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Author:	Gordon R. Dickson
Title:	Tactics Of Mistake
Publisher:	Daw
Country:	USA
Date:	Jun 1972
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Cat#:	UQ1009
Total Editions:	3
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cover : Kelly Freas

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ppint. 7th May 2018		daw books simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first mmpb edition cover art by (frank) kelly freas (attributed, and signed with his monogram) cover price 95¢ near-meaningless daw books collector no. 9 224pp. Including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia to see whether carcass of copy held was merkin- or canadadian- printed. no priority established nor liable to be. month of publication date given in undated (1973) near-identical third printing which differs: adds indicia printing history number line 3456789 end pp. advertising differs, and date of third printing identified from latest books advertised undated (1/1978) fourth daw books printing bears redesigned cover, cover art by frank kelly freas retained (greatly cropped to bust on backgr, in white field with typography) cat# UW1279 isbn 0-87997-279-3 near-meaningless daw books collector number dropped from cover cover price $1.50 ° - publication date taken from locus #198 there should be a simultaneous canadadian-carcassed fifth printing but this i've not seen/seen reported undated near-identical sixth daw books printing differs: cat# UE1521 isbn 0-87997-521-0 printing history number line 6789 cover price $1.75 undated (4/1980 by interpolation of cat#) seventh & eighth daw books printings sharing new cover art by greg theakston (signature is unreadably small, but also credited) cat# UJ1534 isbn 0-87997-534-2 (on spine) cover price $2.25 (canadadian-carcassed copies for distribution north of the parallel) (n.b. second letter of cat# not varied to indicate canadadian cover price) cover price $1.95 (wholly merkin-printed copies intended for general distribution; some copies distributed north of the border bearing $2.25 canada oval stickers over front cover price) next mmpb edition is the 5/1981 ace books first printing.



ppint. 17th Jan 2021		serialised in analog vol.lxxxvi #2, #3, #4, #5; 10/1970, 11/1970, 12/1970, 1/1971 as ''the tactics of mistake'' which somewhat ironically seems to've been an editorial error first episode is the cover story, art by (frank) kelly freas; 4, 4, 2, 3 b+w illustrations also by freas (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 7th May 2018		undated 7th daw books printing, also exists in near-identical canadadian-carcassed eighth printing cover price $2.25; some merkin-printed copies bear a "$2.25 canada" on an oval sticker over the printed front cover price, so presumably at least locally, new american library canadada ran short of canadadian-priced copies. (the near-meaningless collectors number has long since been dropped - it didn't last beyond the thrid printing.) new cover art is by greg theakston (signature too small to be resolved from cover, but credited) (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 8th Dec 2017		first sphere books p/b printing 1975, first uk edition cover art by tony roberts (unsigned, uncredited; attributed in ''worlds at war'' steven covell (1980), q.v.) cover price 60p, australia $1.90, new zealand $1.90, canada $3.50 240pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising near-identical 1976 second printing differs: adds indicia printing history line: reprinted 1976 near-identical third sphere books printing 1978 differs: isbn 0-7221-2977-7 indicia printing history line now reads reprinted 1976, 1978 cover price 85p, (overseas territories australia $1.90, new zealand $1.90, canada $2.50 reported) ... ... near-identical 1984 eighth sphere books printing differs: isbn 0-7221-3001-5 indicia printing history line now reads reprinted 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 cover price £1.75, malta £1.75 ... near-identical 6/1989 partially-reported sphere books printing differs from eighth: cover price £2.99 (overseas territories prices ?) publication month taken from locus isbn 0-7221-3001-5 retained from eighth printing (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Gordon R. Dickson - Tactics Of Mistake - Daw - Paperback - USA - 0879975342 (1980)

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Gordon R. Dickson - Tactics Of Mistake - Sphere - Paperback - UK - 0722129548 (1976)