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Author:	Jack Vance
Title:	The Killing Machine
Publisher:	Berkley
Country:	USA
Date:	Nov 1964
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Cat#:	F1003
Total Editions:	6
Rating:	Rate
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	2 Own
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ppint. 19th Mar 2020		cover art by richard powers (unsigned, uncredited; attributed in "the art of richard powers" jane frank (2001), q.v.) cover price 50¢ 160pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising



ppint. 25th Apr 2018		the demon princes series, aka the star king series, #2 #1: "the star king" (1964), q.v. for series listing and links



ppint. 2nd Sep 2021		wm collins and sons / william collins grafton imprint first printing, not first uk p/b edition cover art by chris foss cover price £2.50, $7.95 australia, $9.95 new zealand 208pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising the demon princes / star king series #2: #1: ''the star king'' (1964), q.v. for series listing, and links. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 19th Mar 2020		from the cover price, this bookcat item seems to be one of the two first printings of the daw books mmpb edition, that with the canadian-printed carcass ("book") in the merkin-printed covers, for distribution by new american library of canada north of the parallel. see the daw books mmpb first edition/printings main entry. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 22nd Dec 2019		near-identical editions/printings sharing merkin-printed covers, and hence cat#, isbn, cover art by gino d'achille (art signed "GD", also credited) b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed " jg") near-meaningless daw books collector number 309 160pp. including titles, indica etc, end p. advertising cover prices vary: cover price $1.75 on merkin-printed covers and carcass ("book") cover price $1.95 on canadadian-printed-carcassed copies refer to indica publishing history for further identification of which is held no priority established nor liable to be both stating first daw printing, october 1978 and full first printing number-string 123456789 undated near-identical ($1.75 cover price) thrid printing: drops first two digits from indica publishing history number-string: 3456789 some thrid printing copies have front cover price over-stickered with an oval "signet $1.95" label daw books address changes to 1633 broadway, new york minor detail change in end p. advertisement: shipping (postage) rises from 35¢ to 50¢ per mmpb undated (6/1984 in locus & in jaffrey) fourth daw printing bears new superimposed daw logo drops near-meaningless daw books collector number from cover cat# UE1938 isbn 0-87997-938-0 cover art by gino d'achille retained b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan retained cover price (canadada $2.75) u.s. $2.25 so this printing should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule 160pp. including titles, indica etc, end p. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 8th Nov 2017		demon princes / star king series #2: #1: "the star king" (1964), q.v. for series listing, and links. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Other Editions

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Jack Vance - Die Mordmaschine - Heyne - Paperback - Germany (1969)

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Jack Vance - The Killing Machine - Daw - Paperback - USA (1978)

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Jack Vance - The Killing Machine - Daw - Paperback - USA - 0879974095 (1978)

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Jack Vance - The Killing Machine - Grafton - Paperback - UK - 0586073086 (1988)

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Jack Vance - The Killing Machine - Coronet Books/Hodder And Stoughton - Paperback - UK - 0340253950 (1980)