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Author:	Jerry Pournelle
Title:	King David's Spaceship
Publisher:	Orbit / Futura
Country:	UK
Date:	1981
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
ISBN-10:	0708880878
Total Editions:	4
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ppint. 29th Jun 2023		a revised, greatly-expanded° rewrite of ''a spaceship for the king'' (1973), q.v. ° - very approximately twice the length of the earlier novel.



ppint. 29th Jun 2023		futura publications p/b first printing, first uk edition, not first edition (first edition was simon & schuster merkin h/cvr (1/1981), ©1980, q.v.) cover art by peter andrew jones (signed paj81, uncredited) b+w maps by diane duane, jerry pournelle cover price £1.95, $6.95 australia 336pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising



ppint. 30th Jun 2023		macdonald futura (?part of robert maxwell's bpcc by now?) first p/b printing, second futura publications orbit series printing. cover art by peter (''paj'') jones (signed ©paj81, uncredited) cover price £2.50 340pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising 1988 third near-identical futura publications p/b printing differs: cover price £3.50 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 29th Jun 2023		the d-j of the ''the winter plain'' by jo bannister science fiction book club edition 1202 / 5202, (c. 12/1982) bears the same ''new series vol 3 issue 12'' numbering. no-one now appears to know why. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 29th Jun 2023		david & charles readers union group of book clubs the science fiction book club h/cvr first printing cover (d-j) art cover (d-j) price 340pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp., ''perfectbound'' with endpapers between covered boards (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 29th Jun 2023		macdonald & co. (publishers) first h/cvr printing, first uk h/cvr edition n.b. published after the futura publications p/b first printing and first uk edition cover (d-j) art by peter andrew jones (signed paj81, shared from futura publications p/b edition) cover (d-j) price £6.95 340pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, blank end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards aimed primarily at sales to the uk public library system, which was still a thriving public service - then (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Other Editions

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Jerry Pournelle - King David's Spaceship - Macdonald & Co. - Hardcover - UK - 0356085066 (1982)

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Jerry Pournelle - King David's Spaceship - The Science Fiction Book Club / Readers Union - Hardcover - UK (1982)

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Jerry Pournelle - King David's Spaceship - Orbit / Macdonald Futura - Paperback - UK - 0708880878 (1984)