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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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Number: 2350844  THUMBNAIL
Uploaded By: David Whiteley
Description: 1st US paperback edition


Number: 3179696 
Uploaded By: David Whiteley
Description: Wraparound cover


Number: 1495666  HIDDEN
Uploaded By: nanocyar
Description: Front Cover


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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)

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