Book

Author:	Brian Aldiss
Title:	The Saliva Tree
Publisher:	Sphere
Country:	UK
Date:	1968
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Cat#:	10839
Total Editions:	3
Rating:	7.0 Rate
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:
Price Guide:	Valuation Page
» Search eBay #AD » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

PRICE GUIDE

Add Valuation

Comments and Reviews


ppint. 27th Jun 2019		sphere books editions/printings are inconsistent abut which instances in/on the same edition/printing give the title correctly as ''the saliva tree and other strange growths'', or omit the word ''strange''. first sphere books and first uk p/b edition 1968 printed in england cover art by/from photograph/david davies (credited so on rear cover) sphere logo is a horizontally-divided disc,: upper half red, lower half back cover price 5/-, east africa 6/00, south africa R0.60, australia 80c, new zealand 65c so should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule 256pp. including titles, indica etc, 3 end pp. second printing 1968 (neither 1968 printing mentions t'other) cat# 10898 printed in holland cover art uncredited, unsigned b+w (with spot orange under/in title, and ''sphere science fiction'' towards bottom spine corner) cover price 5/-, australia 80c, new zealand 75c, south africa 6c, east africa 6/00 so should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule 256pp. including titles, indica etc, 3 end pp. third printing 1971 isbn 0-7221-1096-0 cover art --?--? cover price 30p, australia $1.00, new zealand $1.00, south africa 75c, east africa 7/25 lists only one 1968 printing 256pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. fourth printing 1973 isbn 0-7221-1102-9 cover art uncredited, unsigned, retained from 1971 printing lists only one 1968 printing cover price 35p, australia 1.10c (sic), new zealand 1.10c (sic) canada 1.50c (sic) 256pp. including titles, indica etc, 3 end pp. fifth printing 1979 isbn 0-7221-1073-1 cover art by les edwards (uncredited, unsigned, attribution from his website) lists only one 1968 printing cover price £1.25, eire £1.37½, australia $4.25, new zealand $,4.25, canada $2.95 256pp. including titles, indica etc, 3 end pp. advertising



ppint. 16th Dec 2017		first or second sphere books printing (1968), priority not established. printed in the uk. bears the original full title on both cover and fly title page, but "the saliva tree and other growths" on title page. cover art photograph/david davies.



ppint. 16th Dec 2017		aka (and originally) "the saliva tree and other strange growths" (1966), q.v., aka "the saliva tree and other growths" (1968), q.v.



ppint. 7th Jun 2019		cover art uncredited, unsigned cover price 30p, australia $1.00, new zealand $1.00, south africa 75c, east africa 7/25 256pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 16th Dec 2017		second sphere books printing (1968), priority established from comparison of cover prices. printed in holland. "the saliva tree" on cover, the full, original title on the fly title page, and "the saliva tree and other growths" on the title page. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 16th Dec 2017		third sphere books printing, though indica acknowledges only one earlier 1968 sphere books printing/edition. bears all three variations upon the title on cover, fly title and title pages between them. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

Add a Comment or Review about this book

Other Editions

Book

Brian Aldiss - The Saliva Tree - Sphere - Paperback - UK (1968)

Book

Brian Aldiss - The Saliva Tree - Sphere - Paperback - UK (1971)