new american library signet books imprint apparently non-simultaneous° first mmpb printings sharing merkin-printed covers
cover art by dean ellis (unsigned, uncredited; attribution from sci-fi-o-rama.com/2010/03/12/dean-ellis)
cover price 95¢
176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed:
and to distinguish from near-identical undated second printing by number line, 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
° - apparent priority established, wholly merkin-printed copies state first printing, september, 1972
canadian-carcassed copies state first printing, august, 1974
- which separation in time seems a trifle unlikely. . .°°
(°° - if a canadian-carcassed copy of the 9/1972 first printing surfaces, all will be explained - the 8/1974 declared first canadian printing would in due course have been followed by a fourth by printing number line wholly merkin-printed variant - had a further printing been required for general distribution during the lifetime of new american library's licence to the north american p/b rights.)
houghton mifflin victor gollancz vgsf imprint p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition
cover art by jim burns (unsigned, uncredited, collected in ''lightship'' jim burns (1986), q.v.)
cover price £3.50
176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
month of publication not given; taken from locus (this comment is from another edition of this book)
a happy day in 2381 (short story) in ''nova 1'' ed. harry harrison (1970), q.v.
in the beginning (ss) in ''science against man'' ed. anthony cheetham (1970), q.v.
all the way up, all the way down (novelette) galaxy vol.32 #1, 7-8/1971
the throwbacks (ntte) galaxy vol.30 #4, 7/1970; bre vol.30 #4, 8/1970
we are well organized (first part ntte) galaxy vol.31 #1, 12/1970
the world outside (novella) galaxy vol.30 #6, 10/1970, cover story, art by jack gaughan
we are well organized (remaining part ntte) ibid. 12/1970 (this comment is from another edition of this book)
granada publishing group panther books imprint first p/b printing, first uk p/b edition
cover art by colin hay (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price 75p, $2.50. australia, $2.50 new zealand, $2.25 canada°
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
° - it seems a little unlikely that canadian p/b rights were available to the granada publishing group (this comment is from another edition of this book)
millington books first printing, first uk h/cvr edition, first uk edition°
cover (d-j) art by dave austin (unsigned, credited on d-j back flap)
cover (d-j) price £3.50
186pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p, bound with endpapers between covered boards
° - the originally-planned publication date may very well have been the previous year, as it's stated in the indicia publishing history that first british publication was 1976 (this comment is from another edition of this book)