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Author:Gordon R. Dickson
Title:Soldier, Ask Not
Publisher:  Dell
Country:USA
Date:Jul 1967
Format:Paperback
Genre:Fiction, Science Fiction
Cat#:8090
Total Editions:3
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cover : Paul Lehr

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ppint.
4th Jul 2020
 dell books mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers and cat#, first edition

cover art by paul lehr (credited to lehr on back cover)
cover price 60¢
224pp. 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 dell printing--july, 1967
 

 
ppint.
4th Jul 2020
 daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers and hence also cat#,

cover art by (frank) kelly freas (signed)
near-meaningless daw books collector no.172
cover price $1.50
224pp. 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 printing, november, 1975
and bear complete printing history number line, 123456789


near-identical undated third daw mmpb printing (11/1977 by interpolation of cat#)
cover art by frank kelly freas retained
cover price $1.75
cat# UE1339
near-meaningless daw books collector number dropped from cover
isbn 0-87997-339-0
incorrectly given on spine as 0-87997-399-0 which would not give 0 as the checksum digit
indicia printing history number line 3 4 5 6 7 8 9


undated near-identical fourth daw mmpb printing 11/1977 (by interpolation of cat#)
cover art by (frank) kelly freas retained from firs printings
cover price $1.75
cat# UE1339
near-meaningless daw books collector number dropped from cover
isbn 0-87997-339-0
incorrectly given on spine as 0-87997-399-0 which would not give 0 as the checksum digit
indicia printing history number line 456789, stated printed in canada


undated near-identical fifth daw books mmpb printing
cover art by (frank) kelly freas retained
cover price $1.75
cat# UE1399°
isbn 0-87997-399-4°
incorrectly given as 0-87997-399-0 on spine°

(° - alternatively, and quite possibly, both cat# and isbn are/were now incorrect, and the new cat# was an erroneous attempt to reconcile the earlier mistake with the incorrect isbn. . .)
indica printing history number line 5 6 7 8 9
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
4th Jul 2020
 dorsai trilogy #2, itself a subset of the childe cycle:

#0: "necromancer" (1964), q.v. for series' listing, and links.
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
20th Oct 2019
 first uk publication and first sphere books p/b 1975

cover art by tony roberts (source?)
cover price 60p, australia $1.90°, new zealand $1.90, canadada $2.50
°recommended price only
(so this printing should be re-flagged "international" by respected moderator's rule,
or not so re-flagged at respected moderator's heartfelt plea)
224pp? including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising

near-identical second sphere books printing adds line to indica publishing history below statement of first publication
reprinted 1976

near-identical thrid sphere books printing adds to indica publishing history note of reprints
reprinted 1976, 1978
isbn 07221-2981-5
cover price 85p, australia $1.90°, new zealand $1.90, canadada $2.50

near-identical fourth sphere books printing adds to indica publishing history note of reprints
reprinted 1976, 1978, 1980
isbn 07221-2978-5
cover price £1.10, malta £1.10, australia $3.75

near-identical fifth sphere books printing adds to indica publishing history note of reprints
reprinted 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981
isbn of fourth printing retained
cover prices retained

near-identical sixth sphere books printing adds to indica publishing history note of reprints
reprinted 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983
isbn of fourth & fifth printings retained
cover prices (?)

near-identical seventh sphere books printing adds to indica publishing history note of reprints
reprinted 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984
isbn retained
cover price £1.50, malta £1.50

near-identical eighth sphere books printing adds to indica publishing history note of reprints
reprinted 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984 (twice)

near-identical ninth sphere books printing 1986
reprinted 1976, 1978,1980, 1981, 1983, 1984 (twice), 1986
isbn 0-7221-2978-5
bar-code number 9780722129784 00250
cover price £2.50 (no overseas territories prices printed)


sphere books 1987 tenth printing, with new
cover art uncredited, unsigned, of futuristic, dark-green tank with serpent-crested helmeted tank captain holding pennant on a pole, another similarly-clad in pressure armour(?) in foreground
isbn retained
adds to indica publishing history note of reprints
reprinted 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984 (twice), 1986, 1987
cover price £2.99, australia $8.99, new zealand $10.95


sphere books 1989 eleventh printing, indicated twelfth by printing number line
cover art retained
isbn retained
reported introducing a presumably spurious 1982 printing into the indica publishing history note of reprints, as well as appending the date of this reprinting
reprinted 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982 (italics mine), 1983, 1984 (twice), 1986, 1987, 1989
cover price £2.99 (?possibly no overseas territories prices?)
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 


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Gordon R. Dickson - Soldier, Ask Not - Daw - Paperback - USA (1975)
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Gordon R. Dickson - Soldier, Ask Not - Sphere - Paperback - UK - 0722129521 (1976)

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