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Author:	Theodore Sturgeon
Title:	Venus Plus X
Publisher:	Pyramid
Country:	USA
Date:	Sep 1960
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Cat#:	G-544
Total Editions:	10
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cover : Victor Kalin

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ppint. 4th Jan 2018		pyramid books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by victor kalin (credited on rear cover) cover price 35p 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising



ppint. 28th Jul 2021		serialised in new worlds #102, #103, #104, #105°; 2, 3, 4, 5/1961, q.v. part 1 is the cover story, art by sydney jordan (signed, also credited) part 2 is the cover story, art by brian lewis (signed, credited to lewis) part 3 is the cover story, art by brian lewis (signed, credited to lewis) part 4 is the cover story, art by sydney jordan (signed, also credited) i.e. four different paintings (and not one each by two artists, used twice). (° - the volume numbering of new worlds is irrelevant to its indexing, as the issue numbering is continuous, taking no notice whatsoever of the volume numbering. the same is true of its sister magazine, science fantasy.°°) (°° - ''publishers!'') (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 28th Jul 2021		victor gollancz uk h/cvr, first uk edition and first h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art (none: largely typographical black and magenta on ''gollancz yellow'' no black zigzags) cover (d-j) price 25/- 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 25th Jul 2021		published the year after the victor gollancz uk h/cvr edition; but of that, i made no note of its details when borrowing it from the public library. time for a little archaeological digging... done. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 25th Jul 2021		science fiction book club h/cvr edition, sold by subscription to members of the book club and optionally to members of other readers union bookclubs by mail. not for sale to the general public nor for distribution by way of the book trade. cover d-j art b+w by terry jones cover price (none, as sold on subscription to club members) 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p, bound with endpapers between covered boards cat# was varied to 5060 by david & charles upon their purchase of the readers union group of book clubs from dent, but sfaik this was never visible on book nor d-j. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 13th Jul 2020		dell books near-identical first mmpb printings sharing merkin-printed covers, not first mmpb edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price $1.95 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both stating first dell printing---december 1979 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 4th Jul 2019		date of this fourth printing shown is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to december 1969 (1971 fifth printings bear a different cat# from that of this bookcat item, as detailed below:) (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 20th Jun 2019		thomson books ltd. sphere books first printing, not first uk p/b edition cover art by fred gambino (uncredited, unsigned, attributed and artwork for sale on wow-art website) cover £2.50, australia $7.99, new zealand $10.95 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 160pp. including titles, indicia etc. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 4th Jan 2018		two near-identical printings/editions: refer to indicia for statement of whether printed in merkia or canadada (merkin-printed covers shared) (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 4th Jan 2018		tbl sphere books p/b printing cover art by peter elson (signed with his initials in a box) cover price 85p, eire 94½p, malta 90c, australia $2.75, new zealand $2.75 so should be re-flagged "international" according to well-respected moderator's rule - or not so re-flagged, according to equally well-respected moderator's heartfelt plea 160pp. including titles, indicia etc. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 4th Jan 2018		transworld publishers corgi books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by alan lee (credited on rear cover) cover price 25p, 80c australia, 80c new zealand so should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule, - or not so re-flagged, according to equally respected moderator's heartfelt plea 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 4th Jan 2018		pyramid books mmpb fourth printing 12/1969 cover art by ron walotsky cat# T2134 cover price 75¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising near-identical fifth printing 7/1971: near-identical editions/printings sharing merkin-printed covers, cover art by ron walotsky retained cat# T2552 cover price 75¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state fifth printing, july 1971 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 4th Jan 2018		pyramid books mmpb, third printing cover art by gray morrow cover price 60¢ 160pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 4th Jan 2018		pyramid books second mmpb printing cover art by john schoenherr cover price 40¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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