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Author:C. S. Lewis
Title:That Hideous Strength
Publisher:  Pan
Country:UK
Date:1955
Format:Paperback
Genre:Fiction, Science Fiction, Religion
Cat#:321
Total Editions:4
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ppint.
6th Oct 2019
 the cosmic trilogy #3:
aka "the tortured planet" avon mmpb (1958), q.v. (of the 1955 abridgement by the author)

#1: "out of the silent planet" (1938), q.v.

"that hideous strength: a modern fairy-tale for grown-ups" john lane, the bodley head (1945);
canadadian h/cvr nelson (1945);
as "that hideous strength" the macmillan co. merkin h/cvr (1946)
 

 
ppint.
20th May 2019
 ''this edition, abridged by the author, published 1955 ...''°

cover art by rudolph michael sachs (uncredited, art is signed ''sax'')
cover price absence from front cover red disc suggests image is of an export copy finished with either australian price on rear cover only, or with no cover price.)

° - check indicia for line stating 1956 date of second printing, to see which is held
 

 
ppint.
3rd Sep 2023
 indicia publishing history:

pan books ltd. 7th printing 1968
...
abridged by the author 1955
2nd printing 1956
3rd printing 1960
4th printing 1962
5th printing 1963
6th printing 1965
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
20th May 2019
 pan books ltd. seventh (out of at least 18) p/b printings of the 1955 abridgement by the author
- not including editions of the omnibus, "the cosmic trilogy" q.v., in this accounting

cover art (unsigned, uncredited, in black, dark shades of red, possibly treated photographic)
cover price 5/-, 60c south africa, 80c australia, 75c new zealand, $1.25 canada
256pp. including 6 unpaginated pp. titles, indicia etc, 1p. preface by the author (1955), 1 blank p., 4 end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to see which printing is held

cover art changes to much brighter artwork, painter not atm known to me, in/by mid-seventies.
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
20th May 2019
 pan books fifth printing, abridgement by the author

cover art by s. r. boldero retained
cover price 3'6
256pp. including titles, indicia etc.
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
20th May 2019
 third pan books printing of the 1955 abridgement by the author

cover art by s. r. boldero (uncredited, art is signed)
cover price 2'6 (also indicated by use of "great pan" on front cover)
256pp? including titles, indicia etc.
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 


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C. S. Lewis - That Hideous Strength - Pan - Paperback - UK (1963)
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C. S. Lewis - That Hideous Strength - Pan - Paperback - UK - 330021702 (1968)
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C. S. Lewis - That Hideous Strength - Pan - Paperback - UK (1960)

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