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ppint. 10th Jan 2020
| | ballantine books mmpb near-identical printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
cover art by nik puspurica (signed "puspurica")
cover price 35¢
144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority indicated, both stating only © 1960
publishing history of ballantine books 1969 second mmpb edition/printing provides separate dates which presumédly apply to these two first printings - but which may not (!), if there was a distinct canadadian-printed & merkin- or canadian- printed-covered first printing variant. |
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ppint. 25th Apr 2023
| | serialised in galaxy vol.18 #5, #6; 6/1960, 8/1960
galaxy thorpe & porter bre #80, #81 (bearing same dates as above, probably distributed a month later)
part one is the cover story, art. by ed emshwiller who also provided the three b+w illustrations, and the four b+w illustrations for part two. (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 25th Apr 2023
| | this novel was later included in the omnibus mmpb, ''bipohl'' frederik pohl (ballantine 1982), q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 25th Apr 2023
| | random house group ballantine books mmpb third printing
(this accounting ignores separate canadian printings, the first of which is noted)
cover art by john berkey (signed, credited)
cover price $1.25
144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
sbn on spine and indicia page is given in the isbn10 field (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 24th Apr 2023
| | granada publishing ltd. panther books imprint second printing retaining first's isbn, but with new
cover art by john harris (unsigned, collected in ''mass: the art of john harris'' (2000), q.v.)
cover price £1.25
136pp. including titles, indicia etc, 3 end pp. advertising
titles etc. let into white (i.e. unprinted) space cut clumsily out of the cover art: shoddy work. (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 24th Apr 2023
| | isbn and cat# are still wrong and isbn should^W still^W has been corrected to 0586047638
there is no separate cat# on the book so this should^W has been deleted) (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 10th Jan 2020
| | may bear the statement, an intext publisher, on title page and/or in indicia - check (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 18th Jun 2019
| | granada publishing panther books second printing 1982 has new cover art by john harris
with major typography clumsily let into white (i.e unprinted) space cut out of cover art
cover price £1.25 (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 18th Jun 2019
| | granada publishing ltd. panther books imprint panther science fiction series first printing
cover art by bob layzell (uncredited, signed with his ''BL'' monogram)
cover price 75p, australia $2.15, new zealand $2.35, canada $2.25
so should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule
- or not so re-flagged, according to equally well-respected moderator's heartfelt plea
isbn is 0-586-04763-8
no separate cat#
136pp. including 4pp. titles, indicia etc; 3 end pp: 1p. blank, 2pp. advertising
isbn entered in isbn10 field is wrong and should be corrected to 0586047638 (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 5th Dec 2017
| | ballantine books mmpb second printing
the "original" cover flash is arguably incorrect, and definitely misleading
cover art by robert foster (unsigned, credited)
cover price 75¢
144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 5th Dec 2017
| | penguin books first printing, first uk p/b edition
cover art by kenneth randall (credited)
cover price 3'6
168pp? including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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