Trade Edition First Printing Identifier: Lists to "The Mystery of the Moaning Cave" on the back cover.
Other Trade Edition First Printing Traits:
- Matte cover finish
- Blue graveyard endpapers
- No ISBN on the back cover
Random House First Paperback Edition
"Marchesi Cover"
First Printed: 1978
Cover Art: Stephen Marchesi
Internal Illustrations: Harry Kane
ISBN: 0-394-83772-X
First Printing Identifier: 1234567890 numberline on the copyright page.
Notes: There were 8 Printings of this title with the Marchesi Cover art in this edition. With the 9th Printing, below, the new Adragna cover art was used.
"Hitchcock Cover" Paperback
First Printed: circa 1982/83 (9th Printing)
Cover Art: Robert Adragna
Internal Illustrations: Harry Kane
ISBN: Same as Marchesi Cover paperback above
Earliest Printing Identifier: 90 numberline on the copyright page.
Scholastic Book Services Paperback Edition
First Printed: November 1979
Cover Art: Charles Liese
Internal Illustrations: None
ISBN: 0-590-30330-9
First Printing Identifier: 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 numberline on the copyright page.
Random House Revised Paperback Edition
"Keyhole Cover"
First Printed: 1984
Cover Art: Robert Adragna
Internal Illustrations: None
ISBN: 0-394-86409-3
First Printing Identifier: 1234567890 numberline on the copyright page.
Knopf Paperback Edition
"Bullseye Edition"
First Printed: October 1991
Cover Art: Roger Loveless
Internal Illustrations: None
ISBN: 0-679-82173-2
First Printing Identifier: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 numberline on the copyright page.
Notes: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. is a subsidiary of Random House.
Random House Latest Paperback Issue
"Dodge Cover"
First Printed: 1999
Cover Art: Bill Dodge
Internal Illustrations: None
ISBN: Same as Bullseye Edition above
First Printing Identifier: 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 numberline on the copyright page.
Notes:
1.) Confusion Alert! This title is a continuation of the Knopf "Bullseye Edition" paperback with new cover art and a new set of printings. Although there has been a change in the publisher, the ISBN's are the same and most of this book utilizes the printing plates from the Bullseye Edition.
2.) Confusion Alert! Random House also issued a hardbound library edition with the Dodge Covers. The ISBN found inside the hardbound edition is the same as that found in the paperback edition but the ISBN on the back cover is different: 0-613-22059-5
