First impression
1984At a glance
Points of issue
- Dust jacket, front flapPrinted price on the front flap: £8.95→ first issue jacket
Hardback
Heechee Saga no. 3
Heechee Rendezvous (1984)
Identification points are listed only where two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 22 Oct 2026.
Market value
What decides the price
- It is the first UK edition; the true first was published elsewhere.
- The first printing is told from later ones by 1 point of issue listed below.
- The original dust jacket carries much of the price for a book of this age; its condition matters as much as the book's.
- Condition is graded separately for book and jacket, from Fine down to Poor.
Sales record
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Quick answer
- How do I identify a Heechee Rendezvous 1984 hardback?
- Check these points. Dust jacket, front flap: Printed price on the front flap: £8.95. Each point is confirmed by at least two independent sources.
- Who published the Heechee Rendezvous 1984 hardback?
- Gollancz, London, in 1984, in hardback.
How to identify this edition
The first edition is the Ballantine Del Rey hardback, New York, 1984 (ISBN 0-345-30062-9), out in May or June 1984. The first UK edition followed from Victor Gollancz, London, in July or August 1984: ISBN 0-575-03469-6, 311 pages, hardback in dust jacket. Locus lists it as a reprint of the Del Rey edition at £8.95. Check the Gollancz imprint and ISBN; the US Science Fiction Book Club issue (late 1984) and the paperbacks are not firsts.
How Gollancz marked its first editions
An older Gollancz first edition is identified by what is missing: later impressions are recorded on the back of the title page, so a copy with no impression line under its first-publication date is the first.
Allen and Patricia Ahearn's publisher list for ILAB says Gollancz made no first edition statement but noted subsequent printings, in the form "First published (year)" followed by "Second impression (year)". Dealers' listings show the same pattern. Two separate sellers of the 1948 reprint of Dilwyn Rees's The Cambridge Murders quote "Second impression (first cheap edition) January 1948" on the verso, one adding that "First published October 1945" is also stated, while the 1945 printing is offered simply as the first edition.
Read the full guide to Gollancz first editions, decade by decade, and check your copy's copyright page against it. Our number line decoder reads the printing from the row of numbers.
Printing by printing
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Frequently asked questions
How do I identify a Heechee Rendezvous 1984 hardback?
Check these points. Dust jacket, front flap: Printed price on the front flap: £8.95. Each point is confirmed by at least two independent sources.
Who published the Heechee Rendezvous 1984 hardback?
Gollancz, London, in 1984, in hardback.
Where these facts come from
- British National Bibliography, record GB8417927
- Heechee Rendezvous, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- The Locus Index to Science Fiction 1984-1998, Books by Author (Pohl), locusmag.com (locusmag.com)
- Heechee Rendezvous (0575034696), Open Library (openlibrary.org)
- Pohl, Frederik, Heechee Rendezvous, Cheltenham Rare Books (cheltenhamrarebooks.co.uk)
- Heechee Rendezvous, First UK Edition, Fine Edition Books via AbeBooks (abebooks.com)
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 22 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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