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Author:	Henry Kuttner
Title:	Mutant
Publisher:	Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Country:	UK
Date:	1954
Format:	Hardcover
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Total Editions:	5
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ppint. 3rd Feb 2023		weidenfeld & nicolson h/cvr first printing, first uk edition not first edition which was published as by lewis padgett (gnome press 1953, q.v.) cover (d-j) art by charles king (?pseudonym of theodore ''ted'' udall?) (source: locus) cover (d-j) price 9/6 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards



ppint. 3rd Feb 2023		incorporates/contents: five novelettes all first published in astounding science fiction, all as by henry kuttner and c. l. moore: plus connecting material first published as by lewis padgett: the piper's son (vol. xxxiv #6, 2/1945; cover story, art by william timmins, 3 b+w illustrs. by paul orban) three blind mice (vol. xxxv #4, 6/1945; 3 b+w illustrations by paul orban) the lion and the unicorn (vol. xxxv #5, 7/1945; 3 b+w illustrations by williams (not further identified)) beggars in velvet (vol. xxxvi #4, 12/1945; cover story, art by william timmins, 6 b+w illustrs. by orban) humpty dumpty (vol. lii #1, 9/1953; atlas bre vol. x #2, 2/1954; both: 5 b+w illustrs. by frank kelly freas) chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (title of each introductory & end p.) (gnome press h/cvr as by lewis padgett (1953), q.v., and in all following editions sfaik, whether entitled ''chapters'' or no) (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 3rd Feb 2023		this mmpb bears no bar-code nor bar-code number, so this should^W has been deleted. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 3rd Feb 2023		ballantine books bal-hi imprint p/b first printing cover art unsigned, uncredited; art re-used cropped, from ballantine books mmpb F724 (1963), new cover design cover price 50¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. edition distributed to/via merkin high schools (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 30th Nov 2022		ballantine books approximately simultaneous undated mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first mmpbs, not first p/b edition (was mayflower p/b) cover art unsigned, uncredited; still as-yet unattributed sfaik (image above is cropped, losing part cat#) cover price 50¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to see if the copy held is stated to be the first (or possibly the first canadian, or the second printing), and also if the carcass was canadadian-printed: if it was, please would you comment ''here'' giving the words stating this. thank-you. ppint. (the 2/1968 ballantine books bal-hi imprint p/b gives dates of 4/1963 and 6/1963 for the two printings of the first ballantine edition, but does not specify the second was, or was not, the first canadian printing; it'd be good to clear this point up, if possible.) (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 5th Jun 2019		mayflower books mayflower imprint first printing, first p/b edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 3'6 192pp. including titles, indicia, end p. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 26th May 2019		hamlyn paperbacks p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition cover art by peter elson (signed with his initials in a line-drawn box, credited) cover price 90p, republic of ireland 99p, australia $3.25 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 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 12th Nov 2018		aka and originally published as "mutant" by "lewis padgett", pseudonym variously of henry kuttner and of henry kuttner and c. l. moore, (gnome press merkin hardcover 1953), q.v. fix-up of a collection of the "baldy" novelettes originally published as by lewis padgett in astounding 2, 6, 7, 12/1945 & 9/1953; with six numbered mostly brief background connective material plus a postscript interleaving, commenting upon and framing the stories, turning them into chapters one through five. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Henry Kuttner - Mutant - Mayflower - Paperback - UK (1962)

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Henry Kuttner - Mutant - Hamlyn - Paperback - UK - 0600363201 (1979)

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Henry Kuttner - Mutant - Ballantine Books - Paperback - USA (1963)

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Henry Kuttner - Mutant - Ballantine Bal-Hi - Paperback - USA (1968)