cover (d-j) art by tim white, shared by all nel p/b editions & printings
cover (d-j) price £2.75
192pp? (check!) including titles, indica etc, end pp.
bound with end-papers between covered boards
half new english library (by now owned by hodder & stoughton, but both halves of this still state times mirror) undated° ''double'' p/b printing with single front cover
doubled with ''the light that never was'' lloyd biggle, jr. (1972), q.v.
dedication: to john, bee and jack flory, who had a vision
cover art reproduction of the previous new english library editions' cover art for ''monument'' by tim white overlapping that for ''the light that never was'' by colin andrew, lain in perspective view upon a red+black monochromatic reduction of the part of the former previously on the book's back cover
cover price £1.25 (no other prices)
sbn 450 04555 2 internally, in indicia publishing history of this novel, further stating
this new edition february 1980
new english library / times mirror
514pp. including titles, indicia°° etc. of the two novels paginated separately:
''the light that never was'' 240pp. including 8pp. titles, indicia incl. sbn etc, no end pp., followed by
''monument'' 174pp. including 4pp. titles, indicia°° etc, no additional end pp.
° - the assigned date obtained by interpolation into the rising isbns & cat#s of new english library p/bs of known publication month and year date
°° - the indicia of both novels identifies the separate carcasses as being from the new english library 2/1980 printings of the separate novels. (this comment is from another edition of this book)
cover art by tim white retained from previous nel uk editions (now credited)
cover price 90p (bears no overseas territories' prices)
176pp. including titles, indica etc, 3 end pp: 2 blank, middle one advertising. (this comment is from another edition of this book)
cultural survey & interplanetary bureau of relations series #4:
#1: "the still, small voice of trumpets" (1968), q.v. for series listing, and links.
first nel p/b printing, first uk p/b edition
cover art by tim white (shared from 1975 nel uk h/cvr d-j) (reproduced sans typography in "the science fiction and fantasy world of tim white" (1981), q.v.)
cover price 70p, rep. of ireland 74½p, spain pts 185, gibraltar 75p, malta 75¢, cyprus 750 mils, australia $1.95, new zealand $2.00, trinidad (w.i.) $4.20, canada $2.65
176pp. including 4pp. titles, indica etc, 3 end pp. advertising
greatly expanded from the eponymous novelette published in analog vol.lxvii #4, 6/1961, analog bre vol.17 #10, 10/1961 (this comment is from another edition of this book)