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Author:	A. E. Van Vogt
Title:	The Weapon Makers
Publisher:	Hadley
Country:	USA
Date:	1947
Format:	Hardcover
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Total Editions:	6
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ppint. 7th Feb 2020		cover (d-j) design & art by allan w. halladay (credited on d-j front flap)



MICKDOOM67 23rd Aug 2023		Back cover image added. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 12th May 2021		does not sort with other editions because of formatting of author's name. edit 19:00 gmt+1 strangely this has changed, after such spacing previously being declared optional for some... (this comment is from another edition of this book)



HOOK45 SUBS 12th May 2021		Colectia Nautilus 3 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 8th Feb 2020		indicia sole reported date ©1947 suggests this follows the unrevised hadley merkin h/cvr first edition, but previous ace books publication (as "one against eternity", ½D-94, 1955) gives © 1942, 1947, 1952 which indicates ace used the greenberg h/cvr revised text. cover art by jack gaughan (signed jg) cover price 45¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 7th Feb 2020		revised from earlier serialised and first book editions cover (d-j) art by nettie weber (signed) (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 2nd Jul 2019		first new english library uk p/b edition 1970, not first uk p/b edition (first uk p/b was digit books p/b) cover art by bruce pennington (uncredited, unsigned; attribution from www.brucepennington.co.uk) cover price 5/- (25p), australia 80c, new zealand 75c, spain pts 65 so 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 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising 6/1970 near-identical second printing indicia publishing history adds line, reprinted june 1970 4/1973 third near-identical printing bears new isbn 0-450-01527-0 cover price 30p, (overseas territories listed prices liable to match those of fourth printing) 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (content of adverts changes) indicia publishing history adds line stating new edition april 1973 4/1974 fourth near-identical printing retains isbn, cover price 30p, gibraltar 35p, spain pts 75, malta 35c, cyprus 350 mils, australia $1.00, new zealand $1.00, trinidad (w.i.) $1.80 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising indicia publishing history adds line stating reprinted april 1974 8/1979 fifth printing bears new cover art by paul monteagle (may be credited on rear cover) cover price 80p, (overseas territories?) indica publishing history adds line reported stating new edition august 1979 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (content believed changed again) undated double, c. 1980-1982: unsold (possiby unbound) copies of 8/1979 fifth printing doubled with like copies of 8/1979 printing of ''the weapon shops of isher'' books retain individual title pp, indicia, isbns; isbn 0-450-05122-6 on cover only cover art photographic composite picturing the paul monteagle covers of the two angled and sightly overlapping, vertically, against a background of the cover art by tim white from ''between planets'' robert heinlein (1977) cover price £1.00 (? any overseas territories listed prices?) 272pp? no collective pagination, no collective titles, indicia etc. double second printing (first intentionally printed as double) 4/1988 (month from locus) now has a title (!): ''the weapon shops of isher & the weapon makers'' isbn 0-450-42270-4 bar-code no. 9780450422706 90250 cover art uncredited, unsigned cover price £2.50, australia $8.95 rrp 268pp? including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 18th Dec 2017		aka "one against eternity" (1955), q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 17th Dec 2017		serialised in astounding vol.30 #6, vol.31 #1, #2; 2, 3, 4/1943, qq.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 17th Dec 2017		cover art by ed valigursky re-used from ace books' "the skynappers" by john brunner (1960), q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Other Editions

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A. E. Van Vogt - The Weapon Makers - Ace - Paperback - USA (1966)

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A. E. Van Vogt - The Weapon Makers - Digit - Paperback - UK (1961)

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A. E. Van Vogt - The Weapon Makers - Greenberg - Hardcover - USA (1952)

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A. E. Van Vogt - The Weapon Makers - New English Library - Paperback - UK - 450004449 (1970)

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A. E. Van Vogt - Fauritorii De Arme - Nemira - Paperback - Romania - 97395576X (1992)