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.722
cover price (canada $4.95) • 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
no priority established in publication date established nor liable to be, but canadadian-printed carcasses drop the '1' from the printing history number line, identifying them as the simultaneous second printing
cover title, editor's name, carefully-coiled sheet (rope), sword - and, most importantly, the four cats on the cover are embossed; this touch may have been dropped from further printings:
distinguish also from the undated third printing (likely 10/1988)
which further drops the '2' from the printing history number line
merovingian nights original anthology series #2:
#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
contents:
fever season (short story) c. j. cherryh
hearts and minds (novelette) chris morris
fever season reprise
a plague on your houses (ss) mercedes lackey
fever season reprise 2
war of the unseen worlds (ntte) leslie fish
fever season reprise 3
night ride (ntte) nancy asire
fever season reprise 4
life assurance (ntte) lynn abbey
fever season final reprise 5
instant karma (ntte) janet morris
appendices:
fever season (song) c. j. cherryh and mercedes lackey
mist thoughts (a waltz with a limp) (song) c. j. cherryh and mercedes lackey
merovingian songs: partners (song) c. j. cherryh and mercedes lackey
index of isles and buildings by regions
b+w merovingian city maos by pat tobin
merovan ecology (fnf) (uncredited)
b+w merovan sea-floor and hemispheric maps by pat tobin |