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Author:	A. E. Van Vogt
Title:	The Weapon Shops Of Isher
Publisher:	Greenberg
Country:	USA
Date:	1951
Format:	Hardcover
Total Editions:	6
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JimEss SUBS 18th Dec 2024		Added cover. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



HOOK45 SUBS ● 3rd Oct 2021		Colectia Nautilus 4 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 8th Feb 2020		second ace books mmpb, previously half an "ace double" cover art unsigned, uncredited, retained from "ace double" q.v. cover price 35¢ (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 8th Feb 2020		half an "ace double" cover art unsigned, uncredited; still sfaiaa not yet firmly attributed (corrick suggests meltzoff) cover price 35¢ 320pp. including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 2nd Jul 2019		first new english library uk p/b edition 10/1969 (not first uk p/b, that was nova publications ns1 (1954), q.v.) cover art by bruce pennington (uncredited, unsigned; attributed by jane frank, inter alia) cover price 5/- (25p), pts 65 spain, 80c aust., 75c nz 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 128pp. including titles, indica etc, end p. author's surname on title page is misspelled ''van voght'' near-identical second printing: may not correct noted spelling mistake - can any kind bookcatter out there check their copy and confirm whether it does, or not? refer to indica for presence/absence of line in publishing history stating reprinted july 1970 near-identical third printing stated in publishing history as new edition february 1973 cover price 30p, pts 75 spain, 35p gibraltar, 35c malta, 350 mils cyprus, $1.00 australia, $1.00 n.z., $1.80 trinidad (w.i.) 128pp. including titles, indica etc, end p. advertising (nel books advertised may differ) near-identical fourth printing adds publishing history line, reprinted april 1974 fifth printing stated in publishing history as new edition august 1979 cover art by paul monteagle (unsigned, credited on rear cover) cover price 75p, 82½p republic of ireland, $2.50 australia, $2.45 new zealand 128pp. including titles, indica etc, end p. advertising (details of nel books advertised differs) undated double, c. 1980-1982: possibly unsold copies stripped, or possibly unbound carcasses, of this fifth printing bound together with same of the sequel, ''the weapon makers'' in new card covers, no collective title, pagination remains separate as do the title and indica pages: isbn 0-450-05122-6 on cover only cover art photographic of the two 8/79 paul monteagle covers, aligned diagonally, slightly overlapping, set upon background from tim white's cover art for ''between planets'' robert a. heinlein (1977), q.v. cover price £1.00, (? any other territories' prices on back cover?) 272pp? no collective pagination, nor collective titles, indica etc. double second edition (first printed deliberately as a double) april 1988 (month from locus) now actually has a title (!): ''the weapon shops of isher & the weapon makers'' isbn 0-450-42270-4 bar-code no. 9780450422706 90250 cover art uncredited, unsigned cover price £2.50, $8.95australia rrp 268pp? including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 2nd Jul 2019		date: is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to 1954 ''this edition published 1954'' seems tolerably definitive. . . (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 17th Dec 2017		first uk p/b edition, possibly first p/b edition cover art by gerard quinn (signed) cover price 2'- 160pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 17th Dec 2017		doubled with "gateway to elsewhere " by murray leinster, q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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A. E. Van Vogt - The Weapon Shops Of Isher - Ace - Paperback - USA (1954)

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A. E. Van Vogt - The Weapon Shops Of Isher - Ace - Paperback - USA (1960)

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A. E. Van Vogt - The Weapon Shops Of Isher - Nova - Paperback - UK (1954)

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A. E. Van Vogt - The Weapon Shops Of Isher - New English Library - Paperback - UK - 450003876 (1969)

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