The Russian Intelligence
Manchester: Savoy, 1980 (April 24th) trade-sized paperback;
sub-titled “A Sequel to ‘The Chinese Agent’” on title page (of 1st ed. only);
original price: £1·25;
143 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 0-86130-027-0;
cover artist: Harry Douthwaite (also interior);
introduction (‘Throwaway Friends’ [pp. 1–7]) by Jack Trevor Story;
no American edition.
A retitling of Printer’s Devil (1966), revised* in order to bring it in line with other developing series, it was collected in Jerry Cornell’s Comic Capers (2005) with The Chinese Agent (1970).
[* All editions contain the following “Author’s Note: My special thanks to Graham Hall who helped in the revision from the original (1966) version of this story”.]
(Preceded by The Chinese Agent)
New English Library trade-sized paperback, 1985 (February 4th);
original price: £2·50;
153 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 0-450-05792-5;
cover artist: unknown;
no interior illustrations.
First hardcover edition: London: New English Library hardcover, 1983 (November);
original price: £7·95;
153 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 0-450-06032-2;
cover artist: unknown;
no interior illustrations.
London: Gollancz/Gateway e-book, 2013 (March 28th);
part of the Michael Moorcock Collection (one of five electronic-only titles in the series);
edited by John Davey;
original price: £2·99;
includes ‘Introduction To The Michael Moorcock Collection’ by John Clute;
also includes ‘Introduction To The Michael Moorcock Collection’ by Moorcock;
I.S.B.N.: 978-0-575-07310-4;
no interior illustrations.
N.B.: A much publicised (at the time) and oft-cited British trade-paperback edition from Toxic, announced as due in 2000, never appeared.
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