cover art by bob haberfield (unsigned, uncredited; attribution originally from bob haberfield's website)
cover price 30p, (overseas territories' prices)
128pp. including titles, indica etc.
1974 near-identical second mayflower books uk p/b printing differs:
now includes declaration of being a mayflower original, and more mentions of granada publishing ltd.
cover price 30p, australia & new zealand $1.00, canada $1.25
indica printing history states reprinted 1974
128pp. including titles, indica etc, end p. advertising may differ
1977 near-identical fourth mayflower books printing differs:
indica printing history states published by mayflower books ltd. in 1973
reprinted 1974, 1975, 1977
cover price 60p, australia $1.75, new zealand $1.85, canada $1.75
1980 near-identical fifth mayflower books printing differs:
now states published by granada publishing ltd. in 1973
indica printing history states reprinted 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980
cover price 95p, australia $3.50, new zealand $3.25
reprinted 1981, currently no detailed information
reprinted 1983, currently no detailed information
reprinted 1986, by which date it has new
cover art by paul damon
cover price £2.50, australia $8.95, new zealand $9.95, canada $5.95
is declared published by grafton books with a panther books isbn on the cover
isbn 0-586-20555-1
but bears a confused and impossible
''isbn'' of ''05683121993'' (in mistake for 0-583-12199-3) in indica
(the list of reprintings is also confused: 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1981, 1983, 1986)
still produced from the mayflower books typesetting, with
128pp. including titles, indica etc.
1988 near-identical grafton books p/b printing incompletely recorded:
cover art by paul damon
cover price £2.50
128pp. including titles, indica etc.
simultaneous first dell printings, first mmpb edition, first merkin edition
cover art by richard (''rick'') courtney (signed ''rlc''; also reprinted in ''the tanelorn archives'' richard bilyeu (1981), q.v.)
cover price $1.25
160pp. including titles, indica etc.
refer to indica to see if carcass (''book'') of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be; both state first united states printing---november 1976
1978 near-identical second dell mmpb printing differs:
cover price $1.50
cat# 11173
printing history adds line: second printing---february 1978
1981 simultaneous dell mmpb printings, stated new united states edition in both, redesigned cover, new
cover art by ezra h. tucker (signed bottom right-hand edge, guillotined off some copies)
cover price $2.50 (canadadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north o't'parallel)
cover price $2.25 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution)
cat# 11173 retained from dell 1978 second printing
isbn 0-440-11173-0
160pp. including titles, indica etc.
refer to printing history to see if carcass ('book') of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state new us edition| first printing---november 1981
(the statement, previous us edition| one printing, is arguably untrue - or true; but mostly untrue) (this comment is from another edition of this book)