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Author:	Frederik Pohl
Co-authors:	C. M. Kornbluth
Title:	The Space Merchants
Publisher:	Ballantine Books
Country:	USA
Date:	Apr 1953
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction, Society
Cat#:	21
Total Editions:	15
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ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		ballantine books mmpb first printing, simultaneous first edition: printed 4/1953, published 5/1953 simultaneous with ballantine books h/cvr first printing, cat# H 21 reportedly misprinted on d-j as H 2 includes ''time for a change: a statement on science fiction'' (nf editorial) signed ballantine books, inc. cover art by richard powers (unsigned sfaics, credited; shared with h/cvr d-j) cover price 35¢ 192pp. (check) including titles, indicia, editorial etc, end pp. refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from 6/1953 second printing which adds note of reprinting to publishing history (date from 3/1960 ballantine books mmpb third printing)



ppint. 27th May 2019		the much later-written sequel novel is ''the merchants' war'' frederik pohl (1984), q.v.



MICKDOOM67 5th Nov 2023		Cover image added! (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		ballantine books mmpb third printing, with new cat#, new (and rather poor) cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 35¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising indicia publishing history lines give dates for all three printings to date (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		ballantine books mmpb fourth printing cover art unsigned, uncredited, retained from third printing cover price 59¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		ballantine books mmpb fifth printing cover art unsigned, uncredited, retained from third printing cover price 50¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		ballantine books mmpb sixth printing check title page for presence/absence of stament, ''an intext publisher'' cover art (unsigned, uncredited; believed to be by john berkey on stylistic grounds) cover price 75¢ 160pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		the next uk p/b edition of which i was aware was the b-format gollancz/millennium p/b which, at £6.99, seemed greatly overpriced then, and yr hmbl srppnt. did not stock it. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		penguin imprint p/b fifth printing with new cover art by peter goodfellow (attribution taken from penguin science fiction covers website) cover price 176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		penguin imprint p/b third printing, with new cover art by adrian chesterman (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price 75p, $2.50 australia 176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		penguin imprint p/b second printing with new isbn incorporating previous cat#, new cover art by david pelham cover price 30p 176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		victor gollancz ltd. h/cvr first printing, not first uk h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art (none, typographical cover in black and magenta on ''gollancz yellow'' field) cover (d-j) price £1.75 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		penguin books p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition cover art by victor vasarely (unsigned, credited as detail from folklore planetario by ~ on back cover) cover price 3'6 176pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising month of publication not given in the publishing history, taken from a penguin sf books website (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		cat# is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to R499 digit books' cat# prefix letter R indicates the cover price of 2'6d digit books did not use the letter F as a cat# prefix (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		brown, watson ltd. digit books imprint p/b second printing with new cover art by brian lewis (signed, uncredited) cat# R499 cover price 2'6 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		brown, watson ltd. digit books imprint p/b undated first printing°, first uk p/b edition cover art (unsigned, uncredited; re-used from ½ ace double D-362 ''the 100th millennium'' john brunner (1959), q.v., attributed to ed valigursky in the ace image library) cover price 2'- 160pp. including titles, indicia, end pp. advertising ° - ascribed year of publication presumably taken from donald h. tuck (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		william heinemann ltd. h/cvr first printing, first uk edition cover (d-j) art unsigned, uncredited cover (d-j) price 10/6d 192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 1st Jan 2020		ballantine books mmpb seventh printing check title page for presence/absence of statement, ''an intext publisher'' cover art unsigned, uncredited, believed to be by john berkey on distinctive stylistic grounds cat# 02600 cover price 95¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising may give (i)sbn (0-) 345-02600-4 internally and/or on spine (this comment is from another edition of this book)