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Comment by ppint.:

wm collins & sons fontana imprint first printing, not first uk p/b edition
fontana science fiction series

cover art by alun hood (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price 95p, £1.04½ rep(ublic) of ireland, $3.75 australia, $3.25 new zealand, $2.95 canada
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

author field should^W has been varied to editor

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Comment by ppint.:

contents:

molly zero (novella) keith roberts (later extended by keith into a fine novel, victor gollancz (1985) q.v.)
if i forget thee... (nlla) james (e.) gunn (later included in his "the dreamers" (1981) retitled "the volunteer")
freitzke's turn (nlla) jack vance (a miro hetzel story, the second-published) (the two novellas later collected and published as "galactic effectuator" (1980 & ff.), q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

wm. collins and sons fontana imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition

original anthology of three novellas with introduction by robert silverberg

cover art by justin todd (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price 85p, 93½p rep. of ireland, $2.95 australia, $2.95 new zealand, $2.75 canafa
192pp. (check) including 6pp. titles, indicia, etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

fontana/collins p/b seventh impression so stated
first published in h/cvr by collins (1975), q.v.
first published in fontana p/b edition 1976

dedication: this one for robert with my thanks

cover art by peter elson (signed with his pe in a line-drawn box, uncredited)
cover price £1.95
224pp. including 4pp. titles, indicia etc, 2 end pp. advertising

© 1974 robert crew ltd.

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Comment by ppint.:

it matters on bookcat because the various editions of the same book are listed as different editions of different books if the form of the title differs -

- unless the "english title" field is used to combine them; which ordinary mortals can't achieve other than by submitting a correction, once an edition's been added.

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Comment by annaloog:

Responding to a correction request, Wikipedia has the title as "The A. B. C. Murders". agathachristie.com, whose connection to the late author (or her estate) is doubtful, has the title as "The ABC Murders", omitting the stops. Which to choose? Does it matter? . . . Perhaps an entry for the original edition might resolve the matter.

<edit> FWIW, this 1936 Dodd, Mead edition as listed on ebay shows the title with stops.