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), australia 80c, new zealand 75c, south africa 60c, east africa 6/00
so this edition should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule
160pp. including titles, indica 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 (uncredited, unsigned; attribution from his website)
cover price 30p, australia$1.00, new zealand $1.00
160pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising
2/1975 third sphere books uk p/b printing
cover art by peter goodfellow retained
cover price 40p, australia $1.25, new zealand $1.25, canada $1.75
160pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising
7/1978 fourth sphere books uk p/b printing
cover art by melvyn grant (signed melvyn)
cover price 85p, eire 93½p, malta 90c, australia $2.75, new zealand $2.75
160pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising
1982 near-identical fifth sphere books uk p/b printing
cover art by melvyn grant retained
cover price £1.50, malta£1.50, australia$4.95
160pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising
aka and originally "the maker of universes" (1965 & ff.), q.v.
#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.
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, $1.00 australia, $1.00 new zealand
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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)