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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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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