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Author:	Andre Norton
Title:	Star Guard
Publisher:	Ace Books
Country:	USA
Date:	1956
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Cat#:	D-199
Total Editions:	7
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cover art by ed emshwiller

doubled with "planet of no return" by poul anderson, q.v.

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ppint. 22nd Dec 2022		ace books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition (first edition was 1955 harcourt, brace & co. h/cvr) half a classic ace double with two front covers and contents tête-beché to each other cover art unsigned, uncredited; attributed to ed emshwiller in the ace image library cover price 35¢ ½ (⅔!) 320pp. including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. between the double's halves



ppint. 22nd Dec 2022		victor gollancz h/cvr first printing, first uk edition cover (d-j) art by alan breese (may well be credited on d-j, but this is taken from andre norton website) cover (d-j) price 18/- 252pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p?, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards there is quite likely an sbn or an isbn in the indicia, but i didn't note this when i read this novel. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 22nd Dec 2022		grosset & dunlap charter communications ace fifth mmpb printing (mis-stated as fourth) including the 1956 ace double mmpb first p/b edition. cover art by chris foss (signed with his f in a line-drawn box, retained from ace mmpb 1973 printing, originally on ''earthlight'' (pan books 1971 uk p/b), q.v.) cover price $1.25 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising indicia publishing history also credits a non-existent (sfaik) 1959 ace books mmpb printing as the first ace printing, then (more credibly) 10/1966, 6/1973, 6/1974 for the next two printings including this. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 22nd Dec 2022		grosset & dunlap charter communications ace undated° (save for 1955=copyright date) sixth (probably) mmpb printing, including the 1956 half ace double mmpb first p/b edition cover art by chris foss (signed with his f in a line-drawn box, retained from 1973 mmpb printing) cover price $1.50 256pp. (check) including titles, indica etc., end pp. advertising ° - this printing's date (month and year) taken from locus #200, 3/1977 - the next mmpb printings of which yr hmbl srppnt. is aware bear the fawcett crest imprint, and are eventually followed by random house's ballantine books' del rey series mmpbs. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 22nd Dec 2022		grosset & dunlap charter communications ace imprint mmpb mis-stated third printing, probably the fourth - must be at least fourth printing including the 1956 ace double mmpb; text re-set, as revealed by the increased pagination cover art by chris foss (signed with his f in a line-drawn box, re-used from ''earthlight'' arthur c. clarke (pan books uk p/b 1971), q.v.) cover price 95¢ 256pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 22nd Dec 2022		ace books mmpb undated fourth printing including the 1956 ace double mmpb printing date taken from the 6/1973 printing which itself is misleadingly announced as the third ace mmpb printing. adds a ten page essay by lin carter after titles, before p.5 cover art unsigned, uncredited, re-used from 1956 ace double, attributed to ed emshwiller in the ace image library cover price 50¢ 228pp? (check) including fourteen unpaginated pp. titles, indica, andre norton: a profile (nf) lin carter (1966?), etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 22nd Dec 2022		ace books mmpb second printing including the 1956 half ace double mmpb printing first stand-alone mmpb printing, dropping the poul anderson short novel/novella cover art unsigned, uncredited, retained from the 1956 mmpb; attributed to ed emshwiller in the ace image library cover price 35¢ 216pp. (check) including titles, indica etc. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



JimEss SUBS 22nd Dec 2022		Covers added. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Other Editions

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Andre Norton - Star Guard - Ace - Paperback - USA (1966)

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Andre Norton - Star Guard - Ace - Paperback - USA (1961)

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Andre Norton - Star Guard - Ace - Paperback - USA (1974)

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Andre Norton - Star Guard - Ace - Paperback - USA (1973)

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Andre Norton - Star Guard - Ace - Paperback - USA (1977)

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Andre Norton - Star Guard - Victor Gollancz - Hardcover - UK (1969)