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Comment by ppint.:

the four lords of the diamond tetralogy #4:

#1: "lilith: a snake in the grass" (1981), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

penguin books p/b first printing, first uk edition

cover art by alan craddock
cover price £3.99, $15.95 new zealand
304pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

somewhat oddly, the typography of the book's title on the front cover emboldens (emphasises) the subtitle and the primary title is de-emphasised. this was evidently a design policy decision by the great penguin's art director, as it's true of all four of the penguin p/bs in this tetralogy.

month of publication not given in indicia, taken from locus

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Comment by ppint.:

the four lords of the diamond tetralogy #3:

#1: "lilith: a snake in the grass" (1981), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

penguin books p/b first printing, first uk edition

cover art by alan craddock
cover price £3.99 (kiwiiian price?)
304pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

somewhat oddly, the typography of the book's title on the front cover emboldens (emphasises) the subtitle and the primary title is de-emphasised. this was evidently a design policy decision by the great penguin's art director, as it's true of all four of the penguin p/bs in this tetralogy.

month of publication not given in indicia, taken from locus

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Comment by ppint.:

the four lords of the diamond tetralogy #1:

#1: "lilith: a snake in the grass" (1981), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

penguin books p/b first printing, first uk edition

cover art by alan craddock
cover price £3.99 (kiwiiian price?)
256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

somewhat oddly, the typography of the book's title on the front cover emboldens (emphasises) the subtitle and the primary title is de-emphasised. this was evidently a design policy decision by the great penguin's art director, as it's true of all four of the penguin p/bs in this tetralogy.

month of publication not given in the indicia: taken from locus

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Comment by ppint.:

the four lords of the diamond tetralogy #2:

#1: "lilith: a snake in the grass" (1981), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

penguin books p/b first printing°, first uk edition

cover art by alan craddock
cover price £3.99 (kiwiiiian price?)
256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

somewhat oddly, the typography of the book's title on the front cover emboldens (emphasises) the subtitle and the primary title is de-emphasised. this was evidently a design policy decision by the great penguin's art director, as it's true of all four of the penguin p/bs in this tetralogy.

° - publication date of the penguin uk p/b edition may have been delayed 'til february 1991, the publication date given in locus; the penguin p/bs of books three and four follow in april and june 1991.

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Comment by ppint.:

the full artwork is reproduced sans typography & signature-obscuring barcode block on peterelson.co.uk

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Comment by ppint.:

penguin first printing, first uk edition

cover art by peter elson (painting is signed, but obscured by barcode block; credited)
cover price £1.95, $4.95 australia, $7.95 new zealand
192p. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising