Ace - Latest Updates

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Comment by JimEss SUBS ●:

Cover added.

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Comment by MICKDOOM67:

Cover art by Harry Barton (signed bottom right)

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Comment by JimEss SUBS ●:

Covers added.

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Comment by ppint.:

half ace books mmpb first printing, first edition
half a classic "ace double" format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other

cover art (unsigned, uncredited)
cover price 35¢
½ 256pp. including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves

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Comment by ppint.:

ace books mmpb first printing, first thus: ace books' abridged edition of this novel
half a classic "ace double" format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other

cover art by ed valigursky (unsigned, uncredited; attribution from ace image library)
cover price 35¢
256pp including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves


doubled with "star hunter" also by andré norton (1961), q.v.

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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.:

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.:

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.:

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

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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 (retained from previous two printings, but m/w no longer visible, uncredited)
cover price $1.75
216pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

the novel's text has been re-set in larger type, as is shown by the increased pagination

° - only ©1965 given in indicia; dated by publication year of latest-published titles in end pp .advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb undated (1976)° presumed second printing, third ace books printing over-all

cover art by michael whelan (signed with his m/w, uncredited)
interior b+w illustration by jack gaughan
cat# 77946
cover price $1.50
160pp. including titles, indicia, frontispiece etc, end pp. advertising


° - by interpolation in between known dates for printings cat# 77945 & 77947, and consideration of cover price of ace mmpbs of this extent

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Comment by ppint.:

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

cover art by michael whelan (signed with his m/w not in the later cartouched style, uncredited)
interior b+w illustration by jack gaughan (retained from ace books mmpb first edition (1965))
cover price $1.25
160pp. including titles, indicia, frontispiece etc, end pp. advertising

now in the taller mmpb format, approximately the same as the standard uk p/b, but text not re-set

° - only copyright 1965 stated; dae of publication taken from locus 190, 30/6/1976

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Comment by ppint.:

half ace books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition
half a classic "ace double" format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other

cover art by (frank) kelly freas (signed with his monogram)
b+w interior illustration by jack gaughan (signed "jg")
cover price 60¢
256pp. including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves


doubled with "invader on my back" by philip e. high, q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

ace books mmpb first printing, first edition
half a classic "ace double" format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other

cover art (unsigned, uncredited; still as-yet not authoritatively attributed sfaik)
cover price 35¢
½ 320pp. including 2 x titles, indicia etc., advertising pp. in-between the double's halves


doubled with "master of life and death" robert silverberg (1957), q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

ace books mmpb undated° first printing, first p/b edition

cover art by john schoenherr (unsigned, credited)
b+w frontispiece by roy g. krenkel (credited, retained from the canaveral press h/cvr first edition (1965), q.v)
cover price 60¢
256pp. (check) including frontispiece, titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising

° - only the 1965 copyright date is given: year of publication presumably taken from donald h. tuck