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Title: The Serpent Title Record # 11987
Author: Jane Gaskell
Date: 1963-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Atlan / Cija
Series Number: 1
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis: From the back cover of the DAW Books edition of The Serpent: In the time-lost world of prehistory, a girl was born to the Dictatress. Was she a goddess? Cija herself believed she was. For seventeen years her mother had kept her imprisoned in a tower. She released her with one object in view: as a tool to seduce Zerd, the half-man, half-serpent lordd of an invading army. Cija goes off with Zerd to attempt the conquest of fabled Atlantis... and enters upon a series of startling adventures that forces her into many roles: princess and camp follower, scullion and empress, slave, cook, and heroine warrior... From the back cover of the DAW Books edition of The Dragon: They called him the Dragon, that blue-skinned semi-human named Zerd. Zerd was indeed the Dragon General whose armies had ravaged Cija's homeland and who was now preparing his legions to conquer the fabled land beyond the horizon known as Atlan. Cija, girl of fate, loved, loathed, cherished, enslaved, who even as a child had tasted all that primeval mankind had to offer from the best to the worst, it was to be Cija who would decide the Dragon's quest - to save Atlan or attend to its fall. Fate decreed that Cija would be the instrument of its destiny.
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Year Title
1975The 1975 Tandem edition states: "THE DRAGON is the second part of the original hardback edition entitled THE SERPENT. The story begins in the paperback volume THE SERPENT, the first part of the original hardback edition." The 1975 Tandem edition starts with a chapter titled "THE BED IN SOUTHERN CITY".
The Dragon (Book 2 of The Serpent)
1975The front matter of the 1975 Tandem edition states: "This edition of THE SERPENT is the first part of the original hardback edition. The story continues in THE DRAGON." The last chapter of this volume is Chapter V "The Kitchen at H.Q."
The Serpent (Book 1 of The Serpent)
Year Language Title
1976Translated by Horst Pukallus
German Der Drache
1976Translated by Horst Pukallus
German Der Turm der Göttin

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Serpent 1963-00-00 Jane Gaskell Hodder & Stoughton  
21/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
445
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Denvil  
The Serpent 1967-00-00 Jane Gaskell Sphere Books 37834
5/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
479
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Bill Botten Checkmark
The Serpent 1968-06-00 Jane Gaskell Paperback Library 55-693
$0.95?$: US dollar
477
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Frank Frazetta Checkmark
The Serpent 1970-10-00 Jane Gaskell Paperback Library 65-451
$0.95?$: US dollar
477
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Checkmark
The Serpent 1975-09-00 Jane Gaskell Tandem 0-426-15931-4
£0.60?£: UK pound
317
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Dave Pether Checkmark
The Serpent 1975-10-20 Jane Gaskell White Lion 0-85617-539-0   480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
The Dragon 1975-11-00 Jane Gaskell Tandem 0-426-15958-6
£0.45?£: UK pound
206
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Dave Pether Checkmark
The Dragon 1977-00-00 Jane Gaskell St. Martin's Press 0-312-21892-3
$8.95?$: US dollar
206
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Laurel Marx Checkmark
The Serpent 1977-00-00 Jane Gaskell St. Martin's Press 0-312-71312-6
$8.95?$: US dollar
316
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Laurel Marx Checkmark
The Serpent 1978-11-00 Jane Gaskell Pocket Books 0-671-82049-4
$1.95?$: US dollar
x+
307
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Boris Vallejo Checkmark
The Dragon 1979-01-00 Jane Gaskell Pocket Books 0-671-82545-3
$1.75?$: US dollar
208
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Boris Vallejo Checkmark
The Serpent 1985-00-00 Jane Gaskell Macdonald 0-356-10667-5
£8.95?£: UK pound
307
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Mick van Houten Checkmark
The Serpent 1985-01-00 Jane Gaskell DAW Books (DAW Collectors #610) 0-87997-990-9 / UE1990
$2.95?$: US dollar
320
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel James Gurney Checkmark
The Serpent 1985-02-21 Jane Gaskell Orbit / Futura 0-7088-8137-8
£2.50?£: UK pound
317
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Mick van Houten Checkmark
The Dragon 1985-03-00 Jane Gaskell DAW Books (DAW Collectors #619) 0-88677-021-1 / UE2021
$2.95?$: US dollar
240
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel James Gurney Checkmark
The Dragon 1985-06-13 Jane Gaskell Orbit / Futura 0-7088-8138-6
£1.95?£: UK pound
208
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Mick van Houten Checkmark
The Serpent date unknown Jane Gaskell Sphere 37834
5/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
479
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Bill Botten  
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