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JimEss SUBS 19th Jan 2023
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ppint. 22nd Feb 2018
| | doubleday dolphin imprint p/b, first p/b edition
cover art by john alcorn (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover design by george giusti (credited on back cover)
cover price 95¢
192pp. including titles, indicia etc. |
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ppint. 19th Jan 2023
| | the berkley publishing group berkley books imprint mmpb, first pure berkley mmpb imprint printing°
cover bears new b-in-a-circle berkley logo
cover art by tom kidd (signed, dated 1983, uncredited)
cover price $2.50
168pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p.
° - from same typesetting as the transitional berkley medallion-to-berkley mmpb printings (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 19th Jan 2023
| | the berkley publishing group berkley books imprint° mmpb undated second printing°°
cover art unsigned, uncredited; retained from first berkley books mmpb printing
cover price $1.75
168pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p.
° - transitional period: imprint given as a berkley book on cover, but berkley medallion in indicia
°° - date assigned determined by interpolation of cat#-inclusive isbn into first printings of known dates (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 19th Jan 2023
| | the berkley publishing group berkley books imprint° mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited still as-yet unattributed sfaik
cover price $1.50
168pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p.
° - transitional period: states a berkley book on front cover, but berkley medallion in the indicia (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 19th Jan 2023
| | severn house h/cvr first printing, first h/cvr edition
cover (d-j) art by evan ross (unsigned, credited on d-j rear flap)
cover (d-j) price £6.50
144pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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JimEss SUBS 19th Jan 2023
| | Added back cover. (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 22nd Feb 2018
| | transworld publishers corgi books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition
cover art by peter jones (signed "paj80")
cover price 95p, australia ?, new zealand $3.95
so should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule
- or not so re-flagged, according to equally well-respected moderator's heartfelt plea
144pp. including titles, indicia etc.
month of publication not given in the indicia (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 22nd Feb 2018
| | though manor books was the successor imprint/publisher to macfadden books, and seems to've printed from the same plates/typesetting, no details of this publishing history given in the indicia.
cover art uncredited, unsigned
cover price 95¢
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
cat# prefixed on spine with publisher identifier "532" and suffixed with price in cents, "095". (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 22nd Feb 2018
| | near-identical printings/editions share merkin-printed covers, hence also cat#,
cover art by jack faragasso (signed somewhat indistinctly) (oil on board original being sold 4/2020 at auction on his behalf on fineart.ha.com)
cover price 60¢
160pp. including titles, indicia etc.
refer to indicia to see whether the carcass of the book you hold was printed in usa or canada. no priority established nor now liable to be.
publishing history gives month as well as year of this and the first macfadden edition. (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 22nd Feb 2018
| | near-identical editions/printings sharing merkin-printed covers and hence also cat#,
cover art by richard powers (unsigned, uncredited; attribution "the art of richard powers" jane frank 2001, q.v.
cover price 50¢
160pp. including titles, indica etc.
refer to indica to see whether the carcass of the book you hold was canadadian or merkin-printed. indica gives publication year date only. no priority established nor now liable to be. (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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