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Author:	James Blish
Title:	They Shall Have Stars
Publisher:	Faber And Faber
Country:	UK
Date:	1956
Format:	Hardcover
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
ISBN-10:	571062644
Total Editions:	9
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Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns
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cities in flight tetralogy #1

first published in 1956
by faber & faber limited
24 russell square, london wc1
second impression 1965
third impression 1968
printed in great britain by
latimer trend & co. ltd., whitstable

sbn 571 06264 4

author's dedication: "to frederik pohl"

184pp. including 4 unnumbered pp. titles, indica; pagination starts p.5 with author's note (introduction) dated 1964, 3pp. chronology, 1p. quotation from fictional reference work, pp. 13-181 the novel; 3 blank end pp; sewn in signatures.
bound with end-papers between black cloth-covered boards, with title between two five-pointed stars centrally, one above, one below title, each emitting two diverging rays to either side, author's name, publisher's surname blocked in silver on spine.
issued in paper dust-jacket printed in red and black
cover (d-j) art unattributed red monotone of telescopic photograph of jupiter on red ground
cover (d-j) price 25s (bottom fly corner front flap) raised to "£1.50net" under "faber", in black on white paper label.

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ppint. 24th Sep 2018		first published date is^W was wrong and should^W has been deleted. this book is the (third impression of) the 1956 first published edition. the first published edition was not published a year later. first published (in book edition) 1956, as entered, as submitted.



ppint. 5th Aug 2024		faber & faber (though there was only ever the one, geoffrey faber) first printing, first edition cover d-j art by peter curl (signed curl) (of the bridge of the first part, in black with spot yellow & red) cover d-j price 12/6 184pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards distinguish from 1965 second printing by reference to the indicia publishing history which adds "second impression mcmlxv" cover (d-j) price 18/- (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 11th Nov 2022		the original title is ''they shall have stars'' (faber & faber 1956) (this comment is from another edition of this book)



annaloog 11th Nov 2022		Quote: ... belong with 12/1967 avon books mmpb 5th printings, bookcat item nc647424us .... That entry has the original title; 5th printings show "They Shall Have Stars". (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 11th Nov 2022		hutchinson & co. arrow books imprint p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition cover art by chris foss (part of a ''tetrych'' if the word is extant) cover price 40p, 45c malta, $1.25 australia, 90c new zealand, $1.55 canada 184pp. (check) including titles, indicia, author's note, chronology etc, end pp. advertising distinguish from near-identical 8/1974 second printing bearing same isbn, cover prices etc. by reference to the indicia publishing history which adds the line second impression august 1974 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 11th Nov 2022		images 3055602, 603, 642 belong with 12/1967 avon books mmpb 5th printings, bookcat item nc647424us, not here with the third printings, and should be moved thither. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 11th Nov 2022		the hearst corporation avon books imprint mmpb simultaneous fifth printings sharing merkin-printed covers re-re-titling back to the original 1956 ''they shall have stars'' title cover art lida moser (unsigned, credited for photograph, cover redesigned from third printings) cover price 60¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising 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 fifth printing, december 1967 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 11th Nov 2022		the hearst corporation avon books imprint mmpb simultaneous third printings sharing merkin-printed covers re-re-titling of ''they shall have stars'' (1956) back to the original 1956 title. cover art by lida moser (unsigned, credited for photograph) cover price 60¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, booth state third avon printing, april, 1966 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 11th Nov 2022		re-titling of ''they shall have stars'' (faber & faber 1956), q.v. the hearst corporation avon books imprint mmpb first printing(s), first p/b edition cover art by richard powers (unsigned, uncredited; attribution from ''the art of richard powers'' jane frank) cover price 35¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. refer to indicia printing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian-, rather than implicitly or explicitly merkin-printed; if canadadian-printed, please post ''here'' giving the wording used to state this. thanking you in advance, ppint. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



zabadak ● 8th Oct 2018		Interesting title! Is Brexit in it? :sideways: (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 7th Oct 2018		first published date is^W was wrong and should^W has been deleted. correct date now given. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 4th Oct 2018		avon books persistently misrecorded/miscredited the original publication year and copyright year of this novel, giving the year of this, the first mmpb printing of their re-titling of it, in its stead. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 21st Sep 2018		cities in flight #1: #1: "they shall have stars" (1956) (this novel) aka "year 2018!" (1957), q.v. #2: "a life for the stars" (1962), q.v. #3: "earthman, come home" (1955), q.v. (beware: the 1958 avon mmpb edition of #3 is an abridgement.) #4: "the triumph of time" (1958), q.v. aka "a clash of cymbals" (1959), q.v. omnibus edition (#1, #2, #3 & #4): "cities in flight" (1970), q.v. slip-cased set (#1, #2, #3 & #4): "cities in flight" (1974), q.v. two-volume omnibus edition: "cities in flight, vol.1" (#1 & #2) (1991), q.v. "cities in flight, vol.2" (#3 & #4) (1991), q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 21st Sep 2018		new english library p/b fourth uk p/b printing over-all, or third printing, second state cover art by jan parker (signed, may be trimmed off some copies, uncredited ) cover price 25p (5/-), 25pts spain, 80c australia, 80c new zealand 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising (i've not yet had another copy of this edition/printing to examine, and it might prove to be a 1971 re-covering of 2303, the 11/68 new english library printing, their first to bear the original title but their third printing over-all, and the first to drop the four square name from the front cover. but three years after, and with new cat#, it is likely to be a true fourth printing from the 1964 plates) (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 21st Sep 2018		first published by faber & faber 1956. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 18th Sep 2018		first published date is^W was wrong and should^W has been deleted. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 30th Nov 2017		aka "year 2018!", q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Other Editions

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James Blish - They Shall Have Stars - New English Library - Paperback - UK - 450001857 (1968)

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James Blish - They Shall Have Stars - New English Library - Paperback - UK (1971)

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James Blish - They Shall Have Stars - Avon - Paperback - USA (1966)

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James Blish - They Shall Have Stars - Avon - Paperback - USA (1968)

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James Blish - Year 2018! - Avon - Paperback - USA (1957)

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James Blish - They Shall Have Stars - Avon - Paperback - USA (1967)

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James Blish - They Shall Have Stars - Arrow - Paperback - UK - 099086700 (1974)

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James Blish - They Shall Have Stars - Faber & Faber - Hardcover - UK (1956)