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Author:Ray Bradbury
Title:The Golden Apples Of The Sun
Publisher:  Bantam
Country:USA
Date:Dec 1954
Format:Paperback
Genre:Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Cat#:A1241
Total Editions:11
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ppint.
9th Jan 2018
 two near-identical printings: cat# 1241 and cat# A1241, no priority definitely established, though the indica of that with the "A" is suggestive of its being the earlier.

bantam edition published december, 1954, first printing november 1954
 

 
ppint.
1st Apr 2022
 transworld publishers corgi books imprint ninth printing
second corgi ''sf collector's library'' uniform design cover edition/printing

cover art by bob fowke (retained from corgi books eighth printing)
cover price 40p, $1.20 australia, $1.20 new zealand
192pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
1st Apr 2022
 transworld publishers corgi books imprint fourth - or sixth (more likely) - printing

cover art by josh kirby (unsigned, uncredited; retained from corgi books thrid printing)
cover price 3/6
192pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
1st Apr 2022
 transworld publishers corgi books imprint third - or fifth (more likely) - printing

cover art by josh kirby (unsigned, uncredited; in ansible.uk/misc/joshlist.html)
cover price 3/6
192pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
5th Mar 2022
 granada publishing panther books imprint 1977 first printing, not first uk p/b (was corgi p/b 1956 & ff.)

cover art by peter goodfellow (credited on back cover)
cover price 60p, $1.90 australia, $1.95 new zealand, $1.95 canada
176pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising

near-identical reprintings from same typesetting, all bear the same (i)sbn (title p. and advertising may - the books advertised usually do - change):

granada publishing 5/1978 panther books second printing
cover art by peter goodfellow
cover price 75p, (overseas territories prices?)

granada publishing granada imprint 1981 third printing of panther/granada uk p/b edition overall
(mostly granada imprint replacing panther, but still a panther book on title p., above granada
cover art by peter goodfellow
cover price £1.25, (overseas territories prices?)

1983 fourth near-identical granada publishing uk p/b printing
cover art by peter goodfellow

1984 fifth near-identical granada publishing uk p/b printing
cover art by peter goodfellow

1985 sixth near-identical granada publishing printing from this typesetting, still a panther book above granada publishing on title page, still
cover art by peter goodfellow
cover price £1.95, $5.95 australia rrp, $7.25 new zealand
176pp.including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising

...

william collins group grafton books imprint 1/1993 first printing, still from same setting -
grafton was still mostly the same people, but renamed because no longer owned by granada at all;
''grafton'' was taken from the grafton street, london address of the editorial (etc.) offices, the street-name one of those named from the names and titles of the family that owned a significant part of london...
cover by steve crisp
cover price £4.99 (overseas territories prices?)
176pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising

...

(1999 saw the first simon & schuster uk earthlight imprint uk p/b of ''apples'', q.v.)
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
OldMod67
5th Mar 2022
 This edition also contains the illustrations, one for each story, by Joe Mugnaini.
Mugnaini doesn't appear to be credited anywhere in this edition.
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
11th Aug 2021
 transworld publishers corgi books imprint seventh printing
first (& only) silver coloured background ray bradbury uniform series cover printing

cover art by bruce pennington (unsigned, uncredited; reproduced on the artist's website)
cover price 40p, 50c south africa, 65c australia, 65c new zealand
176pp? including titles, indica, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising

indica publishing history gives first corgi books edition 1956, reissued 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, reprinted 1966, reissued 1970; so seventh corgi books imprint p/b printing
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
5th Aug 2021
 transworld publishers corgi books imprint eighth printing

first ''corgi sf collector's library'' uniform design cover
purpley-blue coloured textured cover

cover art by bob fowke (credited)
b+w interior illustrations by joseph mugnaini (credited)
cover price 35p, ?$1.10 australia, ?$1.10 new zealand
176pp? (check) including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising

distinguish from near-identical 1975 corgi p/b ninth printing:
cover price 40p, $1.20 australia, $1.20 new zealand
indica publishing history adds line
reprinted 1975
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
30th May 2019
 cover art by john richard retained from first corgi p/b printing, new corgi logo
cover price 2'6
192pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
9th Jan 2018
 two near-identical printings sharing merkin-printed covers, cover price, unattributed cover art

check indica for statement of where book carcass printed, to distinguish which you hold
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
9th Jan 2018
 two near-identical printings sharing merkin-printed covers, cover price, unattributed art

check indica for statement of where book carcass was printed to distinguish which you hold
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
9th Jan 2018
 collection of twenty-two short stories

cover art by john richards
cover price two shillings
192 short format pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 


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Other Editions

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Ray Bradbury - The Golden Apples Of The Sun - Corgi - Paperback - UK (1956)
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Ray Bradbury - The Golden Apples Of The Sun - Bantam - Paperback - USA (1961)
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Ray Bradbury - The Golden Apples Of The Sun - Corgi - Paperback - UK (1960)
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Ray Bradbury - The Golden Apples Of The Sun - Bantam - Paperback - USA (1967)
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Ray Bradbury - The Golden Apples Of The Sun - Corgi - Paperback - UK - 0552093335 (1973)
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Ray Bradbury - The Golden Apples Of The Sun - Corgi - Paperback - UK - 0552084549 (1970)
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Ray Bradbury - The Golden Apples Of The Sun - Granada - Paperback - UK - 0586043586 (1977)
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Ray Bradbury - The Golden Apples Of The Sun - Corgi - Paperback - UK (1964)
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Ray Bradbury - The Golden Apples Of The Sun - Corgi - Paperback - UK (1966)
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Ray Bradbury - The Golden Apples Of The Sun - Corgi - Paperback - UK (1975)

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