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Author:A. Bertram Chandler
Title:The Big Black Mark
Publisher:  Daw
Country:USA
Date:Feb 1975
Format:Paperback
Genre:Fiction, Science Fiction
Cat#:UY1157
Total Editions:3
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ppint.
12th Feb 2019
 daw books mmpb near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition

cover art by (frank) kelly freas (signed, credited)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed with his jg monogram)
near-meaningless daw books number 139
cover price $1.25
224pp. including titles, indicia etc.

refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed.
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first printing, february 1985/123456789
 

 
ppint.
20th Sep 2024
 rim worlds: john grimes #7:

rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for john grimes, rim worlds series listings, and links.
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
12th Feb 2019
 daw books 4/1982 simultaneous near-identical fifth & sixth printings sharing merkin-printed covers

cover art and
b+w frontispiece retained from the two first printings,
near-meaningless daw books collector number dropped from the front cover
cover price $2.50 wholly merkin-printed, indicia printing history number-string, 5 6 7 8 9,
cover price $2.75° canadian-carcassed variant intended for distribution north of the parallel,
indicia printing history number-string 6 7 8 9, statement book (= carcase) printed in canada
224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

° - different cover price not reflected in second letter of cat#
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
12th Feb 2019
 daw books 1/1978 simultaneous third and fourth mmpb printings sharing new isbn, cat#,

cover art and
b+w frontispiece retained from the two first printings
near-meaningless daw books number dropped from front cover
cover price $1.50
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

refer to indicia to see if copy held is the third printing with number-string, 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
or fourth, with statement of book (= carcase) being printed in canada & number-string, 4 5 6 7 8 9
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 


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A. Bertram Chandler - The Big Black Mark - Daw - Paperback - USA - 0879973552 (1978)
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A. Bertram Chandler - The Big Black Mark - Daw - Paperback - USA - 0879977264 (1982)

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