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Author:	John Christopher
Title:	The Death Of Grass
Publisher:	Michael Joseph
Country:	UK
Date:	1956
Format:	Hardcover
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Total Editions:	5
Rating:	Rate
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Wants
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ppint. 29th Jun 2020		first h/cvr, first edition cover (d-j) art by trevor denning (signed) cover (d-j) price 10/6 240pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. bound with endpapers between covered boards novels of tomorrow series edited by clemence dane (winifred ashton)



ppint. 27th Nov 2017		aka "no blade of grass" (merkin h/cvr 1957 & ff.), q.v.



ppint. 27th Nov 2017		first publication date should not be two years after the date of the first edition.



ppint. 27th Nov 2017		publisher is michael joseph ltd., not m. joseph. edit: the bookcat style book directs we drop the ltd., limited, plc, inc., gmbh, s.a., and any other term or abbreviation thereof indicating a publisher's legal status. adding such in when entering books splinters the bookcat database of publishers, potentially multiple times, as ''penguin'', ''penguin books'', ''penguin books ltd.'' and ''penguin books limited'' are all separately listed - the database doesn't know they're really all the same one publisher. 2020 edit: persistently including them, despite this, then gives other people extra work to remove them, when they could be enjoying themselves adding books (''items'') & their details not already here - or even enjoying themselves in real life™ in the real world™, if they have, or can find one, in wherever that fabled collective delusion may be...



ppint. 20th Jun 2019		thomson books ltd. sphere books p/b fifth printing cover art by steve crisp (unsigned, credited on rear cover) cover price £2.25 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 20th Jun 2019		date of this edition should^W still^W has now been corrected to 1979 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 20th Jun 2019		thomson books ltd. sphere books second printing 1979 cover art uncredited, unsigned cover price 95p 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 20th Jun 2019		ppenguin p/b editions/printings sharing cat# 1958 cover price 2/6 typographical cover between vertical orange bands 1963 cover price 3/- b+w cover art by john griffiths below title etc on orange top thrid of cover (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 27th Nov 2017		fifth sphere books printing. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 27th Nov 2017		image shows cover of 1979 2nd sphere printing, not 1978 1st sphere printing listed. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Other Editions

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John Christopher - The Death Of Grass - Penguin - Paperback - UK (1958)

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John Christopher - The Death Of Grass - Penguin - Paperback - UK (1963)

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John Christopher - The Death Of Grass - Sphere - Paperback - UK - 0722122977 (1985)

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John Christopher - The Death Of Grass - Sphere - Paperback - UK - 0722122993 (1979)