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.
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)
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)
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)
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)
(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)
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)
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)