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ppint. 17th Dec 2019
| | the hearst corporation avon books mmpb second printing 10/1970 retains cat#, but new
cover art by gene szafran
cover price 75¢
adds indicia publishing history line stating second printing
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
there may be two near-identical printings, but i've not seen a canadadian-carcassed copy reported.
avon books mmpb 10/1972 near-identical third printings sharing merkin-printed covers, retain cat#, bear
cover art by gene szafran (art is signed "szafran")
non-sbn number-string 380-02302-075 on spine
cover price 75¢
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin -printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both adding line stating third printing, october, 1972 |
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ppint. 17th Dec 2019
| | the hearst corporation avon near-identical mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
reprint collection/slight fix-up of three previously-published novelettes
cover art by don ivan punchatz (partial - surname only - signature on original painting and reproductions)
cover price 75¢
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both stating first avon printing, september, 1969 |
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ppint. 20th Dec 2023
| | last separate uk p/b edition of which yr hmbl srppnt. is aware;
''nightwings'' is/was included in their excellent ''edge of light'' robert silverberg omnibus by harpercollinspublishers (1998), q.v.,
and then in the 2013 gollancz gateway omnibus, q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 20th Dec 2023
| | macdonald futura futura publications p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition
orbit/futura series, not yet a fully separate imprint
cover art by michael (mick) posen (unsigned, uncredited; original painting is signed)
cover price £2.50, $8.95 australia, $11.99 new zealand
192pp. including titles, indicia etc. (check end pp.)
month of publication not given, taken from locus (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 20th Dec 2023
| | tbl group sphere books p/b third printing, with new
cover art unsigned, seen attributed to anthony (tony) roberts with no support adduced
cover price £1.75, £1.75 malta (other territories prices?)
192pp. including titles, indicia etc. (check end pp.)
(check also: isbn in book as well as on back cover) (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 20th Dec 2023
| | tbl group sphere books p/b second printing with new isbn, new
cover art by peter elson (signed pe in line-drawn box, uncredited)
cover price 85p, 93½p eire, 90c malta, $2.75 australia, $2.75 new zealand, $1.95 canada
192pp. including titles, indicia etc. (check end pp.) (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 20th Dec 2023
| | tbl group sphere books first printing, first uk p/b edition
cover art by dave pether (unsigned, uncredited; original painting is signed)
cover price 40p, $1.25 australia, $1.25 new zealand, $1.75 canada
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, (fish out & check end pp.) (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 20th Dec 2023
| | walker & co. first printing, first h/cvr edition, not first edition
preceded by the avon books mmpb simultaneous first printings which are, together, the first edition
cover (d-j) art by jack gaughan (unsigned sfaics, credited on d-j front flap)
cover (d-j) price $4.95
192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
indicia includes the incorrect statement that ''nightwings'' was ''first published in book form in the united states of america in 1970'' (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 17th Dec 2023
| | unbound signatures of this edition of ''nightwings'' collected together with those of ''the dreaming earth'' john brunner (1963), q.v. and ''destiny doll'' clifford d. simak (1971), q.v. in the omnibus h/cvr bind-up, ''science fiction special 10'' (1974), q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 17th Dec 2023
| | sidgwick & jackson h/cvr first printing, first uk edition
cover (d-j) art restricted palate (blue & green on unprinted white ground) by chris gilbert
cover (d-j) price £1.60
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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