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Author:	Michael Moorcock
Title:	The Secret Of The Runestaff
Publisher:	Lancer
Country:	USA
Date:	1969
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Fantasy
Cat#:	73-824
Total Editions:	6
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Collection:	I Own It I Want It
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David Whiteley 10th Oct 2020		Added front and back covers



ppint. 27th Oct 2019		cover art by jack faragasso (uncredited, art is signed) cover price 60¢ 192pp. including titles, indica etc.



ppint. 7th Apr 2018		aka "the runestaff" (1969), q.v.



ppint. 4th Aug 2024		the (history of the) runestaff tetralogy #4: #1: ''the jewel in the skull'' (1967), q.v. for series listing, and links. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 22nd Nov 2020		white lion publishers first printing, first h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art (unsigned, prob'ly uncredited°: may be by james cawthorn, as some other white lion moorcocks are) cover (d-j) price ?° 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. bound with endpapers between covered boards prob'ly bears the sbn not an isbn (i.e. no initial '0') on the d-j, but i didn't note this. i've only ever seen library and ex-library copies of this first h/cvr edition, which have been rebound with the d-j laminated into/onto the boards, with the d-j flaps removed (sfaics). bookcatters with access to a complete copy of the d-j are very welcome to provide the missing information in comment(s). (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 21st Nov 2020		granada publishing's third mayflower books uk p/b printing, with new cover art by bob haberfield (unsigned, uncredited: attribution from 1980 printing where he's misspelled ''habberfield'') cover price 30p, south africa 75c, singapore $3.00, australia & new zealand 95c, canada 95c 144pp. including titles, indica etc. 1973 near-identical fourth printing differs: cover price 30p, australia & new zealand $1.00, canada $1.25 should add another clause to indica printing history stating it is reprinted 1973 a second time 1974 near-identical fifth printing differs: cover price 30p, australia 85c, new zealand 75c, canada $1.25 indica printing history states first published in 1969 by mayflower books ltd. reprinted 1969, 1973 (twice), 1974 1975 near-identical sixth printing differs: cover price 40p, australia & new zealand $1.20, canada $1.50 indica printing history adds , 1975 1977 near-identical seventh printing differs: cover price 60p, australia $1.75, new zealand $1.85, canada $1.25 indica printing history adds , 1977 1980 near-identical eighth printing differs: cover art by bob haberfield (unsigned, miscredited on back cover as bob habberfield) cover price 95p, australia $3.50, new zealand $3.25 indica printing history states reprinted 1969, 1973 (twice), 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



David Whiteley 10th Oct 2020		With acknowledgement to nanocyar better cover added plus back cover. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 11th Nov 2019		number added in isbn10 field is the sbn actually borne on the front cover (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 27th Oct 2019		undated thrid daw books printing, date given presumably taken from jaffrey, mah deur ;-) near-identical with both first daw books printings, save cat#, isbn and: near-meaningless daw books collector number dropped from cover, former place taken by cover price $1.50 160pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising prob'ly differs undated (1981?) (prob'ly simultaneous canadadian-carcassed second, accounted fourth overall (or fifth), and merkin fifth (or fourth), near-identical daw books printings save: cat# UE1616 isbn 087997-616-0 cover price $1.75 160pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising prob'ly - almost srppnt.y - differs. daw books evidently re-set the book for their 1985 edition & ff. printings, as the pagination increases quite markédly: (1985°) undated sixth daw books printing by number-string (° - dating according to myself, by interpolation of cat#s, isbns & comparison of cover prices) cover art by richard clifton-dey cat# UE2046 isbn 088677-046-7 cover price (canadada $3.25) u.s. $2.75 (so this printing should be flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule) 224pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising .. (1987°) undated daw books printing, nor number-string nor number reported (° - dating according to myself, by interpolation of cat#s, isbn,s & comparison of cover prices) cat# UE2218 isbn 088677-218-4 cover art by richard clifton-dey cover price (canada $3.95) u.s. $2.95 (so this printing should be flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule) (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 27th Oct 2019		first daw books edition with originally-published text revised 1977 by michael moorcock near-identical editions/printings sharing merkin-printed covers, and hence also cat#, cover art by richard clifton-dey (credited) b+w map by john collier (credited, also signed) near-meaningless daw books collector no. 257 160pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising refer to indica to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both stating first daw printing, date, full number-string 123456789 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 27th Oct 2019		the number in the isbn10 field is^W was still wrong and should^W still^W has now been corrected. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 13th Nov 2017		the number in the isbn10 field is wrong and should be corrected to the 9-digit sbn actually on the book by dropping the tenth digit. adding a digit to the tail end of an sbn does not turn an sbn into an isbn. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Other Editions

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Michael Moorcock - The Runestaff - Mayflower - Paperback - UK - 583114997 (1973)

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Michael Moorcock - The Runestaff - Daw - Paperback - USA - 0879973242 (1977)

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Michael Moorcock - The Runestaff - Daw - Paperback - USA - 0879974222 (1978)

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Michael Moorcock - The Runestaff - White Lion - Hardcover - UK - 0856170259 (1974)

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Michael Moorcock - The Runestaff - Ace Books - Paperback - USA - 0441318487 (1991)