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Author: C. J. Cherryh Title: Downbelow Station Publisher:   Methuen London Country: UK Date: 9 Jun 1983 Format: Paperback Genre: Fiction, Science Fiction, Society ISBN-10: 0413513106 Total Editions: 4 First Published:   1981 Rating: 9.0  Rate Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  1 Owns Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search on eBay This is an affiliate link for which we may be compensated.

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methuen. a methuen paperback published by methuen london ltd.
11 new fetter lane, london ec4p 4ee (uk)

432pp including 4pp titles, indica, 2pp b+w maps/plans.
cover art by chris moore
cover price £1.95
australia $5.95 recommended only, new zealand $8.25
first uk edition
silver foil/inked front cover title, author;
red-background flash across lower fly near corner: "winner of the 1982 hugo award"

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C. J. Cherryh - Downbelow Station - Science Fiction Book Club - Hardcover - USA (1981)

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ppint. 29th Jul 2023		abp / methuen london methuen first p/b printing, first uk edition cover art by chris moore (unsigned sfaics, credited on back cover) cover price £1.95, $5.95 australia, $8.25 new zealand 432pp. (check) including titles, indicia, b+w maps etc, end p. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical 1983 second printing; methuen paperbacks third printing adds back cover bar-code, price, isbn block, and further differs: cover price £2.95 (re-check; any overseas territories prices?) 432pp. (check) including titles, indicia, b+w maps (plans) etc, end p. advertising 1987 methuen paperbacks fourth printing differs: cover price £3.50 indicia publishing history overlooks second 1983 printing, giving this the appearance of being third printing next known uk p/b near-identical printing comes after abp sold themselves off and bears new isbn and mandarin imprint, qualifying as a new bookcat item, q.v.
ppint. 14th Jul 2018		the number in the isbn10 field is^W was missing a digit: it should be 0413513106 14/9/2018: corrected. (n.b. early on in methuen's new general paperbacks venture, running into the first of the semi-hived off, semi-independent magnum books lists, the versions of the books' cat#s given in any end pp. listings is frequently rather strange, and somewhat misleading, typically omitting the initial "0" and the last two digits from the isbn: do not rely upon these pages for cat#s nor attempt to derive isbn10s from them - nor quote them without noting this peculiar treatment. . .) (these abbreviated numbers were cat#s sufficient to uniquely identity the book and edition in the abp warehouse, but i've no idea why they thought it a good idea to so abridge the numbers - inter alia removing the checksum digits, meaning a single mis-typed digit could go through unspotted, resulting in supply of the wrong book...)
ppint. 24th Mar 2018		quite simply, one of the very best°, extremely ambitious science fiction novels i have ever read. ° - despite the very occasional oddly-clumsy turn of phrase when there is no reason for this apparent - and which, had it been smoothed by cj, would have raised this novel to a straight "10". or a bit higher :-)

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