charter communications, inc.° ace books mmpb undated second printing near-identical, differs a bit from first:
cover art by frank kelly freas retained
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan retained
cat# 16670
cover price 95¢
192pp. including titles, indicia etc.
° - possibly berkley publishing group by now/then; check title page & indicia for this
berkley publishing group charter communications ace books imprint undated presumed thrid printing:
date given as 3/1977 in locus #200, 3/1977, bears new
cover art (uncredited, as-yet unattributed sfaik)
b+w frontispiece probably dropped (not yet confirmed either way)
cat# 16671
cover price $1.50
240pp? including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
so text re-set from typesetting used for first two editions/printings
charter communications, inc. ace books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition
cover art by (frank) kelly freas (signed with his monogram),
b+w interior illustration by jack gaughan (signed with his monogram)
cover price 75¢
192pp. including titles, indicia etc.
non-sbn (sans any ninth, checksum digit): 44116669 on spine (?): though 441- is ace books' (i)sbn publishers code (it may've been issued to charter communications, inc.), ''16669'' is rather unlikely a first ace books five-digit system cat# for a first printing, as these were intended all to end with either a ''0'' or a ''5'': so it's possible that it was intended to be ''16660'', and a mistake was made. . .
known subsequent printings' cat#s increase by one progressively, as is correct within the system