint p/b
sf masterworks series 17

cover art by chris moore retained, still misattributed to jim burns in the indicia credits
cover price £6.99
176/184pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

stated third impression in indicia publishing history

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Comment by ppint.:

orion publishing group millennium imprint b-format p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition
sf masterworks series 17

cover art by chris moore (unsigned, wrongly credited to jim burns but reproduced on moore's website)
cover price £6.99
176/184pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising


refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical
millennium imprint b-format p/b second printing, 2000, noted as second impression
cover art by chris moore retained, still misattributed in indicia credits
cover price £6.99


the near-identical third orion publishing group printing on the same isbn, 2001, is a gollancz imprint p/b