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)
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)
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)