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Author:Theodore Sturgeon
Title:E Pluribus Unicorn
Publisher:  Abelard
Country:USA
Date:1953
Format:Hardcover
Genre:Fiction, Science Fiction
Total Editions:11
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ppint.
3rd Jan 2018
 almost entirely reprint collection of nine short stories and five novelettes

dust-jacket art by a. m. jauss
 

 
ppint.
21st Jun 2023
 contents:

nf introduction by groff conklin
the silken-swift... (short story) f&sf vol.5 #5, 11/1953 (without the trailing ''...'')
the professor's teddy-bear (ss) weird tales vol.40 #3, 3/1948
bianca's hands (ss) argosy uk 5/1947, reprinted in argosy uk 6/1956
a saucer of loneliness (ss) galaxy vol.5 #5, 2/1953; galaxy strato bre vol.3 #6, 8/1953
the world well lost (ss) universe #1, 6/1953
it wasn't syzygy (novelette) weird tales vol.40 #2, 1/1948
the music (ss) 1953 (written 1947 or 1948, may be first publication)
scars (ss) zane grey's western magazine 5/1949
fluffy (ss) weird tales vol. 39 #10, 3/1947
the sex opposite (ntte) fantastic vol.1 #2, fall/1952
die, maestro, die! (ntte) dime detective 5/1949
cellmate (ss) weird tales vol.39 #9, 1/1947; reprinted in satellite vol.3 #4, 3/1959
a way of thinking (ntte) amazing vol. 23 #7, 10-11/1953; amazing strato bre vol.1 #2, 2/1954
about sturgeon (nf note) (unattributed)
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
21st Jun 2023
 ballantine books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition

reprint collection of four novelettes and nine short stories, with nf introduction by groff conklin

cover art by richard powers (unsigned, uncredited; attributed by jane frank in ''the art of richard powers'' (2001), q.v.
cover price 35¢
224pp. (check) including (i-) xii pp. titles, indicia, nf introduction, table-of-contents etc, end p. nf bibliographical note
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
11th Jun 2019
 third panther books printing

cover art uncredited, unsigned
cover price 5/-, australia 80c, new zealand 65c, south africa 60c
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
192pp. including titles, indica etc.
cat# extended by appendation of the checksum digit from the full sbn
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
3rd Jan 2018
 new cover design, but same cover art by boris vallejo as two previous pocket books mmpb° printings

° - timescape not being a publisher, but an imprint created by pocket books, inc. to compete head-on with ballantine/del rey, hiring editor david hartwell away from berkley-putnam to achieve this within three years...
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
3rd Jan 2018
 near-identical fourth printing 1969
see indica on reverse of title page to check which is held, also

cover price 5/-, australia 80c, new zealand 75c, south africa 60c

(new zealand price has risen from 65c)
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
3rd Jan 2018
 second panther books printing/edition is near-identical with the first, save for the cover price rise from 2/6 to 3/6, and note of the second printing in the indica.

cover art by bill rose (uncredited, unsigned)
cover price 3'6
192pp. including titles, indica etc.
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
3rd Jan 2018
 near-identical 6/1963 panther books second printing, advised in the indica, with same cat#, cover price 3/6

cover art by bill rose, re-used from that for pyramid books' 1957, 1958 first mmpb printings of "hellflower" by george o. smith, q.v.
cover price 2'6
192pp. including titles, indica etc.
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
3rd Jan 2018
 uk publisher should be abelard-schuman, sister company (or subsidiary?) of the merkin publishers of the 1953 first edition. printed using the same plates, and with ~identical

dust-jacket art by a. m. jauss.

edit: and lo! - by 22/6/2023, it was!
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 


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Other Editions

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Theodore Sturgeon - E Pluribus Unicorn - Timescape - Paperback - USA - 0671502239 (1984)
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Theodore Sturgeon - E Pluribus Unicorn - Ballantine Books - Paperback - USA (1956)
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Theodore Sturgeon - E Pluribus Unicorn - Ballantine Books - Paperback - USA (1965)
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Theodore Sturgeon - E Pluribus Unicorn - Panther - Paperback - UK (1961)
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Theodore Sturgeon - E Pluribus Unicorn - Panther - Paperback - UK (1968)
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Theodore Sturgeon - E Pluribus Unicorn - Abelard-Schuman - Hardcover - UK (1960)
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Theodore Sturgeon - E Pluribus Unicorn - Panther - Paperback - UK (1963)
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Theodore Sturgeon - E Pluribus Unicorn - Ballantine Books - Paperback - USA (1970)
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Theodore Sturgeon - E Pluribus Unicorn - Pocket Books - Paperback - USA - 0671813552 (1977)
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Theodore Sturgeon - E Pluribus Unicorn - Pocket Books - Paperback - USA - 0671831496 (1979)

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