‘Ancient Shadows’ is the third Legend From The End Of Time (of six, to date), tales that are supplementary to what is probably Moorcock’s best-loved trilogy, ‘The Dancers At The End Of Time’.
First appearance: New Worlds Vol. 59 [cited elsewhere as Vol. 58] No. 210
(Also known as New Worlds 9 [as New Worlds Nine on cover & spine]);
London: Corgi, 1975 (November 21st) mass-sized paperback (q.v.);
edited by Hilary Bailey;
price: 50p;
219 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 0-552-10022-6;
cover artist: Mike Little.
First collected appearance: Legends From The End Of Time (collection)
New York: Harper & Row, 1976 (January 7th) hardcover (q.v.);
sub-titled “Being further experiences of the Iron Orchid, the Duke of Queens, Lord Jagged of Canaria, the Everlasting Concubine, My Lady Charlotina, Bishop Castle and other residents at the End of Time” opposite (i.e. facing) title page;
original price: $7·95;
182 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 0-06-013001-6;
cover artist: Irving Freeman;
illustrated by Jill Riches.
Other appearances:-
in Tales From The End Of Time;
New York: Guild America (via the Science Fiction Book Club), 1989 (August) hardcover (q.v.);
original (club) price: $6·98;
311 pages;
I.S.B.N.: none (code: 15128);
cover artist: Robert Eastman;
‘Ancient Shadows‘ (sub-titled “Legend The Third”) (no illustrations): pp. 95–169.
London: Millennium, 1993 (September 9th) hardcover and simultaneous trade-sized paperback (q.v.);
original prices: £14·99 (h/c), £10·99 (p/b);
vi + 232 pages;
I.S.B.N.s: 1-85798-043-3 (h/c) & 1-85798-044-1 (p/b);
cover artist: Mark Reeve;
illustrated by Jill Riches & (uncredited) Michael Moorcock;
‘Ancient Shadows‘ (illustrated by Riches): pp. 93–169.
London: Gollancz, 2014 (September 11th) trade-paperback (q.v.);
sub-titled “Being further experiences of the Iron Orchid, the Duke of Queens, Lord Jagged of Canaria, the Everlasting Concubine, My Lady Charlotina, Bishop Castle and other residents at the End of Time” opposite (i.e. facing) title page;
edited by John Davey;
original price: £12·99;
xx + 424 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 978-0-575-09261-7;
cover artist: Mark Reeve;
illustrated by Jill Riches, James Cawthorn, Mal Dean & Moorcock;
‘Ancient Shadows‘ (sub-titled “Legend The Third”) (illustrated by Riches & Cawthorn): pp. 103–187.
Foreign (i.e. non-English language) edition:-
Тени Древности
1987 samizdat hardcover;
title translates as “Shadows Of Antiquity”;
original price: unknown;
118 pages;
I.S.B.N.: unknown;
cover artist: none.
Тени Древности is a Russian samizdat edition — unseen (unverified) — of ‘Ancient Shadows’ — and this individual edition is unique, with no English-language equivalent.
Other foreign editions:-
Legends From The End Of Time (collection) as Légendes De La Fin Des Temps, France (1980 & 2004); Legenden Vom Ende Der Zeit, Germany (1984).
Tales From The End Of Time (sort of) as Легенды Края Времени, Russia (2002).
Legends From The End Of Time (omnibus) as Legende S Kraja Vremena, Serbia (2004).
Also in Leggende Alla Fine Del Tempo, Italy (1978); Мессия На Краю Времени, Russia (1995); Les Danseurs De La Fin Des Temps, France (2000); Край Времени, Russia (2018).
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