Avon - Latest Updates

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Comment by JimEss SUBS:

Covers added.

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Comment by ppint.:

harry challenge #1:

#1: "the prisoner of blackwood castle" (1984), (this book)
#2: 'the curse of the obelisk" (1987), q.v.

omnibus edition of #1 & #2:

#O: "harry challenge: victorian supernatural sleuth" (2015), q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing, first edition

cover art by tom kidd (signed, uncredited)
cover price $2.50
176pp. including 4pp. titles, indicia etc.

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Comment by ppint.:

harry challenge #2:

#1: "the prisoner of blackwood castle" (1984), q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing, first edition

cover art by james warhola (signed, credited)
cover price (canada $3.95) u.s. $2.95
144pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p.

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Comment by South Shields Football Club:

Leslie Charteris,The famous author of The Saint with Roger Moore as Simon Templar from 1962-69 for ATV-ITC Shows.

Terry.

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Comment by ppint.:

contents:

neanderthal planet (novelette) rewritten version of "a touch of neanderthal" science fiction adventures #16, 9/1960; sfa merkin reprint edition #16, 9/1960
danger: religion! (novella) as "matrix", science fantasy #55, 10/1962
intangibles, inc. (ntte) science fantasy #33, 2/1959
since the assassination (ntte) in "intangibles, inc. and other stories" brian w. aldiss (1969), q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

the hearst corporation avon mmpb simultaneous near-identical first printings, first edition

reprint collection of one novella and three novelettes

cover art by don ivan punchatz (signed with his dotted monogram, credited on the doubleday science fiction book club edition d-j back flap)
cover price 75¢
192pp. including titles, indicia , table-of-contents etc.

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 avon printing, january, 1970

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Comment by ppint.:

the hearst corporation avon mmpb second printing with new

cover art unsigned, possibly credited
cover price $2.25
192pp. including titles, indicia , table-of-contents etc.

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Comment by 23skidoo:

@annaloog - thanks for filling in the blank. Although the cover of my copy as scanned was in beautiful shape (which is why I was willing to pay $10 for it), the spine had a bit of damage and didn't have a number visible.

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Comment by annaloog:

This is Avon 71 (cat. no. added, and this title added to my Avon list) — the cat. no. should be printed on the book's spine * ... and it is listed in the catalog listing in my copies of Avon 107 and Avon 109.

* Avon 1 - 40 are not numbered, but the cat. no. may be found in the Avon catalog listing printed on the inside back cover of these early editions.

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Comment by ppint.:

the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing, probably first edition, possibly simultaneous with uk p/b edition

cover art unsigned uncredited from screenshot / p.r. photograph of sidney poitier & beverly todd
cover price 75¢
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

serialised as "the forges of nairnland are cold" in fantastic vol.21 #6, vol.22 #1; 8/1972, 10/1972
each episode with one b+w illustration by mike (michael) kaluta

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Comment by ppint.:

hearst corporation avon books mmpb near-identical simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition

cover art by enric/enrich torres-prat (unsigned, uncredited; attributed to enric on comicartfans.com website
cover price 95¢
240pp. (check) including titles, indicia 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 avon printing, december, 1973

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Comment by 23skidoo:

Is the US printed listed a 2nd printing? If not, it should be corrected to a 1959 date to conform with the Canadian printing. I tried to find out if James Savage is a pen name (sounds like it could be) but could not locate confirmation so if anyone has those details, please feel free to submit an author correction.

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Comment by ppint.:

first published by viking (h/cvr 1963) so first publication year is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to 1963

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Comment by ppint.:

avon books mmpb first printing, first merkin p/b edition

cover art unsigned or signed unclearly on black field, uncredited
cover price 60¢
192pp. including titles, indicia etc.