‘The Land Leviathan’

The Land Leviathan: A New Scientific Romance

London: Quartet Books, 1974 (May 20th) hardcover and simultaneous trade-sized “Midway” paperback;
original prices: £2·50 (h/c), £1·25 (p/b);
161 pages;
I.S.B.N.s: 0-704-32018-5 (h/c) & 0-704-33013-X (p/b);
cover artist: Christopher Foss;
paperback edition in lettered blue covers with dust-wrapper.

The Land Leviathan is the second volume of Moorcock’s proto-steampunk trilogy featuring Oswald Bastable, the Nomad of Time, which (like the Cornelius books) tackles head-on the legacies of British imperialism; Empire gone sour. It was collected in The Nomad Of Time (1982), and A Nomad Of The Time Streams (1993) with The Warlord Of The Air and The Steel Tsar, then revised for further collection in a title-reverted The Nomad Of Time (2013).

(Preceded by The Warlord Of The Air)

Quartet, 1975 (January) mass-sized paperback;
original price: 50p;
161 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 0-704-31224-7;
cover artist: Chris(topher) Foss.

London: Orbit (Quartet), 1976 (June 25th) paperback;
original price: 60p;
161 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 0-704-31224-7;
cover artist: Chris Achilléos.

**Trade paperback (simultaneous 1st ed., not to scale)**

First American edition: New York: Doubleday, 1974 (August 16th) hardcover;
no sub-title;
original price: $4·95;
xvi + 151 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 0-385-01473-2;
cover artists: The Quay Brothers.

New York: DAW Books, 1976 (January) mass-sized paperback;
no sub-title;
original price: $1·25;
175 pages;
I.S.B.N.: none (code: UY1214);
cover artist: Michael Whelan (also interior [frontispiece, uncredited]).

**Reprinted at least three times (with I.S.B.N. 0-87997-214-9)**

Assorted DAW reprints

**6th printing, 0-87997-448-6 ($1·50).**

**7th printing, 0-87997-774-4 ($2·25).**

Later printing **— unseen (unverified) —** **$2·50.**

London: Granada, 1981 (September 17th) mass-sized paperback;
original price: £1·25;
173 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 0-583-13102-6;
cover artist: Melvyn (Grant).

Grafton, 1990 (January 25th) mass-sized paperback;
original price: £2·99;
173 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 0-586-20997-2;
cover artist: Paul Damon.

New York: Amereon House, 1999 hardcover;
original price: unknown;
pagination: unknown;
I.S.B.N.: 0891901531;
cover artist: none (lettering only).

**Unseen (unverified); believed to be** **an unauthorised edition**.

London: Titan, 2013 (April 16th) trade-sized paperback;
sub-titled “A New Scientific Romance” on title page;
edited by John Davey;
original price: $9·95;
191 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 9781781161463;
cover artist: “Amazing15”;
foreword by Kim Newman.

(Followed by The Steel Tsar)

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The Land Leviathan is also available as e-books: 9781781161494 (U.S.A.) & 9780575092716 (U.K.).