simon & schuster pocket books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition
original novel
cover art unsigned, incorporating t.v. episode/pr photo still; set in pocket books' uniform
cover design for their space 1999 mmpbs, but field colour changed from deep blue to deep red
cover price $1.50
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
cover (d-j) art unsigned, design by richard weaver (credited on d-j flap), spot magenta and yellow on b+w design mainly of profile of half an eagle and the moon; triangular yellow+magenta flash of space 1999 on bottom of spine and of front cover
cover (d-j) price £2.95
144pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
weidenfeld & nicolson arthur barker imprint first printing, first h/cvr edition
preceded by, but probably intended to be published simultaneously with, the futura publications first edition
original novel
cover (d-j) art unsigned monochrome rendering of a t.v./pr still (?) set in uniform design cover in blues
cover (d-j) price £3.65
144pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p, bound between covered boards
weidenfeld & nicolson arthur barker imprint first printing, first h/cvr edition
states ''published simultaneously by arthur barker ltd. and futura publications ltd.'', but this h/cvr edition did not appear until early 1977 according to lloyd currey
original novel
cover (d-j) art a monochrome rendering of a t.v. episode still or pr image, set in uniform design in reds
cover (d-j) price £3.75
144pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p, bound between covered boards
weidenfeld & nicolson arthur barker imprint first printing, first h/cvr edition
probably intended to be published simultaneously with the futura publications p/b edition
original novel
cover (d-j) art unsigned monochrome rendering of a t.v. still(?) in uniform design cover in blue and green
cover (d-j) price £3.65
144pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p., bound between covered boards
abp magnum books first printing, first uk p/b edition
~simultaneous with the abp eyre methuen h/cvr first printing
cover art by chris moore (shared with eyre methuen h/cvr d-j)
cover price 85p, $2.95 australia, $2.75 new zealand
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
abp group eyre methuen first printing, first h/cvr edition
~simultaneous with the abp magnum books p/b edition
cover (d-j) art chris moore (shared with magnum p/b cover)
cover (d-j) price £3.50
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
charter communications, inc. ace books mmpb undated° first solo printing, second printing over-all
cover art unsigned, uncredited; attributed to dean ellis in the ace image library
cover price 95¢
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
° - received by locus early 1975, listed in #170, 15/3/1975, though advertised in various ace books' mmpb end pp. adverts from late 1973
introduction (nf) darrell schweitzer
the dead smile (novelette) ainslee's, 8/1899
the screaming skull (ntte) collier's, 11/7, 18/7/1908
man overboard! (ntte) as a stand-alone h/cvr, 4/1903
for the blood is the life (short story) collier's, 16/12/905
the upper berth (ntte) ''unwin's annual for 1886'' ed. henry norman, 1895
by the waters of paradise (ntte) ''unwin's annual for 1887'' ed. henry norman, 1886
the doll's ghost (ss) the illustrated london news, 12/1896
the king's messenger (ss) cosmopolitan vol.44 #1, 11/1907 (n.b. its final page is missing from this collection)
white wolf publishing small format tp/b first printing, first edition
reprint collection of three short stories and five novelettes, nf introduction by darrell schweitzer
the final short story is missing its last page, which a fan has made available online, q.v.
cover art photograph by dedora von jutaz (unsigned, credited
cover price $5.99, $7.99 canada
320pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents, introduction etc.
a two-volume ~trade p/b edition was published by (bernhard) tauchnitz, leipzig not for distribution in great britain or her colonies; tauchnitz voluntarily paid royalties to authors, and was active in campaigning for the extension of copyright protection for authors' works, that led to the berne convention.
simon & schuster pocket books imprint mmpb first printing, first merkin edition
cover art photographic, from t.v. still
cover price $1.50
144pp. including titles, indicia etc, plus - for total 160pp. (check) 16pp. b+w photos, end pp.
a. space: 1999 year one series: #1-#6 novelisations of year one episode scripts;
#7-#10 (both uk & usa) year one original novels:
#1-#9, #10 (uk) p/bs by futura publications in their orbit science fiction series;
#1-#6: h/cvrs by dennis dobson
#7-#9: h/cvrs by arthur barker
#1-#9, #10 (usa) mmpbs by pocket books
#1: ''breakaway'' e. c. tubb (1975), q.v.
#2: ''moon odyssey'' douglas r. mason as by ''john rankine'' (1975), q.v.
#3: ''the space guardians'' brian n. ball as by ''brian ball'' (1975), q.v.
#4: ''collision course'' e. c. tubb (1975), q.v.
#5: ''lunar attack'' douglas r. mason as by ''john rankine'' (1975), q.v.
#6: ''astral quest'' douglas r. mason as by ''john rankine'' (1975), q.v.
#7: ''alien seed'' e.c. tubb (1976), q.v.
#8: ''android planet'' douglas r. mason as by ''john rankine'' (1976), q.v.
#9: ''rogue planet'' e. c. tubb (1976), q.v.
#10 (u.s.a. only): ''phoenix of megaron'' douglas r. mason as by ''john rankine'' (1976), q.v.
(1976 uk and commonwealth including canada p/b edition planned, but not published)
#10 (u.k. and commonwealth including canada): ''earthfall'' e. c. tubb (1977), q.v.
b. space 1999 year 2 series episodes novelisations:
all by michael butterworth
2#1-2#6: p/bs by w. h. allen & co. star books
2#1, #2: h/cvrs by w. h. allen & co. allan wingate
2#1-2#6: mmpbs by warner books
2#1: ''planets of peril'' (1977), q.v.
2#2: ''mind-breaks of space'' (1977), q.v.
2#3: ''the space-jackers'' (1977), q.v.
2#4: ''the psychomorph'' (1977), q.v.
2#5: ''the time fighters'' (1977), q.v.
2#6: ''the edge of the infinite'' (1977), q.v.
c. german language original space 1999 novels
3#1-3#6: p/bs by bastei lübbe
3#1-3#4 by hans wolf sommer, as by ''h. w. springer''
3#5 by kurt brand
3#6 by m. f. thomas
german language omnibus
of translations of 2#1, 2#4, 2#6, plus 3#1, 3#3
O3#1: ''mondstation 1999: band 1'' michael butterworth, hans wolf sommer as ''h. w. springer'' (2019), q.v.
space 1999 non-fiction
NF#1: ''the making of space: 1999'' tim heald (1976), q.v.
NF#2: ''exploring space: 1999'' john kenneth muir (1997), q.v.
NF#3: ''space: 1999: year one : viewer's guide'' adrian sherlock (2018), q.v.
futura publications p/b first printing, first edition
orbit science fiction series
cover art unsigned photographic/t.v. still
cover price 45p, $1.65 australia, $1.40 new zealand, $1.75 canada
144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
berkley publishing group berkley medallion mmpb first printing, first merkin edition
reprint collection of two novelettes and twelve short stories, nf introduction by harry harrison
contents differ from those of the compact books first edition, dropping the novelette, ''white fang goes dingo'' and the short story, ''leader of the revolution'', and adding two short stories:
three points on the demographic curve (ss) sf impulse vol.1 #10, 12/1966
5 eggs (ss) in ''orbit one'' ed. damon knight (1966), q.v.
cover art unsigned, uncredited (i'm certain it's by paul lehr, on stylistic grounds, but have no proof of this)
cover price 75¢
160pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
wm collins sons grafton books grafton imprint p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition
uses a panther books publisher-identifying isbn
cover art by neil breedon (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £2.50, $7.95 australia, $10.95 new zealand
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
new american library signet books imprint mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, not first mmpb edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price $3.95 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel)
cover price $2.95 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution)
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer also to indicia publishing history printing number line to distinguish between wholly merkin-printed and canadian-carcassed variants: the latter drop first digit ''1'''from the full number line, formally identifying them as the second printing, though not as later in publication date
grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition
cover art by wojtek siudmak (signed w siudmak, cropped off many copies, uncredited)
cover price $1.75
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
abp methuen london p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition
cover art by peter elson (signed pe in line-drawn box, shared from methuen london h/cvr d-j)
cover price £3.50
240pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
abp methuen london h/cvr first printing, first h/cvr edition
(we didn't manage to get the h/cvr out before the signet mmpb though, so not the first edition)
cover (d-j) art by peter elson (signed pe in line-drawn box, credited)
cover (d-j) price £10.95
240pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards
abp methuen london p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition
cover art by peter elson (signed pe in line-drawn box, shared from first edition h/cvr d-j, in borders)
cover price £2.50
208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
abp methuen london h/cvr first printing, first edition
cover (d-j) art by peter elson (signed pe in line-drawn box, credited on d-j back flap)
cover (d-j) price £9.95
208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
granada publishing mayflower books imprint p/b third printing over-all, with new
cover art (collage; from film stills/press/pr images (?))
cover price 4/- (20p), 50c south africa, 65c australia, 65c new zealand
112pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
novelisation by robert sheckley of the joseph e. levine film, ''la decima vittima'' (elio petri) based upon ''the seventh victim'' robert sheckley (galaxy vol.6 #1, 4/1953);
ballantine books did not publish their edition as a science fiction category novel.
cover art (composed from two images from the film/press/pr stills)
cover price 60¢
168pp. including titles, indicia etc, eight unnumbered pp. photographs from film, 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 edition, december, 1965
but ballantine books' inlaid review slip state publication date of 3rd january, 1966 (source: lloyd currey)
introduction (nf) robert conquest (editor, as in the selecter of the stories included herein)
''immortality, inc.'' (1959), q.v.
specialist (short story) galaxy vol. 6 #2, 5/1953, b+w illustration by callé
bad medicine (ss) galaxy vol.12 #3, 7/1956, strato bre #42, 9/1956, both: as by finn o'donnevan, three b+w illustrations by cavat
pilgrimage to earth (ss) playboy 9/1956, f&sf vol.12 #6, 6/1957, both: as ''love, incorporated''
ask a foolish question (ss) science fiction stories #1, (6/)1953
a ticket to tranai (novelette) galaxy vol.11 #1, 10/1955; strato bre #34, 1/1956 both: three b+w illustrations by cavat
the battle (ss) if vol.4 #1 9/1954, one b+w illustration by virgil finlay
hands off (ntte) galaxy vol. 8 #1, 4/1954, three b+w illustrations by kossin, strato bre #18, 9/1954, two of the three
the prize of peril (ss) f&sf vol.14 #5, 5/1958, the cover story, art by ed emshwiller
hunting problem (ss) galaxy vol. 10 #6, 9/1955, strato bre #33, 12/1955, both: a b+w illustration by hunter
ghost v (ss) galaxy vol.9 #1, 10/1954, a b+w illustration by sanford kossin (an aaa ace story)
something for nothing (ss) galaxy vol. 8 #3, 6/1954, strato bre #26, 5/1955, both: a b+w illustration by dick francis
the store of the worlds (ss) playboy, 9/1959
victor gollancz h/cvr first printing, first edition
reprint collection of ten short stories, two novelettes and one novel, nf introduction by robert conquest
cover (d-j) art none, typographical d-j in black and magenta on ''gollancz yellow'' field
cover (d-j) price
320pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards