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Author:Arthur C. Clarke
Title:Islands In The Sky
Publisher:  Signet
Country:USA
Date:Mar 1960
Format:Paperback
Genre:Fiction, Science Fiction
Cat#:S1769
Total Editions:6
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cover : Paul Lehr

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ppint.
11th Jul 2022
 new american library signet imprint mmpb first printing, first p/b edition, not first edition

cover art by paul lehr (signed, uncredited)
cover price 35¢ (copies presumed circulated north of the parallel bear a 50¢ b+w oval signet books sticker)
128pp. including titles, indica etc, end p.
 

 
JimEss SUBS
11th Jul 2022
 Covers added.
 

 
ppint.
11th Jul 2022
 penguin books group penguin imprint uk p/b first printing, not first penguin group p/b edition
speeding penguin in an oblong sf series box logo

cover art by peter ''paj'' jones (signed & dated 1980 on back cover, where also credited)
cover price £1.25, $3.95 australia
208pp. including titles, indica etc, nf foreword by patrick moore (1971), end pp.

1982 second penguin imprint uk p/b printing bearing same isbn
cover art retained
cover price £1.50
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
11th Jul 2022
 penguin books puffin imprint uk p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition
miscredits first book publication date as 1954
credits sidgwick & jackson uk h/cvr 1971 edn. but not 1952 edition, nor digit books 1964 uk p/b

cover art unsigned, not specifically credited, unless by cover design credit to scoular anderson
cover price 25p, 75c australia, 75c new zealand
208pp. including titles, indica etc, nf forward by patrick moore (1971), end pp.

refer to indica publishing history to distinguish from:

1973 near-identical second puffin books p/b printing bears same isbn,
cover art retained
cover price 25p, 75c australia, 75c new zealand

1975 near-identical third puffin books p/b printing bears same isbn,
cover art retained
cover price 55p (overseas territories prices?)

1976 near-identical fourth puffin books p/b printing bears same isbn,
cover art retained
cover price 55p (overseas territories prices?)

1978 near-identical fifth puffin books p/b printing bears same isbn,
cover art retained
cover price 60p, $1.75 australia

next uk p/b printings are penguin books penguin p/b bearing cover art by peter a. jones and new isbn

1989 reappears under the puffin books imprint bearing the established puffin isbn, new
cover art
cover price £2.25, $5.99 australia, $6.99 new zealand
208pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp.
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
11th Jul 2022
 new american library signet books imprint near-simultaneous mmpb second printings sharing merkin-printed covers
signet key series first printings

cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price 50¢
160pp. including titles, indica etc, end p.

refer to indica publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin-printed
priority: canadian-carcassed copies state first printing, september, 1965, merkin-carcassed copies state first printing, august, 1965
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 


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Other Editions

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Arthur C. Clarke - Islands In The Sky - Digit - Paperback - UK (1964)
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Arthur C. Clarke - Islands In The Sky - Signet Key - Paperback - USA (1965)
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Arthur C. Clarke - Islands In The Sky - Puffin - Paperback - UK - 0140305351 (1972)
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Arthur C. Clarke - Islands In The Sky - Penguin - Paperback - UK - 0140057668 (1981)
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Arthur C. Clarke - Islands In The Sky - Signet - Paperback - USA - 0451083822 (1981)

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