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Author:	Philip José Farmer
Title:	The Fabulous Riverboat
Publisher:	Berkley Medallion
Country:	USA
Date:	Apr 1973
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
ISBN-10:	042502329X
Total Editions:	4
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Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	2 Own
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Uploaded By: David Whiteley
Description: 1st US paperback edition

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David Whiteley 1st Aug 2020		With acknowledgement to nanocyar better cover added.



ppint. 22nd Dec 2019		four near-identical editions/printings sharing this cat# (and some possibly sbn in indica) some bear identical form of string including cat#, 425-02329-095Π top right front cover in black type in a white box cut out of the dull blue background, rather than reversed out to white: for greater ease of machine-readability?? (presumably the black-typed in the white cut-out is later - but i do not know this.) ("Π" = a symbol like a smaller or lower-case Π with full-height right-hand vertical) cover art by vincent difate (signature visible on rock at bottom edge on some copies) cover price 95¢ refer to indica to see if carcass ("book") of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed also for absence/presence of lines stating third, fourth printings no priority established between first merkin & first canadadian nor liable to be 265pp. including titles, indica etc. fifth through seventh near-identical berkley medallion printings differ: cat# Z2808 sbn 425-02808-9 in indica indica includes line stating fifth, sixth, seventh printing but gives no date for these printings cover price $1.25 .. ninth near-identical berkley medallion printing differs: isbn 0-425-03378-3 borne on top cover indica line stating ninth printing cover price $1.50 .. .. undated (late seventies?) fifteenth berkley mmpb printing differs: "medallion" dropped from imprint name, new "fanciful B" logo isbn 0-425-04817-9 cover price $2.25 11/1980 sixteenth berkley mmpb printing differs: indica line stating sixteenth printing, november, 1980 cover price $2.25 .. 6/1981 eighteenth berkley mmpb printing bears new cover art by don punchatz isbn 0-425-05012-2 cover price $2.50 .. 4/1982 twentieth berkley mmpb printing differs: isbn 0-425-05762-3 cover price $2.75



ppint. 26th Oct 2018		riverworld series #2: #1: "to your scattered bodies go" (1971), q.v. for series listing and links. fix-up of "the felled star" from if vol.17 #7, 7/1967 q.v., #8, 8/1967 q.v. part one is the cover story, and both parts have a b+w illustration, all by jack gaughan and "the fabulous riverboat" from if vol.20 #11, 5+6/1971 q.v., #12, 7+8/1971 q.v. both parts have a b+w illustration by jack gaughan



ppint. 27th Feb 2018		number in isbn13 field is^W was not an isbn13, not an isbn10 and not an sbn9, and should^W has been deleted.



ppint. 9th Nov 2017		number in isbn13 field is wrong and should be deleted.



ppint. 17th Feb 2024		riverworld series #2: #1: "to your scattered bodies go" (1971), q.v. for series listing and links. fix-up of "the felled star" from if vol.17 #7, 7/1967 q.v., #8, 8/1967 q.v. part one is the cover story, and both parts have a b+w illustration, all by jack gaughan and "the fabulous riverboat" from if vol.20 #11, 5+6/1971 q.v., #12, 7+8/1971 q.v. both parts have a b+w illustration by jack gaughan (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 17th Feb 2024		granada publishing panther books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by peter andrew ''paj'' jones (unsigned, credited on back cover) sbn 586039899 cover price 60p, $1.80 australia, $1.80 new zealand, $2.50 canada 256pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia etc, 4 end pp. advertising distinguish from near-identical reprintings: second printing 1978 which differs: isbn 0586039899 cover price 85p, $2.95 australia, $2.75 new zealand, $2.50 canada third printing 1979 which differs: isbn 0586039899 cover price 95p, £1.04½ republic of ireland, $3.25 australia, $2.95 new zealand granada panther fourth printing 1980 which differs: front cover titles new typography larger, swirled isbn 0586039899 cover price £1.25, $4.95 australia, $5.25 new zealand indicia publishing history lists three printings, last 1979 granada panther fifth printing 1980 which differs: front cover titles retain swirled typography isbn 0586039899 cover price £1.25, $4.95 australia, $5.25 new zealand indicia publishing history lists four printings, last 1980 granada panther sixth printing ,1982 which differs: front cover retains swirled typography isbn 0586039899 cover price £1.50 (overseas territories?) indicia publishing history lists four printings, last two 1979, 1982 - i.e. omits both 1980 printings granada panther seventh printing, 1983 which differs: front cover retains swirled typography isbn 0586039899 cover price £1.95, $5.95 australia, $5.95 new zealand indicia publishing history lists five printings, last three 1979, 1982, 1983 (omits both 1980 printings) granada panther eighth printing, 1985 which differs: front cover retains swirled typography isbn 0586039899 cover price £1.95, $5.95 australia, $7.95 new zealand indicia publishing history lists six printings, last four 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985 (omits both 1980 printings) wm. collins sons grafton books imprint, first grafton imprint 1986, ninth over-all, which further differs: front cover retains panther science fiction and swirled typography of title isbn 0586039899 cover price £2.50, $6.95 australia, $9.95 new zealand indicia publishing history claims first published by grafton 1975, and reprinted 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986 - still omits the two 1980 printings wm. collins sons grafton books second printing 1988, tenth printing over-all, differs: front cover drops the panther science fiction line, retains swirled typography isbn 0586039899 cover price £2.99, $8.95 australia, $12.95 new zealand indicia publishing history line: reprinted 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988 - still omits the two 1980 printings harpercollinspublishers first printing 12/1993, eleventh printing over-all, bears new cover art by keith scaife isbn 0586039899 cover price £4.99 first published by grafton 1975. reprinted ten times this paperback edition 1993. 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 17th Feb 2024		riverworld series #2: #1: "to your scattered bodies go" (1971), q.v. for series listing and links. fix-up of "the felled star" from if vol.17 #7, 7/1967 q.v., #8, 8/1967 q.v. part one is the cover story, and both parts have a b+w illustration, all by jack gaughan and "the fabulous riverboat" from if vol.20 #11, 5+6/1971 q.v., #12, 7+8/1971 q.v. both parts have a b+w illustration by jack gaughan (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 17th Feb 2024		riverworld series #2: #1: "to your scattered bodies go" (1971), q.v. for series listing and links. fix-up of "the felled star" from if vol.17 #7, 7/1967 q.v., #8, 8/1967 q.v. part one is the cover story, and both parts have a b+w illustration, all by jack gaughan and "the fabulous riverboat" from if vol.20 #11, 5+6/1971 q.v., #12, 7+8/1971 q.v. both parts have a b+w illustration by jack gaughan (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 17th Feb 2024		andre deutsch rapp & whiting h/cvr first printing, first uk edition cover (d-j) art by beverley lebarrow (photographic, unsigned, credited on d-j back flap) cover (d-j) price £2.50 256pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia etc, 3 end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards (this comment is from another edition of this book)



David Whiteley 1st Aug 2020		See here https://www.45worlds.com/magazine/issue/nc564003us and https://www.45worlds.com/magazine/issue/nc279547us for The Felled Star parts 1 & 2 See here https://www.45worlds.com/magazine/issue/if-20-11 and https://www.45worlds.com/magazine/issue/if-20-12 for The Fabulous Riverboat parts 1 & 2 (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Philip José Farmer - The Fabulous Riverboat - Berkley Medallion - Hardcover - USA (1981)

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Philip José Farmer - The Fabulous Riverboat - Rapp & Whiting - Hardcover - UK - 0853911975 (1974)

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Philip José Farmer - The Fabulous Riverboat - Panther - Paperback - UK - 0586039899 (1975)