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Author:Brian Aldiss
Title:The Canopy Of Time
Publisher:  New English Library
Country:UK
Date:May 1971
Format:Paperback
Genre:Science Fiction, Fiction
Total Editions:3
First Published:  1959
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0-450-00708-1 £0.30

cover : Bruce Pennington

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Brian Aldiss - The Canopy Of Time - Four Square - Paperback - UK (1963)

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ppint.
10th Jul 2023
 contents:

author's note (nf) brian w. aldiss
three's a cloud (short story) new worlds #79, 1/1959 as ''the unbeaten track''
all the world's tears (ss) nebula sf #21, 5/1957
who can replace a man? (ss) infinity vol.3 #5, 6/1958 as ''but who can replace a man?''
blighted profile (ss) science fantasy #29, 6/1958, revised 1964(1963?) (then re-written in 1985(1979?))
judas danced (ss) star science fiction (#1), 1/1958 as ''judas dancing''; science fantasy #27, 2/1958
o ishrail! (ss) new worlds #48, 4/1957 as ''oh ishrail!''
incentive (ss) new worlds #78, 12/1958
gene hive (ss) nebula sf #30, 5/1958; nebula sf (us) #?, 9/1958: in both, as ''journey to the interior'', with two b+w illustrations by atom; aka ''gene-hive'' (i.e. hyphenated)
secret of a mighty city (ss) f&sf vol.14 #5, 5/1958 as ''have your hatreds ready''
they shall inherit (ss) nebula sf #32, 7/1958; nebula sf (us) #?, 11/1958
visiting amoeba (novelette) authentic #82, 7/1957 as ''what triumphs?''
 

 
ppint.
6th Jul 2019
 first nel p/b printing, not first uk p/b
preceded by three printings as four square books, first by godfrey philips ltd. four square books ltd,
then co-owned 49%-51% by godfrey philips ltd. and times-mirror inc.'s new english library ltd.

cover art by bruce pennington (uncredited, unsigned; attribution from his website and from rainfallsite.com, art is also collected in ''ultraterranium'' bruce pennington, nigel suckling (1992), q.v.)
cover price 30p (6/-), (other territories' prices?)
192pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising

1972 near-identical nel p/b second printing retains isbn,
cover art by bruce pennington
indica publishing history adds line
reprinted july 1972
cover price 30p (6/-), spain pts 75, australia & new zealand $1.00
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


1975 nel p/b thrid printing retains
cover art by bruce pennington
isbn 0-450-02254-4
indica publishing history adds line
this nel new edition published may 1975
cover price 40p, rep. of ireland 42½p, spain pts 105, gibraltar 45p, malta 45c, cyprus 450 mid, australia $1.25, new zealand $1.25, trinidad (w.i.) $2.40
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
192pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising (nel books advertising may differ)
 

 
ppint.
14th Dec 2017
 faber & faber h/cvr first printing, first edition (1959)
the science fiction book club h/cvr edition (1961, only for sale to book club members)
 


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