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Author:Philip José Farmer
Title:A Private Cosmos
Publisher:  Sphere
Country:UK
Date:1970
Format:Paperback
Genre:Fiction, Science Fiction
Cat#:34517
Total Editions:3
First Published:  1967
Rating:8.0  Rate
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Philip José Farmer - A Private Cosmos - Ace Books - Paperback - USA (1968)

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ppint.
8th Jun 2019
 introduction by roger zelazny, who was partly inspired by his frustration at having to wait so long between installments of farmer's world of tiers series concerning the multi-cornered strife between talented, frequently quarrelsome siblings, to essay his own, unique, first ''amber'' series (q.v.)
 

 
ppint.
26th Feb 2018
 thomson books ltd. sphere books p/b first printing, first uk edition

cover art possibly by bill botten if the attribution for that on the first sphere printing of #1 is correct. which attribution may rest upon a misunderstanding.
cover price 5/- (25p), 6/00s east africa, 60c south africa, 80c australia, 75c new zealand
so this printing 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
160pp. including titles, indicia, introduction etc, 2 end pp. advertising

second printing 12/1973
isbn 0-7221-3446-0
cover art by peter goodfellow (uncredited, unsigned; attribution from his website)
cover price 30p, 1.00c australia, 1.00c new zealand (!!!)
160pp. including titles, indicia, introduction etc, end pp. advertising

thrid printing 1975
isbn 0-7221-3442-8
cover art by peter goodfellow retained from second printing
cover price 40p, $1.25 australia, $1.25 new zealand, $1.75 canada
so this printing 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
160pp. including titles, indicia, introduction etc, end pp. advertising

fourth printing 1978
isbn 0-7221-3426-6 (previous printing's isbn mistakenly left in indicia)
cover art by melvyn grant (uncredited, art is signed ''melvyn'')
cover price 85p, 93½p eire, 90c malta, $2.75 australia (recommended), $2.75 new zealand
so this printing 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
160pp. including titles, indicia, introduction etc, end pp. advertising

fifth printing 1982 ? (presumed, but not reported - yet)

collected in ''world of tiers 1'' omnibus (1986), q.v.
 

 
ppint.
26th Feb 2018
 world of tiers #3
see #1: maker of universes" (1965), q.v., for full listing of series, with links.
 


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