ppint. ● 28th May 2020
| | first mayflower books printing, first edition
cover art by bob haberfield
cover price 30p, south africa 75c, singapore $3.00, australia & new zealand 75c, canada 95c
144pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
near-identical 1973 second mayflower books printing differs:
cover price 30p, australia & new zealand $1.00, canada $1.25
near-identical 1975 thrid mayflower books printing differs:
cover price 40p, australia & new zealand $1.30, canada $1.50
near-identical 1977 fourth mayflower books printing adds more references to granada books:
cover price 60p, australia $1.75, new zealand $1.85, canada $1.75
1980 mayflower books fifth printing not seen/seen recorded, likely moves to
isbn 0-583-12198-5
1981 mayflower books sixth printing not seen/seen recorded
near-identical 1983 granada printing, still using mayflower books (i)sbn
cover price £1.50, australia $5.95, new zealand $5.95
isbn 0-583-12198-5
144pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (adverts differ)
may still retain some mention of mayflower books, seventh printing from the 1973 typesetting
second near-identical 1983 granada books printing not seen/seen recorded,
eighth printing from the 1973 mayflower books typesetting
11/1988 grafton books printing (wm. collins & sons ltd. having bought granada publishing and having renamed it grafton after the street on which its publishing offices were housed) bears new
cover art by paul damon
isbn 0-586-20532-2 (a panther books isbn)
cover price £2.50, australia $8.95, new zealand $9.95
printing history states
published by grafton books 1988 (month is taken from locus)
previously published as a mayflower original 1973
reprinted 1973, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1983 (twice)
so ninth printing from the mayflower books typesetting, prob'ly on & printed from film by now |
ppint. ● 7th Apr 2018
| | the chronicles of castle/count brass, hawkmoon series 2, #1;
hawkmoon #5 (hawkmoon series 2#1)
#5 (2#1): "count brass" (1973), (this novel)
#6 (2#2): "the champion of garathorm" (1973), q.v.
#7 (2#3): "the quest for tanelorn" (1975), q.v.
preceded by the (history of the) runestaff series
#1 (1#1): "the jewel in the skull" (1967), q.v. for series listing and links |