ppint. 13th May 2019
| | cover art by eddie jones (uncredited, unsigned: attributed by tomlinson.)
cover price 30p, australia $1.00, new zealand $1.00, canada $1.25
so should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule
160pp. including titles, indica etc, end p. advertising
refer to indica printing history to see if copy held is the first or second sphere books printing,
which bears line stating ''reprinted may 1974'', also
sphere logo on front cover loses the round-cornered box, typography for title and author drop in size and only title remains coloured and, on rear cover,
cover price 30p, australia 95c, new zealand 95c, canada $1.25
further sphere books printings bear different isbns, artists' work, all from same typesetting, so all 160pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising:
third printing 3/1977 (month from locus #203, 8/77)
isbn 07221-4417-2
cover art by peter elson (uncredited, art is signed with his outline boxed PE, bottom left corner)
cover price 65p,
peter elson's cover art retained through at least 1983 printings:
fourth printing 1979.. ? ..
fifth 1980
isbn 07221-4484-9
cover price 95p, malta 95c, australia $3.50
isbn 0-7221-4484-9 retained through 1991 printing
sixth 1982
.. ? ..
seventh 1983
cover art by peter elson
cover price £1.25, malta £1.25, .. ? ..
eighth 2/1987
cover art by (? - peter elson, or les edwards - ?)
cover price £1.95, .. ? ..
ninth (1988?)
cover art by les edwards (credited on rear cover)
cover design new, with L-shaped partial surround of art
cover price £2.50, australia $6.95, new zealand $10.99
tenth 1990
cover art by les edwards retained
cover design retained
orbit logo replaces sphere logo on front cover, spine
but sphere still in some places in, on book (?)
isbn still sphere books 072214484-9
cover price £2.95, .. ? ..
eleventh 6/1991 (month from locus)
orbit logo, orbit book
isbn still sphere books 07221-4484-9
cover art monochrome, on partly green field (unsigned, possibly by ian miller?)
cover price £3.50, .. ? ..
still using sphere books typesetting, still
160pp. including titles, indica etc, 3 end pp. advertising
(collected in ''the deathworld omnibus'' (1999), q.v.) |