Fantasy novel.
Subtitle: Volume IX of the Memoirs of Lord Grandrith.
Series: Lord
Grandrith/Doc Caliban.
An excerpt has been published as "My Father the Ripper"
in Jack the Knife
(1975).
DEDICATION: --
COVER TEXT:
The legendary
Apeman. Lord of the Jungle and bastard son of Jack the Ripper, fights
the equally
legendary Doc Caliban, Man of Bronze and Champion of Justice. For the
loser it will mean death - for the victor not just life but
immortality.
But who are the dark manipulators of their destiny? For
these titans are good men, real-life superheroes who have passed into
folklore as 'Tarzan' and 'Doc Savage'. Now, inflamed by unfathomable
passions, they run amok in an orgy of hate and vengeance, lust and
bloodshed.
From the mountains of Ethiopia to the pastoral beauty of an
English stately home, Philip José Farmer explores the
intimate secrets of a superhero's private life in an epic fantasy of
truly legendary proportions.
(Grafton edition.)
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FIRST PUBLICATION
North Hollywood, CA: Essex House
# 0121
no ISBN
paperback (17×11cm)
-/1969
286
$ 1.95
not credited [= unknown]
With an editor's
note by PJF and a postscript
by Theodore Sturgeon.
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[Kansas City, MO]: The Fokker
D-LXIX Press
-
no ISBN
hardcover (22,5×14,5cm)
-/1975
286
not priced [= $ 20.00]
Richard Corben
First US hardcover. Red leather covered boards, with gilt lettering
on the front and the spine. Limited edition of two hundred copies,
signed by Philip José Farmer and Richard Corben. Six color
and two black & white interior illustrations by Richard Corben.
With an editor's
note by PJF and a postscript
by Theodore Sturgeon.
Several of the preordered and prepaid hardcovers were never delivered
(as happened with my copy at the time).
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[Kansas City, MO]: Fokker
D-LXIX Press
-
no ISBN
trade paperback (22×13,5cm)
-/1975
286
not priced [= $ 12.50]
Richard Corben
Limited edition of eight hundred copies. This is the first state
edition of the paperback, with red lettering on the cover and spine.
Six color and two
black
& white interior illustrations by Richard Corben. With an editor's
note by PJF and a postscript
by Theodore Sturgeon.
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[Kansas City, MO]: Fokker
D-LXIX Press
-
no ISBN
trade paperback (21,5×13,5cm)
-/1975
286
not priced [= $ 12.50]
Richard Corben
This is the second state edition of the paperback, with black lettering
on the cover and spine. The second is also slightly smaller. It could
be that Fokker D-LXIX Press printed more copies than the limited eight
hundred
they planned. It also could be that they have used remaining galleys
to bind them as paperback. Many copies of
this edition are badly paginated and sometimes pages are missing. Six
color and two black & white interior illustrations
by Richard Corben. With an editor's
note by PJF and a postscript
by Theodore Sturgeon.
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New York, NY: Playboy Press
-
ISBN 0-872-16586-8
paperback (18×10,5cm)
01/1980 (1st)
288
$ 2.25
credited to Enric [actually: Jordi Penalva]
Farmer's name printed in purple gilt on the cover. With an editor's
note by PJF and a postscript
by Theodore Sturgeon.
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New York, NY: Playboy Press
-
ISBN 0-872-16586-8
paperback (18×10,5cm)
03/1980 (2nd)
--/1980 (3rd)
288
$ 2.25
not credited [= Jordi Penalva]
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note by PJF and a postscript
by Theodore Sturgeon.
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New York, NY: Playboy
Paperbacks
-
ISBN 0-872-16951-0
paperback (18×10,5cm)
07/1981 (4th)
288
$ 2.50
not credited [= Jordi Penalva]
With an editor's
note by PJF and a postscript
by Theodore Sturgeon.
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New York, NY: Rhinoceros
-
ISBN 1-56333-276-0
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
01/1995
320
$ 6.95
photo by Robert Chouraqui
With an editor's
note by PJF.
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UK
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London: Quartet Books
-
ISBN 0-704-31211-5
paperback (18×11cm)
10/1975
286
£ 0.95
Patrick Woodroffe
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by Theodore Sturgeon.
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London: Grafton Books
-
ISBN 0-586-07445-7
paperback (18×11cm)
04/1988
255
£ 2.95
Peter Elson
With an editor's
note by PJF and a postscript
by Theodore Sturgeon.
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FRANCE
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French: La jungle nue
Paris: Champ Libre
Chute Libre (1)
ISBN 2-85184-016-9
trade paperback (21,5×12,5cm)
04/1974
304
-
François Lasquin
Alain Le Saux
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note by PJF and a postscript
by Theodore Sturgeon.
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French: La jungle nue
Paris: J.C. Lattès
Titres SF 12
no ISBN
paperback (18×11cm)
09/1979
312
-
François Lasquin
Jean-Michel Nicollet
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note by PJF and a postscript
by Theodore Sturgeon.
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French: La jungle nue
Paris: Presses Pocket
No. 5329
ISBN 2-266-02872-3
paperback (18×11cm)
03/1990
312
-
François Lasquin
Wojtek Siudmak
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note by PJF and a postscript
by Theodore Sturgeon.
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French: La jungle nue
Paris: La Découverte
Culte fictions
ISBN 2-7071-3966-1
trade paperback (19×12,5cm)
02/2003
266
€ 12,00
François Lasquin
photo by Shuji Kobayashi
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note by PJF and a postscript
by Theodore Sturgeon.
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ITALY
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Italian: Festa di
morte
Milan: De Carlo
Gamma, I Capolavori della Fantascienza 11
no ISBN
hardcover (20×13cm)
-/1972
256
L 2.000
Federico Valli
not credited [= unknown]
First hardcover worldwide. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on
the spine. The first state edition of the hardcover comes with this
dust jacket. With an introduction
by Theodore Sturgeon and an editor's
note by PJF.
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Italian: Festa di
morte
Milan: De Carlo
Gamma, I Capolavori della Fantascienza 11
no ISBN
hardcover (20×13cm)
-/1972 [actually republished in ?]
256
L 3.500
Federico Valli
Studio Grafico De Carlo
This is the second state edition of the hardcover. Only the dustjacket
and price have been changed, otherwise the book is exactly the same.
This is not a new printing. With an introduction
by Theodore Sturgeon and an editor's
note by PJF.
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Italian: Festa di
morte
Milan: Ciscato (De Carlo)
Gamma, I Capolavori della Fantascienza 11
no ISBN
hardcover (20×13cm)
-/1972 [actually: -/1976]
256
L 3.000
Federico Valli
not credited [= unknown]
This is the third state edition of the hardcover. Ciscato had bought De
Carlo and republished exactly the same book, dated 1972, with yet
another dustjacket. This is not a new printing. With an introduction
by Theodore Sturgeon and an editor's
note by PJF.
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RUSSIA
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Russian: Пир
потаенный
in Пир потаенный
Moscow: Amex Ltd. "Lorys"
Novynky Science Fiction & Fantasy
ISBN 5-85689-004-3
hardcover (21×14,5cm)
-/1993
477
-
O. Artamonov
?
Omnibus, together with Lord of the Trees.
With a foreword,
"Насилие - наш метод!", by Theodore Sturgeon.
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Russian: Незваный пир
in Миры Филипа Фармера 22
Riga & Moscow: Polaris
-
ISBN 5-88132-352-1
hardcover [no dustjacket] (20,5×13,5cm)
01/1998
382
-
O. Artamonov
unknown
Pictorial boards. Omnibus, together with Lord
of the Trees. With a foreword,
"Насилие - наш метод!", by Theodore Sturgeon.
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