Book

Author:	Ray Bradbury
Title:	The Silver Locusts
Publisher:	Corgi
Country:	UK
Date:	1956
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Cat#:	886
Total Editions:	6
Rating:	Rate
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Wants
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

Notes

886 2/-

Comments and Reviews


ppint. 9th Jan 2018		cover art by john richards cover price 2'- 256 short format pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising despite using the title adopted by the rupert hart-davis 1951 uk first h/cvr edition, "the silver locusts", all the corgi editions follow the doubleday 1950 first edition hardcover, "the martian chronicles"'s contents, through the 1975 printing - which is possibly - quite probably - the last transworld publishers ltd. printing. all panther / granada / grafton editions from the first (1977) on the isbn 0-586-04362-4, whether they bear the title, ''the silver locusts'' (1977) or ''the martian chronicles'' (1985, 1987, 1993), as do flamingo/ harpercollinspublishers p/bs on 0-00647923-5 (1995, at least four printings), follow the rupert hart-davis uk h/cvr contents; i suspect, but do not know, that printings of the voyager / harpercollinspublishers p/b on 0-00711962-3 (12/2001) and harper voyager p/b on 978-0-00647923-9 (2008, at least 16 printings) do likewise.



David Whiteley 30th Mar 2022		Added back cover (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 7th Aug 2021		corgi books imprint 1969 (indicated fourth, but prob'ly fifth printing) silver coloured background uniform cover design printing, bearing sbn cover art by bruce pennington cover price 4s. (20p), 50c south africa, 65c australia, 65c new zealand 192pp. including titles, indica, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising indica publishing history omits 1965 reprinting the next corgi books printing in 1972 is probably near-identical, but i've no access to any record of its cover design, cover art, nor cover price(s). refer to indica publishing history listing of reissues and reprintings to see which is held. the printing after that is the first bearing the ''corgi sf collector's library'' series uniform design cover. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 7th Aug 2021		transworld publishers corgi books imprint seventh printing first ''corgi sf collector's library'' series uniform cover design edition purpley-blue coloured background, cover textured as though woven on outside cover art by joe petagno (unsigned, uncredited; attributed in ''the encyclopedia of science fiction'' robert holdstock (1978)) cover price 40p, $1.20 australia, $1.20 new zealand 192pp. including titles, indica, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 9th Jan 2018		corgi books fourth printing iiuc (?mis-dated in indica as ''reissued 1963''?), with new cat#, cover price, new corgi books logo and new cover art by josh kirby (unsigned, uncredited; attribution from ''a cosmic cornucopia'' josh kirby (1999) q.v.) (listed on ansible.uk/misc/joshlist.html as painted 1964) cover price 3/6 192pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 9th Jan 2018		corgi books thrid printing/edition, 1963, re-set, with new cat#, cover price and new cover art by josh kirby (signed, uncredited) cover price 3/- 192 taller standard uk format pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 9th Jan 2018		near-identical second corgi books printing/edition with new cat#, new corgi books logo cover art by john richards retained from first printing cover price 2'6 256 short format pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)

Add a Comment or Review about this book

Other Editions

Book

Ray Bradbury - The Silver Locusts - Corgi - Paperback - UK (1960)

Book

Ray Bradbury - The Silver Locusts - Corgi - Paperback - UK (1963)

Book

Ray Bradbury - The Silver Locusts - Corgi - Paperback - UK (1965)

Book

Ray Bradbury - The Silver Locusts - Corgi - Paperback - UK - 0552097845 (1975)

Book

Ray Bradbury - The Silver Locusts - Corgi - Paperback - UK - 552082740 (1969)