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Author:Theodore Sturgeon
Title:The Cosmic Rape
Publisher:  Dell First Edition
Country:USA
Date:Aug 1958
Format:Paperback
Genre:Fiction, Science Fiction
Cat#:B120
Total Editions:4
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cover : Richard Powers

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ppint.
25th Nov 2017
 dell books mmpb first printing, first edition

cover art by richard powers (signed empowers)
cover price 35¢
160pp. including titles, indicia etc.


aka "to marry medusa", q.v.

but n.b. this is also the title of the original novella published in galaxy science fiction vol.16 #4, 8/1953 (uk #67, 10/1953), of which this novel was an expansion.
 

 
ppint.
4th Jan 2018
 pocket books near-identical simultaneous second mmpb printings sharing cat#, isbn, cover design and

cover art by don maitz (signed "maitz", credited)
cover price varies:
cover price $1.95 (canadian-printed copies)
cover price $1.75 (merkin copies)
160pp. including titles, indicia etc.

canadian-printed copies bear maple leaf logo in top right-hand corner of front cover; refer also to printing on card covers, as well as indica statement of where the carcass/''book'' of copy held was printed
both bear second printing number-string, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
4th Jan 2018
 pocket books near-identical mmpb first printings sharing cat#, cover design and

cover art (unsigned, uncredited)
cover price $1.50
160pp. including titles, indicia etc.

canadian bears maple leaf logo in top left-hand of front cover, which should mean canadadian-printed card covers, but sometimes was incorrectly applied
also check indicia for whether printed in canadada or us.
no priority established nor liable to be, both stating edition published november, 1977
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
4th Jan 2018
 dell books near-identical simultaneous printings of the new edition, sharing merkin-printed covers, cat#,

cover art by paul lehr (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price 60¢
160pp. including titles, indicia etc.

check indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both stating first printing --- december 1968
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 


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Other Editions

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Theodore Sturgeon - The Cosmic Rape - Dell - Paperback - USA (1968)
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Theodore Sturgeon - The Cosmic Rape - Pocket Books - Paperback - USA - 0671814141 (1977)
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Theodore Sturgeon - The Cosmic Rape - Pocket Books - Paperback - USA - 0671829343 (1979)

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