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Author:Michael Moorcock
Title:The King Of The Swords
Publisher:  Berkley Medallion
Country:USA
Date:Oct 1971
Format:Paperback
ISBN-10:425020703
Cat#:S2070
Total Editions:3
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Notes

berkley medallion edition, october, 1971
cover art by david mccall johnston
160pp including 4pp titles, indica, and last p. adverts
cover price 75¢

the swords/the (first book of) corum trilogy #3

#1: "the knight of the swords" (1971), q.v.
#2: "the queen of the swords" (1971), q.v.

Comments and Reviews
 
David Whiteley
5th Nov 2020
 Added back cover of 1st UK edition.
Added front and back covers of 1974 printing.
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
21st Sep 2019
 cover art by bob haberfield (uncredited, unsigned; but credited on later printings)
cover price 25p, south africa 60¢, singapore $2.50, australia & new zealand 80c
(so should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule;
or not so re-flagged, according to respected moderator's heartfelt plea)
144pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising

near-identical second printing 1972; differences:
cover price 30p, south africa 75c, singapore $3.00, australia & new zealand 95c, canadada 75c
indica publishing history adds line: reprinted 1972

near-identical thrid printing 1974; differences:
cover price 30p, australia & new zealand $1.00, canadada $1.25
indica publishing history line varied to: reprinted 1972, 1974

near-identical fourth printing 1975; differences:
cover price 40p (no reported overseas territories' cover prices)
(so if re-flagging earlier printings "international", this printing should retain "uk" flag.)
indica publishing history line varied, adding 1975

near-identical fifth printing 1977
cover price 50p (no overseas prices reported)
(so if re-flagging earlier printings "international", this printing should retain "uk" flag.)
indica publishing history line varied, adding 1977

near-identical sixth printing 1980
... ...

near-identical seventh printing 1981
... ...

near-identical eighth printing 1984 on same mayflower books cat#-incorporating isbn
most/all references to mayflower removed and publisher now clearly indicated as granada:
cover art by bob haberfield retained; credited as by bob habberfield
cover price £1.50, australia $5.95, new zealand $5.95
indica incorrectly gives all previous mayflower editions as having been panther books

1986 reprint from same setting changes all publisher identification to grafton, includes ownership thereof by wm collins, replaces mayflower cat#-including isbn with new panther books number:
isbn 0586-20716-3
cover art paul damon
cover price £2.99
(and will presumably be a new bookcat item once a copy comes to a bookcatter's hand. prob'ly.)
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 


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Other Editions

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Michael Moorcock - The King Of The Swords - Mayflower - Paperback - UK - 583119999 (1972)
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Michael Moorcock - The King Of The Swords - Granada - Paperback - UK - 0583119999 (1980)

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