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Author:Robert A. Heinlein
Title:Red Planet
Publisher:  Victor Gollancz
Country:UK
Date:1963
Format:Hardcover
Genre:Fiction, Science Fiction, Kids
Total Editions:9
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ppint.
24th Apr 2023
 victor gollancz first printing, first uk edition

cover (d-j) art by alan breese (restricted palette: black line on red ground; yellow main typography)
interior b+w art by clifford geary
cover (d-j) price 12/6
216pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp., bound with endpapers between covered boards

distinguish from at least three further impressions by reference to indicia publishing history;
d-j price also rises, sometimes by new price in black on victor gollancz white label over old price.
 

 
ppint.
25th Apr 2023
 random house group ballantine books mmpb fourth printing

dedication: for tish

cover art by darrell k. sweet (unsigned, uncredited, retained from earlier printings)
cover price $1.95
192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents (chapters) etc, 3 end pp. advertising


refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical 12/1982 fifth printing
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
25th Apr 2023
 random house group ballantine books mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, not first mmpb edition

cover art by darrell k. sweet (unsigned, uncredited; is in ''beyond fantasy'' darrell k. sweet (1996), q.v.)
cover price $1.75
192pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents (chapters) etc, 3 end pp. advertising

refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass (''book'') of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first ballantine books edition: october 1977

and also to distinguish from near-identical second. (5/1978) and third (10/1978) printings;

(near-identical fourth & fifth printings bear a new isbn...)
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
25th Apr 2023
 possibly berkley publishing group charter communications ace books undated° mmpb undeclared third printing

cover art by steele savage (signed, credited)
b+w frontispiece by clifford geary (unsigned, credited)
cover price $1.25
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

° date possibly from locus, possibly from stuart wells, possibly from end pp. advertisements
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
24th Apr 2023
 pan macmillan pan books imprint p/b, third pan books printing with new

cover art unsigned, uncredited (looks somewhat inspired/influenced by frank hampson's last ''terra nova'' dan dare story for eagle comic)
cover price 30p, $1.00 australia, $1.00 new zealand
176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

the ''a.'' remains on the title page, but is absent from the covers & spine
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
24th Apr 2023
 (possibly grosset & dunlap) charter communications, inc. ace books imprint undated° mmpb second printing

cover art by steele savage (signed, credited, retained from first ace mmpb printing)
b+w frontispiece by clifford geary (unsigned, credited)
cover price 95¢
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising bearing nos. 32, 33, 17A°° in very small print

° - printing date from stuart wells, which fits in with the
°° - titles advertised on these pp. - and seems to be the only visible difference from the first printing
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
24th Apr 2023
 charter communications, inc. ace books imprint mmpb undated° first printing, first mmpb edition

cover art by steele savage (signed, credited)
b+w frontispiece by clifford geary (unsigned, credited)
cover price 95¢
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising bearing id. nos. 8, 14 & 17 in very small type°°

° - year date from stuart wells, fits in with the titles advertised on these end pages
°° - this is the only visible distinguishing difference from the near-identical second printing
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
David Whiteley
10th Jun 2021
 Added back cover
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
24th May 2019
 pan books first printing, first uk p/b edition

cover art by edward mortelmans (unsigned, uncredited, attributed in ''rockets & rayguns'' rian hughes (2022), q.v.)
cover price 3/6, south africa 45c, australia 60c, new zealand (4/6) 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
176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising


near-identical pan books second printing 1971 adds isbn incorporating the numerical part of first printing's cat# X712 (which cat# may be retained on front cover - check):
isbn 0-330-10712-7
cover price 20p, south africa 50c, australia 70c, new zealand 70c
indicia publishing history adds line stating 2nd printing 1971
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 


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Other Editions

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Robert A. Heinlein - Red Planet - Pan - Paperback - UK (1967)
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Robert A. Heinlein - Red Planet - Pan - Paperback - UK - 0330107127 (1973)
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Robert A. Heinlein - Red Planet - Ace - Paperback - USA (1971)
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Robert A. Heinlein - Red Planet - Ace - Paperback - USA (1972)
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Robert A. Heinlein - Red Planet - Ace - Paperback - USA (1975)
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Robert A. Heinlein - Red Planet - Del Rey - Paperback - USA - 0345260694 (1977)
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Robert A. Heinlein - Red Planet - Del Rey - Paperback - USA - 034530277X (1981)
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Robert A. Heinlein - Red Planet - VGSF - Paperback - UK - 0575046473 (1990)

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