Grafton - Latest Updates

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Comment by ppint.:

fix-up of:

the alien machine (novelettes) thrilling wonder stories vol. xxxiv #2, 6/1949
the shroud of secrecy (ntte) thrilling wonder stories vol. xxxv #2, 12/1949; tws bre vol. 1 #2, 5/1950
the greater conflict (ntte) thrilling wonder stories vol. xxxv #3, 2/1950

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Comment by ppint.:

wm. collins & sons grafton books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition

fix-up novel of the series

cover art by bill donohue (doing a fossoid cover - down to a non-imitative "f", perhaps in recognition; unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £3.50, $9.95 australia, $14.95 new zealand
192pp. including 6 unnumbered pp. titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

stated to be a grafton uk paperback original - which is at least a debatable claim. . .

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Comment by David Whiteley:

Added wraparound cover.

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Comment by ppint.:

wm collins sons grafton books imprint p/b first printing, reprinting granada books p/b first uk edition suitably emended, second uk p/b printing over-all

cover art by gino d'achille (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £3.50, $9.95 australia, $14.95 new zealand
384pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

still on the same mayflower books block isbn

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Comment by ppint.:

wm collins sons grafton books imprint general p/b first printing

author's dedication: to jim and viki blaylock

cover art by richard clifton-dey (credited on back cover, shared with grafton books h/cvr & yp/b editions)
cover price £3.99
400pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

wm collins sons grafton books imprint yp/b first printing, simultaneous first uk edition
card bind-up of the same signatures as the grafton books h/cvr edition

author's dedication: to jim and viki blaylock

cover art by richard clifton-dey (shared with grafton books h/cvr d-j and general p/b editions)
cover price £6.95
352pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc.

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Comment by ppint.:

wm collins sons grafton books imprint h/cvr first printing, simultaneous first uk edition
h/cvr edition from the same signatures as the grafton yp/b first printing

author's dedication: to jim and viki blaylock

cover (d-j) art by richard clifton-dey (shared with grafton's yp/b and general p/b editions)
cover (d-j) price £11.95
352pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards

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Comment by ppint.:

wm collins sons grafton imprint p/b first printing, still from suitably emended mayflower books typesetting, seventh printing over-all, with new

cover art by mark salwowski (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £2.50, $7.95 australia, $9.95 new zealand, $5.95 canada
128pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical 1988 grafton p/b second printing, eighth printing over-all from the mayflower books typesetting

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Comment by ppint.:

wm collins group or harpercollinspublishers grafton imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition

cover art by peter elson (check)
cover price £3.99
368pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising