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31st Jan 2019, 11:30 PM
	ppint. Member since Aug 2012 6393 Points	the peter haddock limited uk p/b edition of robert e. howard's "the moon of skulls" bears cover price u.s.a. 75¢, australia 75¢, new zealand 75¢, south africa 75¢ this edition was never distributed in north america nor, so far as i am aware, was it ever distributed in new zealand, nor in australia, nor in south africa. it was distributed in the uk-of-gb-and-norn-iron, but not at 75¢; the uk-of-gb-and-norn-iron does not use ¢. i do not think it would be very sensible to bookcat this as an international paperback. daw books, inc., new american library, inc.'s signet and roc imprint, ace books, inc., the berkley publishing group inc.'s berkley and other imprint, etc, etc. titles that have been reprinted over the decades can and do vary between bearing us$ cover prices, both us$ and - different - canadian $ prices on the same book, and separate u.s. and canadian printings that may bear different or identical $ cover prices, which editions are generally distinguishable only by investigation of the indica page, as the covers are printed in the usa and only the book carcasses (usually) seoarately in each. different penguin, puffin, panther, granada, grafton, new english library, sphere books' etc, etc. printings of editions reprinted over the decades may bear uk cover prices only, or uk and any of the territories formerly part of the sterling area (selection varying), on different printings covers, and even upon different parts of the same printing, whether or not the publisher actually possessed a subsidiary in those countries at the time - or ever. contributors of book items do not always list any cover price, and frequently omit minor market territories' cover prices from their submitted items. the prospect of multiple entries for essentially identical editions' printings - and sometimes even the same printing - of a book being splattered randomly between individual countries and "international" strikes me as unnecessarily confusing. Edited by ppint. on 5th Apr 2019, 5:20 PM