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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. |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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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