ace books mmpb first printing, first edition
half a classic ''ace double'' format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other
cover art by jeff jones (signed, credited)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed with his digraph)
½ 256pp. including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves
number-string on spine, 020-08077 (-060) is likely the book's abn; the 020- publisher prefix and the checksum digit-less abn system item number are wholly incompatible with the sbn, later developed into the isbn book numbering system.
month of publication not given, taken from the second ace double printing's publishing history
grosset & dunlap charter communications, inc. ace books imprint mmpb second printing
classic ''ace double'' format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other
(n.b. doubled with new partner title)
dumarest series #2:
cover art by jeff jones (signed, retained from first edition, typography is new)
cover price 95¢
½ 304pp? including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves
now doubled with dumarest series #1, ''the winds of gath'' (1967), q.v. for series listing, and links. (this comment is from another edition of this book)
1976 second arrow books printing, retains isbn from first, but new
cover art unattributed, unsigned
cover price 50p, $1.50 australia, $1.35 new zealand, 55c malta, $1.95 canada
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
includes black-printed white card advertising-cum-postcard for cis insurance bound in betwixt pp. 128 & 129 in some (or all?) copies.
first arrow books printing 1973
cover art by chris yates, attributed on shared style of all first arrow books printings of dumarest #1-4
cover price 35p, $1.20 australia, $1.20 new zealand, 40c malta, $1.35 canada
so this should be flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule
- or not so re-flagged, according to equally well-respected moderator's heartfelt plea
1981 third arrow printing retains isbn, but bears new
cover art by fred gambino (signed "fjg" on back cover, uncredited)
cover price £1.15
all three printings are 192pp. including titles, indicia, etc. (excluding the card advert in 2nd printing) (this comment is from another edition of this book)