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Author:Robert Sheckley
Title:Shards Of Space
Publisher:  Corgi
Country:UK
Date:1962
Format:Paperback
Genre:Science Fiction, Humour, Fantasy
Cat#:YS1252
Total Editions:4
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corgi books cat# YS1252 first publication in great britain (so stated in indica). transworld publishers ltd. park royal rd. london n.w.10
collection of eleven previously-published stories:
prospector's special (galaxy (gal) 12/59)
the girls and nugent miller (the magazine of fantasy & science fiction (f&sf) 3/60)
meeting of the minds (gal 2/60)
potential (astounding (asf) 11/53)
fool's mate (asf 3/53)
subsistence level (gal 8/54)
the slow season (f&sf 10/54)
alone at last (infinity /56)
forever (gal 2/53)
the sweeper of loray (gal 4/59)
the special exhibit (esquire 10/53)

154pp incl. 2pp adverts.+6pp titles.

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ppint.
17th Jan 2018
 transworld publishers corgi books imprint first printing, first uk edition

reprint collection of nine short stories and two novelettes

cover art by hoot von zitzewitz (uncredited, art is signed), shared with 1962 bantam books mmpb, typography coloured differently in part
cover price 3/- or
cover price aust 4/6 (on copies intended for distribution in and from australia)
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
 

 
ppint.
17th Jan 2018
 bantam books mmpb second printing with new, not-quite monochrome

cover art by paul lehr
cover price 75¢
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
17th Jan 2018
 corgi books second printing, with new

cover art by josh kirby (uncredited, possibly very faintly signed; in ansible.uk/misc/joshlist.html)
cover price 3s. 6d., australia 6/- 60c, new zealand 4s. 6d.
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
160pp. including titles, indicia etc., end p. advertising
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
17th Jan 2018
 bantam books mmpb first printing, almost certainly first edition

cover art by hoot von zitzewitz (uncredited, art is signed), shared with the 1962 corgi books uk p/b
cover price 40¢
160pp. including titles, indicia etc.
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 


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Other Editions

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Robert Sheckley - Shards Of Space - Bantam - Paperback - USA (1962)
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Robert Sheckley - Shards Of Space - Corgi - Paperback - UK (1966)
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Robert Sheckley - Shards Of Space - Bantam - Paperback - USA (1971)

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