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Author:	Algis Budrys
Title:	The Falling Torch
Publisher:	Pyramid
Country:	USA
Date:	Jun 1959
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Cat#:	G416
Total Editions:	8
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ppint. 21st Dec 2017		almat corp pyramid books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by bob (robert) engle (signed "engle", credited on back cover) cover price 35¢ 160pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising



ppint. 24th Nov 2022		baen books imprint mmpb first printing, first revised edition adds a new chapter to ''the falling torch'' (1959 & ff.) and bears copyright date of 1990, drops the ''the''... cover art by wayne barlowe (signed, credited) cover price (can $4.95) * u.s. $3.95 224pp. (check) including titles, indica, author's note (nf) algis budrys (1990) etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



David Whiteley ● 12th Jun 2021		My copy of this book has the blue Thorpe & Porter price sticker with a UK price 2/6. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 15th Feb 2020		near-identical sixth pyramid books mmpb printings sharing cat#, isbn, cover art by ed emshwiller (may be signed "emsh") (re-used from ''the wonder war'' laurence m. janifer (pyramid 1964), q.v., where ed emshwiller is credited on the back cover) cover price 95¢ 160pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising refer to indica to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both stating sixth printing, august, 1974 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 15th Feb 2020		simultaneous fifth pyramid books printings, but indica publishing history not updated correctly to show this, omitting the 7/1968 true fourth printing, leaving the false impression that these two are the fourth cover art by john schoenherr (source for attribution not recorded, may be on back cover) cover price 95¢ 160pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising refer to indica to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be both probably bear sbn, isbn or partial sbn on spine, but only seen reported for canadian-printed; 0-515-02776-6 if the report is phrased accurately. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 21st Dec 2017		harcourt brace jovanovich simultaneous first jove books imprint mmpb printings, crediting six previous (pyramid) printings (pyramid having been bought and renamed jove) cover art by eric ladd (signed, uncredited) cover price $1.25 160pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising refer to indica publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both stating first jove edition published 1978 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 21st Dec 2017		new cover art by john schoenherr for this fourth pyramid books printing/edition. cover art by john schoenherr (signed "js", credited on back cover) cover price 60¢ 160pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 21st Dec 2017		almat corp (?still? check) pyramid books imprint mmpb third printing cover art by john schoenherr (credited on back cover) is that from the previous pyramid books printing, flipped left-right, and enlarged to cover the whole redesigned front cover. cover price 40¢ 160pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 21st Dec 2017		almat corp (?check) pyramid books imprint mmpb second printing cover art by john schoenherr (credited on back cover) cover price 40¢ 160pp. including titles, indica etc. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Other Editions

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Algis Budrys - The Falling Torch - Pyramid - Paperback - USA (1962)

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Algis Budrys - The Falling Torch - Pyramid - Paperback - USA (1964)

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Algis Budrys - The Falling Torch - Pyramid - Paperback - USA (1968)

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Algis Budrys - The Falling Torch - Pyramid - Paperback - USA (1974)

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Algis Budrys - The Falling Torch - Jove / HBJ - Paperback - USA - 0515046493 (1978)

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Algis Budrys - The Falling Torch - Pyramid - Paperback - USA (1972)

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Algis Budrys - Falling Torch - Baen Books - Paperback - USA - 0671720333 (1991)