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Editor:	Damon Knight
Title:	Cities Of Wonder
Publisher:	Doubleday
Country:	USA
Date:	Feb 1966
Format:	Hardcover
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Total Editions:	5
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ppint. ● 9th Jan 2025		i've seen a canadian edition incompletely-reported (from donald h. tuck's encyclopedia): it's unclear whether this is the merkin first printing bearing a canadian $4.95 price printed upon the dj front flap in place of the merkin $4.50, or a separate printing - nor any indicia detail, nor the p.252 printing code has yet been seen stated. must find my copy of the tuck and check the entry.



ppint. ● 9th Jan 2025		author field should^W has been varied to editor



ppint. ● 9th Jan 2025		doubleday h/cvr first printing, first edition so stated in indicia thematic reprint anthology of four novelettes and seven short stories, nf introduction by damon knight cover (dj) art by john rombola (unsigned, credited on dj back flap): line-drawn art reversed out in white upon monotone light red field, as per title; "edited by damon knight" in black cover (dj) price $4.50 264pp. including (i-) xii pages titles, indicia, 3pp. nf introduction by damon knight, bound with endpapers between covered boards month of publication not given in indicia: 12/1950 month of printing given by printer's code G50 on p.252; check this page for variations in doubleday's printing code indicating a later printing.



ppint. ● 9th Jan 2025		the centre detail from this cover art by jack faragasso was blown up to become the cover art on manor books' mmpb edition of "the outposter" by gordon r. dickson, q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. ● 9th Jan 2025		author field should^W has been varied to editor (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. ● 9th Jan 2025		macfadden mmpb second printing with new cover art, cat#, cover price thematic reprint anthology of four novelettes and seven short stories, nf introduction by damon knight cover art by jack faragasso (signed faragasso, credited) cover price 95¢ 256pp. including titles, indicia, nf introduction by the editor, etc, end pp. advertising indicia publishing history includes the month of publication of the first macfadden mmpb (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. ● 9th Jan 2025		author field should^W has been varied to editor (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. ● 9th Jan 2025		tbl (thompson books ltd.) sphere books first printing, first uk p/b edition thematic reprint anthology of four novelettes and seven short stories, nf introduction by damon knight cover art unsigned, uncredited (looks to be treated photographic still technological & jewellery "non-life") cover price 6/- (30p), 7/25 (shillings) east africa, 75¢ south africa, $1.00 australia, 85¢ new zealand 240pp. (check: i can see it on the p/b anthologies shelf, but can't currently reach it) including titles, indicia, nf introduction etc., end p. (advertising and/or list of agencies worldwide - again, to be checked) (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. ● 9th Jan 2025		author field should^W has been varied to editor (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. ● 9th Jan 2025		dennis dobson first printing, first uk h/cvr & first uk edition thematic reprint anthology of four novelettes and seven short stories, nf introduction by damon knight cover (dj) art unsigned, probably by richard weaver (check if credited, which i didn't note in 1968) cover (dj) price 25/- (= £1 5s; may well have been raised by dennis during the life of the print-run) 264pp. including xii pp. titles, indicia, 3pp. nf introduction by damon knight, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. ● 16th Sep 2021		contents: single combat (short story ) robert abernathy (f&sf vol.8 #1, 1/1955) dumb waiter (novelette) walter miller, jr. (astounding vol. il #2, 4/1952, cover story, art & five b+w illustrations by hubert rogers) jesting pilot (ss) henry kuttner, c. l. moore (astounding vol. xxxix #3, 5/1947) ''it's great to be back!'' (ss) robert a. heinlein (saturday evening post 26/7/1947) billenium (ss) j. g. ballard (new worlds #112, 11/1961, aka & most editions give as ''billennium'') okie (ntte) james blish (astounding vol.45 #2, 4/1950; five b+w illustrations by hubert rogers; incorporated in ''earthman, come home'' (1955), q.v.) the luckiest man in denv (ss) c. m. kornbluth (galaxy vol.4 #2, 6/1952 as by simon eisner) the machine stops (ntte) e. m. forster (oxford and cambridge review, michaelmas term/1909) the underprivileged (ss) brian w. aldiss (new worlds #130, 5/1963) by the waters of babylon (ss) stephen vincent benét (saturday evening post 31/7/1937 as ''the place of the gods'') forgetfulness (ntte) john w. campbell jr. (astounding vol. xix #4, 6/1937 as by don a. stuart) (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. ● 16th Jan 2021		macfadden mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first p/b edition thematic reprint anthology of four novelettes and seven short stories, nf introduction by damon knight cover art by jack faragasso (signed faragasso, signature guillotined off some copies in production) cover price 75¢ 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to printing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed; no priority established nor liable to be, both state a macfadden book.... 1967 month of publication not given: taken from printing history of 10/1971 macfadden second printing (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Damon Knight - Cities Of Wonder - MacFadden - Paperback - USA (1967)

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Damon Knight - Cities Of Wonder - Dennis Dobson - Hardcover - UK (1968)

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Damon Knight - Cities Of Wonder - Sphere - Paperback - UK (1970)

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Damon Knight - Cities Of Wonder - MacFadden - Paperback - USA (1971)