berkley publishing group berkley medallion simultaneous mmpb first printings, 11/1970:
cover art unsigned, uncredited; sfaik still as-yet unattributed (looks like paul lehr, but this is not an attribution)
cover price 75¢
128pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc.
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state berkley medallion edition, november, 1970
check also to distinguish from near-identical further berkley medallion imprint printings:
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undated stated 4th printing
(background cover art colour is darker)
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undated stated 7th printing
(background cover art colour is bluer, as well as darker)
undated stated 8th printing
cover price 95¢
cat# N2823
(background cover art colour is darker and bluer)
undated stated ninth printing
cover price $1.25
cat# Z3217
cat#, price, imprint & logo now run in one line up upper half of fly edge of front cover, not by spine
(background of cover art colour is bluer, as well as a bit darker)
undated stated tenth printing
cover price $1.25
cat# Z3217
(background of cover art colour is bluer, as well as darker)
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undated stated twelfth printing
cover price $1.50
cat# dropped from cover
isbn 0-425-03786-X
(background of cover art is bluer, as well as a bit darker)
undated, stated 13th printing
cover price $1.75
isbn 0-425-04410-6
cover now states a berkley book, but retains berkley medallion logo
(background of cover art is a greener blue, verging on a dark turquoise)
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1980 berkley books mmpb printing states 14 printings through 1980,
berkley books ''swirled B'' logo replaces berkley medallion logo, bears new
cover art by carl lundgren (signed)
cover price $2.25
isbn 0-425-04867-5
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11/1983 berkley books mmpb printing stated to have been seventeenth printing in indica of 1/1985 printing
1/1985 berkley books mmpb printing states eighteenth printing
cover art by carl lundgren (retained from 1980 printing)
cover price ($2.95 canada) • $2.75 u.s.
isbn 0-425-08225-3
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3/1987 ace books (by now an imprint of berkley publishing group) mmpb first printing
cover art by carl lundgren retained from berkley books imprint mmpb printings
cover price ($3.95? canada) • $2.95 u.s.
isbn 0-441-63913-5
128pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. (as are all of the above)
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8/1989 ace books imprint mmpb third printing text evidently re-set as pagination increases:
cover art (?james warhola?)
cover price ($4.75 canada ? check) • $3.50 u.s.
isbn 0-441-63913-5
160pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
month of printing taken from locus
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1992 undated ace books mmpb fifth printing by publishing history printing number line
(year taken from end pp. advertisement for new nf heinlein title ace h/cvr forthcoming in april 1992)
cover art by james warhola (unsigned, credited)
cover price ($5.99 canada) • $4.99 u.s.
isbn 0-441-63913-5
160pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising