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Author:	Robert A. Heinlein
Title:	Starship Troopers
Publisher:	Signet
Country:	USA
Date:	Nov 1961
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Cat#:	D1987
Total Editions:	4
Rating:	7.0 Rate
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
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ppint. 11th Nov 2020		new american library signet books imprint mmpb first printing, first merkin p/b edition (first edition was/is the 28/10/1959 g. p. putnam's sons h/cvr first printing) cover art by john schoenherr (unsigned, uncredited; attribution from artist's notes courtesy of ian schoenherr to isfdb) cover price 50¢ 208pp? including titles, indicia etc.



JimEss SUBS 11th Nov 2020		Added covers and month of first Signet edition.



ppint. 23rd Jul 2019		new english library imprint p/b first printing, not first uk p/b (which was the four square books first printing) cover art by karel thole (uncredited, unsigned; retained from previous 4/1967, 3/1968 nel four square p/b editions) cover price 6/- (30p), pts 75 spain, $1.00 australia, 85c new zealand so should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule or not so re-flagged, according to equally respected moderator's heartfelt plea 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising near-identical next reprinting 4/1972 cat# 2846 still cover price 30p, pts 75 spain, $1.00 australia, 85c new zealand pretty near-identical next reprinting 6/1974 redesigned front cover top line drops cat#, shifts typography towards new logo near fly corner retains (isbn (0)450-00573-9 cover art retained cover price (not reported) stated new edition june 1974 in indicia publishing history 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising next new english library p/b printing stated new edition 12/1977 cover art by gordon c. davies (credited on back cover) cover price 85p, $2.50 australia, $2.80 n.z. $2.80, $2.50 canada sbn 450-03727-4 (on back cover) 224pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia etc, 2 end pp: 1p. author's historical note, 1p. advertising next printing seen & examined states this new edition february 1979, retains sbn 450-03727-4 (on back cover) cover art by gordon c. davies (credited on back cover) (retained from 12/1977 printing) cover price 85p, $2.50 australia, $2.80 new zealand, $2.50 canada (new english library were consistently inconsistent over what qualified as a new edition) (the 2/1979 printing seen reported inaccurately: format pb 18cm - this worldcat-reported printing is ''dubious'' - at least, as mostly reported - imnsho. and especially as the film tie-in cover art is inconsistent with those before and after in date:) next 10/1982 reprinting near-identical with the 12/1977 printing, i.e: cover art by gordon c. davies cover price £1.50 (? no overseas territories' prices?) isbn 0450-00573-9 stated in indica publishing history to be a reprinting of the 1979 edition 224pp, including titles, indicia etc, end p. next reported printing (details from worldcat) 2/1986 (month given by locus) cover art (? not reported) cover price £2.25 (? no overseas territories' prices?) isbn 0450-00573-9 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising again "format pb, 18cm, different-from-preceding film tie-in cover art next reported reprinting 8/1987 (month given by locus) isbn 0450-00573-9 cover art (not reported) cover price £2.50 (no overseas territories' prices reported) 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. next reported reprinting 7/1993 (11th by locus) with new cover art (no information given) cover price £4.99 (no overseas territories' prices reported) isbn 0450-00573-9 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. next reported reprinting 10/1997 (month given by locus ) fourteenth printing by indica number-string cover art uncredited, film still cover price £5.99, australia $14.95 isbn 0450-00573-9 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. next reported undated reprinting, isbn unchanged near-identical fifteenth printing by indica number-string cover art tristar film still (as 14th printing) cover price £5.99, australia $14.95 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. next reported printing 3/2005 (all data from locus) still the same typesetting, but now using the hodder & stoughton isbn 0340-83793-4 cover art by steve crisp cover price £6.99 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 3rd Jul 2019		cat# is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to 2846, as on spine of book, or just deleted the sbn is not constructed from the cat# - nor vice-versa - on this period new english library (or four square) books. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 19th Apr 2019		godfrey phillips, later godfey phillips-new american library four square books p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by edward mortelmans (signed "mortelmans", uncredited) cover price 2'6 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 19th Apr 2019		second four square edition p/b from the new english library cover art by karel thole (uncredited, unsigned; attribution from use in science fiction monthly 8/1974) cover price 5/-, australia 80c, belgium fr 50, canada $1.25, france 5.60 ff, germany (=dbr) dm 4.00, italy lire 600, netherlands fl.3.50, switzerland fr 4.00 so should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule 224pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Robert A. Heinlein - Starship Troopers - Four Square - Paperback - UK (1967)

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Robert A. Heinlein - Starship Troopers - Four Square - Paperback - UK (1961)

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Robert A. Heinlein - Starship Troopers - New English Library - Paperback - UK - 450005739 (1970)