#1: ''the warlord of the air'' (1971), q.v.
aka ''the war lord of the air'' (1972), q.v., aka ''warlord of the air'' (1972), q.v.
(editions published by the new english library subject to editorial alterations according to lloyd currey)
#2: "the land leviathan" (1974), q.v.
#3: "the steel tsar" (1981), q.v.
omnibus edition (#1, #2, #3 & #4):
#O: ''the nomad of time'' (1984, after 1982 merkin book club edition), q.v.
david: thank-you; it would appear that quartet books themselves lost count, dropping the reprinted 1974 line from the publishing history of the 1975, 1976 reprints.
i'll^W i've revised my below listing of the quartet books printings accordingly. (this comment is from another edition of this book)
ppint. There are actually four Quartet UK printings. I own two from 1974. On the back cover they both have UK prices 40p, The other prices are the same as well. The only difference between the two is that the second 1974 book states:
Published by Quartet Books Limited 1974
Reprinted 1974. (this comment is from another edition of this book)
quartet books uk p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition
all four quartet books printings share the one isbn, 0-7043-1085-6:
the first three are near-identical:
1974 first quartet books p/b printing
cover art by patrick woodroffe (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price 40p, australia & new zealand $1.40, canada $1.50
indica publishing history states published by quartet books limited 1974
160pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising
near-identical 1974 second quartet books p/b printing:
differs only in adding the line, reprinted 1974, to the indica printing history
near-identical 1975 third quartet books p/b printing
cover art by patrick woodroffe retained
cover price 50p, australia & new zealand $1.65, canada $1.95
indica printing history adds line: reprinted 1975
but this and/or fourth printing drop the line, reprinted 1974
160pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising
1976 fourth quartet books p/b printing severely crops
cover art by patrick woodroffe, setting it on a pale, subdued orange field which bears the typography above the cover art, with arms of the field to either side of the art
cover price 60p, canada $1.75
160pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising
this printing appeared after distribution of quarter books' a format p/bs was shifted from the book service (who retained distribution of quartet books hardcovers, ''midway editions'', yp/bs)
and bears the new distributor futura publications' sf & f orbit logo, top lefthand corner front cover,
but retains quartet books' logo and quartet books' publisher's details on back cover, title p, indica etc.
it was distributed with an initially peelable, round-cornered white square label bearing quartet books' ''upper-case q-like-a-2'' logo on the front cover, placed over the orbit logo. (this comment is from another edition of this book)