transworld publishers corgi books imprint p/b first omnibus edition printing, first thus uk
cover art (unsigned) (possibly by geoff taylor, but this is not an attribution)
cover price £3.95, $6.95 australia, $7.95 new zealand
544pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical reprinting(s) on same isbn;
two of the cover prices differ on the 1985 reprinting: $8.95 australia, $9.95 new zealand
there's at least one later printing bearing different cover art credited to stephen lavis, and bearing a new corgi books imprint isbn; but i've no record of having seen this, let alone stocked it.
granada publishing group granada imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition
cover art by tim white
cover price £1.95, $5.95 australia, $5.95 new zealand
384pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish between near-identical reprintings 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, ... under the same isbn. by 1986 the imprint changes to grafton books, reflecting the sale of granada publishing ltd. to the collins group, whereupon the first printings are retrospectively claimed for that imprint.
granada publishing group granada imprint p/b first printing first uk edition
cover art by tim white
cover price £1.95, $5.95 australia, $5.95 new zealand
424pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish between near-identical printings 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, ... all on the same isbn; by 1986 the imprint changes to grafton books, reflecting the sale of granada publishing to wm. collins sons/the collins group, whereupon the first printings are retrospectively claimed for that imprint.
cover art by frank frazetta (unsigned - painting likely is signed, credited)
cover price $1.50
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
omnibus of the trilogy:
O1: ''the apprentice adept'' (1983), q.v.
aka ''double exposure'' (book club edition 1982 for sale only to doubleday book club members)
2. (the apprentice adept series part two:)
aka the phaze and proton tetralogy:
the division into two parts is largely - though not entirely - a construct arising from the change in publishers after 1#3; there would be an arguable case for regarding the two as one heptology.
different extended episodes in the over-all story occur in an apparently fantasy setting, with creatures of fantasy, but the over-all story occurs in a science fictional planetary system.
harcourt brace jovanovich jove books imprint mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition
acknowledges seven previous - pyramid books - printings, which typesetting this successor imprint uses, suitably emended
cover art unsigned
cover price $1.50
176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
fantasy press, reading, pennsylvania h/cvr first printing, first edition so stated
nf introduction by e. e. smith
cover (d-j) art by mel hunter (signed)
cover (d-j) price $3.00
224pp. (re-check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards
pyramid books mmpb seventh printing (accounting still omits the 1960 canadian printing)
cover art by gray morrow (signed, uncredited, retained from sixth printing)
cover price $1.25 (on white rectangular cutout let into in the cover art in place of previous cover price)
176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
pocket books possibly simultaneous° mmpb first printings, first edition
dedication: to phillip k. dick (there should've been one l - philip k. dick; i've no idea whose error this was)
cover art by ed soyka (signed, credited)
sbn 671-80174-0
cover price $1.25
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indica publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
° - some or all canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel bear a separate printing date of october 1975 which may be a mistake, may be the actual printing date of both, or may indicate the book drew enough pre-publication orders that it was reprinted before publication
ballantine books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition
reprint collection of four novelettes and nine short stories, with nf introduction by groff conklin
cover art by richard powers (unsigned, uncredited; attributed by jane frank in ''the art of richard powers'' (2001), q.v.
cover price 35¢
224pp. (check) including (i-) xii pp. titles, indicia, nf introduction, table-of-contents etc, end p. nf bibliographical note
brown, watson digit books imprint p/b first printing, sfaiaa first uk edition
first published ives, washburn h/cvr (us 1955), first p/b avon books cat# 685 mmpb (1956)
sidgwick & jackson h/cvr first printing, first edition
cover (d-j) art (none: typographical cover on yellowy-orange or orangey-yellow field)
cover (d-j) price 21/-
288pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp., bound with endpapers between covered boards
unbound carcasses later bound up with like of ''the time-hoppers'' robert silverberg (uk 1968), q.v., and ''caviar'' theodore sturgeon (uk 1968), q.v., as ''science fiction special 3'' (1971), q.v.
sidgwick & jackson h/cvr first printing, first uk edition
cover (d-j) art (none: typographical cover twice over)
cover (d-j) price 18/-
192pp. including (i-) x pp. titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
unbound carcasses later bound up in ''a robert silverberg omnibus'' (1970), q.v.; and later still together with like of ''caviar'' theodore sturgeon (uk 1968), q.v., and ''overmind'' phyllis marie wadsworth (1967), q.v., in ''science fiction special 3'' (1971), q.v.
sidgwick & jackson h/cvr first printing, first uk h/cvr edition, not first uk edition (was the first sphere p/b)
cover (d-j) art (unsigned)
cover (d-j) price 21/-
192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
unbound carcasses later bound up with like of ''the time-hoppers'' robert silverberg (uk 1968), q.v., and ''overmind'' phyllis marie wadsworth (1967), q.v., as ''science fiction special 3'' (1971), q.v.
to marry medusa (novella) galaxy vol.6 #4, 8/1958; galaxy bre #67, 10/1958; both: three b+w illustrations by diane and leo dillon
the comedian's children (novelette) venture vol.2 #3, 5/1958; venture atlas bre #22, 6/1965
the [widget], the [wadget], and boff (novella) f&sf vol.9 #5, vol.9 #6, 11/1955, 12/1955
the hag sèleen (novelette) unknown vol. vi #4, 12/1941; unknown bre vol. vi #6, 2/1943 by theodore sturgeon, james h. beard
the martian and the moron (ntte) weird tales vol.41 #3, 3/1949
the nail and the oracle (ntte) playboy 10/1965
won't you walk --- (ntte) astounding vol. lvi #5, 1/1956; astounding bre vol.12 #6, 6/1956; both as ''won't you walk ... ''
talent (short story) beyond vol.1 #2, 9/1953
one foot and the grave (ntte) weird tales vol.41 #6, 9/1949
the touch of your hand (novella) galaxy vol.6 #6, 9/1953; galaxy strato bre vol.3 #11, 2/1954
the travelling crag (ntte) fantastic adventures vol.13 #7, 7/1951
introduction (nf) theodore sturgeon (original to this collection, 1984)
it (novelette) unknown vol. iii #6, 8/1940; unknown bre vol. iii #6, 8/1940; both: three b+w illustrations by ed cartier; reprinted in argosy uk 1/1947
cargo (ntte) unknown vol. iv #3, 11/1940, with two b+w illustrations by ed cartier
poker face (short story) astounding vol. xxvii #1, 3/1941
microcosmic god (ntte) astounding vol. xxvii #2, 4/1941, with three b+w illustrations by charles schneeman
two percent inspiration (ss) astounding vol. xxviii #2, 10/1941
brat (ss) unknown vol. v #4, 12/1941; unknown bre vol. iv #3, spring/(1949)
medusa (ntte) astounding vol. xxviii #6, 2/1942 with two b+w illustrations by ed cartier; astounding bre atlas vol.? #?, 3/1942
the martian and the moron (ntte) weird tales vol.41 #3, 3/1949
shadow, shadow on the wall (ss) imagination vol.2 #1, 2/1951 with quotes and title trailing ...
the travelling crag (ntte) fantastic adventures vol. 13 #7, 7/1951; reprinted in amazing vol.42 #4, 11/1968
the touch of your hand (nlla) galaxy vol.6 #6, 9/1953; galaxy strato bre vol.3 #11, 2/1954; both: three illustrations by ed emshwiller (usa), (dig out bre and check sig./compare)
twink (ss) galaxy vol.10 #5, 8/1955; galaxy strato bre #32, 11/1955
bright segment (ntte) in ''caviar'' theodore sturgeon (1955), q.v.
''won't you walk ...' (ntte) astounding vol. lvi #5, 1/1956; astounding atlas bre vol.12 #6, 6/1956
bluejay books tp/b first printing, first tp/b edition, not first p/b edition
cover art by rowena morrill (signed, credited; re-used from dell books mmpb first edition cover art)
cover price $6.95
382pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc.
bluejay books ''special edition'' no series number on front cover