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ppint. 9th Mar 2025
| | considerably expanded from the novella version.published in galaxy vol.23 #5, 6/1965
with five b+w illustrations by gray morrow |
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ppint. 17th Jan 2018
| | dell books first mmpb and first p/b edition,
two near-identical printings sharing merkin-printed covers, cat# and
cover art by james mcmullan (credited, retained from 1966 delacourt first edition h/cvr)
cover price 60¢
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was merkin canadadian or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both stating first dell printing -- january, 1967 |
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ppint. 9th Mar 2025
| | half grosset dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb, first printing thus, first edition thus
half an "ace double" mmpb with one front cover, contents all the same way up
cover art unattributed, uncredited
cover price $2.75
½ 480pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
doubled with "the people trap and other pitfalls, snares, devices and delusions, as well as two sniggles and a contrivance" robert sheckley (1966), q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 6th Mar 2025
| | quite common as a front cover hole-punched remainder in the yuk-of-gb (?&ni?) for a while early -mid-eighties. (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 6th Mar 2025
| | the science fiction book club first printing, not first uk h/cvr edition
produced for sale to members of the sfbc by post, on an opt-out subscription basis
not for sale to the general public by retailers nor for distribution via book or news wholesalers
dedication: to paul kwitney
cover (d-j) b+w art by terry james (unsigned, credited: jacket design/t. james on d-j back flap)
cover (d-j) price none printed, 9s. (choices 8s. plus 1s. postage and packing stated on d-j back flap)
224pp. including eight unnumbered pp. titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between salmon-colpured cloth-covered boards, author, title, sfbc & cat# blocked in gold on spine cloth (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 20th Feb 2025
| | collins publishing group grafton books p/b first printing (despite confused indicia publishing history),
not first uk p/b edition. indicia publishing history does not mention the pan books two uk p/b printings
first uk p/b edition to bear a panther books bloc (0-586- prefixed) isbn10
cover art by neil breedon (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £1.95, $5.95 australia (recommended), $8.95 new zealand
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
month of publication not given in the indicia publishing history, taken from locus (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 20th Feb 2025
| | this edition does not bear an isbn13: this should^W has been deleted
the isbn13 had not yet been invented by over a decade and a half when this edition was published. (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 20th Feb 2025
| | granada group mayflower books p/b second printing with new style logo, new
cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price 5/-
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
* find another copy and check whether sbn is quoted in the indicia (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 26th Oct 2023
| | century hutchinson/random century arrow books legend imprint p/b first thus
half legend books ''double'' sharing one front cover, contents all same way up
cover art by the image bank/eric meola (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £4.99
½ 304pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
doubled with ''the status civilisation'' robert sheckley (1960), q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 26th Oct 2023
| | pan books first printing, not first uk p/b edition
cover art (unsigned, uncredited; of blue, rather bull-headed alien with antennae, ring through nose)
cover price 30p, $1.00 australia, $1.00 new zealand, not for sale in canada
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical 1974 second printing which adds
2nd printing 1974
and further differs:
cover price 35p, $1.10 australia, $1.05 new zealand (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 5th Jun 2019
| | mayflower books first printing, first uk p/b edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited, photographs and typography
cover price 3/6, 45c south africa, 60c australia, 45c new zealand 45c
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
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 17th Jan 2018
| | grosset dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb first printing , not first mmpb edition
cover art by howard darden (signed darden, uncredited)
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
cover price $1.75 (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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