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ppint. 21st Feb 2018
| | universal publishing & distribution (upd) beacon books imprint mmpb first printing, first p/b edition
cover art by robert stanley (credited)
cover price 35¢
160pp. including titles, indicia etc. |
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ppint. 10th Nov 2017
| | simultaneously beacon book cat# 270 and galaxy sf novel series #40 in listings of the latter;
galaxy books # omitted from book's cover. |
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ppint. 28th Dec 2022
| | the next mmpb printing of poul anderson's ''virgin planet'' of which yr hmbl srppnt. is aware is the 9/2000 baen books edition in which it is doubled with ''starways'' (isbn 0-671-31944-2); but although i have these details, i've neither held, nor even seen this in the wild. (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 28th Dec 2022
| | warner paperback library mmpb first printing, accounted the second printing by warner books as the two previous paperback library, inc. 1970 printings were included
(the above makes sense (fcvotw), because warner books are a merkin mmpb publisher)
cover art by charles moll (signed with his initials, credited)
cover price 95¢
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
distinguish from the very nearly identical 1/1974 warner paperback library mmpb printing by reference to the indicia publishing history where it is accounted the third printing,
and from the near-identical simultaneous mmpb (& uk pb) 5/1977 warner paperbacks by the change in imprint name, cover prices and by reference to the indicia publishing history where they are - all three of them - accounted the fourth printing by printing number line
and from the undated near-identical warner books imprint fifth printing by indicia publishing history printing number line; retains isbn,
cover art by charles moll
cover price $1.50
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising (books advertised may differ) (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 28th Dec 2022
| | n.b. the first printing listed in the publishing history and the reprintings indicated by the digits dropped from the printing number line were not published in the yuk-of-gb-&-ni. (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 5th Apr 2019
| | mayflower books ltd. imprint p/b second printing
cover art unsigned, uncredited (photographic)
cover price 3/6
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising. (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 5th Apr 2019
| | granada publishing group mayflower books imprint near-identical p/b printings, sharing sbn, and
cover design by lester, larkin and divers
cover art (unsigned, uncredited)
cover price 5/- (25p), australia 80c, new zealand 75c, south africa 60c
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
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
second 1969 printing (third mayflower books printing overall) mayn't share all the above cover prices
check indicia publishing history for presence/absence of line stating second 1969 printing. (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 21st Feb 2018
| | coronet communications paperback library near-identical mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers and hence also cat#,
cover art unsigned, uncredited, sfauk still as-yet unattributed
cover price 60¢
160pp. including 4pp. titles, indicia etc, 8 end pp: 7pp. author's note, 1p. advertising "sleeping planet" william r. burnett, jr. (64-337), mail-order form.
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin-printed.
no priority established, nor liable to be; both state first printing: may, 1970 (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 21st Feb 2018
| | warner books imprint mmpb near-identical 4th printings° by number line sharing merkin-printed covers and hence also cat#, isbn and
cover art by charles moll (inherited from the warner paperback library editions/2nd & 3rd printings°)
cover price $1.50
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
refer to indicia to check whether the carcass of the copy you hold was merkin- or canadadian-printed. no priority established nor now liable to be.
° - warner books' accounting paperback library, inc. and warner paperback library, inc. editions as prior printings of the warner books, inc. edition.
a further near-identical uk variation was distributed by wyndham paperbacks, with their w-logo appended to the cat# on the merkin-printed front cover after the 65p uk cover price (also on rear in price block), some internal uk-appropriate details on book carcass, but all-merkin end p. advertising).. (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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