Author:Ray Bradbury
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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 | |
| THMRTNCHRZ0000 | 0000-00-00 | 80th Printing | Verified by Herzbube on 2011-06-02 12:01:46 |
| THMRTNCHRS0000 | 0000-00-00 | 91st Printing | Verified by Clarkmci on 2008-11-07 22:04:44 |
| 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 |
| 1st printing | May 1951 | Bantam | #886 | $0.25 | ||
| 2nd printing | Aug 1951 | |||||
| 3rd printing | Oct 1954 | Bantam | #1261 | $0.25 | Verified | |
| ??? 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 | |||
| 13th printing | Mar 1967 | Bantam | #H3243 | $0.60 | ||
| 14th printing | Aug 1967 | #H3243 | ||||
| 15th printing | Dec 1967 | |||||
| 20th printing | Oct 1969 | Bantam | #S4843 | $0.75 | ||
| 21st printing | Jul 1970 | Bantam | #N5613 | $0.95 | ||
| 22nd printing | Oct 1969 | |||||
| 23rd printing | Jul 1970 | #N5613 | ||||
| 25th printing | Bantam | #N5613 | $0.95 | |||
| 32nd printing | Oct 1972 | 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 | |
| 46th printing | Bantam Pathfinder | 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 | ||
| 1st printing | Sep 1979 | Bantam Books | 0-553-01180-4 | $6.95 | Ian Miller | Verified |
| 56th printing | Mar 1980 | Bantam | 0-553-13179-6 | $2.25 | Verified | |
| 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 | unknown | Verified | |
| 62nd printing | July 1984 | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-27822-3 | unknown | ||
| 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 | ||
| 80th printing | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-27822-3 | $5.50 | Michael Whelan (as stated on back cover, though Ian Miller on copyright page) |
Verified | |
| 91st printing | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-27822-3 | $6.50 | Michael Whelan (as stated on back cover, though Ian Miller on copyright page) |
Verified | |
| 95th printing | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-27822-3 | $6.99 | Ian Miller | ||
| 95th printing | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-27822-3 | $6.99 | Ian Miller | ||
| 101st printing | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-27822-3 | $7.99 | |||
| ??? 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. I corrected the following
- this record used to be dated March 1974. I changed it to September 1966 based on the printing history in the 10th printing, that the note said "1st Pathfinder Printing (3rd printing overall)", and that the price and catalog # would fit in for the 3rd printing. It's possible this entire record is a mishmash of data.
- this record used to have the note "14th printing from the 16th printing." I changed this to be the 7th printing based on the date and printing history from the 10th printing. It's possible this entire record is a mishmash of data. --Marc Kupper|talk 23:16, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
| 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 | FP164 | 0.50 | 1st Pathfinder Printing (3rd printing overall). Date from 10th printing. Note it's possible the catalog # and price are wrong. | |
| 4th | Jan 1967 | Bantam Pathfinder | FP164 | 0.50 | Printing date from copyright page of 11th printing. | |
| 5th | Sep 1967 | Bantam Pathfinder | Date and publisher name are from the 10th printing | |||
| 6th | Oct 1968 | Bantam Pathfinder | Date and publisher name are from the 10th printing | |||
| 7th | Feb 1969 | Bantam Pathfinder | HP4398 | 0.60 | Printing date from 14th printing. The 10th printing needs to be double checked as it may say the 7th printing was in January 1969. | |
| 8th | Sep 1969 | Bantam Pathfinder | Date and publisher name are from the 10th printing | |||
| 9th | June 1970 | Bantam Pathfinder | Publisher name from the 10th printing which does not give a date for this printing. Publication date from the 14th printing. | |||
| 10th | May 1971 | Bantam Pathfinder | SP5748 | 0.75 | Printing history lists dates up to the 8th printing but not for the 9th and 10th printing. 16th printing states August 1970. | Verified |
| 11th | Jan 1972 | Bantam Pathfinder | SP5748 | 0.75 | Printing date from copyright page of 14th printing. | |
| 12th | Sep 1972 | Bantam Pathfinder | SP5748 | 0.75 | Publisher, catalog #, and price assumed based on the 11th and 13th printing. Publication date from the 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 | Printing date from copyright page of 16th printing is July 1974. | Verified |
| 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 | Verified | |
| 17th | Mar 1978 | Bantam | 0-553-11931-1 | 1.75 |