"the man from u.n.c.l.e." tv spin-off series:
n.b. uk and merkin series numberings differ:
uk series: published in four square books by the new english library ltd.
barnard's inn, holborn, london
in association with souvenir press ltd:
(#1): "the man from u.n.c.l.e." (also merkin #1 mmpb 1965) (uk 1965) (this novel)
#2: "the doomsday affair" harry whittington (also merkin #2 mmpb 1965) (uk 1965) q.v.
#3: "the copenhagen affair" john oram (also merkin #3 mmpb 1965) (uk 2/1966), q.v.
#4: "the stone-cold dead in the market affair" john oram (merkin #22 mmpb 1970?) (uk 4/1966), q.v.
#5: "the finger in the sky affair" peter leslie (merkin #23 mmpb c.1970) (uk 6/1966), q.v.
#6: "the dagger affair" david mcdaniel (merkin #4 mmpb 7/1966) (uk 8/1966), q.v.
#7: "the radioactive camel affair" peter leslie (also merkin #7 mmpb 1966) (uk 9/1966), q.v.
#8: "the mad scientist affair" john t. phillifent (merkin #5 mmpb 1966) (uk 10/1966), q.v.
#9: "the vampire affair" david mcdaniel (merkin #6 mmpb 1966) (uk 12/1966), q.v.
#10: "the diving dames affair" peter leslie (merkin #9 mmpb 1966) (uk 2/1967), q.v.
#11: "the thinking machine affair" joel bernard (merkin #21 mmpb 1968) (uk 4/1967), q.v.
#12: "the monster wheel affair" david mcdaniel (merkin #8 mmpb 1966) (uk 7/1967), q.v.
#13: "the corfu affair" john t. phillifent (merkin #20 mmpb 1968) (uk 10/1967), q.v.
#14: "the splintered sunglasses affair" peter leslie (merkin #16 mmpb 1968) (uk 1/1968), q.v.
#15: "the power cube affair" john t. phillifent (merkin #19 mmpb 1968) (uk 5/1968), q.v.
#16: "the unfair fare affair" peter leslie (merkin #18 mmpb 1968) (uk 7/1968), q.v.
published in ace books merkin mmpb, but unpublished in uk p/b:
"the assassination affair" j. hunter holly (merkin #10 mmpb 1967), q.v.
"the invisibility affair" robert coulson, gene deweese (merkin #11 mmpb 1967), q.v.
"the mind-twisters" robert coulson, gene deweese (merkin #12 mmpb 1967), q.v.
"the rainbow affair" david mcdaniel (merkin #13 mmpb 1967), q.v.
"the cross of gold affair" fredric davies (pseudonym of ron ellik) (merkin #14 mmpb 1968?), q.v.
"the utopia affair" david mcdaniel (merkin #15 mmpb 1968?), q.v.
"the hollow crown affair" david mcdaniel (merkin #17 mmpb 1969) q.v.
a bookcat unicorn: commissioned, and written, intended to be #24 (ace mmpb numbering sequence) but
unpublished in uk or in merkia:
"the final affair affair" david mcdaniel (circulated amongst uncle fans in typescript or handwritten only; later made available online as a .pdf and possibly still available via the wayback machine)
first uk p/b published by four square books in association with souvenir press,
four square books cat# 1426, reprinted 9, 10, 11/1965, 1/1966 (three times), 2/1966 (twice), 3/1966 (twice); refer to indica publishing history to establish which printing you hold.
cover art unsigned, produced from t.v. series still/pr image
cover price 3/6
128pp. including titles, indica etc.
first edition published by ace books, inc. 1965 mmpb cat# G-553 additionally bears the title
"the thousand coffins affair" as the running title at the top of pages from a little way in.
this book was originated by ace books, who paid the author a flat fee of $1,000 for all rights
(plus, he claimed, a handshake agreement to commission any further books in the series from him, if it proved successful - unfortunately, in the classic comment, this verbal agreement proved ''to be worth the paper it was written on''.)
michael avallone is on record as having stated ace books did five printings of this mmpb in the first three months - but that all state april, 1965 and give no indication of any subsequent reprinting.
(- from ''films into books'' randall d. larson (scarecrow press, ny 1995, pp. 58-62))
there may be *some* indication of the existence of different printings, if there are end pp. adverts and the blocks for these are themselves dated or numbered - or, of course, if the text and/or any illustrations upon the advertising pp. differ. (this comment is from another edition of this book)