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Author:	Ray Bradbury
Title:	The Small Assassin
Publisher:	Ace
Country:	UK
Date:	1962
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Cat#:	H521
Total Editions:	8
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ppint. 10th Jan 2018		collection of twelve short stories and a novelette, all drawn from "dark carnival" (arkham house, sauk city u.s. 1947), q.v. n.b. no connection between ace books uk and ace books (a. wynn, later ace books, inc.), new york, usa; ace books uk was bought and was later folded into four square books by new owners of both, times-mirror los angeles (usa), to create in the new english library a uk sister company to their new american library (which in turn they'd created out of signet, mentor books, etc., as had started off being set up by ian ballantine and others to distribute, and later also publish, penguin & pelican books, etc. in the usa, canada, north america).



ppint. 10th Aug 2023		° - bruce pennington, who is sometimes accused of having painted this cover art, evidently believes it to be the work of ray feibush (see the bruce pennington rainfallsite.com website) (this comment is from another edition of this book)



OldMod67 1st Apr 2023		This entry appears to be just a 1986 reprint of the 1976 edition. I will add the cover, which has the same front image as the 1984 printing. Correction submitted to amend the ISBN listed. - Now sorted, thanks mod. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 4th Apr 2022		wm collins sons / group grafton books imprint first printing, not first uk p/b fourth printing over-all of the variously panther books / granada publishing, panther books / granada publishing, granada publishing granada imprint (still panther books / granada publishing inside) and now collins group grafton books setting, suitable varied as the ownership & name of the publisher changed cover art (unsigned, retained from the three preceding granada group uk p/bs - which are now stated all to've been published by grafton books in the indicia publishing history) cover price £2.50, $6.95 australia, $9.95 new zealand 176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 4th Apr 2022		granada publishing group granada imprint (mostly; still panther / granada publishing internally) p/b, third granada publishing p/b printing cover art unsigned cover price £1.50, $4.95 australia, $5.95 new zealand 176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 4th Apr 2022		granada publishing panther books imprint first printing, not first uk p/b edition cover art unsigned, sfaiaa still as-yet unattributed cover price 50p, $1.60 australia, $1.60 new zealand, $1.95 canada 176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising number in isbn10 field is the sbn actually borne on the front cover (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 1st Apr 2022		5/1973 *fifth* uk p/b printing°, after first by ace books uk, second & third in four square books & fourth under the nel new english library imprint, with which latter this printing is near-identical, save for cat#/ sbn and cover prices. ° - not second uk p/b printing, as stated in notes: section cover art by richard clifton-dey (unsigned, uncredited; retained from first nel new english library printing) cover price 30p, 75 pts spain, 35p gibraltar, 35c malta, 350 mils cyprus, $1.00 australia, $1.00 new zealand, $1.80 trinidad (w.i.) 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



David Whiteley 11th Jun 2021		Added back cover (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 3rd Jul 2019		new english library four square books imprint first printing 1964, not first uk p/b edition near-identical second four square books imprint printing 8/1965 cover art uncredited, unsigned cover price 3/6 144pp. including titles, indicia etc. check indicia for presence/absence of line advising second printing in the publishing history, reprinted august 1965 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 10th Jan 2018		word is "assassin", even on book cover, not " assasin " (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 10th Jan 2018		re-issued 5/1973 cover art by richard clifton-dey° retained (i)sbn (0)450-01562-9 cover price 30p, spain 75 pts, gibraltar 35p, malta 35c, cyprus 350 mils, australia $1.00, new zealand $1.00, trinidad (w.i.) $1.80 144pp. including titles, indicia etc. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 10th Jan 2018		cover art by richard clifton-dey° (uncredited, unsigned; attribution from listing of his nel covers on vaultofevil.com/proboards/thread/2869) cover price: 5/- (25p), 75 pts spain, 80c australia, 75c new zealand 144pp. including titles, indicia etc. number in isbn10 field is the sbn9 this book bears; an isbn10 is trivially derivable, but it bears none. n.b. the nel/new english library sbn is not derived from the cat#, nor vice-versa, over this period. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 10th Jan 2018		two four square printings, one 1964, t'other 8/1965, following the 1962 ace books uk first edition (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Other Editions

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Ray Bradbury - The Small Assassin - Panther - Paperback - UK - 0586042288 (1984)

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Ray Bradbury - The Small Assassin - Four Square - Paperback - UK (1965)

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Ray Bradbury - The Small Assassin - New English Library - Paperback - UK - 450006492 (1970)

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Ray Bradbury - The Small Assassin - New English Library - Paperback - UK (1973)

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Ray Bradbury - The Small Assassin - Panther / Granada - Paperback - UK - 586042288 (1976)

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Ray Bradbury - The Small Assassin - Panther / Granada - Paperback - UK - 0586042288 (1984)

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Ray Bradbury - The Small Assassin - Grafton - Paperback - UK - 0586042288 (1986)