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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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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)