The First Version United Kingdom Illustrated by the author Colin Smythe, 3000 copies, 16/11/71 (0-900675-49-7) The illustrations in a very few copies - certainly less than ten - were hand coloured by the author. As far as I know, only two had all the illustrations coloured and extra pen and ink drawings added to some pages; others only had the full page illustrations coloured. A facsimile reprint of this first edition specially bound in carpet was presented in a special case to the author by Transworld Publishers on his fiftieth birthday. A copy in a standard trade binding is in the possession of the original publisher. There are no other copies of this printing. Our edition of The Carpet People is no longer in print, but Terry Pratchett's illustrations to our edition of The Carpet People are available at: http://www.ie.lspace.org/art/carpet-people/ German Alarm im Teppichreich, trs. Käthe Recheis Sauerländer, 1972 (3-7941-0142-1) 1972 German Hardback (Illustrations by Jörg Müller)  The Second Version   Hardback Doubleday, 18,100 copies, 30/6/92 (0-385-40304-6) Large print Spectrum [Thorpe/Ulverscroft], 1/10/00 (0-7089-9527-6) Paperback Corgi, 111,500 copies, 22/4/93 (0-552-52752-1) The 8th printing (October 1999) had a modified cover design Reissued in two formats, with new cover illustration by David Wyatt, Corgi, 5/04 (B-format: 0-552-55105-8; mass-market: 0-552-55107-4) 1,000 special signed, slip-cased copies Doubleday 09/2005 (0-385-61026-2) Bulgarian Êèäèìåíèòå Õîðà, trs. Svetlana Komogorova Prozoretz, 4,100 copies, 17/9/96 (954-8079-40-1) Czech Kobercové, trs. Jan Kantörek Talpress, 6/01 (80-7197-156-1) Danish Tæppefolket, trs. Torben Nilsson Borgens, 1,500 copies, 4/2/93 (87-418-6633-9) Estonian Vaibarahvas, trs.Eva Laur Tiritamm, 1,500 copies, 5/99 (9985-55-073-0) Used illustrations by Hieronymus Bosche on cover French Le Peuple du Tapis, trs. Patrick Marcel J’ai Lu, 12/97 (2-290-04669-8) German Die Teppichvölker, trs. Andreas Brandhorst Heyne, 8,071 copies, 1/94 (3-453-07369-X) Heyne, with their - at that time - usual disregard for using appropriate cover designs, used Kirby’s cover illustration for a book called Benedict’s Planet. Greek Oi Calimantzaroi [Oi Chalimantzaroi] trs. Patakis 3,000 copies, 5/12/96 (960-360-753-3) Hebrew (*):% *:1! Opus Press, 1994 (348-260, and Doubleday ISBN) Italian Paperback Il Popolo del Tappeto, trs. Angela Ragusa Superjunior/Mondadori, 3/95 (88-04-39627-X) Smaller paperback I Miti Junior [Junior Myths] / Mondadori, 5/96 (88-04-41617-3) Polish Dywan, trs. JarosUaw Kotarski Rebis, 4,850 copies, 13/5/97, 150 proofs (83-7120-489-2) Russian Vladimir Sekatchev [partner of Eksmo] 2,000 copies Slovak Kober¹ania, trs. Vladislav Gális Columbus, 2003 (90-7136-085-6) AUDIO BOOKS English audio abridged Corgi, 1992 Cassette (0-552-54552-X) Reissued 5/4/07 (978-1-846-57664-5) TOP     United Kingdom Hardback Colin Smythe (Jacket illus. the author) 800 or 921 copies, 10/5/76 (0-901072-20-6)    2nd UK hardback printing Doubleday, 3,700 copies, 1/4/94 (0-385-40476-X) 500 copies of the first printing had a limitation notice printed on the front end-paper: ‘No.*** of an exclusive first printing of 500 copies of this edition.’, and were signed by the author. They were sold at the same price as those without this notice. 1st UK paperback New English Library (cover illus. Tim White) 12,500-15,000 copies, 2/3/78 (0-450-03298-1) 2nd UK paperback Corgi, 39,600 copies, 22/4/88 (0-552-13326-4) With the second 1993 printing the original Josh Kirby cover illustration was replaced by a new one that was subsequently used on the 1994 Doubleday edition USA St Martin’s Press, 1525 copies, (LCCCNo. 75-29644; no ISBN given) 1976 These were printed as part of the Smythe print run, with the American imprint on the title, verso, spine and jacket. USA Braille Transcribed by the American Red Cross Bulgarian Òúìíaòa còpaía ía cëúíöeòo (Tumnata strana na slun~eto), trs.Svetlana Komogorova Prozoretz, 8/00 (954-733-088-8) Croatian Zagrabacka Nacklada (Not yet published) Czech Temná Strana Slunce, trs. Jan Kantörek Magnet-Press, 3/97 (80-85847-76-0) Bankrupt 7/97 Dutch De Donkere Kant van de Zon trs. Arend de Wilde. Meulenhoff-M, 5/94 (90-290-4626-0) Dutch 2-in-1 paperback Delven [Strata] -- De Donkere Kant van der Zon Meulenhoff-M, 5/82 (90-290-1328-1) French La Face Obscure du Soleil, trs. Dominique Haas Pocket, 16,000 copies, 1/4/98 (2-266-07290-0) Cleverly used the Kirby illustration for Strata! German Der Sonne dunkle Seite, trs. Tony Westermayr, cover illus. Jürgen F.Rogner Goldmann, 10,000 copies, 2/8/77 (3-442-23254-6) Die dunkle Seite der Sonne, trs. Andreas Brandhorst Heyne, 1989 (3-453-03902-5)  The first printing used as a cover illustration a detail from one Josh Kirby’s Voyage of the Ayeguy series (1980) ‘Death of a Spaceman’. The 1998 printing used the 1993 Kirby illustration painted for the book. Polish [Almapress cancelled] Tylko ty Moüesz uratowaº ludzkoíº, trs. JarosUaw Kotarski Rebis, 2002 (83-7120-490-6) Russian Sekatchev (Not yet published) TOP United Kingdom 1st UK hardback Colin Smythe (cover illus. Tim White), 1,001 copies, 15/6/81 (0-901072-91-5) With dark green cloth-patterned paper-covered boards. 2nd UK hardback printing Doubleday, 3,700 copies, 1/4/94 (0-385-40475-1) 500 copies of the first printing had a limitation notice printed on the front end-paper: No.*** of an exclusive first printing of 500 copies of this edition.’, and were signed by the author. They were sold without publicity at the same price as those without this notice and had no separate ISBN. 1st UK paperback New English Library (cover illus. Tim White), 5,000 copies, 5/82 (0-450-04977-9) This edition was remaindered by NEL in 1985, and Colin Smythe Ltd. bought about 300 copies, ‘publishing’ them on 20/5/85. These had a label on the title verso: ‘This edition of Strata is now | published by Colin Smythe Ltd., | Gerrards Cross, | Buckinghamshire | ISBN 0-86140-232-4’. The new ISBN was allocated to ensure that orders were not sent to NEL who would have merely booksellers that it was ‘out of print’. 2nd UK paperback Corgi, 39,600 copies, 22/4/88 (0-552-13325-6) Originally issued with 192 pages, it was reprinted in 1990. In 1991 it was reset to increase its length to 208 pages (including advertisements), reprinted in 1992 and 1993. With the 1994 reprint the cover was redesigned, but still used the original Kirby illustration. USA Hardback St Martin’s Press, 1981 (0-312-76429-4) 2,000 copies produced in UK for St Martin’s Press, being part of the Colin Smythe Ltd print-run. These had a dust jacket on which the back cover was white, with the ISBN in the bottom right hand corner and the price of $10.95 on the front flap. It was reprinted in the USA, but with page size 20.8 x 13.2 cm., head- and tail-bands, spine blocked gold, and the jacket of which had a solid black back cover, except for a white strip at the foot in which appeared the ISBN, and the printed price was increased to $12.95. The title verso has been modified, adding Library of Congress CIP Data. The line ‘First published in the United States of America in 1981’ has been deleted and the copyright and country of printing lines have been changed. Paperback Signet/New American Library, 3/83 (0-451-12147-3) With the third printing, Signet started to use a cover illustration by Darrell K.Sweet. With Roc imprint, (0-451-45111-2) Book club S.F.Book Club (6493) Reset to give a 184 page book, page size 20.8 x 13.8 cm., no head- and tail-bands, spine blocked blue on black paper-covered boards. Bulgarian Ñòðaòa (Strata), trs, Svetlana Komogorova Prozoretz, 6/00 (954-733-069-1) Czech Strata, trs. Jan Kantörek Magnet, 3/97 (80-85847-78-7) Bankrupt 7/97 Dutch Meulenhoff-M, 1994 (90-290-4636-8) Dutch 2-in-1 paperback Delven [Strata] -- De Donkere Kant van der Zon Meulenhoff , 5/82 (90-290-1328-1) French Strate-à-gemmes, trs. Dominique Haas Pocket, 15,515 copies, 1/11/97 (2-266-07288-9) German 1st Paperback Strata oder die Flachwelt, trs. Heinz Zwack Goldmann (cover illus. Bob Petillo), 1983 (3-442-23434-4)   2nd Paperback Strata, trs. Andreas Brandhorst Heyne, 1992 (3-453-05834-8) Polish (1) Warstwy Wszechíwiata, trs. Ewa Siarkiewicz, Oficyna Wydawnicza Alma-Press, 1992 (83-7020-136-9) (2) Dysk, trs. JarosUaw Kotarski, Rebis 1999 (83-7120-490-6) (3) Dysk, trs. JarosUaw Kotarski, Rebis 2005 (83-7120-807-3) Russian Sekatchev (Not yet published) TOP Cartoons by Gray Jolliffe United Kingdom Book proof part-proof, containing sample pages 1, 2 (containing copyright details from 4, 3, 6-14, 18-27, 36-45, 55-63, 82-85, and proof of cover, with folded-in front flap. Quantity unknown, but probably about 200 copies. Large format Paperback Gollancz, 50,250 copies, 5/10/89 (0-575-04628-7)   Standard paperback Gollancz, 42,750 copies, 10/9/92 (0-575-05369-0)   Issued with new cover design Gollancz, 10,000 copies, 25/5/95 1995 (0-575-06104-9)   Issued under Gollancz’s Vista imprint 5,000 copies, 5/12/96 (0-575-60155-8) Issued by Orion Books 11/99 (0-75283-715-X) Reissued as hardback With additional illustrations, and pagination increased from 128pp to 160pp Gollancz 9/02 (0-7528-5369-4) Czech Nefal{ovaná Ko2ka, trs. Tomáë Hrách Talpress, 1993 (80-85609-19-3) Dutch De Echte Kat: Felix vulgaris, trs. Joke Meijer Het Spectrum, 5,000 copies, 1993 (90-274-3264-3) Finnish Tosikissa ei Kirppuja Kiroile, trs. Seppo Hyrkäs Art House, 7/90 (951-884-099-7) French Sacrés Chats!, trs. & adapt. Marguerite Schneider-English City Editions, 3 or 4/04 (2-915320-08-X) German 1) Echte Katzen tragen niemals Schleifen, trs. Sonja Hauser Knaur, 01/91 (3-426-02792-5) 2) Die Gemeine Hauskatze, Goldmann 08/2005 (3-442-45557-X) Hungarian Az Igazi Macska, trs. Ecsedy Csaba Gondolat, 1991 (963-282-406-7) Italian Il Gatto D.O.C., tr by L.C. Sperling & Kupfer, 11/90 (88-200-1096-8) Korean Screen M & B, 2007 (978-89-91919-06-8) Polish Kot w stanie czystym, trs. Piotr W. Cholewa PrószyÕski i S-ka, 2005 (83-7469-185-9) Russian Êîò áåç Äóðàêîâ [Kot bez Durakov] Vagrius (Moscow) & Belvagrius (Minsk), 1994 (5-7027-0038-4) Serbian/Yugoslav trs. Dejan Papi* Laguna/ReVision 2001 (86-7304-???) Swedish Riktigi Katter Bär inte Rosett, trs. Karl G. and Lilian Fredriksson Legenda, 1990 (91-582-1726-6) TOP With Neil Gaiman By mutual agreement, the ordering of the authors’ names differed according to the place of publication. Those marked with an asterisk had Neil Gaiman’s name in prime place. There are two main versions of the text: the Gollancz and the American/Corgi. After the Gollancz edition was set, revisions were made to the text for the Workman edition to make some of the references and humour comprehensible to the American reader and, in Terry Pratchett’s words, ‘here and there we just sharpened things up a little’. The latter version was also used, with a few further minor changes, for the Corgi edition. The German translation uses the Gollancz version, the other overseas publishers use the American/Corgi one. United Kingdom Book proof Exists, but no knowledge of quantity. Less than 100 copies.             46 pp. Sampler. No firm information as to quantity produced but probably about 300-400 copies. Hardback Gollancz (jacket illus. Chris Moore), 17,700 copies, 10/5/90 (0-575-04800-X)   Book club [BCA] Guild Publishing, 12,000 copies, (CN 6407) Paperback Corgi (cover illus. Graham Ward), 169,000 copies, 23/5/91 (0-552-13703-0) The first printing had Pratchett’s name first on the cover, and Gaiman’s second, but the reverse order on the title page. The title page was corrected in subsequent printings. 25th Birthday Library Collection Fantasy & SF Book Club, with new intro. by authors, 2003, (CN 114844) 2007 Hardback New Edition 2007 Gollancz (White front and black back) (978-0-575-08048-5) *USA *Book proofs Type 1. xii, 324pp. 21.0 x 14.7 cm. in red paper covers. Contains the unrevised Gollancz text. Type 2. xvi, 354pp., 23.0 x 15.3 cm. with red card covers, specially printed dustjacket. Contains the Gollancz text with the revisions for the American market. Hardback Workman (jacket illus. David Frampton, design Charles Kreloff), 9/90 (0-89480-853-2) *Book club Science Fiction Book Club Selection, November 1990 (jacket illustration as hardback), 10/90 (17631) *SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection, no.30 3/2006 (978-0-7394-7414-3) *Trade paperback 1) Berkley, 3/92 (0-425-13215-3) 2) Ace, 2001 (0-441-00861-5)   *Mass-market paperback Ace, 5/96 (0-441-00325-7) *Talking book Recorded by the American Printing House. Keepsake Hardcover Edition Including a new afterward from the authors featuring two special covers HarperCollins 03-2006 (0-06-085396-4) 2): William Morrow, 2006 (0-06-085396-4) Available in two different jackets, black on white (with Crowley on the front cover), and white on black (with Aziraphale on the front cover). The images appear in reverse order on the end-papers. HarperTorch 28/11/06 (0-06-085398-0) As with the Morrow edition.  These have the same different jackets B-format paperback: Harper 2007 (978-0-06-085397-6) two versions, as before. *Brazilian Portuguese Belas Maldições, trs. Fábio Fernandes Bernard Brasil, 1998 (85-286-0662-7) Bulgarian Äoápè Ïoëè÷áè (Dobri Polichbi), trs.Svetlana Komogorova Prozoretz, using the Kirby illustration for Wyrd Sisters, 2002 (954-733-130-2) Croatian 1) Dobri Presdznaci, trs. Marko Fan¹oviº, in Monolith 003, Zagrebacka Naklada (953-6234-65-3), pp. 10-236. 2) Pirated by Stilos Izdavastvo. [not seen] 3) Laguna: Dobra predskazanja, trs. Dejan Papiº Laguna, 1,000 copies, 2001 (86-7436-017-3) Czech Dobrá Znamení, trs. Jan Kantörek Talpress, 3000 copies, 9/97 (80-7197-099-9) Dutch Hoge Omens, trs. Venugopalan Ittekot (pseud. of Ruurd Groot) Het Spectrum, 4,000 copies, 1994 (90-274-2907-3) Estonian (not yet published) Finnish Hyviä Enteitä, trs. Marja Sinkkonen Kustannus Oy Jalava, 7/92 (951-8954-84-4) French 1) De Bons Présages, trs. Patrick Marcel ‘From the American’ cover illus. Rowena Morrill, J’ai Lu, 16/2/95 (2-277-23892-9) 2) cover design: rampazzo.com, Image/Rétrospective Au Diable Vauvert 01/02 (92-84626-021-4) German Ein Gutes Omen, trs. Andreas Brandhorst Rogner & Bernhard, 1/91 (3-8077-0247-4) Paperback Heyne, 1/4/97 (06/5894 and 3-453-12677-7) Republished Piper, 05/2005 (3-492-28505-8) Hebrew ;&:&) ;&9&::, Opus Press, 1993 (348-251, and the US ISBN) Hungarian Beneficium Kiadó (not yet published) was expected 4/99 Italian Mondadori [Salani never published - contract cancelled] Buona Apocalisse a tutti!, trs. Luca Fusari Mondadori, 5/07 (978-88-04-54462-3) Japanese [Guddo Omenzu], trs. Mizhhito Kanehara and Fumiko Ishida Kadokawa Shoten 2 vols, 5,000 copies on 31/3/07 (978-4-04-791541-1 and 542-8) Korean Sigong-sa (Not yet published) Polish 1) Dobry Omen, trs. Jacek GaU·zka and Juliusz Garztecki CIA Books-SVARO, 1992 (83-85100-63-6) Before going bankrupt CIA had also acquired the licence to publish Eric and for that reason this edition contains an 8pp. extract at the end. 2) trs. Juliusz Wilczur Garztecki and Jacek GaU·zka PrószyÕski i S-ka, 7,800 copies, 27/2/97 (83-7180-097-5) Paperback PrószyÕski i S-ka, 4/04 (83-7255-785-3) Portuguese Bonus Augúrios, Trs. Carlos Grifo Babo Editorial Presença 11/04 (972-23-3280-5) Russian Eksmo (Not yet published) Serbian/Yugoslav trs. Dejan Papi* Laguna/ReVision 2001 (86-7304-???) Spanish Norma (not yet published) Swedish Goda Omen, trs. Peter Lindforss Wahlström (jacket illus: Graham Ward), 5,000 copies, 5/9/00 (91-32-32539-8) Turkish Bir Kiyamet Komedisi, trs. Hande Przylinski Salyangoz Yayinlari, 8/07 (978-975-6277-88-1)   Illustrations by Johnny Duddle UK 120 Proof Copies Hardback Doubleday Young Books 11/9/08 (978-0-385-61370-5) Trade paperback Doubleday, 11/9/08 (978-0-385-61371-2) USA Proofs 3,000 copies Hardback HarperCollins, 10/08 (978-0-06-143301-6) TOP 03-09-2008