|
ppint. 4th Jan 2020
| | half ace books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition
half a classic "ace double" format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other
cover art unsigned, uncredited; attributed to ed valigursky in the ace image library
cover price 40¢
256pp. including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the "double"'s halves |
|
|
|
ppint. 5th Jul 2018
| | 0#1 of two "rim worlds" series novels featuring derek calver as their central character:
0#2: "the ship from outside" (1963), q.v.
most - though pretty evidently not all - "rim world" series novels feature john grimes:
a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for rim worlds series' listings and links |
|
|
|
ppint. 28th Nov 2017
| | doubled with "secret agent of terra" by john brunner, q.v. |
|
|
|
ppint. 14th Aug 2023
| | sphere books first printing, first legal uk p/b edition
cover art by peter elson (no signature visible, uncredited; share with the allison & busby h/cvr d-j where his signature of pe in a line-drawn box is clearly visible)
cover price £1.25, £1.25 malta, $4.50 australia
128pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
|
|
|
ppint. 14th Aug 2023
| | allison & busby first printing, first uk h/cvr edition
cover (d-j) art by peter elson (signed, uncredited; shared with/from/to the sphere books p/b edition)
cover (d-j) price £5.95°
128pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p., bound with endpapers between covered boards
° - merkin distribution by schocken books at $12.95 (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
|
|
|
ppint. 15th May 2021
| | first priory books printing, not first uk p/b edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price 30p, 85c south africa, $1.00 australia, $1.00 new zealand, $1.00 usa, $1.25 canada
128pp. including titles, indicia etc.
not sfiaa ever distributed as a new book in any of the overseas territories whose prices are given, nor direct to bookshops nor via the book trade in the uk; possibly boxed out to accounts by a uk news wholesaler, probably distributed as an instant remainder. printed in israel at a time when that country was unbothered by minor details such as international copyright agreements, etc.
ace books' agent for the sale of uk & commonwealth (etc.) rights, les flood, the e. j. carnell literary agency, plumstead, kent, attributed priory books to "the nefarious peter haddock". (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
|
|
|
ppint. 6th Jul 2020
| | ace books mmpb second printing
half a double with a single front cover;
i.e. not a classic "ace double" with two front covers and texts printed upside-down with respect to one another
also second ace mmpb printing of this pairing
cover art by attila hejja (miscredited as attilla heja)
cover price $2.75
320pp. including 2 x titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
derek calver #1, doubled with #2: "the ship from outside" (1963), q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
|
|
|
ppint. 6th Jul 2020
| | grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb first printing, later over-all ace printing
half a double with a single front cover
i.e. not a classic "ace double" with two front covers and texts printed upside-down with respect to one another
first ace mmpb printing of this pairing
cover art by attila hejja (miscredited as attilla heja)
cover price $1.95
320pp? including 2 x titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
derek calver #1, doubled with #2: "the ship from outside" (1963), q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
|
|