cover art by frank frazetta (credited in second mmpb printing)
cover price $1.95
288pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp.
near-identical second mmpb printing adds
isbn 0-446-89598-9
indica printing history also indicates second printing
cover art by frank frazetta (credited, retained from first printing)
cover price $1.95
288pp. including titles, indica etc., end pp.
third mmpb printing 4/1983:
isbn 0-446-30668-1 (cover)
isbn 0-446-30655-3 (canada)
cover art by frank frazetta (retained from previous printings)
cover price $2.95 (u.s.a.), (canadian isbn) $3.75 (can(ada))
288pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp.
#1: "darkness weaves" (1970) (this novel)°
#2: "death angel's shadow" (collection, 1973), (uk p/b 1980 adds a poem) q.v.
this is also the title of a limited edition h/cvr collection incorporating the contents of #2 and more:
it contains a poem, three novellas, a novelette, four short stories and a nf article (set 2015°), q.v.
#3: "bloodstone" (1975), q.v.
#4: "dark crusade" (1976), q.v.
#5: "night winds" (collection, 1978), q.v.
this is also the title of a limited edition h/cvr collection incorporating the contents of #5 and more:
it contains a novella, six novelettes, a short story, an excerpt from an unpublished novel (set 2015°), q.v.
#6: "the book of kane" (collection, 1985), q.v.
(i only know of this limited edition de luxe illustrated h/cvr; i have its data, but i've not held nor seen it.)
° titles listed in order of publication of books' first editions;
yr hmbl srppnt. does not know whether the internal chronology of the novels follows this order: their order in the omnibus editions suggests it runs #3, #4, #1 - advice from other bookcatter(s) requested.
omnibus edition of #3, #4 & #1:
#O1: ''gods in darkness'' (2002), q.v.
slip-cased set of #3, #4, #1, #2 extended, #5 extended:
#S1: ''the complete kane'' (limited edition set 2015), q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book)
hodder & stoughton coronet p/b first printing, first uk edition
cover art by chris achilleos (reprinted in large format in "beauty & the beast" achilleos (1978) q.v.)
cover price 95p, australia $3.05, new zealand $3.05 (check aunty podes' prices, as reported)
192pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising
chris achilleos' cover art is reused on the roc/penguin 1993 uk p/b.
° - the first edition appears to be the 1970 xxxxian gothic fantasy p/b published by powell books,
cat# PP213, which bears both this and the extended title, "darkness weaves with many shades. . .". (this comment is from another edition of this book)