OMNIBUSES
 

The Witches Trilogy Death Trilogy City WatchTrilogy
The Witches Trilogy, Death Trilogy and City Watch Trilogy

 

United Kingdom

The First Discworld Novels
(The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic)
8th May 1999, Colin Smythe published The Colour of Magic (without Terry's 1989 introduction)
and The Light Fantastic in a single volume under this title (0-86140-421-1)

SKY ONE TIE IN COVER 2008

Colour of Magic on the cover: Corgi, 03/08 (978-0-552-15727-8)
Published as a tie-in with the SkyOne/Mob production of the mini-series,
with Sir David Jason (Rincewind) and Sean Astin (Twoflower) on the cover.
now a major tv series’ first televised over Easter 2008.

Book club
BCA, 2005 (CN 136928)

Compact Edition
(The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic, Equal Rites and MORT)
Gollancz, 20,000 copies, 16/11/95 (0-575-06165-0)
The four Compact Editions were also sold as a set in a slipcase, entitled
Compact Discworlds 1-4 (0-575-06236-3)

The first 3 Discworld volumes
(The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic and Equal Rites)
For Christmas 1989 Corgi issued the first 3 Discworld volumes in a slip case (0-552-00774-9)

The next 3 Discworld volumes
(Mort, Sourcery and Wyrd Sisters)
For Christmas 1990 Corgi issued the next 3 Discworld volumes in a slip case (0-552-00796-X)

Discworld Starter Pack
(The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic and Equal Rites)
Corgi issued for Ottakars a special signed, slip-cased copies of The Colour of Magic
together with a ‘Discworld Starter Pack’, a slipcase containing paperbacks of the first three Discworld novels.
1/9/04 (0-552-76991-6)

The Witches Trilogy
(Equal Rites, Wyrd Sisters and Witches Abroad)

On 27/9/94 Gollancz issued THE WITCHES TRILOGY, ‘A Discworld Omnibus’ (0-575-05896-X)
The printing was of 21,250 copies, 10,000 of which contained a statement that they had been produced exclusively for W.H.Smith (who had an exclusive arrangement for six months), and the balance, with a slightly different title verso, was put on general sale on 30/3/95.

The Josh Kirby jacket illustration had originally appeared in the booklet that accompanied the CD of Dave Greenslade’s album
From the Discworld (see part 6b). [Royalty statements give publication date as 30/8/94.]

Reprinted, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 (those with a price on the jacket were issued by Gollancz, while those without a price were printed for BCA).

French
Les Sorcičres du Disque-Monde
, trs. Patrick couton
L’Atalante. 10/09 (978-2-84172-483-3)

Death Trilogy
(Mort, Reaper Man and Soul Music)
On 22/10/98 Gollancz published DEATH TRILOGY, ‘A Discworld Omnibus’ (0-575-06584-2)
With a first printing of 22,000 copies. The advance publicity jackets used as a colour illustration Josh Kirby’s 1974 painting ‘The Grim Reaper’, which showed a view of Death that was ‘everything the Death of the Discworld manifestly is not’ (to quote the author). The published edition used a detail of ‘Death in His Study’ from Eric.

City Watch Trilogy
(Guards! Guards!, Men at Arms and Feet of Clay)
On 18/11//99 Gollancz published CITY WATCH TRILOGY, ‘A Discworld Omnibus’ (0-575-06798-5)
with a first printing of 29,800 copies.

The Gods Trilogy
(Pyramids, Small Gods and Hogfather)
On 20/7/00 Gollancz published THE GODS TRILOGY, ‘A Discworld Omnibus’ (0-575-07036-6)
with a first printing of 11,000 copies

Rincewind Trilogy
(The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic, Sourcery and Faust Eric)
On 17/5/01 Gollancz published THE RINCEWIND TRILOGY, ‘A Discworld Omnibus’ (0-575-07236-9)
with a first printing of 8,000 copies

USA
Rincewind the WizZard
(The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic, Sourcery and Faust Eric)
On 3/6/99 the US Science Fiction Book Club issued as a selection, the Collector’s Issue # 1 1999
cover illus. Tom Kidd (0-7394-0345-1, ref. 00286)

Tales of Discworld
(Pyramids, Moving Pictures and Small Gods)
On 6/11/00 the US Science Fiction Book Club issued as a selection, TALES OF DISCWORLD
cover illus. Tom Kidd (0-7394-1391-0, ref. 20042)

The Wee Free Men: The Beginning
On 24 August Harper issued a bind up, principally for Barnes & Noble, of The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky and the first chaper of Wintersmith in a single volume to mark the publication of I Shall Wear Midnight. (978-0-06-201217-3)

 

Czech
15th / 25th Anniversary Edition containing
The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic,
Marking not only the 25th anniversary of Discworld and the 15th anniversary
of its first publication in the Czech language, but also TP’s 60th birthday.

První Příběhy ze Zeměplochy
Barva Kouzel a Lehké Fantastično. Jubilejní Vydání
With a special message from Terry Pratchett, with reproduction of his signature and scythe, and pencil illustrations by Paul Kidby.

Hardback
Talpress, 2008 (978-80-7197-332-4)

Omnibus, with Mort and Equal Rites: with pencil illustrations by Paul Kidby
Talpress, 2009 (978-80-7197-371-3)

Dutch
Schijfwereldomnibus nr.1

(The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic and Equal Rites)

Het Spectrum, 4,000 copies, 1998 (90-274-6338-7)

Schijfwereldomnibus nr.2
(Mort, Sourcery and Wyrd Sisters)

Het Spectrum, 5,000 copies, 8/98 (90-274-6536-3)

Schijfwereldomnibus nr.3
(Pyramids, Guards! Guards! and Faust Eric)

Het Spectrum, 5,000 copies, 8/1999 (90-274-6757-9)

Schijfwereldomnibus nr.4
(Moving Pictures, Reaper Man and Witches Abroad)
Het Spectrum, 5,000 copies, 8/2000 (90-274-6995-4)

Double Volume
(Equal Rites and Mort)
De Schijfwereld, 07/2005, (90-2254261-0)

Double Volume
(Sourcery and Wyrd Sisters)
De
Schijfwereld, M[De Boekerij], 11/2005 (90-225-4313-7, NUR 334)

German
Die Farben der Magie. Der Zauberhut
(The Colour of Magic and Sourcery)
In Heyne’s Tip des Monat series no. 23/117: 1995
(3-453-08974-X) (using a cover illustration painted for Robert Rankin's The Sprouts of Wrath)

Bookclub edition of above
Boulevard Taschenbuch, (Bertelsmann), 5/98 (00539 7)
(but with Kirby’s illustration for the cover of Sourcery)

Rincewind der Zauberer
(The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic, Sourcery, and Faust Eric)
An omnibus containing the first four Rincewind titles
Die Farben  der Magie, Das Licht der Phantasie, Der Zauberhut
and Eric,
 Heyne, cover illus. Tom Kidd , 7/01 (3-453-18942-6)

Republished by Piper
12/04 (3-492-28517-1); 1/05 (3-492-28500-7)

Republished
Piper, 2005 (3-492-28500-7)

Die Magie der Scheibenwelt
(The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic and Sourcery)
Heyne, 12/02 (3-453-86367-4; 06/9300)
The first three Discworld novels in one volume, with a foreword by Neil Gaiman

Revised cover design 4th printing 10/09 (978-3-492-28519-3)

Die Magie der Scheibenwelt
(The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic and Equal Rites)
Piper, 08/2006 (3-492-28519-8)
With a foreword by Neil Gaiman

Double volume
Das Licht der Phantasie, Das Erbe des Zauberers

(Equal Rites and The Light Fantastic)

Heyne, 1994 (3-453-07339-8) 
(which also used Kirby’s ‘Valentine’s Arch’ on the cover. The 1999 printing finally changed the cover illustration
using Josh Kirby’s image for the first Discworld computer game
)

Republished
Piper, 11/04 (3-492-28515-5)

Bookclub edition of above
Das Licht der Phantasie, Das Erbe des Zauberers
Boulevard Taschenbuch (Goldmann) 5/98 (ref. 00538 9)
(but using Kirby’s illustration for The Light Fantastic)

Double volume
(Pyramids and Wyrd Sisters)
no.23/141 in Heyne’s Tip des Monats series 1997 (3-453-12327-1)
Reissued under title
Schlamassel auf der Scheibenwelt, Piper, 09/05 (3-492-28612-7)
Revised design 5th printing 7/09 (978-3-492-28612-1)

Double volume
(MORT and Guards! Guards!)

Heyne, 10/2000 (3-453-16879-8) Tipp des Monats 23/165
Reissued
Piper, 7/07 (978-3-492-28625-1)

Double volume
(Moving Pictures
and
Reaper Man)
Voll im Bilde; Alles Sense!, Goldmann, 8/01 (3-442-45068-3)
Uses the first Kirby picture for Moving Pictures, not previously used on a cover.

Double volume
(Witches Abroad and Small Gods)

Total verhext. Einfach göttlich
Goldmann, 12/03 (3-442-13334-3)

Reissue
15,000 copies for special marketing campaign 7/04 (3-442-13411-0)

Reissue
6/08 (978-3-442-13434-2)

Double volume with Jingo/Fliegende Fetzen and Hogfather
Goldmann, 5/10 (978-3-442-13468-7

Greek
(The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic)

The first two Discworld novels in one book.
To Crwma Ths Mageias. To Fws Ths Fantasias, [To Chroma Tes Mageias. To Phos Tes Phantasias], trs. Lil Ioannidou, 
Para
Pente, 1992 (99-8007-443-4) 

Italian
I colori della Magia
(The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic and Equal Rites)
Mondadori 1991 (88-04-35085-7)

Il mondo del Disco: La Seconda Trilogia
(Mort, Sourcery and Wyrd Sisters)
trs. Antonella Pieretti, Mondadori, 10/92 (88-04-36520-X)

Russian
Double volume
(The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic)
Eksmo, 5,000 copies, 14/5/03 (5-699-03074-3)

Double volume
(MORT
and Reaper Man)
Eksmo, 5,000 copies, 23/10/02 (5-699-0205-0)

Double volume
(Witches Abroad and Lords and Ladies)
Eksmo, 15/4/03 (5-699-03624-5)

Double volume
(Small Gods
and Pyramids)
Eksmo, 15/1/03 (5-699-02733-5)

Double volume
(Men At Arms and Guards! Guards!)
Eksmo, 5,000 copies, 14/4/03 (5-699-02859-5)

Spanish
Bookclub
(Sourcery and Wyrd Sisters)

Circulo de Lectores, cover illus. Xavier Martinez
2001 (84-226-8664-3; 38406 B)

20/01/2010