Tandem - Latest Updates

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Comment by ppint.:

w. h. allen/howard & wyndham wyndham books universal imprint, tandem books p/b second printing over-all with new

cover art by rodney matthews (unsigned, uncredited; attributed on andre-norton.com)
b+w map by jack gaughan retained ultimately from ace books mmpb first edition
cover price 75p, 80c malta, $2.65 australia, $2.30 new zealand
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

universal-tandem publishing tandem books p/b first printing, first uk edition

cover art by philip castle (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price 5/- 25p
224pp. including 4pp. titles, indicia etc, 3 end pp: 2pp. advertising, 1p. mail-order information

n.b. the planned 1978 universal imprint uk p/b from the same setting, suitably modified, did not appear.
rodney matthews' cover art for it was completed and has appeared, including on andre-norton.com, q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

chosen by-line for his sf of art teacher, writer and artist rex thomas vinson, ''king'' being the translation of the latin word ''rex''; 22/10/1935 - (?)/5/2000

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Comment by ppint.:

universal-tandem tandem books first printing, first uk p/b edition

cover art by chris achilleos (unsigned, uncredited, was on the artist's website)
cover price 25p (no? overseas territories prices?)
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

tandem books p/b second printing, first using the original title, with new

cover art by bob haberfield (unsigned, uncredited; attribution found via online search)
cover price 80p
256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

isbn incorporates the previous tandem p/b cat#, which itself included the sbn's identical checksum digit

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Comment by ppint.:

universal-tandem publishing tandem books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition

cover art by chris achilleos (unsigned, credited to c. achilleos)
cover price 30p, 95c australia, 95c new zealand, $1.25 canada
256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising & mail-order information

cat# on cover includes the sbn checksum digit

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Comment by ppint.:

universal-tandem publishing tandem books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition

cover art by gerald wood (signed g wood, uncredited)
cover price 40p, 45c malta, $1.25 australia, $1.25 new zealand, $1.50 canada
384pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising, mail-order information

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Comment by ppint.:

tandem publishing tandem books imprint uk p/b first printing, second printing over-all
(first tandem p/b printing was published by universal-tandem publishing)

cover art by gerald wood (signed g wood, uncredited)
cover price 60p, 65p malta
including 8 unnumbered pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents (chapters) etc, rest numbered 1-370, 6 unnumbered end pp. advertising, mail-order information

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Comment by ppint.:

universal-tandem publishing tandem books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition

cover art by gerald wood (painting may be signed, uncredited; tcjn information)
cover price 45p, (overseas territories prices)
412pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, 3 end pp. advertising including 1p. mail-order information

1974 tandem books imprint p/b near-identical second printing differs:
(i)sbn (0)426-14496-1
cat# 14496
cover price 45p, (overseas territories prices?)
refer also to indicia publishing history to distinguish from tandem books 1973 first printing


8/1978 w.h. allen universal imprint p/b first printing on same isbn, third tandem'n'universal p/b printing over-all, new
cover art by chris achilleos
isbn 0-426-14496-1
cover price £1.25 (overseas territories prices?)

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Comment by ppint.:

inspection copy viewed by kind courtesy of tony, the old pier bookshop, morecambe seafront.

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Comment by ppint.:

universal-tandem publishing tandem books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition
preceded by sidgwick & jackson first printing, first h/cvr & first uk edition

cover art unsigned, uncredited
sbn 426 06285 X
cover price 30p, 75¢ south africa, 95¢ australia, 95¢ new zealand, $1.25 canada°
320pp. including 4pp. titles, indicia etc, rest numbered 7-317; 5 end pp: 4pp. advertising, 1p. mail-order information

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Comment by ppint.:

tandem books first printing, not first uk p/b edition

cover art by unsigned, uncredited; probapossibly by dave pether but style does not match that of the two tandem books p/b editions of the cja books covers definitely by him very closely)
cover price 60p, 65c malta, (other overseas territories prices?)
288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p.

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Comment by ppint.:

tandem books ltd. tandem imprint p/b first printing, not first p/b edition

cover art unsigned, uncredited; probably by dave pether, the artist for at least two of tandem's cija p/bs
cover price 45p, 48p eire, 50c malta
192p. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

an isbn is trivially derivable from the sbn, but the cover bears the nine-digit sbn