Science Fiction Book Club (US) edition.
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ppint. ● 15th Aug 2021
| | doubleday science fiction book club nelson doubleday imprint h/cvr edition, for sale only to sfbc (and later other doubleday book club) members
cover (d-j) art is photograph of a sculpture by gene szafran taken by/from murray collins studio
cover (d-j) price (none, initially $1.49 to club members)
186pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. bound with endpapers between covered boards
printers' gutter code 39N on p.181 indicates printed 9/1972, monthly selection of 10/1972
later printings' gutter codes will differ |
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ppint. ● 23rd Dec 2023
| | the hearst corporation avon books mmpb (simultaneous?°) first printing(s), not first mmpb edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price $2.25
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
° - there is a high chance of a near-identical simultaneous canadian-carcassed variant sharing merkin-printed covers, isbn, cat# and very possibly also self-declared to be the first printing;
but yr hmbl srppnt.'s neither seen this reported, nor seen such;
- however, the next known avon books mmpb edition is identified as the third printing by printing number line, and bears a different cover (repeating the image of the first mmpb printing's art, overlapping it downwards, diminishing in size) (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. ● 22nd Dec 2023
| | serialised in amazing vol.45 #2, #3; 7/1971, 9/1971
part one is the cover story, with 2, part two with 1, b+w illustrations (respectively) by michael wm. kaluta (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. ● 22nd Dec 2023
| | houghton miflin victor gollancz ltd. vgsf imprint p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition
cover art unsigned
cover price £3.99? (check)
192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. ● 22nd Dec 2023
| | victor gollancz first printing, first uk edition, first trade h/cvr edition
cover (d-j) art none; typographical cover with black, spot green & red on ''gollancz yellow'' field
cover (d-j) price £4.95
188pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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JimEss SUBS ● 21st Apr 2022
| | Added covers. (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. ● 15th Aug 2021
| | pan books printing, first uk p/b edition
semi-uniform cover design with title, author on a silver-coloured round-cornered cartouche
cover art by peter gudynas (unsigned, credited)
cover price £1.50 not for sale in canada
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. ● 15th Aug 2021
| | new american library signet imprint mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers
first edition preceded only by the first science fiction book club h/cvr not for sale to the general public
cover art (unsigned, uncredited, sfaik still as-yet unattributed: i think it might well be by dan adkins)
cover price 95¢
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of the copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first printing, march, 1973
serialised in amazing vol.45 #2, #3 , 7/1971, 9/1971
part one is the cover story, art by dan adkins, two b+w illustrations by michael wm. (''mike'') kaluta
part two, one b+w illustration by michael wm. kaluta (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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