berkley publishing group berkley medallion mmpb first printing, first p/b edition
collection of two novellas and a novelette, all intriguing alien puzzle stories, all featuring poul anderson's acute, alert, manipulative, sexist, bombastic and dogmatic - but extremely canny and incisive - and larger than life - space-faring merchant, nicholas van rijn.
cover art by paul lehr (uncredited, start of his signature is on cover art)
cover price 50¢
160pp. including titles, indicia etc.
berkley publishing group berkley books imprint mmpb undated° fourth printing
cover art by angus mckie (unsigned, uncredited; attributed in ''the flights of icarus'' martyn dean, roger dean, donald lehmkuhl (1977); re-used from ''the planet that wasn't'' isaac asimov (sphere 1977), qq.v.)
cover price $1.75
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
° date entered obtained by my interpolation of cat#-containing isbn into those of known date, the month berkley issued poul anderson titles of known publication date, and comparison of cover prices of berkley mmpbs of this extent
n.b. a 1977 berkley books printing of ''tomorrow, the stars'' ed. robert a. heinlein in error bears the comparative sbn, 425-03894-7, in its indicia - though iiuc not upon its cover - nor the isbn (this comment is from another edition of this book)
this image - artwork - is^W was still of the wrong edition/printing's cover art, and should^W has now been deleted. (this comment is from another edition of this book)
cover art uncredited, photographic (as-yet unattributed sfaik)
cover price 3/6
144pp? including titles, indicia etc. (this comment is from another edition of this book)
berkley putnam publishing group berkley imprint mmpb fifth printing, with new fanciful B logo, new
cover art by steve ferris (signed "ferris 82", uncredited)
cover price $2.25
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
indicia publishing history includes line stating fifth printing, february 1983 (this comment is from another edition of this book)
fourth and fifth panther books printings near-identical save for cover priccs
(indicia not updated for fifth printing)
cover art by peter elson (credited, art also signed with his initials)
cover price 95p, australia $3.50 (recommended), new zealand $3.50
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
144pp. including titles, indicia etc., end pp.
introduces ''granada'' in some places, retains ''panther science fiction'' on cover
indicia publishing history credits granada publishing limited with all uk p/bs from 1967 (which is untrue) onwards, reprints being in 1970, 1975, 1980.
near-identical fifth printing differs:
cover price £1.50, australia $5.95, new zealand $5.95
(may be a recovering of unsold warehouse stock of fourth printing) (this comment is from another edition of this book)
berkley publishing group berkley medallion mmpb second printing
(either third printing, or second printing, second state, is near-identical, sharing cover design, art, price etc.)
cover art by richard powers (uncredited, most of his signature is on the cover art)
cover price $1.25
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
reprinted, or later-issued copies of same printing, 1/1977 with isbn added at top of cover, in place of and incorporating numerical part of previous cat#,
cover art by richard powers retained
isbn 0-425-03199-3
cover price $1.25
same pagination (end pp. advertising may differ if it is a separate printing; check)
refer also to indicia publishing history for presence/absence of statement line of 1977 printing date (this comment is from another edition of this book)
granada publishing panther books p/b third printing 1975
cover art by anthony roberts (unsigned sfaics, credited on rear cover)
cover price 35p, australia $1.00, new zealand $1.00, canada $1.25
so should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule
144pp. including titles, indicia etc., end pp. (this comment is from another edition of this book)
was showing the wrong cover - the 1967 panther books cover again - 'til mid-2019
granada publishing panther books second printing 1970, with new
cover art uncredited, unsigned photographic (a caterpillar on a leaf, oddlily-lit)
cover price is 5/-, south africa 60c, australia 80c, new zealand 75c
so should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule
bears the sbn9, derived from the cat# on the front cover
144pp. including titles, indicia etc. (this comment is from another edition of this book)