Author:Tanith Lee

The Silver Metal Lover
At present there's considerable confusion surrounding the DAW Books publications of The Silver Metal Lover as DAW published trade paperback, paperback, and hardcover editions with some printings in Canada.

To add to the confusion, DAW started to use a new ISBN and number series with this title, used the same ISBN for both the trade paperback and hardcover, and then never used this numbering system again. Thus the tp and hc editions do not fit in with the rest of DAW's numbering.

I believe the known printings are:
 * 1) November-1981 - SFBC hardcover. The copyright page (title verso page) states "Published by arrangement with DAW Books." Rob Sauber cover.
 * 2) April-1982 - DAW Paperback. UE2721 0-87997-721-3 at $2.75. Don Maitz cover. (states first printing with 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9)
 * 3) April-1982 - DAW Paperback. UE2721 0-87997-721-3 at $2.95. Don Maitz cover. See Amazon B0018ZD6M0 for a picture of the cover which also states "Science Fiction Book Club Selection".   I assume this is printed in Canada.
 * 4) September-1985 - DAW Trade Paperback.  V5000 0-8099-5000-6 at $6.95. Joe Chiodo cover (states First DAW Trade Printing, September 1985 / 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9).
 * 5) September-1985 - DAW Trade Paperback.  V5000 0-8099-5000-6 at $7.95. Joe Chiodo cover (states First DAW Trade Printing, September 1985 / 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9).
 * 6) December-1999 - DAW hardcover. V5000 0-8099-5000-6. The same Rob Sauber cover as on the SFBC edition.

After this title DAW never used the 0-8099-5xxx-x ISBN series again though ISBN 0-8099-0001-7, 0-8099-0002-5, and 0-8099-0003-3 were used.