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Author:	A. E. Van Vogt
Title:	The Secret Galactics
English Title:	Earth Factor X
Publisher:	Sidgwick & Jackson
Country:	UK
Date:	Sep 1975
Format:	Hardcover
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
ISBN-10:	0283982659
Total Editions:	5
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ppint. 10th Sep 2022		sidgwick & jackson first printing, first h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art by david (a.) hardy (signed, credited on d-j back flap) cover (d-j) price £3.25 216pp. (check) including titles, indica etc, end p. bound with endpapers between covered boards



ppint. 10th Sep 2022		sphere books imprint p/b second printing, retains cover art by angus mckie (unsigned, uncredited; attributed on ''beyond humanity'' justin leiber (tor 1987) cover price 85p, 93½ republic of ireland, 85c malta, $2.75 australia, $2.75 new zealand, $1.95 canada° 192pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising refer also to indica publishing history which adds the line, reprinted 1979 ° - the addition of the canadian price is probably an error by sphere books, as daw's mmpb 1978 third printings were almost certainly still in print, and daw's licence to the canadian p/b rights would not have determined - unless voluntarily reverted. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 4th Jul 2019		aka ''earth factor x'' (mmpb 1976, 1978), q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 4th Jul 2019		sphere books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by angus mckie (uncredited, unsigned; attribution from re-use on ''beyond humanity'' justin leiber (tor mmpb 1987) q.v. where it is credited)) cover price 75p, rep. of ireland 82½p, malta 80c, australia $2.15, n.z. $2.40 so should be re-flagged as "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 distinguish from 1979 near-identical second sphere uk p/b printing which differs: isbn 0722187254 cover price 85p, eire 93½p, malta 85c, australia $2.75, new zealand $2.75, canada $1.95 indica publishing history adds ''reprinted 1979'' (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 21st Jun 2019		cat# is^W was wrong and should^W has been ''corrected'' to 87351° (° - it is debatable whether sphere books not displaying separate cat#s even on their spines have cat#s aside of their full isb10s.) (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 20th Dec 2017		daw books near-identical simultaneous mmpb third printings sharing merkin-printed covers, cover art by greg theakston (credited, signed) b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan retained from first edition 176pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising cover price varies: cover price $1.75 cover price (canadadian-printed carcasses for distribution north of the parallel) cover price $1.50 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution) indica printing history shows first two digits removed from number string, so one of the simultaneous first printings has retrospectively been deemed to've been the second printing neither bears the first printings' daw collectors number. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 20th Dec 2017		near-identical simultaneous mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers and also cat#, cover art by deane cate (credited) b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan signed with his jg monogram almost-meaningless daw book collectors no. 206 cover price $1.25 176pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising no priority established, nor likely to be consult indica to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed° no priority established nor liable to be, both bear first printing date and the full 1-9 number string; °canadian printing is specified as being of ''book''. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 20th Dec 2017		first book publication year date should be^W^W now corrected to 1974, publication date of the prentice-hall trade paperback edition entitled "the secret galactics", q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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A. E. Van Vogt - Earth Factor X - Daw - Paperback - USA - 0879974125 (1978)

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A. E. Van Vogt - Earth Factor X - Daw - Paperback - USA (1976)

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A. E. Van Vogt - The Secret Galactics - Sphere - Paperback - UK - 0722187351 (1977)

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A. E. Van Vogt - The Secret Galactics - Sphere - Paperback - UK - 0722187254 (1979)