ace books mmpb undated° first printing, first edition
cover art by jack gaughan (uncredited: source of attribution?)
b+w interior illustration by jack gaughan (signed with his jg monogram)
cover price 40¢
192pp. including titles, indicia etc.
° - no date of publication/printing given, 1964 copyright date taken as year of publication
the three next known ace books mmpb printings all share new cover art by michael whelan (art signed with his monogram) & cover design whilst retaining jack gaughan's b+w art, are also 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, reproduced from the small pocketbook format ace books mmpb first edition setting, and are also undated other than with the 1964 copyright date:
cat# 06851 (11/1975 from locus #190, 30/6/1976)
cat# 06852 (c. 1-5/1976 by end p. advertising)
cat# 06853 (late 1977-1978 by mzb re-issue programme, (very late 1977-) 1978 by cover price)
after which ace books published a greatly revised and extended edition, which further adds the original darkover novelette, "to keep the oath" to the book, and bears new cover art by michael whelan:
cat# 06854-5, isbn 0-441-06854-5 $2.25 (5/1979), q.v.
the next arrow books edition of which i am aware is the century hutchinson arrow books (1987) (?legend imprint?) first uk printing of the comprehensively revised, doubled-in-length edition #18a q.v.
confusingly, this nowhere upon the front cover mentions that it is the - far larger - revised edition - and it was published bearing the same isbn as the uk p/b of the shorter edition. i doubt richard evans cared... (this comment is from another edition of this book)
grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb undated° third printing, fourth ace books mmpb printing over-all
cover art by michael whelan (signed with his monogram)
b+w interior illustration by jack gaughan (signed with his jg digraph)
cover price $1.75
192pp. including titles, indicia etc.
° - no date of publication/printing given, only copyright date(late 1977-1978 by mzb re-issue programme, (very late 1977-) 1978 by cover price)
after which ace books published a greatly revised and extended edition, which further adds the original darkover novelette, "to keep the oath" to the book, and bears new cover art by michael whelan:
cat# 06854-5, isbn 0-441-06854-5 $2.25 (5/1979) with reprints, q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book)
grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb undated° second printing, third ace books mmpb printing over-all
cover art by michael whelan (signed with his monogram)
b+w interior illustration by jack gaughan (signed with his jg digraph)
cover price $1.50
192pp. including titles, indicia etc.
° - no date of publication/printing given, only copyright date; c. 1-5/1976 by end p. advertising)
the next ace books mmpb printing shares the cover art by michael whelan (art signed with his monogram) & cover design whilst retaining jack gaughan's b+w art, is 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, and is also undated other than with the 1964 copyright date:
cat# 06853-7, isbn 0-441-06853-7 $1.75 (late 1977-1978 by mzb re-issue programme, (very late 1977-) 1978 by cover price)
after which ace books published a greatly revised and extended edition, which further adds the original darkover novelette, "to keep the oath" to the book, and bears new cover art by michael whelan:
cat# 06854-5, isbn 0-441-06854-5 $2.25 (5/1979) with reprints, q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book)
grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb undated° first printing, second ace books mmpb printing over-all
cover art by michael whelan (signed with his monogram)
b+w interior illustration by jack gaughan (signed with his jg digraph)
cover price $1.25
192pp. including titles, indicia etc.
° - no date of publication/printing given, only copyright date; publication date taken from locus 190, 30/6/1976
the two next known ace books mmpb printings all share new cover art by michael whelan (art signed with his monogram) & cover design whilst retaining jack gaughan's b+w art, are 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, and are also undated other than with the 1964 copyright date:
cat# 06852 $1.50 (c. 1-5/1976 by end p. advertising)
cat# 06853-7, isbn 0-441-06853-7 $1.75 (late 1977-1978 by mzb re-issue programme, (very late 1977-) 1978 by cover price)
after which ace books published a greatly revised and extended edition, which further adds the original darkover novelette, "to keep the oath" to the book, and bears new cover art by michael whelan:
cat# 06854-5, isbn 0-441-06854-5 $2.25 (5/1979) with reprints, q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book)