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Author:	Fritz Leiber
Title:	Conjure Wife
Publisher:	Twayne
Country:	USA
Date:	1953
Format:	Hardcover
Genre:	Fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Total Editions:	12
Rating:	9.0 Rate
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ppint. 16th May 2022		twayne publishers first solo h/cvr printing, first solo edition (published by twayne publishers in h/cvr the previous year in the anthology, ''witches three'' ed. fletcher pratt (uncredited)). cover (d-j) art unsigned cover d-j) price $2.75 160pp? including titles, indica etc, blank end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards ''serialized'' in unknown worlds vol. vii #6, 4/1943, with eight b+w illustrations by frank kramer



ppint. 2nd Feb 2024		one of sixteen covers by grignani commissioned for penguin books by art director, david pelham. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 20th Jan 2024		tor books mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition, first thus half tor sf double #36 double format mmpb with single front cover, contents one way up cover art by wayne barlowe (unsigned, credited) cover price $4.99 u.s. ($5.99 can(ada)) ½ 352pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history printing number line to distinguish from near-identical undated second printing, which drops the digit ''1'' leaving 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 doubled with ''our lady of darkness'' fritz leiber (1977), q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 16th Jan 2024		possibly berkley publishing group / grosset & dunlap, charter communications, ace imprint mmpb third ace mmpb printing with new cover art unsigned, uncredited (possibly by norman walker) cover price ($2.95 canada) • $2.75 u.s. 224pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 16th Jan 2024		grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books imprint mmpb second printing cover art by fma reused from first ace books mmpb printing, now on single-fronted (non-die-cut) cover cover price $2.50 224pp. (check: text appears to've been re-set if this is correct) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising indicia publishing history states this ace printing: july 1981 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 16th Jan 2024		grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books imprint mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition two varieties of the die-cut outer front cover revealing the head, shoulders, raised arms & hands of the woman in the cover art on the thinner second card front cover: one is copper metallic foil finished, the other is black; both outer front covers bear the ordinary front cover typography (second, inner) cover art by fma (signed, not as-yet further identified so far as i am aware) cover price $1.95 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 29th Sep 2022		another great jeff jones cover, retained through all award books mmpb printings, as noted 26/9/2018. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 29th Sep 2022		another great jeff jones cover, retained through all award books mmpb printings, as noted 26/9/2018. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 29th Sep 2022		another great jeff jones cover, retained through all award books mmpb printings as noted 26/9/2018. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



annaloog 9th Jun 2022		Another great Jeff Jones cover. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 26th Jan 2022		berkley books berkley medallion imprint mmpb first printing, not first p/b edition (was lion books mmpb) cover art unsigned, uncredited (still sfaik as-yet unattributed) cover price 50¢ 176pp. including titles, indica etc. cover is a tie-in to the american international film retitling as ''burn, witch, burn'' of the 1962 uk film, ''night of the eagle'', to which a voiceover was added to reassure merkin movie theatre audiences that a protective spell had been cast over them that would dispel all evil spirits that might emanate from the screen during the performance of the film. . . (!) (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 24th Jan 2022		publisher should^W has been emended to ''berkley medallion'' as per cover (& title p.), as bookcat goes by the imprint, rather than by the owning entity or ultimate beneficial owner. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 11th Nov 2021		lion books mmpb first printing 12/1953, first p/b edition cover art by robert maguire (signed maguire) cover price 25¢ 192pp. including titles, indica etc. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 29th May 2021		the films "weird woman" (1944) and, rather more successfully, "burn witch, burn" (1961), aka "night of the eagle" (1962), are based upon "conjure wife", as maybe also was - very loosely - the merkin- abc t.v. series, "bewitched" (1964-1972) in some part - but this last was much more so upon "i married a witch" (1942) and "bell, book and candle" (1958) (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 11th Jan 2020		penguin books first printing, first uk p/b, first uk edition cover art by franco grignani (credited for cover design on back cover) cover price 25p 5/-, south africa R0.60, australia $0.85, new zealand $0.75 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 number in isbn field is the sbn borne by this edition° 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - the sbn and the isbn10 are arithmetically fully compatible with one another (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 26th Sep 2018		award books, inc. new york (usa) mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition cover art by jeff jones (unattributed, art signed "j jones") cover price 60¢ cat# A641S in line with small logo (stylised "A" on small white (reversed-out) disc in centre of starburst of white lines), cover price, "K"; top right-hand front cover; above emblazonment declaring "an award novel of gothic horror", above decorative figure. 192pp? including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising three further award books printings as above, except cat#, cover price and the position of the line including these and logo, moved to top right-hand edge of cover (and the "K" indicating newsstand distribution by kable news is dropped), and a large yellow pinked-edged roundel is added, lower right-hand of cover announcing first prize-winning achievement: second printing: A680S 75¢ 10/1970 (indica gives year only) as above, but award logo changes to a larger upper-case "A" with looped lower legs upon a white (reversed-out) rectangle: third printing: AN1143 95¢ 6/1973 (indica gives no printing/edition date) fourth printing: AN1143 95¢ 12/1974 (& indica gives months and years of earlier printings) some copies of second printing bear third (& fourth) printing's cat# and price in black on white paper label stuck over cover price. (reported:) these may also bear a stuck-on label with the new award "A" logo upon the spine; probably all bearing the front cover label were distributed carrying this. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Other Editions

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Fritz Leiber - Conjure Wife - Lion - Paperback - USA (1954)

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Fritz Leiber - Conjure Wife - Berkley Medallion - Paperback - USA (1962)

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Fritz Leiber - Conjure Wife - Award Books - Paperback - USA (1968)

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Fritz Leiber - Conjure Wife - Penguin Books - Paperback - UK - 140030239 (1969)

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Fritz Leiber - Conjure Wife - Award Books - Paperback - USA (1974)

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Fritz Leiber - Conjure Wife - Award Books - Paperback - USA (1970)

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Fritz Leiber - Conjure Wife - Award Books - Paperback - USA (1973)

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Fritz Leiber - Conjure Wife - Ace - Paperback - USA - 0441116868 (1977)

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Fritz Leiber - Conjure Wife - Ace - Paperback - USA - 0441117120 (1981)

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Fritz Leiber - Conjure Wife - Ace - Paperback - USA - 044111749X (1984)

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Fritz Leiber - Conjure Wife - Tor - Paperback - USA - 0812512960 (1991)