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Author:	A. Bertram Chandler
Title:	Rendezvous On A Lost World
English Title:	When The Dream Dies
Publisher:	Ace
Country:	USA
Date:	Oct 1961
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Cat#:	F-117
Total Editions:	5
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ppint. 10th Mar 2020		ace books mmpb first printing, first edition half a classic "ace double" format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-bêché with each other cover art by ed emshwiller (source of attribution?) cover price 40¢ 256pp. including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves doubled with "the door through space" marion zimmer bradley (1961), q.v.



ppint. 14th Aug 2023		allison & busby first printing, first h/cvr edition, first uk edition cover (d-j) art by peter elson (signed with his initials in a line-drawn box, uncredited)° cover (d-j) price £5.95°° 128pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards ° - d-j art shared with (and prob'ly from) sphere books p/b cover art, q.v. °° - merkin distribution by schocken books priced $12.95; yr hmbl srppnt. does not know whether this was a long-term general arrangement between the two publishers, or applied only to allison & busby's a. bertram chandler h/cvrs. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 9th Aug 2023		publication may be after charter communications, inc. bought ace books, inc. - check title p, indicia (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 7th Jul 2020		unlikely to've been legitimate, liable to've been printed in hungary or israel, countries where regard for such minor details as copyright law regarding publishing was low for a considerable time. undated, probably illegal p/b edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 25p, south africa 75c, australia $1.00, new zealand $1.00, canada $1.00, usa 95c 128pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. i know of no information suggesting priory books were ever distributed by way of trade outside the uk. after a very brief possible uk distribution via news wholesalers, an instant remainder. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 10th Mar 2020		using the title under which this short novel was originally published: when it was "serialized" in amazing stories vol. 35 #2, 2/1961 q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 20th Apr 2019		sphere books first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by peter elson (uncredited, art signed with his initials in a square lying over/off bottom edge°) cover price £1.25, australia $4.50, malta £1.25 so should be re-flagged as "international" according to respected moderator's rule - or not so re-flagged, according to equally well-respected moderator's heartfelt plea 128pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - shared with allison & busby 1981 uk h/cvr d-j, on spine of which his full boxed initials are visible. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 7th Jul 2018		rim worlds book a#2, not featuring john grimes, nor empress irene, nor derek calver: a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for rim worlds series listings, and links. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 22nd Mar 2018		ace books mmpb second printing half a classic "ace double" format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-bêché to each other with new cat# cover art tentatively suggested as being by john schoenherr on stylistic grounds cover price 95¢ ½ 224pp. including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves doubled with "the door through space" by marion zimmer bradley, q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Other Editions

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A. Bertram Chandler - Rendezvous On A Lost World - Ace - Paperback - USA (1972)

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A. Bertram Chandler - Rendezvous On A Lost World - Priory - Paperback - UK (1973)

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A. Bertram Chandler - When The Dream Dies - Sphere - Paperback - UK - 0722122527 (1982)

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A. Bertram Chandler - When The Dream Dies - Allison & Busby - Hardcover - UK - 0850313619 (1981)