cover art by don ivan punchatz retained from avon mmpb third printing
cover price 75¢
192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p.
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 state sixth printing, march, 1969
refer to indicia publishing history also to distinguish from avon mmpb near-identical 9/1969 seventh printing, which adds note of seventh printing, september, 1969 (this comment is from another edition of this book)
the hearst corporation avon books mmpb third printing, with new
cover art by don ivan punchatz
cover price 60¢
192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p.
refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from presumed
avon books mmpb fourth printing presumédly near-identical if extant (not seen, nor report seen)
and also from near-identical avon mmpb fifth printing
which differs:
indicia publishing history adds line stating
fifth avon printing, march, 1968 (this comment is from another edition of this book)
brown, watson ltd. digit books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition, first uk edition
cover art (unsigned, uncredited, re-used from ½ ace books D-113 mmpb (1955) ''one in 300'' j. t. mcintosh, q.v.; attributed to ed valigursky in the ace image library)
cover price 2'-
160pp. including titles, indicia etc. (this comment is from another edition of this book)
avon books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers
cover art by richard powers (unsigned, uncredited; attributed in ''the art of richard powers'' jane frank, richard powers (2001), q.v.)
cover price 35¢
192pp. including titles, indicia etc.
panther books first printing, not first uk p/b edition (was brown, watson ltd.'s digit books edition)
cover art uncredited, unsigned
cover price 3'6
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
reprinted 12/1965 with new
cover art uncredited, unsigned (photographic of human brain plus, on black background)
cover price 3'6
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
reprinted 1967 with new cat# 17135 (adds checksum digit from sbn derived from previous cat#)
cover art
cover price 5/-
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
reprinted 1968
cover art uncredited, unsigned photographic, transparent glass dome with bubbles on black background)
cover price 5/-, 80c australia, (6/6) 65c new zealand, 60c south africa
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
5th printing 1969 (1st) near-identical, refer to indica publishing history for presence/absence of line with this year
6th ringing 1969 (2nd) near-identical, refer to indica publishing history for presence/absence of line with ''reprinted .. .., 1969 (twice)''
8th printing 1971 (2nd) near-identical
cover price 30p, 75c south africa, 95c australia, 90c new zealand
reprinted 1972, 1973, 1973 (2nd), 1974,
13th printing 1975,
cover art by chris foss
cover price. p, $1.20 australia, $1.20 new zealand
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (1st)
18th printing 1979 (2nd)
cover art by chris foss (credited on rear cover)
cover price £1.25, $5.25(?) australia, $4.95 new zealand
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
1982, 1983, 1983 (2nd), 1983 (3rd)
23rd printing 1984
cover art by tim white (credited on rear cover)
cover price £1.95, $6.95 new zealand
bar-code number 9780586017135 00195
granada on bottom of spine
240pp.including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
24th printing 1985
near-identical,
cover price £1.95, $5.95 australia (recommended), $7.95 new zealand
refer also to indicia to see which printing is held
25th printing 1986
near-identical,
grafton on spine, title page
panther books isbn 0586017135
cover art by tim white (credited on rear cover)
cover price £2.50, $6.95 australia (recommended), $9.95 new zealand
eventually publisher changes to harpercollinsvoyager,
cover art by fred gambino
cover price £4.99
240pp including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
and, though still bearing panther books' isbn, 0586017135, and using panther books' second setting, history comes to an end in that truly fine merkin citizen, rupert ''the dirty digger'''s swag-bag (this comment is from another edition of this book)