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Latest Updates - John Norman
17th Sep 2023 Comments [+] added to book by ppint.
![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) Comment by ppint.: sidgwick & jackson first printing, first uk and first h/cvr edition
cover (d-j) art (unsigned, uncredited) (d-j design by format credited on d-j front flap)
cover (d-j) price 21/-
© 1966 by john lange
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between dark red cloth-covered boards with sf, two lines, title, author, two lines & logo, sidgwick & jackson blocked in gold on spine Comment by ppint.: actually bears the appropriate nine-digit standard book number, in the system that became part of the international standard book number system by the creation of the english language identifer, 0, and its notional prepension to all issued and still-current numbers already issued - or actual prepension in the event of the editions - or their dust-jackets - being reprinted thereafter; entered as the probably non-extant isbn because someone's deleting the correct and compatible sbns, thus reducing the information in, and the usefulness of, bookcat.
| New Book added by ppint. John Norman - Tarnsman Of Gor - Sidgwick & Jackson - UK (1969)![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) |
14th Sep 2023 Comment [+] added to book by ppint.
![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) Comment by ppint.: universal-tandem publishing tandem books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition
cover art by gerald wood (signed g wood, uncredited)
cover price 40p, 45c malta, $1.25 australia, $1.25 new zealand, $1.50 canada
384pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising, mail-order information
| New Book added by ppint. John Norman - Captive Of Gor - Tandem - UK (1973)![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) | Comment [+] added to book by ppint.
![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) Comment by ppint.: tandem publishing tandem books imprint uk p/b first printing, second printing over-all
(first tandem p/b printing was published by universal-tandem publishing)
cover art by gerald wood (signed g wood, uncredited)
cover price 60p, 65p malta
including 8 unnumbered pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents (chapters) etc, rest numbered 1-370, 6 unnumbered end pp. advertising, mail-order information
| New Book added by ppint. John Norman - Captive Of Gor - Tandem - UK (1975)![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) | New Book added by ppint. John Norman - Captive Of Gor - Tandem - UK (1975)![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) | Comment [+] added to book by ppint.
![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) Comment by ppint.: w.h. allen & co. star books imprint p/b third printing, sixth tandem'n'universal'n'star books p/b printing over-all
(howard & wyndham bought w. h. allen, launched star books, bought tandem publishing, started turning both these into arms of wyndham paperbacks, started turning tandem books into universal books, stopped, reissued/reprinted some as star books - sometimes with new star books isbns, sometimes still using the tandem books isbns - got sold lock, stock and barrel to virgin books - and disappeared in a spiral plummet into the black pit of nothingness. . .
- which is why it makes sense to view the publishing history of tandem books, universal books and star books together with that of w.h. allen & co.'s h/cvrs where such editions were published of titles on the various p/b imprints, through this almost brownian course from publishers to nothingness. . .)
cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price £1.95, £M2.00 malta, $7.00 australia
416pp. including four unnumbered pp. titles, indicia etc, 3 end pp: 2pp. blank, 1p. mail-order information
refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from two previous near-identical star books printings:
1978 first star books p/b edition cover art by chris achilleos
1979 second star books printing
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![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) Comment by ppint.: universal-tandem publishing tandem books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition
cover art by gerald wood (painting may be signed, uncredited; tcjn information)
cover price 45p, (overseas territories prices)
412pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, 3 end pp. advertising including 1p. mail-order information
1974 tandem books imprint p/b near-identical second printing differs:
(i)sbn (0)426-14496-1
cat# 14496
cover price 45p, (overseas territories prices?)
refer also to indicia publishing history to distinguish from tandem books 1973 first printing
8/1978 w.h. allen universal imprint p/b first printing on same isbn, third tandem'n'universal p/b printing over-all, new
cover art by chris achilleos
isbn 0-426-14496-1
cover price £1.25 (overseas territories prices?)
| New Book added by ppint. John Norman - Assassin Of Gor - Star - UK (1981)![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) | New Book added by ppint. John Norman - Assassin Of Gor - Tandem - UK (1973)![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) | Comments [+] added to book by ppint.
![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) Comment by ppint.: inspection copy viewed by kind courtesy of tony, the old pier bookshop, morecambe seafront. Comment by ppint.: universal-tandem publishing tandem books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition
preceded by sidgwick & jackson first printing, first h/cvr & first uk edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited
sbn 426 06285 X
cover price 30p, 75¢ south africa, 95¢ australia, 95¢ new zealand, $1.25 canada°
320pp. including 4pp. titles, indicia etc, rest numbered 7-317; 5 end pp: 4pp. advertising, 1p. mail-order information
| New Book added by ppint. John Norman - Priest-Kings Of Gor - Tandem - UK (1972)![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) | Comment [+] added to book by ppint.
![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) Comment by ppint.: w. h. allen star books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price £2.50, $6.95 australia, $8.95 new zealand, $6.25 canada°
452pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
° - given daw books' mmpb bears a canadian price and was distributed north of the parallel by the new american library, it seems somewhat unlikely that this edition could be distributed there legally
| New Book added by ppint. John Norman - Mercenaries Of Gor - Star - UK (1985)![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) | Comment [+] added to book by ppint.
![](//images.45worlds.com/t/bk/john-norman-magicians-of-gor-bk-t.jpg) Comment by ppint.: gor series #25:
#1: '' tarnsman of gor'' (1966), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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![](//images.45worlds.com/t/bk/john-norman-tarnsman-of-gor-bk-t.jpg) Comment by ppint.: ballantine books mmpb first printings, first edition
cover art by robert (bob) foster (unsigned, uncredited; credited in the indicia of the second, third, fourth & ff. printings)
cover price 75¢
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority stated, though later printings give a delayed date to the canadian-carcassed copies
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![](//images.45worlds.com/t/bk/john-norman-priestkings-of-gor-bk-t.jpg) Comment by ppint.: gor series #3:
#1: '' tarnsman of gor'' (1966), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) Comment by ppint.: gor series #5:
#1: '' tarnsman of gor'' (1966), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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![](//images.45worlds.com/t/bk/john-norman-nomads-of-gor-bk-t.jpg) Comment by ppint.: ballantine books° mmpb first printings, first edition
cover art by bob (robert) foster (signed, credited)
cover price 75¢
348pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia to see if the carcass of the copy held was canadadian- or merkin-printed
no priority stated, though subsequent printings give a later date to the canadian-carcassed copies
° - may also state an intext publisher on title page, and/or in the indicia
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28th Aug 2023 Comment [+] added to book by ppint.
![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) Comment by ppint.: random house group ballantine books mmpb 4/1977 ninth printing over-all
cover art by boris vallejo (signed, credited, retained from seventh printing)
cover price $1.75
320pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
| New Book added by ppint. John Norman - Raiders Of Gor - Ballantine Books - USA (1977)![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) | Comment [+] added to book by ppint.
![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) Comment by ppint.: random house group ballantine books mmpb seventh printing over-all, with new cover design and new
cover art by boris vallejo (signed, credited)
cover price $1.50
320pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
distinguish from near-identical 8/1976 ballantine books eighth printing over-all, which differs:
background to first part of title, ''raiders of'', and fill of ''gor'' & author's name on front cover changed from orange to lemon yellow, and also by reference to indicia publishing history which adds line
eighth u.s. printing: august 1976
| New Book added by ppint. John Norman - Raiders Of Gor - Ballantine Books - USA (1976)![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) |
27th Aug 2023 Comment [+] added to book by ppint.
![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) Comment by ppint.: random house group ballantine books mmpb fourth merkin printing stated in indicia publishing history°
near-identical with second mmpb printings' cover design, though cat# and therefore sbn including checksum digit changed
cover art by gino d'achille retained from first & second printings
cover price 95¢
320pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
° indicia publishing history gives separate dates to merkin & canadian first printings, and to merkin & canadian second printings; and credits a third merkin printing 3/1973
refer also to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical fifth printing which differs:
indicia publishing history adds line giving fifth printing february 1974
| New Book added by ppint. John Norman - Raiders Of Gor - Ballantine Books - USA (1973)![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) |
25th Aug 2023 Comment [+] added to book by ppint.
![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) Comment by ppint.: random house group ballantine books mmpb seventh printing over-all, with new cover design, new
cover art by boris vallejo (signed boris, credited)
cover price $1.50
376pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
indicia publishing history adds line:
seventh printing: august 1976
refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical eighth printing over-all, which differs:
publishing history adds line:
eighth printing: october 1976
| New Book added by ppint. John Norman - Captive Of Gor - Ballantine Books - USA (1976)![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) | Comment [+] added to book by ppint.
![](//images.45worlds.com/t/bk/john-norman-captive-of-gor-2-bk-t.jpg) Comment by ppint.: random house group ballantine books mmpb, fifth ballantine books mmpb printing over-all
cover art by gino d'achille (signed gda, credited, retained)
cover price $1.50
376pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical 7/1975 sixth ballantine mmpb printing which differs:
indicia publishing history adds lines stating
first canadian printing: january, 1973
and
sixth u.s. printing: july, 1975
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![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) Comment by ppint.: random house group ballantine books mmpb printing, fourth ballantine mmpb printing over-all
cover art by gino d'achille (signed, credited; retained from first printing)
cover price 95¢
376pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
| New Book added by ppint. John Norman - Captive Of Gor - Ballantine Books - USA (1974)![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) | Comment [+] added to book by ppint.
![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) Comment by ppint.: ballantine books near-identical ~simultaneous° first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
cover art by gino d'achille (signed gda, credited)
cover price $1.50
376pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
° no priority originally declared iirc, later printings' publishing histories state first canadian printing january 1973, accounting this separately from the near-identical february 1973 second u.s. printing
| New Book added by ppint. John Norman - Captive Of Gor - Ballantine Books - USA (1972)![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) | Comment [+] added to book by ppint.
![](//images.45worlds.com/t/bk/john-norman-hunters-of-gor-bk-t.jpg) Comment by ppint.: daw books simultaneous mmpb first two printings, first edition
cover art by gino d'achille (unsigned, credited)
four interior b+w illustrations by jack gaughan (signed with his jg digraph)
near-meaningless daw books collector no.96
cover price $1.50
320pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be
also to distinguish between the near-identical first eleven printings by reference to the indicia publishing history printing number line
daw books undated 3/1977° twelfth printing by number line differs:
isbn 0-87997-294-7
cat# UE1294
cover price $1.75
° - date taken from locus 200, 3/1977
daw books undated thirteenth printing by number line differs:
isbn 0-87997-368-4
cat# UJ1368
cover price $1.95
1982 daw books undated fourteenth printing by number line differs:
isbn 0-87997-472-9
cat# UE1472
cover price $2.25
near-identical 1983 fifteenth and 1983 sixteenth undated printings by number line retain isbn, cat# of 14th printing
daw books undated seventeenth mmpb printing
isbn 0-87997-678-0
cat# UE1678
cover price $2.75
printing number line 17 18 19 20 21
daw books near-identical undated eighteenth mmpb printing differs:
printing number line 18 19 20 21
2 or 3/1985 (both 2 & 3 seen reported) daw books nineteenth mmpb printing differs:
cover design major titles change to green-filled black outlined typography
cover art by gino d'achille retained
new style daw books logo
isbn 0-88677-010-6
cat# UE2010
cover price (canada $3.50) • u.s. $2.95
indicia publishing history printing number line 19 20 21
2/1987 daw books twentieth mmpb printing differs:
isbn 0-88677-205-2
cat# UE2205
cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95
indicia publishing history printing number line 20 21
this twentieth daw books mmpb printing may well be their last printing of '' marauders of gor''
next known merkin edition is masquerade books p/b 1998 edition
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![](//images.45worlds.com/t/bk/john-norman-imaginative-sex-bk-t.jpg) Comment by ppint.: daw books mmpb first printings, first edition
cover art almost entirely typographical, small detail from gino d'achille's cover art for '' hunters of gor'' included inset in the ''o'' of ''gor''
cover price $1.95
272pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history printing number line to distinguish between the first five printings;
titles advertised in end pp. likely vary between printings:
1980 daw books mmpb sixth printing by printing number line 6 7 8 9 differs:
isbn 0-87997-546-6
cat# UE1546
cover price $2.25
2/1984 daw books mmpb seventh printing by printing number line 7 8 9 10 11 12 differs:
isbn 0-87997-912-7
cat# UE1912
cover price (canada $3.50) • u.s. $2.95
cover printed in u.s., carcass in canada (copies likely intended for distribution north of the parallel, probably printed ~simultaneously with a wholly merkin-printed variant)
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24th Aug 2023 Comment [+] added to book by ppint.
![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) Comment by ppint.: daw books mmpb 9/1982 nth printing, insufficiently reported to identify further:
cover art by gino d'achille (signed with his gda)
cat# UE1761
isbn 0-87997-761-2
cover price $2.50
384pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) Comment by ppint.: daw books simultaneous° mmpb fifth & sixth printings, 1977, near-identical with first & second, differ:
daw books mmpb undated fifth printing
cat# UJ1322
cover price $1.95
near-meaningless daw books collector no.169
384pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
indicia publishing history printing number line 5 6 7 8 9
daw books mmpb undated sixth printing near-identical with fifth, differs:
indica publishing history printing number line 6 7 8 9
° - the carcass of one of these may have been printed in canada; refer to indicia publishing history to see; elsewise they may've been published some six to eleven months apart
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19th Aug 2023 Comment [+] added to book by ppint.
![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) Comment by ppint.: daw books mmpb sixth printing by printing number line
cover art by richard hescox
indicia publishing history printing number line 6 7 8 9 10 11
cover price $3.50
388pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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![](/assets/wpx/bk-blank-t.gif) Comment by ppint.: daw books mmpb fifth printing
cover art by richard hescox
near-meaningless daw books collector number dropped from front cover
cover price $2.95
388pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
publication date taken from locus 251, 12/1981 (though the checksum digit given differs: gives X instead of the correct 0)
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![](//images.45worlds.com/t/bk/john-norman-fighting-slave-of-gor-bk-t.jpg) Comment by ppint.: daw books simultaneous first two printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
cover art by richard hescox (unsigned, credited)
near-meaningless daw books collector no.376
cover price $2.50 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel)
cover price $2.25 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution)
388pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
distinguish from near-identical daw books undated wholly merkin-printed third printing:
the red front cover puff-line ''the 1980 gor book!'' is dropped; and further differences:
digits 1 & 2 dropped from the indicia publishing history printing number line leaving 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
cover price $2.25 retained (some copies bear oval white sticker over this bearing ''in canada $2.50'')
also retains back cover puff-line ''-a daw books original- never before in paperback'' arguably now untrue
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