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Author:	A. E. Van Vogt
Title:	Mission To The Stars
Publisher:	Berkley
Country:	USA
Date:	Dec 1955
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Cat#:	344
Total Editions:	7
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ppint. 18th Dec 2017		three near-identical berkley mmpb printings/editions share this cover art & cat#; two share cover price: the 11/1957 third printing does not bear "ANC" above the 25¢ cover price in small black letters - i.e. the displayed cover image is of the third printing, which is not identified in the indica. its final printed page bears a display advert for a book entitled "more sweetie pie". the 12/1955 (us) first printing and the canadian printing both bear "ANC" in small black letters above the 25¢ cover price in white (us printing); advert in end is for "possible worlds of sf" edited by groff conklin; a 35¢ cover price printed in black, in white box cut out of artwork in place of the merkin cover price, indicates canadian second printing (carcass of book stated printed in canada, cover printed in us, but no date is indicated for this edition/printing). the "ANC" indicates the merkin newsstand distributor, american news corporation, which was the largest merkin news distributor of newspapers & periodicals (including for the pulps, and the later digest-format magazines, including all sf magazines - and these newfangled mass-market paperback books) for many decades, until control of it was obtained by asset-strippers who reduced its operations to a rump by selling off all its city-and-large-town centre warehouses...) (and it didn't help that anc were the significantly unsuccessful defendants against prosecution under anti-trust legislation for unfair business practices...) (frederik pohl doesn't mention this - but he may well not've known about it



ppint. 25th Jan 2022		publisher should^W has been emended to ''berkley medallion'' as per book cover image (& title page) as bookcat goes by the imprint, not the owning publisher, publishing group, drinks company, or multinational megacorporation. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



David Whiteley 25th Jan 2022		Added back cover. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 15th Nov 2020		reappearance of ed valigursky's robot™, now on the right-hand side of ''the pond''. publication date year by interpolation of cat#s, month taken from icshi. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 9th Feb 2020		first near-identical pocket books editions/printings sharing cat#, isbn, cover design and cover art (unsigned, uncredited) by ed soyka (attributed by gerry daly, artist for next pocket books mmpb (11/1980)), merkin cover apparently printed on aluminium foil layer on card cover cover price $1.50 176pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising canadian-printed covers bear maple leaf image on top front cover, next to spine whether printed upon an aluminium foil layer atop the card as is the merkin-printed cover not reported refer also to indica to see if whole of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both stating pocket books edition published october, 1977 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 9th Feb 2020		near-identical 1976 sphere books uk p/b printings, first 8/1976 cover art by chris foss (signed with his f-in-an-outline monogram) cover price 60p, rep. of ireland 64p, australia $1.95, new zealand $1.95 so should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule 160pp. including titles, indica etc. refer to indica for presence/absence in publishing history of line stating reprinted 1976 1977 third sphere books p/b printing near-identical except: isbn 0-7221-8728-9 cover price 75p, eire 82½p, malta 80c, australia $2.50, new zealand $2.50, canada $1.75 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 9th Feb 2020		near-identical third berkley medallion (sixth berkley mmpb printing over-all) edition/printing sharing merkin-printed covers, cat# sbn 425-01973-X given in indica cover art by mike hinge (signed "hinge") cover price 75¢ 160pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising refer to indica to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both adding to indica publishing history sixth printing, march, 1971 (new edition) check also for: near-identical seventh printing, which adds statement to indica publishing history: seventh printing, november 1971 and number-string 425-01973-075 on spine (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 24th Jun 2019		first published date is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to 1952 first published in book form by gnome press in h/cvr 1952 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 24th Jun 2019		aka and originally ''the mixed men'' (1952), q.v. fix-up including original material later published separately as the novelette ''lost: fifty suns''. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 18th Dec 2017		number given in isbn10 field is the sbn: though one is easily derived, neither printing of the book bears an isbn10. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Other Editions

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A. E. Van Vogt - Mission To The Stars - Digit - Paperback - UK (1960)

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A. E. Van Vogt - Mission To The Stars - Berkley Medallion - Paperback - USA (1962)

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A. E. Van Vogt - Mission To The Stars - Berkley Medallion - Paperback - USA - 42501973X (1971)

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A. E. Van Vogt - Mission To The Stars - Pocket Books - Paperback - USA - 0671814516 (1977)

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A. E. Van Vogt - Mission To The Stars - Digit - Paperback - UK (1962)

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A. E. Van Vogt - Mission To The Stars - Sphere - Paperback - UK - 0722187750 (1976)