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Author:Jack Vance
Title:The Killing Machine
Publisher:  Daw
Country:USA
Date:Oct 1978
Format:Paperback
Genre:Fiction, Science Fiction
ISBN-10:0879974095
Cat#:UE1409
Total Editions:6
First Published:  1964
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DAW 309

Primary Edition

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Jack Vance - The Killing Machine - Berkley - Paperback - USA (1964)

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ppint.
22nd Dec 2019
 near-identical editions/printings sharing merkin-printed covers, and hence cat#, isbn,

cover art by gino d'achille (art signed "GD", also credited)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed " jg")
near-meaningless daw books collector number 309
160pp. including titles, indica etc, end p. advertising
cover prices vary:
cover price $1.75 on merkin-printed covers and carcass ("book")
cover price $1.95 on canadadian-printed-carcassed copies
refer to indica publishing history for further identification of which is held

no priority established nor liable to be
both stating first daw printing, october 1978 and full first printing number-string 123456789


undated near-identical ($1.75 cover price) thrid printing:
drops first two digits from indica publishing history number-string: 3456789
some thrid printing copies have front cover price over-stickered with an oval "signet $1.95" label
daw books address changes to 1633 broadway, new york
minor detail change in end p. advertisement: shipping (postage) rises from 35¢ to 50¢ per mmpb


undated (6/1984 in locus & in jaffrey) fourth daw printing bears new superimposed daw logo
drops near-meaningless daw books collector number from cover
cat# UE1938
isbn 0-87997-938-0
cover art by gino d'achille retained
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan retained
cover price (canadada $2.75) u.s. $2.25
so this printing should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule
160pp. including titles, indica etc, end p. advertising
 
 
ppint.
8th Nov 2017
 demon princes / star king series #2:

#1: "the star king" (1964), q.v. for series listing, and links.
 

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