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Author:	Philip José Farmer
Title:	Maker Of Universes
Publisher:	Sphere
Country:	UK
Date:	Feb 1970
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Cat#:	34533
Total Editions:	2
Rating:	8.0 Rate
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
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ppint. ● 26th Feb 2018		cover art attributed to bill botten, i know not by whom - possibly bill botten, but these are not listed by him on his bookjackets, etc. website; so the attribution to him may be a misunderstanding° cover price 5/- (25p), 6/00 east africa, 60c south africa, 80c australia, 75c new zealand so this edition 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 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising/data ° - after working as a freelance artist, and painting many p/b covers, including for sphere books, bill botten was sphere books' art director for a while - during which period, he did not stop painting - so in this period it could be artwork acquired by him for sphere books, rather than painted by him. 12/1973 second sphere books uk p/b printing: cover art by peter goodfellow (unsigned, uncredited; attribution from his website) cover price 30p, 1.00c australia, 1.00c new zealand 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising "shurely shome mishtake" - whistling bill deedes 2/1975 third sphere books uk p/b printing cover art by peter goodfellow retained cover price 40p, $1.25 australia, $1.25 new zealand, $1.75 canada 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising 7/1978 fourth sphere books uk p/b printing cover art by melvyn grant (signed melvyn) cover price 85p, 93½p eire, 90c malta, $2.75 australia, $2.75 new zealand 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising 1982 near-identical fifth sphere books uk p/b printing cover art by melvyn grant retained cover price £1.50, £1.50 malta, $4.95 australia 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising aka and originally "the maker of universes" (1965 & ff.), q.v.



ppint. ● 26th Feb 2018		world of tiers series #1: #1: ''the maker of universes'' (1965), q.v. aka ''maker of universes'' (this novel) #2: "the gates of creation" (1966), q.v. #3: "a private cosmos" (1968), q.v. #4: "behind the walls of terra" (1970), q.v. #5: "the lavalite world" (1977), q.v. #6: "red orc's rage" (1991), q.v. (not exactly a world of tiers novel) #7: "more than fire" (1993), q.v. commercially-published omnibiesses: #1, #2 & #3: ''(the) world of tiers (1)/volume I'' (1986), q.v. #4 & #5: ''(the) world of tiers (2)/volume II'' (1986), q.v. #4, #5 & #7: ''(the) world of tiers (2)/volume 2'' (1997), q.v.



ppint. ● 30th Mar 2021		thomson books ltd. sphere books uk p/b second printing cover art by peter goodfellow (unsigned, uncredited; style is unmistakable, attributed on pjf intntl biblio) cover price 30p, 1.00c australia, 1.00c new zealand 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising the antipodean prices mayn't've been quite what was intended. . . 2/1975 near-identical sphere books p/b third printing differs: isbn 0-7221-3444-4 cover price 40p, $1.25 australia, $1.25 new zealand, $1.75 canada 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising 7/1978 sphere books p/b fourth printing differs: cover art by melvyn grant (signed melvyn) isbn 0-7221-3427-4 cover price 85p, 93½ eire, 90c malta, $2.75 australia & new zealand 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising near-identical 1982 fifth sphere books p/b printing on same isbn differs: cover price £1.50, £1.50 malta, $4.95 australia 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Philip José Farmer - Maker Of Universes - Sphere - Paperback - UK - 0722134487 (1973)