Latest Updates - Marion Zimmer Bradley

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Comment by ppint.:

this is the first uk printing of the comprehensively revised, doubled-in-length edition #18a q.v.

confusingly, this nowhere upon the front cover mentions that it is this - far larger - revised edition - and it was published bearing the same isbn as the uk p/b of the shorter edition. i doubt richard evans cared...

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Comment by ppint.:

the next arrow books edition of which i am aware is the century hutchinson arrow books (1987) (?legend imprint?) first uk printing of the comprehensively revised, doubled-in-length edition #18a q.v.

confusingly, this nowhere upon the front cover mentions that it is the - far larger - revised edition - and it was published bearing the same isbn as the uk p/b of the shorter edition. i doubt richard evans cared...

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Comment by ppint.:

century hutchinson arrow books ltd ?legend (check) imprint p/b first printing and first uk edition of this revised edition novel, second arrow books printing over-all including the far shorter unrevised edition°

cover art by peter andrew jones (signed "paj" & dated, but date guillotined off; credited)
cover price £3.50
378pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
published bearing the same isbn as the arrow p/b (1978) of the far shorter ©1964 first, unrevised edn.

° - indicia publishing history notes this as "reprinted 1987", which is at least a little misleading;
month of publication not given in publishing history; taken from locus

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Comment by ppint.:

century hutchinson arrow books ltd. legend books first printing, third arrow books printing over-all

month of publication not given, taken from locus

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Comment by ppint.:

#22 in the darkover series (1964-2016):

#1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

near-identical with london weekend television hutchinson publishing group arrow books first printing (1983), but drops the diagonal white flash from across the bottom fly corner of the front cover bearing the puff-line, "first british publication", as well as making the changes above-noted to the back cover.

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books undated° mmpb thirteenth printing by indicia printing number line

front cover redesigned with framing art by richard hescox (unsigned, credited)
cover art by george barr (signed, credited, retained from 6/7th printings, reatly shrunk to fit frame art)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughhttps://www.45worlds.com/assets/img/pixel.gifan (signed with his digraph)
b+w map "the seven domains of darkover in the fortieth year of the regency of danvan hastur" "thrym berger (copy)" by jack gaughan; "thrym berger" is the fictional darkovan cartographer
cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95
384pp. (check) including titles, indicia, frontispiece, map etc, end pp. advertising

° - ? month and year of publication of not given in their indicia: taken from locus

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books undated° mmpb twelfth printing by indicia printing number line

cover art by george barr (signed, credited, retained from 6/7th printings, new superimposed DAW logo)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed with his digraph)
b+w map "the seven domains of darkover in the fortieth year of the regency of danvan hastur" "thrym berger (copy)" by jack gaughan; "thrym berger" is the fictional darkovan cartographer
cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95
384pp. (check) including titles, indicia, frontispiece, map etc, end pp. advertising

° - ? month and year of publication of not given in their indicia: taken from locus

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books undated° simultaneous near-identical mmpb tenth and eleventh printings sharing

cover art by george barr (signed, credited, retained from 6/7th printings, new superimposed DAW logo)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed with his digraph)
b+w map "the seven domains of darkover in the fortieth year of the regency of danvan hastur" "thrym berger (copy)" by jack gaughan; "thrym berger" is the fictional darkovan cartographer
cover price (canada $3.95) • u.s. $3.50
384pp. (check) including titles, indicia, frontispiece, map 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 1975 followed by solidus and printing number line: /10 11 12 13 14 for the merkin-carcassed copies and /11 12 13 14 for the canadian-carcased copies, formally identifying the latter as the eleventh printing

° - month and year of publication of not given in their indicia: taken from locus

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Comment by ppint.:

#a in the friends of darkover original anthology series,
stories edited by, and including stories by marion zimmer bradley
set in the world of the darkover series (1964-2016):

#1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listings, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

#24 in the darkover series (1964-2016):

#1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

#23 in the darkover series (1964-2016):

#1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb undated° sixth printing adopts new monogram-style daw logo above "daw fantasy" on two lines above daw books collector no.

cover art by hannah g. shapero (credited)
near-meaningless daw books collector number 452
cover price (canada $4.50) • u.s. $3.95
368pp? including titles, indicia etc.

° - 12/1984 from sheldon jaffery, sixth printing by indicia printing number line


(seventh printing not yet seen/seen reported; presumédly near-identical with sixth because:)


near-identical undated°° eighth printing by indicia printing number line, retains:
cover art by hannah g. shapero (credited)
isbn 0-87997-988-7
cat# UE1988
cover price (canada $4.50) • u.s. $3.95

°° - 9/1985 from locus


hannah shapero's cover art is retained through (at least) the daw books 11th mmpb printing, but is shrunk somewhat and heavily cropped from the ninth printing (11/1988 from locus) onward, so as to fit within the frame designed and painted by richard hescox for daw books' uniform darkover edition.

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Comment by ppint.:

#21 in the darkover series (1964-2016):

#1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

#20 in the darkover series (1964-2016):

#1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

london weekend television hutchinson group arrow books first printing, first uk edition

cover art by melvyn grant (signed melvyn, uncredited)
cover price 80p, $2.70 australia, $2.50 new zealand
192pp. including titles, indicia, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

#18 in the darkover series (1964-2016):

#1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

#18a in the darkover series (1964-2016):

#1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

#19 in the darkover series (1964-2016):

#1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books undated° mmpb seventh printing

cover art by george barr (signed, now credited correctly to george barr)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed with his digraph)
cover price $2.50
384pp. (check) including titles, indicia, frontispiece, map etc, end pp. advertising

wholly merkin-printed: indicia publishing history states first printing, august 1975 followed by solidus and printing number line: /7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

the near-meaningless daw books collector number remains absent from the front covers; the cat# remains in the boxed yellow-fielded daw books logo

° - year of publication of not given: months and year taken from sheldon jaffery

there may have been a simultaneous canadian-carcased variant, formally identified as the eighth printing by printing number line, but i've not yet seen, nor seen any report of the eighth printing

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books undated° simultaneous near-identical mmpb fifth and sixth printings sharing

cover art by george barr (signed, now credited correctly to george barr)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed with his digraph)
cover price $1.95
384pp. (check) including titles, indicia, frontispiece, map 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 1975 followed by solidus and printing number line: /6 7 8 9 (?10 11 12 13 14?) for the merkin-carcassed copies and /5 6 7 8 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 reported for the canadian-carcased copies, formally identifying the latter as the fifth printing (the canadian-carcased variant was generally assigned the higher printing number, so this could be worth double-checking)

the near-meaningless daw books collector number remains absent from the front covers; the cat# remains in the boxed yellow-fielded daw books logo

° - year of publication of not given in their indicia: year by even interpolation between those of the printings to either side

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books undated° simultaneous near-identical mmpb third and fourth printings sharing new

cover art by george barr (signed, miscredited to jack gaughan)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed with his digraph)
cover price $1.95
384pp. (check) including titles, indicia, frontispiece, map 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 1975 followed by solidus and printing number line: /3 4 5 6 7 8 9 for the merkin-carcassed copies and /4 5 6 7 8 9, for the canadian-carcased copies, formally identifying the latter as the fourth printings

the near-meaningless daw books collector number is removed from the front covers; the cat# takes its former place in the boxed yellow-fielded daw books logo

° - month and year of publication of not given in their indicia: taken from locus 202, 7/1977

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Comment by ppint.:

century hutchinson/century arrow imprint first, arrow books second over-all printing, with new cover art

"the seven domains of darkover in the fortieth year of the regency of danvan hastur" (b+w map) "thrym berger (copy)" by jack gaughan; "thrym berger" is the fictional darkovan cartographer

cover art by peter a. jones (no visible signature, painting likely signed paj, dated; credited on back cover)
cover price £2.95 (overseas territories prices - check)
388pp. (check°)(double-check!°°) including titles, indicia, b+w map etc, end pp. advertising

month of publication not given in indicia publishing history; taken from locus

° - pagination starts at "13", but this is not preceded by twelve unnumbered pages - only four...†
°° - this printing seen given as 428pp. - for 432pp inclusive?? - but it's very unlikely to've been re-set...

† - "publishers!"

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition, nor first mmpb of the revised, expanded edition

cover art by david a. cherry (unsigned, credited as david cherry)
daw uniform darkover edition borders design by richard hescox (credited)
near-meaningless daw books collector no.944
cover price (canada $5.99) • u.s. $4.99
416pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, and presumably "to keep the oath" (1979), end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

berkley publishing group charter communications ace books mmpb fifth printing of the revised edition, 9th printing over-all, including printings of the original, unexpended edition, stated seventh printing
includes "to keep the oath" (a darkover novelette) marion zimmer bradley (5/1979), and with new

cover art by james warhola (signed j.warhola, credited)
cover price (canada $3.95) u.s. $3.50
416pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, revised edition of novel, original novelette, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

ace books imprint mmpb printings so far seen (& seen recorded in detail) of this revised, rewritten and greatly expanded novel:

5/1979 revised edition first printing, first edition;
fourth printing including original unrevised printings with a five digit system cat#, fifth over-all
cat# 06854
isbn 0-441-06854-5
cover price $2.25

4/1980 its presumed second printing as evinced by cat# advance by 1
fifth printing including original unrevised printings with a five digit system cat#, sixth over-all
cat# 06855
isbn 0-441-06855-3
cover price $2.50

4/1981 presumed third printing as evinced by cat# advance by 1
sixth printing including original unrevised printings with a five digit system cat#, seventh over-all
cat# 06856
isbn 0-441-06856-1
cover price $2.75

5/1983 presumed fourth printing, as evinced by cat# advance by 1; stated sixth printing in indicia
seventh printing including original unrevised printings with a five digit system cat#, eighth over-all
cat# 06857
isbn 0-441-06857-X
cover price $2.95

the 6/1985 next known ace books mmpb printing was definitely by the berkley publishing group and bears new cover art by james warhola, cat# 06858, isbn 0-441-06858-8, cover prices (canada $3.95) u.s. $3.50 and is stated in its indicia to be the seventh printing but is the ninth printing over-all

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books h/cvr first printing, first edition

dedication: for betsy, a chip off the old block.

cover (d-j) art by richard hescox (signed stylized hescox, dated, credited also on d-j back flap), jacket design by susan bissett (credited on d-j back flap)
cover (d-j) price u.s. $18.95, canada $22.95
near-meaningless daw books collector no. 800
304pp. including eight pages (2pp. reader's guide to darkover°) titles, indicia etc, four blank end pp. quarter-bound with light blue endpapers between light blue paper-covered boards in dark blue cloth, with title, author, daw logo in silver on spine cloth

° - separation of darkovan history into six outlined ages, with daw-published titles listed after each age's synopsis, plus listing of the six darkover anthologies published thus far; ace-published novels not listed

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Comment by ppint.:

london weekend television hutchinson & co. arrow p/b first printing, first uk edition

"the seven domains of darkover in the fortieth year of the regency of danvan hastur" (b+w map) "thrym berger (copy)" by jack gaughan; "thrym berger" is a fictional darkovan cartographer

cover art by melvyn grant (signed melvyn, uncredited)
cover price £1.25, $4.15 australia, $3.95 new zealand
388pp. (check °) including titles, indicia, b+w map etc, end pp. advertising

° - pagination starts at "13", but this is not preceded by twelve unnumbered pages - only four...†

† - "publishers!"

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Comment by ppint.:

random house uk, century, century hutchinson or arrow books (check) legend books pb first printing, second arrow books printing over-all, new legend sf & fantasy series which became an imprint

cover art by peter andrew "paj" jones (signed paj, credited on back cover )
cover price £3.50
416pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

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

cover art by hannah m. g. shapero (unsigned, credited)
near-meaningless daw books collector no. 544
cover price (canada $4.50) u.s. $3.50
416pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. includes "the oath of the free amazon's" and joining the free amazons of darkover (fan club)

refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed
no priority in publication date established, but the first digit, "1", is dropped from the printing number line of canadian-carcased copies, formally identifying them as the second printing

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Comment by ppint.:

grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb first printing of the revised edition
plus "to keep the oath" (a new darkover novelette) marion zimmer bradley (5/1979), and with new

cover art by michael whelan (signed with cartouched m/w above central figure's left shoulder, credited)
cover price $2.25
416pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, revised edition of novel, original novelette, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb undated° third printing, fourth ace books mmpb printing over-all

cover art by michael whelan (signed with his monogram)
b+w interior illustration by jack gaughan (signed with his jg digraph)
cover price $1.75
192pp. including titles, indicia etc.

° - no date of publication/printing given, only copyright date(late 1977-1978 by mzb re-issue programme, (very late 1977-) 1978 by cover price)

after which ace books published a greatly revised and extended edition, which further adds the original darkover novelette, "to keep the oath" to the book, and bears new cover art by michael whelan:
cat# 06854-5, isbn 0-441-06854-5 $2.25 (5/1979) with reprints, q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb undated° second printing, third ace books mmpb printing over-all

cover art by michael whelan (signed with his monogram)
b+w interior illustration by jack gaughan (signed with his jg digraph)
cover price $1.50
192pp. including titles, indicia etc.

° - no date of publication/printing given, only copyright date; c. 1-5/1976 by end p. advertising)


the next ace books mmpb printing shares the cover art by michael whelan (art signed with his monogram) & cover design whilst retaining jack gaughan's b+w art, is 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, and is also undated other than with the 1964 copyright date:

cat# 06853-7, isbn 0-441-06853-7 $1.75 (late 1977-1978 by mzb re-issue programme, (very late 1977-) 1978 by cover price)

after which ace books published a greatly revised and extended edition, which further adds the original darkover novelette, "to keep the oath" to the book, and bears new cover art by michael whelan:
cat# 06854-5, isbn 0-441-06854-5 $2.25 (5/1979) with reprints, q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb undated° first printing, second ace books mmpb printing over-all

cover art by michael whelan (signed with his monogram)
b+w interior illustration by jack gaughan (signed with his jg digraph)
cover price $1.25
192pp. including titles, indicia etc.

° - no date of publication/printing given, only copyright date; publication date taken from locus 190, 30/6/1976


the two next known ace books mmpb printings all share new cover art by michael whelan (art signed with his monogram) & cover design whilst retaining jack gaughan's b+w art, are 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, and are also undated other than with the 1964 copyright date:

cat# 06852 $1.50 (c. 1-5/1976 by end p. advertising)
cat# 06853-7, isbn 0-441-06853-7 $1.75 (late 1977-1978 by mzb re-issue programme, (very late 1977-) 1978 by cover price)

after which ace books published a greatly revised and extended edition, which further adds the original darkover novelette, "to keep the oath" to the book, and bears new cover art by michael whelan:
cat# 06854-5, isbn 0-441-06854-5 $2.25 (5/1979) with reprints, q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

#17 in the darkover series (1964-2016):

#1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

berkley publishing group charter communications ace mmpb eighth printing over-all, stated fifth (!), with new

cover art by kirk reinert (signed, credited)
cover price ($2.95 canada) $2.75 u.s.
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising


3/1986 near-identical ninth printing over-all, stated sixth printing, retains cover art, differs:
cat# 89261
isbn 0-441-89261-2
cover price ($3.75 canada) $2.95 u.s.


9/1988 near-identical tenth (?) printing over-all, stated third printing (!!!) retains cover art, isbn, differs:
cover price ($4.75 canada (check)) $3.50 u.s.


the next known mmpb is the daw books double with "the planet savers" (1995), q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

berkley publishing group ace books mmpb first printing, seventh printing over-all

cover art by michael whelan retained from previous few printings, m/w absent, ?uncredited?)
cover price $2.50
216pp. (check°) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising


° - seen recorded as 160pp. - once - which seems very unlikely, but don't now have a copy of this printing

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Comment by ppint.:

grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb sixth printing over-all

cover art by michael whelan (signature m/w absent, uncredited, retained from previous printing)
cover price $2.25
216pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb fifth printing over-all

cover art by michael whelan (signature m/w absent, uncredited, retained from previous printing)
cover price $1.95
216pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising