ace books mmpb first printing, first edition
half a classic ''ace double'' with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other
cover art by (frank) kelly freas (signed with his initials in a circle, uncredited)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed with his jg digraph, uncredited)
cover price 60¢
½ 256pp. including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising in-between the double's halves
the number-string on the spine, 020-08027-060, is not an sbn nor an isbn of any kind.
sfaik it is an abn - an american book number - which was a system incompatible with the sbn and its later further developments - and which lacked any checksum digit, with the cover price in cents in three digits appended
doubled with ''crisis on cheiron'' juanita coulson (1967), q.v.
dumarest/earl dumarest/dumarest of terra series #1:
the dumarest series:
#1: "the winds of gath" (aka "gath") (1967) (this novel)
#2: "derai" (1968), q.v.
#3: "toyman" (1969), q.v.
#4: "kalin" (1969), q.v.
#5: "the jester at scar" (1970), q.v.
#6: "lallia" (1971), q.v.
#7: "technos" (1972), q.v.
#8: "veruchia" (1973), q.v.
#9: "mayenne" (1973), q.v.
#10: "jondelle" (1973), q v.
#11: "zenya" (1974), q.v.
#12: "eloise" (1975), q.v.
#13: "eye of the zodiac" (1975), q.v.
#14: "jack of swords" (1976), q.v.
#15: "spectrum of a forgotten sun" (1976), q.v.
#16: "haven of darkness" (1977), q.v.
#17: "prison of night" (1977), q.v.
#18: "incident on ath" (1978), q.v.
#19: "the quillian sector" (1978), q.v.
#20: "web of sand" (1979), q.v.
#21: "iduna's universe" (1979), q.v
#22: "the terra data" (1980), q.v.
#23: "world of promise" (1980), q.v.
#24: "nectar of heaven" (1981), q.v.
#25: "the terridae" (1981), q.v.
#26: "the coming event" (1982), q.v.
#27: "earth is heaven" (1982), q.v
#28: "melome" (1983), q.v.
#29: "angado" (1984), q.v.
#30: "symbol of terra" (1984), q.v.
#31: "the temple of truth" (1985), q.v.
#32: "le retour" (1992), q.v.
#32a: "the return" (1997), q.v.
#33: "child of earth" (2008), q.v.
there were no individual uk editions of #28, #29, #30 or #31;
these were published in "doubles" in arrow paperbacks under the legend imprint:
#28/#29: "melome" and "angado" (1988), q.v.
#30/#31: "symbol of terra" and "the temple of truth" (1989), q.v.
there've been no printed uk editions of #32 and #33 published, as of end may 2023.
grosset & dunlap charter communications, inc. ace books imprint mmpb second printing
(n.b. doubled with new partner title)
half a classic ''ace double'' format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other
dumarest series #1
cover art by charles lilly (signed)
cover price 95¢
½ 304pp? (check) including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves
now doubled with ''derai'' e. c. tubb (1968), dumarest series #2, q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book)
hutchinson publishing group arrow books second uk p/b printing
from same setting, and with same isbn as first printing, but new
cover art unsigned, unattributed
cover price 50p, $1.50 australia, $1.50 new zealand, 55c malta, $1.95 canada
so this printing 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
the 1981 third arrow books printing has same isbn, but bears new
cover art by fred gambino (signed "fjg") (misidentified by wallace & harbottle as by blas gallego)
cover price £1.15 (bears no other territory's price) (so should remain uk-flagged)
all three printings are 192pp including titles, indicia etc. (this comment is from another edition of this book)