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Author:	Keith Laumer
Title:	Retief: Emissary To The Stars
Publisher:	Dell
Country:	USA
Date:	Dec 1975
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction, Humour
Cat#:	7425
Total Editions:	4
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ppint. 7th Feb 2024		contents: the hoob melon crisis (novelette) 1975 apparently original to this anthology the garbage invasion (ntte) f&sf vol.43 #6, 12/1972 an excerpt from ''retief and the warlords'' keith laumer (1968), q.v. (short excerpt) the troubleshooters (ntte) 1975 apparently original to this anthology the negotiators (short story) analog vol. xcv #2, 2/1975, one b+w illustration by frank kelly freas



ppint. 7th Feb 2024		dell publishing mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition ~ half original, half reprint anthology of three novelettes, a short story and a novel excerpt cover art by robert (bob):foster (unsigned, uncredited; attribution from todaysinspiration.blogspot.com/2010/02/bob-foster-gentleman-with-personal-high.html) cover price 95¢ 176pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first printing---december 1975



ppint. 7th Feb 2024		title was entered wrongly by the o.p. and should^W has been corrected: the space between the first word (''retief'') and the colon ('':'') should^W has been deleted as per the front cover, spine, title page etc. bookcat will^W then^W now automagically sorts this item correctly, and finds it likewise in look-ups (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 7th Feb 2024		simon & schuster pocket books imprint mmpb undated third printing, with slight variant cover art by carlos ochagavia signed, uncredited, retained from previous printings) cover price $2.50° 240pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p. advertising some copies have cover price overprinted in grey, plastic glooming ink, new price $3.95 printed at same time, on front cover; these possibly so treated for distribution north of the parallel after stock of previous copies intended for like distribution sold out (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 7th Feb 2024		simon & schuster pocket books imprint mmpb simultaneous first printings, first revised edition cover art by carlos ochagavia (signed, uncredited) cover price $2.25 canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel, small white maple leaf logo bearing ''published in canada'' near spine front cover in chief cover price $1.95 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution 256pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p. advertising refer also to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first pocket books printing, october 1079 and bear full first printing number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 21st Feb 2019		simon & schuster pocket books mmpb undated first printing re-revised edition(s)°, second pocket books mmpb printing over-all reprint collection second printing, no printing date given in indicia; 1981 by interpolation of isbn/cat# & cover price. cover art by carlos ochagavia (uncredited, art is signed; retained from the two 10/1979 first pocket books mmpb printings) cover price $2.25 240pp. including titles, indicia etc., end p. advertising ° - pocket books mmpbs of this title add three stories to contents of the two 12/1975 dell books mmpb first mmpb edition printings, and the first pocket printing retains the excerpt from ''retief and the warlords''; this second and the third pocket books mmpb printings drop this novel excerpt. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Keith Laumer - Retief: Emissary To The Stars - Pocket Books - Paperback - USA - 0671426834 (1981)

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Keith Laumer - Retief: Emissary To The Stars - Pocket Books - Paperback - USA - 0671829181 (1979)

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Keith Laumer - Retief: Emissary To The Stars - Pocket Books - Paperback - USA - 0671457772 (1981)