Harlequin 66 - August 1950
Harlequin 66 back
Harlequin 399 - August 1957
Harlequin 399 back
Harlequin 162 - April 1952
Harlequin 162 back
Harlequin 380 - April 1957
Harlequin 380 back
Showing posts with label reprints. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reprints. Show all posts
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Harlequin Reprints Part VII
Eighteen of Harlequin's 477 titles published between 1949 and 1959 were published with two numbers in the series, and one with three numbers. Here are two of the three RCMP novels with two numbers. Royce of the Royal Mounted is a second printing but The River's End is a new edition as the pages are reset.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Harlequin Reprints Part V
Back in part II of the Harlequin reprints I talked about new editions of six early books that were published to celebrate Harlequin's 60th anniversary. The six books were also published by Australia's Harlequin Mills & Boon. The text is identical to the North American editions. But there are differences to the packaging.
The Australian editions are numbered 1 to 6 on the spine and the original numbers have been removed. The back covers are different and there is no mention of the other books in the series. My copies came in a limited edition case so that may have been the only way they were sold. The Australian editions have the same incorrect introduction from the Publisher.
The most interesting difference is the front covers. Both sets reproduce the original artwork but the Australian version has something I've never seen before. No effort has been made to clean up the image taken from a copy of the original book which, in a few cases, is in rough shape. The NA editions have typical photoshopped covers. Here are the original edition as well as NA and Australian (book 3) versions of the new edition for Virgin with Butterflies which, like part II's Pardon My Body, is edited with a heavy hand.
The Australian editions are numbered 1 to 6 on the spine and the original numbers have been removed. The back covers are different and there is no mention of the other books in the series. My copies came in a limited edition case so that may have been the only way they were sold. The Australian editions have the same incorrect introduction from the Publisher.
The most interesting difference is the front covers. Both sets reproduce the original artwork but the Australian version has something I've never seen before. No effort has been made to clean up the image taken from a copy of the original book which, in a few cases, is in rough shape. The NA editions have typical photoshopped covers. Here are the original edition as well as NA and Australian (book 3) versions of the new edition for Virgin with Butterflies which, like part II's Pardon My Body, is edited with a heavy hand.
Harlequin 15 - October 1949
Harlequin 15 back
2009 NA edition Harlequin 15
2009 NA edition Harlequin 15 back
2009 Australian edition Harlequin 15
2009 Australian edition Harlequin 15 back
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Collins White Circle Reprints Part II
Wm Collins Sons & Co. Canada Ltd. published 459 books in its White Circle imprint from 1942 to 1952. Some of the books were reprinted (I don't count the thirty new editions (i.e., new numbers) of earlier books in the series as reprints). Collins was not consistent, particularly in the first years, in indicating a reprint. For some books it isn't possible to choose the first printing from among variants.
Many of the earliest reprints have a feature I've never seen with other mass market publishers - changes to the colouring of the covers. Here's a good example. Wanted for Murder was published as a WC in 1943, the second printing in 1944, the third 1945. Both reprints have the date on the copyright page. The third printing has the price added to the front cover. There are a few differences between the covers. The last two pages are house ads, different for each printing. The address on the title page has changed for the third printing to 70 Bond Street, Toronto from 48 Pall Mall, London.
Many of the earliest reprints have a feature I've never seen with other mass market publishers - changes to the colouring of the covers. Here's a good example. Wanted for Murder was published as a WC in 1943, the second printing in 1944, the third 1945. Both reprints have the date on the copyright page. The third printing has the price added to the front cover. There are a few differences between the covers. The last two pages are house ads, different for each printing. The address on the title page has changed for the third printing to 70 Bond Street, Toronto from 48 Pall Mall, London.
White Circle 106 first printing
White Circle 106 first printing back cover
White Circle 106 second printing
White circle 106 second printing back cover
White Circle 106 third printing
White Circle 106 third printing back cover
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