Years in Print:
1958 - 1979

Detail
Publisher:
Ballantine Books
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Issues:
#5 - #28264 [5] (9 Issues, 10 Printings)
Continued From:
none
Continued In:
none
Tracking Notes:
Numbering continues from Utterly Mad (Ballantine Books, 1956 series) #266 (March 1958)
Numbering continues in On an Odd Note (Ballantine Books, 1958 series) #268 ([May 9] 1958)
Numbering continues from Utterly Mad (Ballantine Books, 1956 series) #493k (February 1961)
Numbering continues in ? (Ballantine Books, ? series) #495 ?
Numbering continues from Hardrock (Ballantine Books, 1963 series) #714 (1963)
Numbering continues in ? (Ballantine Books, ? series) #716 ?
Numbering continues from Utterly Mad (Ballantine Books, 1956 series) #U2104 (December 1963)
Numbering continues in Tales From the Crypt (Ballantine Books, 1964 series) #U2106 (December 1964)
Numbering continues from Utterly Mad (Ballantine Books, 1956 series) #01566 (March 1970)
Numbering continues in ? (Ballantine Books, ? series) #01568 ?
Numbering continues from Farthest Star (Ballantine Books, 1975 series) #24330 (February 1975)
Numbering continues in ? (Ballantine Books, ? series) #24332 ?
Numbering continues from ? (Ballantine Books, ? series) #25282 ?
Numbering continues in ? (Ballantine Books, ? series) #25284 ?
Numbering continues from A Passion for Power (Ballantine Books, 1983 series) #28263 (July 1983)
Numbering continues in Star Trek Log Two (Del Rey / Ballantine Books, 1979 series) #28265 (April 1979)
Notes:
Fifth of the Mad paperback reprints, as indicated by the number 5 (or 5th) on the covers of some editions.
There were several issues in this series, starting with #267 and 267K, both first printings. The "k" in 267k refers to books distributed through Kable Distribution.
First printing (#267 and #267k): October 1958. Second printing (#267 ? and 267k ?): December 1958. Third printing (#267 ? and 267k ?): April 1959. Fourth printing (#267 ? and 267k ?): October 1959. Fifth printing (#267 ? and 267k): May 1960. First Canadian printing (#267 ? and 267k ?): June 1960. Sixth printing (#494k): February 1961. Seventh printing (#715): circa 1962 ?
A revised edition then was created which included additional material. First printing (#U2105): December 1963. First Canadian printing (#U2105): May 1964. Fourth printing (#01567): March 1969. Eighth printing and second Canadian printing (#24331): January 1975. Ninth printing (#25283): June 1976. Unknown printing (#28264): circa 1979.
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