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ppint. 7th May 2023
| | victor gollancz first printing, first uk h/cvr edition, first thus (drops final story from doubleday merkin h/cvr edition)
reprint collection of two novellas, two novelettes and a short story
cover (d-j) art (none: magenta and black typography on a ''gollancz yellow'' field, with black zigzags)
cover (d-j) price 16/-
216pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards |
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ppint. 7th May 2023
| | phoenix house science fiction book club h/cvr first printing, not first uk h/cvr edition
for sale only to members of the phoenix house science fiction book club, by mail-order,
initially on subscription, and later as an option
contents follow those of the victor gollancz h/cvr first uk edition
title is given as ''time & stars'' on d-j front, but in full on title page
dedication: to anne elisabeth hertz ''fikke''
cover (d-j) art by john griffiths (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap; an incarnation of the blob + 4 ''stars'')
cover (d-j) price 7/6. including 1s. postage & packing = 6/6d. in theory, but only sold mail-order
216pp. including 10 unpaginated pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between grey cloth-covered boards, titles, author, sfbc & cat# in blue on spine (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 13th Apr 2022
| | contents:
no truce with kings (novella) f&sf vol.24 #6, 6/1963; f&sf atlas bre vol.4 #11, 10/1963
the cover story, art by ed emshwiller; bre cover reproduced translated into two colours+black
turning point (short story) if vol.13 #2, 5/1963
the cover story, art by john pederson jr. as is the one b+w interior illustration
escape from orbit (novelette) amazing vol.36 #10, 10/1962
the cover story, art by bill conan; three b+w interior illustrations by virgil finlay
epilogue (nlla) asf vol. lxix #1, 3/1962; asf atlas bre vol. xviii #7, 7/1962
six b+w interior illustrations by leo morey in both merkin and atlas bre issues
the critique of impure reason (ntte) if vol.12 #5, 11/1962
one b+w interior illustration by john giunta
(°eve times four (ntte) fantastic vol.9 #4, 4/1960)°
° - ''eve times four'' is omitted from the victor gollancz, panther books and white lion publishers' editions (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 14th Jun 2019
| | first panther books and first uk p/b printing of this reprint collection
cover art uncredited, unsigned photographic
cover price 3'6
176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 15th Mar 2019
| | second panther books printing of this reprint collection
cover art uncredited (photographic against painted (?) background sfaik as-yet unattributed)
front cover bears sbn 586 02109 4
cover price 5/- (25p), 60c south africa, 85c australia, 75c new zealand
so 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 includes statement reprinted 1970
number in isbn10 field is the sbn borne by this edition/printing. (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 23rd Feb 2018
| | berkley publishing group berkley medallion imprint mmpb first printing, not first mmpb
cover art by rick sternbach (signed with his "boxed s" symbol)
cover price $1.50
216pp? including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 23rd Feb 2018
| | third panther books printing of this reprint collection
cover art by david a. hardy (credited on rear cover, art is also signed)
front cover bears sbn 586 02109 4
cover price 50p, australia $1.50, new zealand $1.50, canada $1.95
indica publishing history includes statement reprinted 1970, 1975
176pp? including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 23rd Feb 2018
| | manor books undated° mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition
indicia includes no acknowledgement of the macfadden books mmpbs, though this was printed from the same plates/typesetting for the successor company to macfadden-bartell's publishing interests.
cover art unsigned, uncredited; seen attributed to jack gaughan noted that it's been used before.
cover price 95¢
192pp. including titles, indicia (ha!) etc, end pp. advertising
° - the only date given in indicia is the copyright date of 1964: date year ascribed by interpolation of cat# sequence and comparison of cover pricing. (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 23rd Feb 2018
| | macfadden books near-identical second printings sharing merkin-printed covers and hence also cat#, and new
cover art by jack faragasso (credited on back cover)
cover price 75¢
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed.
no priority established nor liable to be, both stating second printing .... may, 1970 (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 23rd Feb 2018
| | reprint collection of three novelettes, two novellas and a short story. (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 23rd Feb 2018
| | macfadden books near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers and hence also cat#, and
cover art by richard powers (signed "powers", rather faintly)
cover price 60¢
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed.
no priority established nor now liable to be, both stating a macfadden book .... 1965 (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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