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Author:	A. Bertram Chandler
Title:	The Rim Of Space
Publisher:	Ace Books
Country:	USA
Date:	Mar 1962
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Cat#:	F-133
Total Editions:	8
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JimEss SUBS 27th Sep 2024		Cleaning up these publishers is undoubtedly a long term project. Maybe a very long term project. However, someone did a very nice job of combining Ballantine Books USA a while back. Thanks for doing that. So far, it still looks good.



ppint. 25th Sep 2024		concerning bookcat's cataloguing of ace books - yes, it's a mess: or possibly several superimposed messes: ace - 1302 "bookcat items" ace books - 191 items ace charter - 11 items ace fantasy books - 7 items ace science fiction - 16 items ace star - 4 items charter - 22 items charter communications, inc. - 3 items sunridge press - 3 items, a charter communications imprint appears quite closely associated with ace mason/charter - 2 items, may or may not be connected charter uk - 1 item, rather murky background; may be an entirely illegal publication. it bears an 0-425- berkley block isbn, a uk price on the front cover, one copy only known, apparently, bought in texas. (excluding ace books ltd. which was an unconnected uk publisher, and the ace/stoneshire imprint whose origins, existence and disappearance are, to put it mildly, shadowy - but appear to be british.) (also excluding new infinities books, gary gygax's publishing co. whose mmpbs were distributed by ace / the berkley publishing group and bore 0-441- ace, ace charter, charter block isbns, also excluding the iron crown tolkienquest/merpquest gamebooks distributed by ace/berkley, and definitely excluding prestige & ace/prestige titles, which are a whole other complication, being part of the extremely messy collapse and bankruptcy of lancer books and its aftermath.) ace books, later the ace imprint, timeline: 1953 - 1969/70 ace books set up & owned by a. a. wynn, ace books inc. 1969/70 - ?1971? ace books, charter communications, inc. who also publish charter books, ace/charter books, and own other imprints and possibly also own other publishers. charter communications, inc. run out of cash, and ran out of any credibility with authors and agents. ?1971? - 1983 publishers grosset & dunlap, inc. buy charter communications, inc. and ace books, possibly simultaneously (likeliest), eventually straighten out certain accounting problems that have come to light, turn it around, continue ace books as a profitable and properly-run publishers 1983 the berkley publishing group (or putnam-berkley publishing group) buy ace books or grosset & dunlap publishing including the ace imprint 1996 penguin or random penguin buy the putnam / berkley publishing group, including the ace imprint 2013 random house and penguin merge to become random penguin or similar, which since some time in 2020 has been wholly owned by the bertelsmann multinationalmegaconglomerate.



ppint. 25th Sep 2024		jimess: well spotted; as to the month of publication - that "may" should be "march" (source: jad smith's john brunner bibliography); correction submitted.



JimEss SUBS 23rd Sep 2024		This has a different date than its "double" on F-133. Also a variant publisher name, which means they show up in different gallery views.



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		priory books first 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		grosset & dunlap charter communications, inc. ace books mmpb second printing half a double with a single front cover; i.e. not a classic "ace double" with two front covers, contents printed tête-beché 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 cat# 72402 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)

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Other Editions

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A. Bertram Chandler - The Rim Of Space - Ace - Paperback - USA (1981)

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A. Bertram Chandler - The Rim Of Space - Priory - Paperback - UK (1973)

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A. Bertram Chandler - The Rim Of Space - Ace - Paperback - USA - 0441724022 (1979)

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A. Bertram Chandler - The Rim Of Space - Ace - Paperback - USA - 0441724043 (1981)

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A. Bertram Chandler - The Rim Of Space - Sphere - Paperback - UK - 0722122470 (1981)

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A. Bertram Chandler - The Rim Of Space - Bridbooks - Paperback - UK (1972)

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A. Bertram Chandler - The Rim Of Space - Allison & Busby - Hardcover - UK - 0850313600 (1981)