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Author:	Fletcher Pratt as George U. Fletcher
Title:	The Well Of The Unicorn
Publisher:	William Sloane Associates
Country:	USA
Date:	1948
Format:	Hardcover
Genre:	Fiction, Fantasy
Total Editions:	3
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ppint. 15th Aug 2024		there was a library h/cvr reproduction of this edition published by garland publishing again as by george u. fletcher; sfaiaa all other editions have been published as by fletcher pratt.



ppint. 15th Aug 2024		william sloane associates h/cvr first printing (so stated in indicia), first edition cover (d-j) art by rafael palacios (signed palacios, first name reported by on-line seller) b+w maps including frontispiece by rafael palacios (signed likewise, possibly credited) cover (d-j) price $3.50 352pp. (check) including (i-)xii pages titles, indicia, "before the tale begins" (nf) the author etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards, publisher abbreviated to sloane on d-j spine, which also bears his artwork of the well of the unicorn...



ppint. 25th Feb 2019		ballantine books mmpb 10/1979 second printing starts the transition to ballantine books' then-new del rey series, yet to become a separate imprint, with del rey in place of ballantine above the formerly ballantine fantasy logo in top fly corner of front cover, but ballantine cat# changes and new cover art by darrell k. sweet (unsigned, though the full painting probably is, credited) cat# 28359 isbn to 0-345-28359-7 cover price $2.25 12/1980 third printing is near-identical to the second, save author's name on front cover now in red, cat# 29729 isbn 0-345-29729-6 cover price $2.95 2/1995 nth printing has had comprehensive front cover typography changes, added narrow band of purple for which in chief, wider red across base, greatly diminishing the effectiveness of dkst's art, still stated ballantine, cat# 29729 isbn 0-345-29729-6 cover price (canada 5.99) u.s.$4.99 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 25th Feb 2019		ballantine books mmpb near-identical simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers bears ballantine books' fantasy wyvern series escutcheon top fly front cover cover art by greg hildebrandt, tim hildebrandt (signed hildebrandt, credited as the brothers hildebrandt) b+w map by rafael palacios (signed palacios, retained from william sloane assocs. first edition h/cvr); enlarged details of this maps at beginnings of chapters cover price $1.95 400pp. (check) including (i-)xii pages titles, indicia, 2pp. publisher's forward (presumably by lin carter), 4pp. "before the tale begins" (nf) fletcher pratt (1948), frontispiece map, etc. refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed. no priority established nor liable to be, both give first ballantine books edition month & year date (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 25th Feb 2019		lancer books 1967 mmpb edition adds introduction by baird searles first published in hardcover and copyright © 1948 by william sloane associates, inc. (usa) cover art by (harry) steele savage (unsigned, uncredited: attribution from "science fiction and fantasy artists of the twentieth century" jane frank (2009), q.v.) b+w map frontispiece by rafael palacios (signed "palacios") retained from h/cvr first edition; check for his other maps (e.g. at beginnings of chapters) cover price 75¢ 384pp. including titles, indicia, nf introduction baird searles (1967), nf note by the author (1948) etc. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Fletcher Pratt - The Well Of The Unicorn - Lancer - Paperback - USA (1967)

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Fletcher Pratt - The Well Of The Unicorn - Ballantine Books - Paperback - USA (1976)