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Author:	John Wyndham
Title:	The Kraken Wakes
Publisher:	Penguin Books Ltd
Country:	UK
Date:	1955
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Cat#:	1075
Total Editions:	8
Rating:	7.0 Rate
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	2 Own
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'A' format 240pp Reprinted 1956,1958. Penguin 1075

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ppint. 27th Mar 2022		ballantine books mmpb, second printing cover art by richard powers (unsigned, attributed in ''the art of richard powers'' jane frank (2001), q.v.) cover price 35¢ 192pp? including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 27th Mar 2022		ballantine books bal-hi p/b edition, not a mass-market paperback edition cover art by richard powers (unsigned, re-used from ballantine books mmpb second printing) cover price 50¢ 192pp? including titles, indicia etc, end pp. produced for distribution through schools rather than via the mass-market distribution system some bal-hi editions include nf essays on the specific book or on the author's fiction in general. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 29th Nov 2020		third ballantine books mmpb printing, fourth ballantine books p/b printing over-all (indica accounting excludes the 4/1965 ballantine bal-hi printing as this was not a mmpb edition) cover by richard powers (signed powers laz/org, may be guillotined off some copies during production) cover price 75¢ 192pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising aka and originally ''the kraken wakes'' (michael joseph h/cvr 1953), q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 26th Nov 2020		1955 first penguin books printing, first uk p/b, not first p/b edition (was ballantine books mmpb 1953) cover price 1/6 and near-identical 1956 second penguin books printing cover price 2/6 both lack any cover illustration 1958 thrid penguin books printing also lacks any cover illustration penguin books 1960 fourth printing bears cover art by dennis piper cover price 2/6 printing history adds statement of fourth printing 240pp. including titles, indicia etc. near-identical 1961 fifth penguin books printing differs: indicia printing history adds statement of 5th printing cover price 2/6 1962 sixth penguin books printing prob'ly near-identical with the above fifth printing, differs: cover price 3/6 1963 seventh penguin books printing redesigned cover, printed upon a wholly orange ground, greatly expands the cover art by dennis piper (credited) cover price 3/6 printing history line now states reprinted 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 240pp. including titles, indicia etc. 1964 near-identical eighth penguin books printing differs: printing history line now states reprinted 1958, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64 1966 ninth printing differs, bearing new cover art by john byrne (credited) cover price 3/6 240pp. including titles, indicia etc. ...1968 tenth printing not seen recorded ...1969 eleventh printing not seen recorded 1970 twelfth penguin books printing bears redesigned cover, with largely light blue ground bearing new sbn 14.00.1705.4 (apparently in error for 14.00.1075.0) cover art by harry willock (credited on back cover) cover price 25p 5/-, south africa R0.60, australia $0.85, new zealand $0.75, canada $1.15 1970 near-identical thirteenth penguin books printing differs: sbn 14.00.1075.0 printing history now states published in penguin books 1955; reprinted 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970 (twice) 1972 fourteenth penguin books printing not seen/seen reported 1973 near-identical fifteenth penguin books printing differs: cover price 30p (? overseas territories prices ?) 1974 near-identical sixteenth penguin books printing still cover price 30p (? overseas territories prices ?) distinguish by reference to printing history second 1974 near-identical seventeenth penguin books printing distinguish by reference to printing history 1975 near-identical eighteenth penguin books printing differs: cover price 50p (? overseas territories prices ?) ..1976 nineteenth penguin books printing not seen/seen reported ...1977 twentieth penguin books printing not seen/seen reported 1979 near-identical 21st penguin books printing differs: cover price 95p (? overseas territories prices ?) 1980 twenty-second penguin books printing not seen/seen reported 1981 twenty-third penguin books printing not seen/seen reported 1982 twenty-fourth penguin books printing bears redesigned cover, cover art by peter lord (credited on back cover) cover price £1.50, australia $3.95 (recommended) printing history line now states published in penguin books 1955. reprinted 1956, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970 (twice), 1972, 1973, 1974 (twice), 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 1983 near-identical twenty-fifth penguin books printing differs: cover price £1.50 (? overseas territories prices ?) adds (19)83 to indicia reprintings line ..? ...? 1987 ?th penguin books printing only very incompletely reported cover price £2.50 19?? (undated) twenty-ninth penguin books printing differs: cover art by mark salwowski printing history number line states 29 30 cover price £2.99, australia $8.99, new zealand $12.99 .. ... .... ..... ...... 2000 thirty-fifth penguin books printing cover art by spencer wilson cover price £5.99 240pp. including titles, indicia etc. so still from the 1955 penguin books printing typesetting - presumably on film by now ... 2008 ?th penguin books printing, now photographically blown up to b-format° with new isbn 0-14-103299-5 isbn13 978-014-103299-3 cover art by brian cronin (may be credited) (attribution from the art of penguin sf website) cover price £8.99, canada $16.00 240pp. including titles, indicia etc. ° so still from the 1955 penguin books printing typesetting - must be on film by now. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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