 | author field should be varied to editor |
| octopus books h/cvr first printing, first or simultaneous first edition
packaged by mandarin publishers limited, hong Kong
printed by new interlitho spa, italy
cover (& d-j) art by chris foss (signed with his f in a line-drawn pentagon)
cover (?&) (d-j) price £9.95
218pp.... |
| hodder & stoughton coronet books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition
cover art by colin hay unsigned, uncredited; attributed on p.92, ''encyclopedia of sf'' ed. robert holdstock (1978), q.v.)
cover price 35p, $1.10 australia, $1.00 new zealand
176pp. (check)... |
 | author's name should still be corrected to ''leo p. kelley'' |
| st. martin's press tor imprint mmpb first printing, third tor mmpb printing over-all
both author's name and title on front cover now in white; ''jim baen presents'' dropped
cover art by janny wurts (signed, still credited as janny wurtz)
b+w illustrations by rick demarco... |
| thomas/tom doherty associates tor books mmpb second printing
pinnacle books
n.b. the isbn of the first printing was accidentally retained on the cover in all positions
correct isbn 0-523-48562-X in indicia
cover redesigned: author's name and title no longer embossed, no... |
 | 5/1981 - 9/1983 tor books mmpbs were published via and distributed by pinnacle books, inc.
pinnacle managed to go bust in style owing tor books a considerable sum, with very little notice.
thomas doherty associates shifted production etc. to st. martins press, and... |
| st martins press tor imprint mmpb first printing, second tor imprint mmpb printing over-all
cover art by michael whelan retained
interior b+w illustrations by ric demarco retained
isbn 0-812-53187-6 canada
cover price $4.50 canada
cover price $3.50 us
320pp. (check)... |
 | martin siegel died of leukemia aged only 33; 19/12/38 - 3/1972 |
| lancer books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
cover art by ron walotsky (signed rw, uncredited)
cover price $1.25
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass... |
 | lancer books mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited; still as-yet unattributed sfaik
cover price 75¢
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising |
 | ha! - you're right. i shouldn't've been anything like so categorically and definitely absolute.
what i meant was, ''during the lengthy period that 25¢ was so overwhelmingly predominantly the only price of merkin-distributed mmpbs that many publishers didn't bother to... |
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