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Author:	A. Merritt
Title:	Seven Footprints To Satan
Publisher:	Avon Murder Of The Month
Country:	USA
Date:	1942
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction
Cat#:	1
Total Editions:	10
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digest size
© 1928 by Boni & Liveright
© 1942 by Avon Book Company
cover price 25c

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ppint. 5th May 2023		american news company (anc) avon book company new avon library p/b first printings° an avon mystery cover art unsigned, uncredited colour artwork interior b+w illustrations (woodcuts) by howard simon (unsigned, possibly credited) cover price (none; newsstand p/bs were presumed to be 25¢ unless elsewise stated) 320pp. including titles, indicia, b+w illustrations etc., end pp. advertising ° - there were five near-identical printings of the book 1942-1945 according to the hearst corporation avon books mmpb ninth printing's indicia publishing history; it is not stated that this includes or excludes the avon monthly murder digest (iiuc) p/b edition. the signal differences between the printings are the rising number in the listing of other titles in the avon books series in the end advertising pp. i do not know whether the number of b+w illustrations from howard simon's woodcuts is the same in all five printings, nor that the extent of the edition was maintained (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 5th May 2023		avon pocket size books avon books sixth printing cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 25¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ordinal printing number and date taken from the ninth printing's indicia (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 5th May 2023		avon books undated mmpb fourth printing cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 35¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 5th May 2023		avon books mmpb undated eighth printing cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 35¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 5th May 2023		(hearst corporation) avon books simultaneous ninth printings sharing merkin-printed covers cover art (virtually none: primarily red typography on a black field with red silhouette bottom centre) cover price 50¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia etc. refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 5th May 2023		(hearst corporation) avon books mmpb twelfth printing, new white-topped & bottomed cover design but cover art by douglas rosa (unsigned, uncredited, retained cut down slightly from eleventh printing) cover price 75¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia etc. likely to exist with canadian-carcassed variant; should any bookcatter or browsing visitor have or have access to a copy of this printing, it'd be appreciated if you'd be so good as to check the publishing history and if it states the carcass or ''book'' was canadian-printed, to post here giving the form of words used to announce this. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 5th May 2023		futura publications first p/b printing, probapossibly first uk p/b edition cover art by patrick woodroffe (unsigned, uncredited, attributed by jane frank ''science fiction and fantasy artists of the twentieth century'' (2009), q.v.) cover price 40p, $1.35 australia, $1.35 new zealand 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 5th May 2023		(hearst corporation) avon books imprint simultaneous thirteenth printings sharing merkin-printed covers (accounting may not include all merkin p/bs bearing the avon name as the first avon imprint p/bs were digest format, published by the magazine company: check indicia publishing history) cover art by patrick woodroffe (unsigned, uncredited; in ''mythopoeikon'' patrick woodroffe (1976), q.v.) cover price $1.25 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be no printing or publication date given, taken from locus isbn does nor incorporate the cat#, as is correct for avon books mmpbs of this period (this comment is from another edition of this book)



annaloog 8th Jul 2022		ISBN 0-380-00690-1, as printed on the copyright page, differs from the number on the spine (380-28209-125) and presumably refers to an earlier edition/printing. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 6th May 2019		(hearst corporation) avon books mmpb stated 11th printing, likely to exist in two near-identical printings sharing merkin-printed covers, and cover art by douglas rosa (unsigned, credited) cover price 60¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed. if you find you hold a canadadian-carcassed copy, please do post to confirm this, with details from its indicia including which number printing it is stated to be. thank-you. love, ppint. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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