Author:Ray Bradbury
Bibliographic comments for Ray_Bradbury.
Reginald1
All entries reconciled with Reginald1, including first edition information:. Issues:
- Reginald1 lists Fahrenheit 451 (1953) as a collection. As a work, Fahrenheit 451 is a novel. It was twice packaged with the short stories "The Playground" and "And the Rock Cried Out", once in the 1953 edition, and later in the Doubleday 1967 edition. For our purposes we will continue to list the work as a novel. As Reginald also lists the 1954 edition as a novel, his 1953 entry is also essentially correct (although he states the 1954 edition was cloth-bound, when it was really asbestos-bound, which I guess we can forgive).
Reginald3
Tuck
All entries reconciled with Tuck, including first edition information:. Issues:
- Reginald1 gives a page count for The Illustrated Man as 252; Tuck gives 256.
- Reginald1 gives a page count for The Vintage Bradbury as 331; Tuck gives v+329.
Clute/Grant
Clute/Nicholls
Wikipedia
The Martian Chronicles
The existing Bantam publications with contents in ISFDB are split into two groups based on if the story And the Moon Be Still as Bright has a leading dash/hyphen. It's not known yet if the publisher changed the title or if some ISFDB records are in error.
| has And the Moon Be Still as Bright on page 48 | |||
| THMRTNCHRB67 | 1967-00-00 | 9th printing | |
| THMRTNCHRK0000 | 0000-00-00 | 12th printing | |
| THMRTNCHRL0000 | 0000-00-00 | 11th printing | |
| THMRTNCHRB1972 | 1972-00-00 | Unknown | |
| THMRTNCHRB0000 | 0000-00-00 | 33rd printing | Verified by Mhhutchins on 2008-05-04 10:57:52 |
| has -And the Moon Be Still as Bright on page 48 | |||
| THMRTNCHRV0000 | 0000-00-00 | 9th printing | Verified by MartyD on 2009-03-14 09:52:49 |
| THMRTNCHRN1976 | 1976-10-00 | 42nd printing | Verified by Marc Kupper on 2008-08-23 23:06:11 |
| THMRTNCHRN1979 | 1979-06-00 | Unknown printing | |
| THMRTNCHRB1976 | 1982-07-00 | 61st printing | Verified by Marc Kupper on 2008-08-24 01:53:26 |
| THMRTNCHRF0000 | 0000-00-00 | 63rd printing | |
| THMRTNCHRS0000 | 0000-00-00 | 91th Printing | |
| THMRTNCHRN0000 | 0000-00-00 | 95th Printing | |
| THMRTNCHRN1984 | 1984-06-00 | Unknown printing | |
Bantam Books cover artists
Up to at least the 42nd printing the cover artist is not credited. From at least the 45th up through at least the 61st printing Ian Miller is credited with a cover that shows a "grand canyon" styled painting. At some point after the 61st printing a new painting was used that shows two people seated on a bench. The publications still credit Ian Miller but it's not known if this is correct.
- The 91th printing has the "two people" painting and credits Michael Whelan on the back cover, although the copyright page credits Ian Miller. The same on Dragoondelight's 101st printing. ... clarkmci/--j_clark 02:15, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
Bantam Books Printing History
Doubleday edition published May 1950
Bantam edition June 1951
Second printing June 1951
10 printings through February 1962
Science Fiction Book Club edition published November 1952
New Bantam edition October 1954
27 printings through August 1972
Bantam Pathfinder edition October 1972
42 printings through October 1976
Bantam Trade edition September 1979
60 printings through July 1982
| Printing | Date | Imprint | Catalog # | Price | Cover | Verified |
| ??? printing | May 1951 | Bantam | #886 | $0.25 | ||
| 3rd printing | Oct 1954 | Bantam | #1261 | $0.25 | ||
| ??? printing | 1959 | Bantam | #A1885 | $0.35 | ||
| 5th printing | Sep 1962 | Bantam | #F2438 | $0.50 | ||
| 9th printing | Bantam | #F2438 | $0.50 | Verified | ||
| 9th printing | 1967 | Bantam | #H3243 | $0.60 | ||
| 11th printing | Bantam | #H3243 | $0.60 | |||
| 12th printing | Bantam | #H3243 | $0.60 | |||
| 20th printing | Oct 1969 | Bantam | #S4843 | $0.75 | ||
| 21st printing | Jul 1970 | Bantam | #N5613 | $0.95 | ||
| ??? printing | Oct 1972 | Bantam Pathfinder | ||||
| 25th printing | Bantam | #N5613 | $0.95 | |||
| 32nd printing | Bantam Pathfinder | #9055 | ||||
| 33rd printing | Bantam Pathfinder | #NP5613 | $0.95 | Verified | ||
| 35th printing | Bantam | #N5613 | $0.95 | |||
| 37th printing | Jun 1975 | Bantam | #QP7900 | $1.25 | ||
| 42nd printing | Oct 1976 | Bantam | 0-553-02440-X | $1.75 | Verified | |
| 45th printing | Mar 1978 | Bantam | 0-553-11945-1 | $1.95 | Ian Miller | |
| 54th printing | Bantam Troll | 0-553-16185-7 | Ian Miller | |||
| ??? printing | Jun 1979 | Bantam | 0-553-13179-6 | $2.25 | ||
| 57th printing | Bantam | 0-553-13179-6 | $2.25 | |||
| 58th printing | Bantam | 0-553-13179-6 | $2.25 | |||
| 60th printing | Jul 1982 | Bantam | 0-553-22968-0 | $2.75 | Ian Miller | |
| 61st printing | Bantam | 0-553-22968-0 | $2.75 | Ian Miller | Verified | |
| ??? printing | Jun 1984 | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-27822-3 | Ian Miller | ||
| 63rd printing | Bantam | 0-553-24691-7 | $2.95 | |||
| 66th printing | 1990 | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-26363-3 | $3.50 | ||
| ??? printing | 1990 | Bantam Spectra | 5-550-10316-8 | $3.95 | ||
| 91st printing | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-27822-3 | $6.50 | Michael Whelan (as stated on back cover, though Ian Miller on copyright page) |
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| 95th printing | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-27822-3 | $6.99 | Ian Miller | ||
| 95th printing | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-27822-3 | $6.99 | Ian Miller | ||
| ??? printing | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-27822-3 | $7.99 |
R is for Rocket - Bantam printing history
At present there are some mixups in the Bantam editions as people added dates to earlier editions but it seems they did not always update the correct record and also failed to verify the edition they have in hand. The present Bantam listings are:
| Pr | Date | Imprint | Catalog # | Price | Note from the publication record | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n.p. | Mar 1965 | Bantam | F2915 | 0.50 | No statement of printing, no number line. | Verified |
| 2nd | May 1965 | Bantam | F2915 | 0.50 | Printing date from copyright page of 3rd printing. | |
| 3rd | Sep 1966 | Bantam Pathfinder | align=right | Date and publisher name are from the 10th printing | ||
| 4th | Jan 1967 | Bantam Pathfinder | FP164 | 0.50 | Printing date from copyright page of 11th printing. | |
| 14th | Jan 1969 | Bantam Pathfinder | HP4398 | 0.60 | 14th Printing. Printing date from copyright page of 16th printing. (this is clearly wrong) | |
| 10th | Unknown | Bantam Pathfinder | SP5748 | 0.75 | Verified | |
| 11th | Jan 1972 | Bantam Pathfinder | SP5748 | 0.75 | Printing date from copyright page of 14th printing. | |
| 13th | Aug 1973 | Bantam Pathfinder | SP5748 | 0.75 | Printing date from copyright page of 14th printing. | |
| 14th | Mar 1974 | Bantam Pathfinder | NP7988 | 0.95 | Verified | |
| 3rd | Mar 1974 | Bantam Pathfinder | FP164 | 0.50 | 1st Pathfinder Printing (3rd printing overall) | |
| 15th | Feb 1975 | Bantam | Q2704 | 1.25 | This probably the 15th printing, though not directly stated on copyright page.The copyright page of the 16th printing says the printing date of this edition is 1976-02-00. | |
| 16th | Sep 1976 | Bantam | 0-553-10367-9 | 1.50 | ||
| 17th | Mar 1978 | Bantam | 0-553-11931-1 | 1.75 |