#1: "to your scattered bodies go" (1971), q.v. for series listing and links.
fix-up of
"the felled star" from if vol.17 #7, 7/1967 q.v., #8, 8/1967 q.v.
part one is the cover story, and both parts have a b+w illustration, all by jack gaughan
and
"the fabulous riverboat" from if vol.20 #11, 5+6/1971 q.v., #12, 7+8/1971 q.v.
both parts have a b+w illustration by jack gaughan
granada publishing panther books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition
cover art by peter andrew ''paj'' jones (unsigned, credited on back cover)
sbn 586039899
cover price 60p, $1.80 australia, $1.80 new zealand, $2.50 canada
256pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia etc, 4 end pp. advertising
distinguish from near-identical reprintings:
second printing 1978 which differs:
isbn 0586039899
cover price 85p, $2.95 australia, $2.75 new zealand, $2.50 canada
third printing 1979 which differs:
isbn 0586039899
cover price 95p, £1.04½ republic of ireland, $3.25 australia, $2.95 new zealand
granada panther fourth printing 1980 which differs:
front cover titles new typography larger, swirled
isbn 0586039899
cover price £1.25, $4.95 australia, $5.25 new zealand
indicia publishing history lists three printings, last 1979
granada panther fifth printing 1980 which differs:
front cover titles retain swirled typography
isbn 0586039899
cover price £1.25, $4.95 australia, $5.25 new zealand
indicia publishing history lists four printings, last 1980
granada panther sixth printing ,1982 which differs:
front cover retains swirled typography
isbn 0586039899
cover price £1.50 (overseas territories?)
indicia publishing history lists four printings, last two 1979, 1982 - i.e. omits both 1980 printings
granada panther seventh printing, 1983 which differs:
front cover retains swirled typography
isbn 0586039899
cover price £1.95, $5.95 australia, $5.95 new zealand
indicia publishing history lists five printings, last three 1979, 1982, 1983 (omits both 1980 printings)
granada panther eighth printing, 1985 which differs:
front cover retains swirled typography
isbn 0586039899
cover price £1.95, $5.95 australia, $7.95 new zealand
indicia publishing history lists six printings, last four 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985 (omits both 1980 printings)
wm. collins sons grafton books imprint, first grafton imprint 1986, ninth over-all, which further differs:
front cover retains panther science fiction and swirled typography of title
isbn 0586039899
cover price £2.50, $6.95 australia, $9.95 new zealand
indicia publishing history claims first published by grafton 1975, and reprinted 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986 - still omits the two 1980 printings
wm. collins sons grafton books second printing 1988, tenth printing over-all, differs:
front cover drops the panther science fiction line, retains swirled typography
isbn 0586039899
cover price £2.99, $8.95 australia, $12.95 new zealand
indicia publishing history line: reprinted 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988 - still omits the two 1980 printings
harpercollinspublishers first printing 12/1993, eleventh printing over-all, bears new
cover art by keith scaife
isbn 0586039899
cover price £4.99
first published by grafton 1975. reprinted ten times
this paperback edition 1993. 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2
#1: "to your scattered bodies go" (1971), q.v. for series listing and links.
fix-up of
"the felled star" from if vol.17 #7, 7/1967 q.v., #8, 8/1967 q.v.
part one is the cover story, and both parts have a b+w illustration, all by jack gaughan
and
"the fabulous riverboat" from if vol.20 #11, 5+6/1971 q.v., #12, 7+8/1971 q.v.
both parts have a b+w illustration by jack gaughan
#1: "to your scattered bodies go" (1971), q.v. for series listing and links.
fix-up of
"the felled star" from if vol.17 #7, 7/1967 q.v., #8, 8/1967 q.v.
part one is the cover story, and both parts have a b+w illustration, all by jack gaughan
and
"the fabulous riverboat" from if vol.20 #11, 5+6/1971 q.v., #12, 7+8/1971 q.v.
both parts have a b+w illustration by jack gaughan
andre deutsch rapp & whiting h/cvr first printing, first uk edition
cover (d-j) art by beverley lebarrow (photographic, unsigned, credited on d-j back flap)
cover (d-j) price £2.50
256pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia etc, 3 end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards
thomas doherty associates tor books mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition
cover art is ''the ether stream'' by rodney matthews (was a poster; print/giclée was available: his website)
isbn 0-812-50092-X can(ada)
cover price can(ada) $4.95
cover price u.s. $3.95
224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings, not first mmpb edition, sharing merkin-printed covers°
cover art by david b. mattingly (signed, credited)
b+w frontispiece also by mattingly (signed with his initials)
near-meaningless daw books collector no.453
° cover price $2.50 canadian-carcased copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
° cover price $2.25 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
192pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia, frontispiece, b+w map etc, end pp. advertising
refer also to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority in publication date established nor liable to be, but printing line drops the first digit, ''1'' leaving /23456789 formally identifying this as the second printing
thomas doherty associates tor books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition
cover art by manuel pérez-santjulián ''sanjulian'' clemente (signed sanjulian, credited as san julian)
isbn can(ada) 0-812-52805-0
cover price can(ada) $5.50
cover price u.s. $4.50
476pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
thomas doherty associates tor books mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition
cover art by mariano pérez clemente (signed maren, may be guillotined off bottom edge)
isbn can(ada) 0-812-52803-4
cover price u.s. $3.95 can(ada) $4.95
472pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
thomas doherty associates tor books mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition
cover art by mariano ''maren'' pérez clemente (signed maren? check)
isbn canada 0-812-520..-. (fish out & fill in)
cover price u.s. $4.95 canada $5.95
472pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
#1: "hotel transylvania" (1978), (this novel)
#2: "the palace" (1979), q.v.
#3: "blood games" (1979), q.v.
#4: "path of the eclipse" (1981), q.v.
#5: "tempting fate" (1982), q.v.
C#1: "the saint-germain chronicles" (collection) (1983) q.v.
..
#6 & ff... (i believe about twenty further titles were published in h/cvr and/or yp/b from 1993 onwards, but have seen no general p/b editions as yet)
atta olivia clemens series: the prequel series to the above:
0#1: ''a flame in byzantium'' (1987), q.v.
0#2: ''crusader's torch'' (1988), q.v.
0#3: ''a candle for d'artagnan'' (1989), q.v.
random house group ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers
cover art by darrell k. sweet (unsigned, sfaics, credited)
cover price $3.50 canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
cover price $2.75 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer also to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first ballantine books edition october 1982
ace books, inc.'s professor jameson series listing & details completed, links to & fro likewise, and tested
there's a more recent re-collection - but only of thirteen of these novelettes - in merkin tp/b:
does anyone still read these creaky classics, these days - or are the shiny, new, expensive editions being bought primarily as an exercise in ''collector's completism'', and/or nostalgia?
random house group ballantine books mmpb second printing
reprint anthology of one novella, six novelettes and four short stories, introduction by terry carr
cover art none, typographical cover on deep blue field
cover price $1.95
352pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
liable to state ''an intext publisher'' on title page and/or indicia:
it'd be appreciated should any bookcatter/browser holding a copy of this edition check to confirm whether, and which - and to post a comment ''here'' advising which - or both - or that neither - is the case.
ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
reprint anthology of four short stories, six novelettes and a novella, nf introduction by terry carr
cover art by chris foss (re-used from ''the people trap and other pitfalls, snares, devices and delusions, including three sniggles and a contrivance'' robert sheckley (pan books 1972), q.v.)
cover price $1.25
352pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first printing: july, 1972
ace books half mmpb first printing, first edition
half a classic ''ace double'' format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other
cover art by jack gaughan (unsigned, uncredited, attributed in ''outermost: the life & art of jack gaughan'' luis ortez, jack gaughan (2010) q.v.)
cover price 40¢
½ 224pp. (check) including 2 x 4pp. titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves
doubled with ''warlord of kor'' terry carr (1963), q.v.
ace books imprint half mmpb first printing, first edition
half a classic ''ace double'' format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other
cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price 40¢
½ 224pp. (check) including 2 x 4pp. titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves
doubled with ''the star wasps'' robert moore williams (1963), q.v.
cover (d-j) art by frank alois (unsigned, credited for jacket design on d-j back flap)
cover (d-j) price $6.95
192pp. including 8pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards