dell mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, and hence cat#,
reprint collection of fourteen short stories and a novella
cover art uncredited, unsigned
cover price 50¢
224pp. including titles, indicia etc.
refer to indicia to see if carcass ("book") was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both stating first dell printing --- february, 1964
refer also to indica publishing history for presence of line advising second dell printing --- may, 1965
new american library signet books imprint near-identical undated° simultaneous sixth & seventh mmpb printings sharing merkin-printed covers with new
cover art by paul alexander (signed alexander, uncredited)
cat# AE1093
cover price $2.50 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution, 6th printing by number line 7.. ..13 14)
cover price $2.75 (canadian-carcassed 7th printing by number line 6 7.. ..13 14 intended for distribution north of the parallel)
refer also to indicia publishing history to see if the carcase was canadadian- or merkin- printed
° - date taken from locus #250, 11/1981 (this comment is from another edition of this book)
new american library signet books imprint simultaneous first printings, not first mmpb edition
reprint collection of fourteen short stories and a novella
cover art by fernando fernandez (unsigned, uncredited; was on his website; not findably there now)
cover price 95¢
208pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first printing, april, 1973 and give full first printing number line 123456789
refer also to indicia publishing history to distinguish from & between further near-identical printings:, which progressively drop digits from the printing number line leaving the lowest remaining digit as the number of that printing, and occasionally increasing the highest number; also (not always) stating e.g. tenth printing
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 undated save for copyright & first (signet books mmpb) dates, third printing
cat# Q5452
cover price 95¢
cover art changes with the simultaneous near-identical undated° sixth & seventh signet books mmpb: printings with cover art by paul alexander (signed alexander, uncredited)
cat# AE1093
isbn 0-451-11093-5
° - date taken from locus #250, 11/1981 (this comment is from another edition of this book)
pan macmillan pan books imprint p/b second pan printing over-all (two corgi books p/bs intervene)
reprint collection of fourteen short stories and a novella
cover art by peter goodfellow (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £1.75
208pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)
i remember babylon (short story) playboy 5/1960
summertime on icarus (ss) vogue (us) 6/1960 as ''the hottest piece of real estate in the solar system''
out of the cradle, endlessly orbiting... (ss) dude 3/1959
who's there? (ss) new worlds #77, 11/1958
hate (ss) if vol.11 #5, 11/1961 as ''at the end of the orbit'', b+w illustration by jack gaughan
into the comet (ss) f&sf vol.19 #4, 10/1960; f&sf bre vol.3 #3, 2/1962; both as ''inside the comet''
an ape about the house (ss) dude 5/1962
saturn rising (ss) f&sf vol.20 #3, 3/1961; f&sf bre vol.3 #12, 11/1962
let there be light (ss) dundee sunday telegraph 5/9/1957; playboy 2/1958
death and the senator (ss) analog vol. lxvii #3, 5/1961; analog bre vol.xvii #9, 9/1961, both: 3 b+w illustrations by roy g. krenkel
trouble with time (ss) ellery queen's mystery magazine 7/1960; f&sf vol.20 #6, 6/1961; f&sf bre vol.2 #11, 10/1961 all as ''crime on mars''
before eden (ss) amazing vol. 35 #6, 6/1961, b+w illustration by virgil finlay
a slight case of sunstroke (ss) galaxy vol. 16 #5, 9/2958; galaxy bre #68; both as ''the stroke of the sun'', b+w illustration by wallace wood
dog star (ss) galaxy vol.20 #4, 4/1962; galaxy bre #91
the road to the sea (novella) two complete sciences adventure books vol.1 #2, spring/1951 as ''seeker of the sphinx'', b+w illustration by paul orban; half cover story, art by allen anderson (this comment is from another edition of this book)
transworld publishers corgi books imprint second p/b printing
first ''corgi sf collector's library'' series uniform cover design printing
purpley-blue coloured background, card covers outer surface textured as though woven
reprint collection of fourteen short stories and a novella
cover art by patrick woodroffe (collected in ''mythopoeikon'' patrick woodroffe (1976))
cover price 40p, $1.20 australia, $1.20 new zealand
208pp? (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)
transworld publishers corgi books imprint first p/b printing, not first uk p/b edition
reprint collection of fourteen short stories and a novella
cover art by solution (agency/partnership?) (credited on bottom back cover by/on spine hinge)
cover price 25p, 60c south africa, 80c australia, 80c new zealand
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
208pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)
cover art uncredited, unsigned
cover price 3'6, 6/- australia (iirc, this is on the back cover; it's possible some have no uk price printed)
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
208pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)