ppint. 22nd Mar 2021
| | simultaneous first daw books mmpb printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
cover art by tim hildebrandt (signed, also credited)
b+w maps by pat tobin (credited)
near-meaningless daw books collector no.704
cover price (canada $4.50) • u.s.$3.50
304pp. (check) including titles, indica, table-of-contents etc, end pp. appendices, advertising
refer to indica printing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
priority in publication date not established nor liable to be, canadadian-printed carcasses drop the'1''from the number line, identifying them as the simultaneous second printing
distinguish also between the above and the undated
10/1988 near-identical thrid printing (publication date from locus) which differs:
further drops the '2' from the indica printing history number line.
merovingian nights original anthology series #1:
#0: ''angel with the sword'' c. j. cherryh (1985), q.v. for series listing, and links
original anthology series edited and with unifying fiction written by cj to the above novel
contents:
festival moon (short story) c. j. cherryh
first night cruise (novelette) leslie fish
festival moon (reprise) (short fiction)
two gentleman of the trade (ss) robert lynn aspirin
festival moon reprise 2 (short fiction)
cat's tale (ntte) nancy asire
festival moon reprise 3 (short fiction)
death angel (ntte) mercedes r. lackey
festival moon reprise 4
sword play (novella) chris morris and janet morris
festival moon reprise 5
first-bath (ntte) lynn abbey
festival moon reprise 6
night action (ss) chris morris
festival moon (final reprise 7)
appendices:
b+w seafloor maps by pat tobin
merovingian ecology (fnf) mercedes r. lackey
index to city maps by c. j. cherryh
b+w merovingian city and world map by oat tobin
merovingian song: guardian (lyric) leslie fish
merovingian song: black water (suicide) (lyric) c. j. cherryh and mercedes r. lackey
merovingian song: private conversation (lyric) c. j. cherryh and mercedes r. lackey |