near-identical daw books first edition, first mmpb printings sharing merkin-printed covers and cat#,
cover art by gino d'achille (credited)
b+w frontispiece by cjc (signed, also credited as frontispiece sketch by the author)
near-meaningless daw books no.300
cover price $1.95
256pp? including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both stating first daw printing, august 1978/123456789
(preceded a little by doubleday science fiction book club h/cvr edition not for public sale;
for sale only to members of the sf book club, later to members of all doubleday book clubs)
undated near-identical third daw mmpb printing (10/1980 from locus #239, 11/1980) differs:
cat# UE1600
isbn 0-87997-600-4
near-meaningless daw books no. dropped from cover
indicia publishing history number line drops digits "12"
cover price $2.25
undated near-identical fourth daw mmpb printing (12/1981 from jaffery) differs:
cat# UE1692
isbn 0-87997-692-6
cover price $2.50
indicia printing history number line drops digit "3"
near-identical undated fifth mmpb printing (3/1983 from jaffery) differs:
cat# UE1813
isbn 087997-813-9
cover price $2.95
indicia printing history number line drops digit "4"
undated near-identical sixth mmpb printing differs:
cat# UE1960
isbn 0-87997-960-9
cover price (canada $3.95) u.s. $3.50
isbn prefix, cat#, cover prices given in a line top front cover from near spine corner
cat#, cover price no longer in the yellow daw books logo box
indicia printing history number line drops digit "5"
n.b. some copies of sixth printing bound in covers bearing on lower front cover a large white circular disc stating
0-88677-336-9
UE2336
$2.50
(these copies still bear the top front cover isbn prefix, cat#, cover prices line as before)
12/1990 seventh mmpb printing incompletely reported:
cover art by martin andrews
isbn 0-88677-449-7
cover price $4.50
(i've not seen a copy with this cover art, nor any reproduction of it; may bear (canada $4.95)
before u.s. $4.50, may bear cat# UE2449.)
serialised in galaxy vol.39 #2, #3, #4, #5; 2, 3, 4, 5/1978:
part one is the cover story of vol.39 #2, art by amy harlib
part one has six b+w illustrations by amy harlib
part two has five b+w illustrations by amy harlib
part three has five b+w illustrations: one by amy harlib, four by c. j. cherryh
part four has five b+w illustrations by c. j. cherryh
cover art by gino d'achille
cover price (canada $3.95) • u.s. $3.50
256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)
cover art by gino d'achille (unsigned, credited)
b+w frontispiece by cj (signed illegibly, credited to the author)
cover price $2.95
256pp. including titles, indicia, frontispiece etc, end pp. advertising
° - date may be taken from jaffery (this comment is from another edition of this book)
nelson doubleday imprint h/cvr first printing bears the printer's gutter code of I06 on p.247
later printings' gutter codes include I36 9/78, K06 2/80, K12 3/80, M31 8/82
these are not necessarily exhaustive even through 8/1982, and i've no idea whether there's anyone still around as can explain the system - i've certainly no inside knowledge of it. (this comment is from another edition of this book)
second-wave yes, that's the doubleday science fiction book club cat#, prob'ly a later printing as it's recorded as being 2229 on the bottom back d-j flap of the first printing.
nelson doubleday is/was one of the main imprints of the doubleday science fiction book club. (this comment is from another edition of this book)
Printing and Binding by Orange Graphics, P.O. Box 791, Orange, VA 22960
No cover price. No indication of being a book club edition.
02229 on back cover (cat# ?) (this comment is from another edition of this book)
readers union ltd. h/cvr first printing, first uk edition
for sale to members of the science fiction book club, and to other readers union group club members
not published for sale to members of the general public nor for sale nor distribution by way of the book trade
cover (d-j) art unsigned, uncredited
cover (d-j) price (none)
256pp. including titles, indicia etc, blank end pp.
''perfectbound'' onto a backing strip with endpapers between covered boards
the cat# was later changed to cat# 5159, but as neither was on book not dust-jacket... (this comment is from another edition of this book)