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Author:	John Christopher
Title:	The Year Of The Comet
Publisher:	Michael Joseph
Country:	UK
Date:	1955
Format:	Hardcover
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Total Editions:	4
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Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Wants
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ppint. 2nd Dec 2023		michael joseph h/cvr first printing, first edition novels of tomorrow series edited by clemence dane cover (d-j) art (unsigned, may be credited) cover price 12/6 272pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards



ppint. 27th Nov 2017		publisher is michael joseph ltd. not "m. joseph". edit: corrected by 25/11/2023)



ppint. 27th Nov 2017		aka "planet in peril" (avon mmpb 1960), q.v.



ppint. 16th Nov 2023		thomson books ltd. sphere books p/b second printing with new cover art unsigned, uncredited (multicoloured hands reaching up towards comet in the sky) cover price £1.50, £1.50 malta, $4.95 australia 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 21st Jun 2019		sphere books p/b first printing 1978 cover art uncredited, unsigned cover price 95p, £1.04½ eire, 100c malta, $2.95 australia & canada, $2.25 canada so should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule - or not so re-flagged, according to equally well-respected moderator's heartfelt plea 256pp. including titles, indicia etc. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 21st Mar 2019		avon simultaneous mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, likely first p/b edition cover art by ed emshwiller (signed "emsh", uncredited) cover price 35¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed. no priority established nor liable to be, both give only © date for this edition (1959), so could've been january 1960 the icd on the cover below the price & cat# identifies the primary news distributor (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 27th Nov 2017		first book publication 1955, not 1960 edit 16/11/2023: corrected (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 27th Nov 2017		aka and originally "the year of the comet" (uk h/cvr 1955), q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Other Editions

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John Christopher - Planet In Peril - Avon - Paperback - USA (1960)

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John Christopher - The Year Of The Comet - Sphere - Paperback - UK - 0722123035 (1978)

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John Christopher - The Year Of The Comet - Sphere - Paperback - UK - 0722123035 (1983)