Latest Updates - Katherine Kurtz

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Comment by ppint.:

ballantine books° mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition

cover art by bob pepper (signed "pepper", credited)
cover price 95¢
cat# 01981
sbn 345-01981-4 (the appended -095 is the cover price in cents; it is not a part of the defined sbn)
288p. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents, unsigned, uncredited b+w map, about katherine kurtz and "deryni rising": the world next door (nf introduction) by lin carter, etc, end pp. advertising

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 first printing august, 1970

° - may state an intext publisher on title page and/or in the indicia: please check and advise if/if not

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Comment by ppint.:

deryni trilogy #2

#1: "deryni rising" (1970), q.v., for trilogies' & connected titles' listings, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

deryni trilogy #3:

#1: "deryni rising" (1970), q.v. for trilogy and associated trilogies listings, and links

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Comment by ppint.:

random house group ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings, first p/b edition

cover art by darrell k. sweet (unsigned, credited, shared with ballantine h/cvr first edition)
cover price $2.75 canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
cover price $2.25 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
464pp? (check) including titles, indicia, b+w map, etc., end pp. including appendices, advertising

i do not know if the card covers of the canadian-carcassed variety were shared from the merkin p/b, with altered printed cover price, or canadadian-printed; this information should be printed on the card covers

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Comment by ppint.:

distinguish from near-identical doubleday (merkin) science fiction book club edition 5/1979° which differs:

cover (d-j) price none (reportedvprice to sf bookclub members $3.50)
sfbc cat# 2160 on d-j back flap
380pp. (check) including titles, indicia, map etc, end pp. including appendices
bound with endpapers between covered boards

pagination differs from ballantine books first edition h/cvr trade edition, so text has been re-set;
first sfbc printing bears printer's gutter code J17 on p.364, boards taupe, with black typography

° month of publication not given, taken from sfbc wki

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Comment by ppint.:

random house group ballantine books h/cvr first printing, first edition

cover (d-j) art by darrell (k.) sweet (unsigned, credited on d-j back flap)
b+w map by bob (robert) porter (credited)
cover (d-j) price $9.95
480pp. (check) including titles, indicia, map, etc, end pp. including appendices, advertising, bound with endpapers between covered boards

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Comment by ppint.:

distinguish from 5/1979 merkin doubleday science fiction book club h/cvr edition which differs:

sfbc cat# 2161 on d-j back flap, also states book club edition
printer's gutter code J13 on p.264 (later printings have other month+date printer's gutter codes)
288pp? (check) including titles, indicia, b+w maps etc, end pp. appendices, bound with endpapers between covered boards

pagination differs from the ballantine books trade h/cvr edition

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Comment by ppint.:

random house group ballantine books h/cvr first printing, first h/cvr edition, not first edition

cover (d-j) art by darrell k. sweet (unsigned, credited on d-j back flap)
b+w maps by bob porter
cover (d-j) price $8.95
336pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. including appendices, advertising, bound with endpapers between covered boards

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Comment by ppint.:

refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical second and third printings:

(?1976/1977?) ballantine books mmpb second printing differs:
indicia publishing history adds line stating second printing and date

1/1978 ballantine books third printing same cover art, same cover design, cover price, differs:
indicia publishing history adds line stating third printing and date
isbn 0-345-27597-5
adds del rey series name to wyvern fantasy logo

the next ballantine books printing is the 3/1979 first h/cvr edition