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Although we also have a couple of 'Black Swan' pubs with "055299" prefixes, this is a pretty reliable check (over 200 good pubs verified).
 
Although we also have a couple of 'Black Swan' pubs with "055299" prefixes, this is a pretty reliable check (over 200 good pubs verified).
  
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Since about 2005, Corgi has been a Children's paperback imprint of Random House. '''Bantam''' are the imprint of choice for ''reprints'' of classic Corgi SF paperback titles now, and many new Transworld SF publications - you will however see many Amazon entries listing older Corgi SF titles as "Corgi Children's"! This seems to be because they retain the same ISBN and Amazon can't cope with such British normalities as "same text can keep the same ISBN, however often you change the cover, price, company that owns the imprint, etc."
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Since about 2005, Corgi has been a Children's paperback imprint of Random House. '''Bantam''' are the imprint of choice for ''reprints'' of classic Corgi SF paperback titles now, and many new [[Publisher:Transworld|Transworld]] SF publications - you will however see many Amazon entries listing older Corgi SF titles as "Corgi Children's"! This seems to be because they retain the same ISBN and Amazon can't cope with such British normalities as "same text can keep the same ISBN, however often you change the cover, price, company that owns the imprint, etc."
  
 
'''Do NOT trust Amazon (UK or US) for a definitive Publisher!''' (Well, maybe after a Look-Inside - but even then check they're showing you the edition you THOUGHT you were looking at!)
 
'''Do NOT trust Amazon (UK or US) for a definitive Publisher!''' (Well, maybe after a Look-Inside - but even then check they're showing you the edition you THOUGHT you were looking at!)
  
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== Corgi SF Collector's Library ==
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== Corgi Books ==
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This was a Mid-70s set of printings with a uniform cover-design.
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'''Corgi Books''' is an imprint active from at least 1956 to present.
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== Historical full names and addresses ==
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* 1966: Corgi Books, a division of {{vn|Transworld Publishers}}.{{ref|2}}
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* 1975: Corgi Books, a division of {{vn|Transworld Publishers}}.{{ref|1}}
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==Trademark==
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The UK trademark was first filed on 1st December 1950 and published in the Trade Marks journal 11th July 1951. It was renewed 1st December 1999. The trademark was assigned in full from Transworld Publishers Limited to The Random House Group Limited on 21st April 2001. Source: [http://www.ipo.gov.uk/t-find-number?detailsrequested=H&trademark=694327 UK Intellectual Property Office].
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==Logos==
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(Dates are of first usage, as seen in my collection. [[User:BLongley|BLongley]] 20:37, 13 September 2008 (UTC))
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* 1956 [[Image:Corgi Books Logo 1956.jpg]]
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* 1962 [[Image:Corgi Books logo 1962.jpg]]
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* 1965 [[Image:Corgi Books logo 1965.jpg]]
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* 1969 [[Image:Corgi logo 1969.jpg]]
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* 1974 [[Image:Corgi logo 1974.jpg]]
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* 1983 [[Image:Corgi Logo 1983.jpg]]
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== Printers ==
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The following companies are verified as manufacturing books for Corgi Books.
  
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[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?RTHBDSZFKP1973 Earth Abides]<br>
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* 1975: {{vn|Arcata Graphics}}.{{ref|1}}
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[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?160921 Fantastic Voyage]<br>
 
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[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?MRTHNHMNSB1973 More Than Human]<br>
 
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[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?RCHFRTMRRW1974 Reach for Tomorrow]<br>
 
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[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?STRSRGNPHL1976 Star Surgeon]<br>
 
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[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THDRMNGJWL1975 The Dreaming Jewels]<br>
 
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[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?180621 The Illustrated Man]<br>
 
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[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THNNRLNDSC1975 The Inner Landscape]<br>
 
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[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THTHRSDFTH1974 The Other Side of the Sky]<br>
 
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[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THSHPFFRTH1976 The Shape of Further Things]<br>
 
  
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[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?BRFTNTHHDQ1974 Barefoot in the Head]<br>
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== Corgi SF Collector's Library ==
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See [[Corgi SF Collector's Library]]
  
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[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?CNTCLFRLBW1974 A Canticle for Leibowitz]<br>
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== References and verification sources ==
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[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?BYRSPRE1975 Billion Year Spree]<br>
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{{Note|1}} {{SourcePublication|VRTHSTCKGT1975|Var the Stick|Piers Anthony|1975}}<br>
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[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?FHRNHTBSBL1973 Fahrenheit 451],
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{{Note|2}} {{P|NDPVKZKHRB1966|name=In Deep}} {{A|Damon Knight}}, 1966
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[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?FHRNHTQDPR1974 (Reprint here)]<br>
 
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[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?SNGTHBDLCT1975 I Sing the Body Electric!]<br>
 
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[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?MLO4713 Intangibles Inc]<br>
 
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[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?RPRTNPLNTT1973 Report on Planet Three and Other Speculations]<br>
 
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[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THCTNDTHST1974 The City and the Stars]<br>
 
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[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?257226 Andromeda Breakthrough]<br>
 
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[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THSTRRVRSF1976 The Star Rover]<br>
 
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[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?256244 The Silver Locusts]<br>
 
  
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A for Andromeda 1975?<br>
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{{Publisher Category}}
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Dandelion wine 0552098825 1975?<br>
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{{Verified Common Name}}
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Dragonflight 0552092363 1973?<br>
 
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Farnham's Freehold 0552100676 1976?<br>
 
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Hospital Station  0552102148 1976?<br>
 
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Something Wicked This Way Comes 0552100439 1975?<br>
 
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Tales of Ten Worlds 0552097853 1975?<br>
 
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The Golden Apples of the Sun 0-552-09333-5 1973?<br>
 
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The Lion of Comarre and Against the Fall of Night 0552098299 1975?<br>
 
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The Menace from Earth 0552093343 1973?<br>
 
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The Mysterious Island  0552100889 1976?<br>
 
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The Shape of Things to Come 055209532X 1974?<br>
 
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The Wind from the Sun 0552096547 1974?<br>
 
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea 0552098833 1975?<br>
 

Latest revision as of 18:26, 12 July 2009

ISBN Prefix 0552 from 1968-2005. Although we also have a couple of 'Black Swan' pubs with "055299" prefixes, this is a pretty reliable check (over 200 good pubs verified).

Since about 2005, Corgi has been a Children's paperback imprint of Random House. Bantam are the imprint of choice for reprints of classic Corgi SF paperback titles now, and many new Transworld SF publications - you will however see many Amazon entries listing older Corgi SF titles as "Corgi Children's"! This seems to be because they retain the same ISBN and Amazon can't cope with such British normalities as "same text can keep the same ISBN, however often you change the cover, price, company that owns the imprint, etc."

Do NOT trust Amazon (UK or US) for a definitive Publisher! (Well, maybe after a Look-Inside - but even then check they're showing you the edition you THOUGHT you were looking at!)

Corgi Books

Corgi Books is an imprint active from at least 1956 to present.

Historical full names and addresses

Trademark

The UK trademark was first filed on 1st December 1950 and published in the Trade Marks journal 11th July 1951. It was renewed 1st December 1999. The trademark was assigned in full from Transworld Publishers Limited to The Random House Group Limited on 21st April 2001. Source: UK Intellectual Property Office.

Logos

(Dates are of first usage, as seen in my collection. BLongley 20:37, 13 September 2008 (UTC))

  • 1956 Corgi Books Logo 1956.jpg
  • 1962 Corgi Books logo 1962.jpg
  • 1965 Corgi Books logo 1965.jpg
  • 1969 Corgi logo 1969.jpg
  • 1974 Corgi logo 1974.jpg
  • 1983 Corgi Logo 1983.jpg

Printers

The following companies are verified as manufacturing books for Corgi Books.

Corgi SF Collector's Library

See Corgi SF Collector's Library

References and verification sources

1. ^  Var the Stick by Piers Anthony published 1975
2. ^  In Deep Damon Knight, 1966

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