ppint. 28th Nov 2020
| | first ace mmpb printing, first edition
includes nf afterword, ''life and death in dreadful conflict strove'' sandra miesel
includes berserker bibliography
cover art by boris vallejo (signed boris ©78, also credited)
cover price $1.95
224pp. including titles, indica etc, afterword starts p.208; end pp. advertising
check printing history to distinguish from:
1/1980 near-identical second ace mmpb printing differs:
indica printing history adds second ace printing january 1980
(front cover misleadingly retains ''first publication in any form'' strap-line)
12/1980 near-identical thrid ace mmpb printing differs:
cover price $2.25
cat# 05424-2
isbn 0-441-05424-2
indica printing history adds
third ace printing: december 1980
(front cover still retains ''first publication in any form'' strap-line)
.. 4th printing cat# prob'ly 05425-0 not seen/seen reported yet
.. 5th printing cat# prob'ly 05465 (checksum digit -0 or -X, i've not worked it out yet)
- 05465-X (checksum digit now calculated) not seen/seen reported yet
8/1983 near-identical sixth ace mmpb printing differs:
cover price $2.50
cat# 05466-8
isbn 0-441-05466-8
printing history states an ace original / 1979
sixth printing / august 1983
(front cover no longer claims ''first publication in any form'')
5/1984 near-identical seventh printing differs:
cover price $2.75
cat# 05471-4
isbn 0-441-05471-4
printing history not reported, but prob'ly adds line, seventh printing / may 1984
9/1985 near-identical eighth printing differs:
cover price ($3.75 canada) $2.95 u.s.
cat# 05492-7
isbn 0-441-05492-7
printing history adds line
eighth printing / september 1985
11/1986 near-identical ninth printing differs:
cover price ($3.95 canada) $2.95 u.s.
cat# 05496-X
isbn 0-441-05496-X
printing history adds line
ninth printing / november 1986
?/19?? near-identical tenth printing differs:
cover price $3.50
cat# 05496-X
reported (? mis-reported ?) as including a printing history number line stating tenth printing
(there'd've been a canadian cover price, likely $3.75 or $3.95; and a tenth printing indica history number line would have listed 10 11 12 ...) |