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Author:	J. G. Ballard
Title:	Vermilion Sands
Publisher:	Berkley Medallion
Country:	USA
Date:	Apr 1971
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Cat#:	S1980
Total Editions:	6
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Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns
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192 numbered and total pages.

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ppint. 7th Sep 2024		berkley publishing group berkley medallion mmpb near-identical simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers collection of all bar one of the "vermilion sands"-set novelettes and short stories: missing is "the singing statues" (short story) (fantastic 7/1962), probably to keep within 192pp. cover art by richard powers (unsigned, uncredited; attribution from "the art of richard powers" jane frank, richard powers (2001) q.v.) cover price 75¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state berkley medallion edition, april, 1971



ppint. 7th Sep 2024		orion books phoenix imprint b-format p/b first printing, not first uk b-format p/b edition collection of the two novelettes and seven short stories set in vermilion sands, preface by the author cover art by rene magritte (detail from "la meditation* (1936) credited on back cover) cover price £4.99 208pp. including titles, indicia , table-of-contents etc, end pp. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 7th Sep 2024		barcode number truncated by too-small field in full: 978046002277400295 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 7th Sep 2024		carroll & graf mmpb first printing, first complete merkin edition masters of science fiction series collection of the two novelettes and seven short stories set in vermilion sands cover art unsigned, uncredited (?) cover price $3.95 208pp. (check) including titles, indicia , table-of-contents etc, end pp. contents follow the jonathan cape uk first h/cvr and first complete edition (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 20th Jul 2022		j. m. dent & sons b-format p/b first printing, first b-format p/b edition, not first uk p/b edition collection of the two novelettes and seven short stories set in vermilion sands, preface by the author cover art by grizelda holderness (credited) cover price £2.95 208pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p. refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical second printing possibly prior to publication (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 20th Jul 2022		contents: the cloud sculptors of coral d (short story) f&sf vol.33 #6, 12/1967, cover story, art by jack gaughan prima belladonna (ss) science fantasy #20, 12/1956 the screen game (novelette) fantastic vol.12 #10, 10/1963, cover story, art by ed emshwiller as is the one b+w illustration the singing statues (ss) fantastic vol.11 #7, 7/1962, cover story, art by ed emshwiller, as is the one b+w illustration cry hope, cry fury! (ss) f&sf vol.33 #4, 10/1967 venus smiles (ss) science fantasy #23, 6/1957 as ''mobile'', reportedly without specific vermilion sands references; if vol.17 #9, 9/1967 as "venus smiles", set specifically in vermilion sands say goodbye to the wind (ss) fantastic vol.19 #6, 8/1970, with a b+w illustration by judy mitchell studio 5, the stars (novelette) science fantasy #45, 2/1961 the thousand dreams of stellavista (ss) amazing vol.36 #3, 3/1962, with two b+w illustrations by virgil finlay (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 20th Jul 2022		granada publishing group panther books imprint p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition collection of seven short stories and two novelettes set in vermilion sands cover art by peter a. jones (signed paj, credited on back cover) cover price 60p (overseas territories prices - check) 208pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 20th Jul 2022		jonathan cape h/cvr first printing, first uk edition, first h/cvr edition, first full edition n.b. the earlier berkley medallion merkin mmpb edition lacks the short story, ''the singing statues''. collection of the seven short stories and two novelettes set in this not entirely sybaritic artists colony cover (d-j) art by brian knight (credited on d-j back flap) cover price £2.25 208pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Other Editions

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J. G. Ballard - Vermilion Sands - J. M. Dent - Paperback - UK - 0460022776 (1985)

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J. G. Ballard - Vermilion Sands - Panther / Granada - Paperback - UK - 0586041613 (1975)

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J. G. Ballard - Vermilion Sands - Jonathan Cape - Hardcover - UK - 0224008943 (1973)

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J. G. Ballard - Vermilion Sands - Phoenix - Paperback - UK - 1867590056 (1992)

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J. G. Ballard - Vermilion Sands - Carroll & Graf - Paperback - USA - 0881844225 (1988)