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Author:Hal Clement
Title:Close To Critical
Publisher:  Ballantine Books
Country:USA
Date:Jul 1964
Format:Paperback
Genre:Fiction, Science Fiction
Cat#:U2215
Total Editions:4
Rating:7.0  Rate
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ppint.
26th Aug 2018
 near-identical editions/printings sharing merkin-printed covers and hence also cat# and

cover art by paul lehr (signed "lehr")
cover price 50¢
192pp. including titles, indica etc.

refer to indica to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed.
no priority established nor liable to be.
 
 
ppint.
26th Aug 2018
 third ballantine books printing
near-identical editions/printings sharing merkin-printed covers and hence also cat#,

cover art by dean ellis (credited in indica) (new painting for this edition)
cover price $1.50
192pp. including titles, indica etc.

refer to indica to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed.
no priority established nor liable to be. these both later accounted as the third printing.


1981 fourth printing also sharing merkin-printed covers and same cover art as third printings,

isbn 0-345-29168-9
cat# 29168
cover prices differ:
$2.50 canadadian-carcassed copies
$1.95 wholly merkin-printed copies

wording in logo after ballantine science fiction, cat#, price on front cover is now a del rey book
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 
 
ppint.
26th Aug 2018
 second printing (as was traditional, the two simultaneous first printings accounted as one)
192pp including titles, indica
cover art by dean ellis
cover price 75¢
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 
 
ppint.
26th Aug 2018
 cover art by josh kirby (uncredited, unsigned; in his style of the period, and in ansible.uk/msc/joshlist.html)
cover price 3/6, australia 60c, new zealand 45c
so should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule
160pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

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Other Editions

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Hal Clement - Close To Critical - Corgi - Paperback - UK - 552079154 (1968)
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Hal Clement - Close To Critical - Ballantine Books - Paperback - USA (1975)
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Hal Clement - Close To Critical - Ballantine Books - Paperback - USA (1970)

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