baen publishing enterprises baen books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by alan gutierrez (signed, also credited; re-used from nova science fiction #1 eds. john-henri holmberg, per w. insulander (laissez faire, sverige 1985))
cover price $2.95 (some copies this blocked out in black with $3.95 below; intended for distribution north of the parallel)
320pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
three near-identical reprintings:
11/1988
0-671-65587-6
cover price $2.95
indicia publishing history adds line:
second printing, november 1988
12/1990
isbn 0-671-72066-X
cover price (can. $5.95) u.s. $4.50 (reading vertically upwards to baen books logo on front cover)
indicia publishing history adds line:
third printing, december 1990
11/1992
isbn 0-671-72066-X
cover price (can. $5.95) u.s. $4.50
indicia publishing history adds line:
fourth printing, november 1992
n.b. baen accidentally retained the credit to alan gutierrez in 3/1997 fifth & later printings after his was replaced with cover art by gary ruddell on their fifth printing - and ''thencefourth''. sorry.
3/1997 baen books mmpb fifth printing
cover art by gary ruddell, recomposed from elements of his art for baen books ''young miles'' omnibus (6/1997) h/cvr d-j & tp/b cover (or vice-versa)
isbn 0-671-72066-X
cover price $5.99
indicia publishing history line added/printing number line: not recorded, not seen reported; should state
fifth printing, march 1997
10/1997 baen books mmpb near-identical sixth printing
isbn 0-671-72066-X
cover price $5.99 (can 7.99 (on spine below u.s. $5.99))
indicia publishing history adds line
sixth printing, october 1997
#a: "shards of honor" (1986), q.v.
aka ''shards of honour'' (uk 1988 & ff: but sorts together with above so long as original merkin title given in ''english title'' field)
#b: "barrayar" (1991), q.v.
in which miles vorkosigan enters for the first time - eventually.
omnibus of #a & #b: "cordelia's honor" (1996), q.v.
and, set three years after aral vorkosigan's death:
#c: "gentleman jole and the red queen" (2016), q.v.
set earliest in the universe by far, but informs some of the miles vorkosigan books, especially #6:
#0: "borders of infinity" (1989), q.v.
collection of three novellas with a new, very slight framing short story interleaved between parts;
one novella is set between #1 & #2; one after #3 and before #5, and one set during #6:
#1: "the warrior's apprentice" (1986) (this book)
#2: "the vor game" (1990), q.v.
#3: "cetaganda" (1996), q.v.
#4: "ethan of athos" (1986), q.v.
(#4 does not involve miles vorkosigan personally, but one of the protagonists is captain elli quinn)
#5: "brothers in arms" (1989), q.v.
#6: "mirror dance" (1994), q.v.
#7: "memory" (1996), q.v.
#8: "komarr" (1998), q.v.
#9: "a civil campaign" (1999), q.v.
#10: "diplomatic immunity" (2002), q.v.
#11: "cryoburn" (2010), q.v.
#12: "captain vorpatril's alliance" (2012), q.v.
omnibi°:
published by baen books (some also by the merkin science fiction book club):
"test of honour" (#a, "aftermaths", #1) (guildamerica 1995), q.v.
"vorkosigan's game" (#2 & #0) (guildamerica 1990), q.v.
some guildamerica books were offered to members of the merkin science fiction book club
° - i know, i know; but after listing that lot and doing the links...
cover art by gary ruddell (miscredited to alan gutierrez, whose art adorns the first four printings), composed from elements of his cover (d-j) art for baen books omnibus, ''young miles'' - or vice-versa
cover price $5.99 (can(ada) 7.99) (on spine only)
indicia publishing history adds line:
fifth printing, march 1997
320pp. including six unpaginated pp. titles, indicia etc, three unpaginated end pp: miles vorkosigan/naismith his universe and times
near-identical baen books 10/1997 sixth printing, cover art still misattributed:
indicia publishing history adds line:
sixth printing, october 1997 (this comment is from another edition of this book)
headline publishing group headline imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition
cover art (dig it out & check if credited)
cover price £2.99 (xxxxian & kiwiiiian? - ditto)
320pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)