cover art by ed valigursky (uncredited, unsigned, attribution from the whole sf data base 6)
cover price 35¢
256pp. including titles, indica etc.
indica gives no date of publication nor printing, only copyright date
n.b. despite use of ''double'' in logo, this is a reference to the book's size (pagination), and hence cover price ten cents higher than that which had long been the merkin mmpb standard 25¢; this book is not an ''ace double'' in the sense of containing two separate novels, novellas or novelettes conjoined in one binding.
second sphere books printing or second cover on part of sphere books first p/b edition 1972°
near-identical with first, save for:
field bearing ''sphere science fiction classic'' reversed out, and colour of author's surname, is a yellower, rather than a ruddier orange
australian and kiwiiiian cover prices corrected from 1.00c to $1.00
should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule
- or not so re-flagged, according to equally well-respected moderator's heartfelt plea
cat# changed to 87718
° - check indica publishing history for presence/absence of a line stating ''reprinted 1972'' as indication of its being a reprinting rather than a (partial) re-covery. (this comment is from another edition of this book)
cover art by bruce pennington (uncredited, unsigned, collected in ''ultraterranium'' pennington and nigel suckling (1992), q.v.)
''sphere science fiction classics'' line dropped from front cover
cover price 65p,
224pp. including titles, indica etc.
indica publishing history needs checking: it's reported as listing the first sphere books edition as 1970, which is wrong, and lists no 1972 printing (there should be one or two 1972 printings listed). 1970 was the publication date of the dennis dobson ltd. uk h/cvr. (this comment is from another edition of this book)
cover art by bruce pennington (uncredited, unsigned, attribution from ''ultraterranium'' pennington and nigel suckling (1992), q.v.)
cover price 45p, australia $1.40, new zealand $1.40
so should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule
- or not so re-flagged, according to equally well-respected moderator's heartfelt plea.
224pp. including titles, indica etc.
may be the third or the second sphere books printing, indica publishing history listing only one 1972 printing. (this comment is from another edition of this book)
cat# 87661
early ''sphere science fiction classic'' uniform cover design
field for text stating this and colour of author's surname is a visibly ruddy orange
cover art by eddie jones (uncredited, art is signed)
cover price 30p, south africa 75c, east africa 7/25, australia 1.00c (sic), new zealand 1.00c (sic)
so should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule
224pp. including titles, indica etc.
near-identical reprint or re-cover° 1972
cat# 87718
cover price 30p, south africa 75c, east africa 7/25, australia $1.00, new zealand $1.00
field for ''sphere science fiction classics'' text and colour of author's surname is yellowy orange
° - check indica to see whether this is stated to be a reprinting in indica publishing history:
11/1974 reprint 0-7221-8772-6 indica publishing history lists only one 1972 printing (this comment is from another edition of this book)
cover art by ed emshwiller signed "emsh"; re-used (reversed) from the 9/1959 ace books mmpb edition of "rocket to limbo" by alan e. nourse, q.v.
cover price 2'6
192pp. including titles, indica etc. (this comment is from another edition of this book)