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Author:	James Blish
Title:	A Case Of Conscience
Publisher:	Ballantine Books
Country:	USA
Date:	Apr 1958
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Science Fiction, Fiction, Religion
Cat#:	256
Total Editions:	7
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ppint. 29th Apr 2023		ballantine books mmpb near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition cover art by richard powers (unsigned, uncredited; attributed from jane frank) cover price 35¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass (''book'') of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first printing, neither states publication month



ppint. 18th Sep 2018		after such knowledge #3: thematic trilogy examining the question, "after such knowledge, what forgiveness?" (- "gerontion", t. s. eliot): - is it in fact mankind's lust for knowledge - rather than monetary wealth - that is the root of all evil ? #1: "doctor mirabilis" (1964), q.v. #2a: "black easter: or, faust aleph-null" (1968), q.v. #2b: "the day after judgement" (1971), q.v. #2: "black easter / the day after judgement" (1980), q.v., aka "the devil's day" (1990), q.v. #3: "a case of conscience" (1958) (this book) omnibus edition of 1#, #2 (as #2a & #2b), #3: "after such knowledge" (1991), q.v.



ppint. 29th Apr 2023		faber & faber (though there was only ever the one) first printing, first h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art by peter curl cover (d-j) price 15/- 208pp. (re-check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 25th Jun 2022		ballantine books simultaneous fifth mmpb printings sharing merkin-printed covers del rey sf classic series cover art by darrell k. sweet (unsigned, credited) (the full larger painting may be signed) cover price $2.50 (canadadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel) cover price $1.95 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution) 192pp. 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 fifth printing: april 1979 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 18th Sep 2018		hutchinson publishing group arrow books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art unattributed (likely by chris yates, but uncredited and i can't spot his initials on the cover) cover price 30p, australia $1.00, new zealand $1.00 so should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule or not so re-flagged, according to equally well respected moderator's heartfelt plea 208pp. including titles, indicia etc. three further arrow books printings on the same isbn with wildly inappropriate new cover art by chris foss and rising cover price (55p, 85p, £1.75: 1975, 1979, 1984) before yr hmbl srppnt. recommended it be published incorporated in omnibus edition of the trilogy alongside an omnibus edition of the same author's "cities in flight" tetralogy in my report to peter lavery on the market for a relaunch of arrow books' sf & fantasy line, what its back catalogue was, rights to o/p titles it should still hold, and what sales future these might still have if reissued. see first edition for series listing and links. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 18th Sep 2018		second ballantine books edition/printing; with new cover art cover art by hoot von zitzewitz (signed "hoot") cover price 50¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia etc. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Other Editions

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James Blish - A Case Of Conscience - Ballantine Books - Paperback - USA (1966)

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James Blish - A Case Of Conscience - Arrow - Paperback - UK - 0099063700 (1972)

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James Blish - A Case Of Conscience - Del Rey - Paperback - USA - 0345280237 (1979)

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James Blish - A Case Of Conscience - Ballantine Books - Paperback - USA - 0345027558 (1972)

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James Blish - A Case Of Conscience - Faber & Faber - Hardcover - UK (1959)

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James Blish - A Case Of Conscience - Arrow - Paperback - UK - 0099063700 (1979)