ace books small pocket book format mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by gray morrow (signed, also credited)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed with his digraph)
cover price 40¢
160pp. including titles, indicia etc.
cover art by peter goodfellow
cover price 30p, (overseas territories prices?)
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)
ace books mmpb third printing, near-identical with 8/1977 second printing, retaining cover art from it
cover art by boris vallejo (signed "boris")
cover price $1.95 (increased from $1.50)
cat# incremented by one, checksum digit falls by two
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)
thomson books ltd. sphere books imprint uk p/b first printing, first uk edition
cover art possibly by bill botten if the attribution for that on the first sphere printing of #1 is correct. which attribution may rest upon a misunderstanding.
cover price 5/- (25p), 6/00 east africa, 60c south africa, 80c australia, 75c new zealand
so this edition should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule
- or not so re-flagged, according to equally well-respected moderator's heartfelt plea
160p. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
second sphere printing 12/1973
isbn 0-7221-3447-9
cover art by peter goodfellow (uncredited, unsigned, attribution from his website)
cover price 30p, (further territories' price details: 1.00c australia & new zealand?)
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
thrid sphere printing 4/1975
isbn 0-7221-3443-6
cover art by peter goodfellow (uncredited, unsigned; attribution from his website)
cover price 40p, $1.25 australia, $1.25 new zealand, $1.75 canada
so this printing should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule
- or not so re-flagged, according to equally well-respected moderator's heartfelt plea
indicia publishing history bears line,
reprinted april, 1975
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
fourth printing 1978
isbn 0-7221-3428-2
cover art by melvyn grant (uncredited, art is signed ''melvyn')
cover price 85p, 93½p eire, 90c malta, $2.75 australia (recommended), $2.75 new zealand
so this printing should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule
- or not so re-flagged, according to equally well-respected moderator's heartfelt plea
reprinted 1973, 1975, 1978
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
fifth printing 1982
isbn 0-7221-3428-2
bar-code no. 9780722134283 00150
cover art by melvyn grant, retained from fourth printing
reprinted 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982
cover price £1.50, £1.50 malta, £4.95 australia (recommended)
so this printing should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule
- or not so re-flagged, according to equally well-respected moderator's heartfelt plea
160pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia etc, 6 end pp: 4 advertising, 2 blank
collected in the ''world of tiers 1'' omnibus (1986), q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book)
world of tiers #2
see #1: "maker of universes" (1965), q.v. for full listing of series, with links. (this comment is from another edition of this book)