Andre Alice Norton (1912 – 2005) was an American writer of science fiction and fantasy, who also wrote works of historical fiction and contemporary fiction. She wrote primarily under the pen name Andre Norton, but also under Andrew North and Allen Weston. She was the first woman to be Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy, to be SFWA Grand Master, and to be inducted by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.
Andre Norton wrote more than a dozen speculative fiction series, but her longest, and longest-running project was “Witch World”, which began with the novel Witch World in 1963. The first six novels were Ace Books paperback originals published from 1963 to 1968. From the 1970s most of the books in the series were first published in hardcover editions. From the 1980s some were written by Norton and a co-author, and others were anthologies of short fiction for which she was editor. (Witch World became a shared universe.) There were dozens of books in all.
The five novels of The Cycle of Oak, Yew, Ash, and Rowan, To the King a Daughter, Knight or Knave, A Crown Disowned, Dragon Blade, and The Knight of the Red Beard, were written with Sasha Miller. The fifth and last novel was dedicated “To my late collaborator, Andre Norton, whose vision inspired the NordornLand cycle.”
On February 20, 2005, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, which had honored Norton with its Grand Master Award in 1984, announced the creation of the Andre Norton Award, to be given each year for an outstanding work of fantasy or science fiction for the young adult literature market, beginning with 2005 publications. While the Norton Award is not a Nebula Award, it is voted on by SFWA members on the Nebula ballot and shares some procedures with the Nebula Awards. Nominally for a young adult book, actually the eligible class is middle grade and young adult novels. This added a category for genre fiction to be recognized and supported for young readers. Unlike Nebulas, there is a jury whose function is to expand the ballot beyond the six books with most nominations by members.
Andre Norton – First Edition Identification Guide
Note: This list only includes works published prior to 1977.
| Year | Title | Publisher | First edition/printing identification points |
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| 1971 | ANDROID AT ARMS | New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., [1971] | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1954 | AT SWORDS' POINTS | New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1954] | Boards. First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1959 | THE BEAST MASTER | New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1959] | First edition so stated on © page. ALSO: New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1961]. Wrappers. No statement of printing on © page. Ace Double Novel Books D-509 (35¢). Abridged text. |
| 1969 | BERTIE AND MAY | New York and Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, [1969] | No statement of printing on © page. Code 1 2 3 4 5 73 72 71 70 69 on page [176]. With BERTHA STEMM NORTON. |
| 1975 | THE BOOK OF ANDRE NORTON | New York: DAW Books, Inc., [1975] | Wrappers. First printing, October 1975 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 on © page. DAW: sf Books No. 165 UY1198 ($1.25). Reissue of THE MANY WORLDS OF ANDRE NORTON. |
| 1972 | BREED TO COME | New York: The Viking Press, [1972] | Boards. First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1961 | CATSEYE | New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., [1961] | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1956 | THE CROSSROADS OF TIME | New York: Ace Books, [1956] | Wrappers. No statement of printing on © page. Ace Double Novel Books D-164 (35¢). Bound with MANKIND ON THE RUN by Gordon R. Dickson. |
| 1975 | CROSSTIME AGENT | London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1975 | Boards. No statement of printing on © page. Issued earlier in the U.S. as QUEST CROSSTIME. |
| 1972 | THE CRYSTAL GRYPHON | New York: Atheneum, 1972 | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1965 | DARK PIPER | New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., [1965] | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1975 | THE DAY OF THE NESS | New York: Walker and Company, [1975] | Boards. Code 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on © page. With MICHAEL GILBERT. |
| 1954 | DAYBREAK-2250 A.D. | New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1954] | Wrappers. No statement of printing on © page. Ace Double Novel Books D-69 (35¢). Bound with BEYOND EARTH'S GATES by Lewis Padgett and C. L. Moore. Reissue of STAR MAN'S SON2250 A.D. |
| 1962 | THE DEFIANT AGENTS | Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1962] | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1972 | DRAGON MAGIC | New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, [1972] | Code 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 5 9 10 on © page. |
| 1970 | DREAD COMPANION | New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., [1970] | Two bindings, probable priority as listed:
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| 1971 | EXILES OF THE STARS | New York: The Viking Press. [1971] | Two bindings, no priority: (A) Undecorated cloth. Trade binding. (B) Pictorial cloth reproducing dust jacket design. Library binding. First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1962 | EYE OF THE MONSTER | New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1962] | Wrappers. No statement of printing on © page. Ace Double F-147 (40¢). Bound with SEA SIEGE by Norton. |
| 1942 | FOLLOW THE DRUM: BEING THE VENTURES AND MISADVENTURES OF ONE JOH ANNA LOVELL, SOMETIME LADY OF CATKEPT MANOR IN KENT COUNTY OF LORD BALTIMORE'S PROPRIETARY OF MARYLAND, IN THE GRACIOUS REIGN OF KING CHARLES THE SECOND | New York: Wm. Penn Publishing Corp., [1942] | No statement of printing on © page. |
| 1973 | FORERUNNER FORAY | New York: The Viking Press, [1973] | Boards. First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1965 | FUR MAGIC | Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1965] | No statement of printing on © page. |
| 1959 | GALACTIC DERELICT | Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1959] | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1972 | GARAN THE ETERNAL | Alhambra, California: Fantasy Publishing Co, Inc., [1972] | Boards. First edition so stated oh © page. |
| 1967 | GRAY MAGIC | New York * London * Richmond Hill, Ontario: Scholastic Book services, [1967] | Wrappers. 1st printing ... April 1967 on © page, SBS TX 919 (50¢). Reissue Of STEEL MAGIC. |
| 1973 | HERE ABIDE MONSTERS | New York: Athene urn, 1973 | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1970 | HIGH SORCERY | New York: An Ace Book, [1970] | Wrappers. No statement of printing on © page .Ace Book 33700 (60¢). |
| 1961 | HUON OF THE HORN, BEING A TALE OF THAT DUKE OF BORDEAUX WHO CAME TO SORROW AT THE HAND OF CHARLEMAGNE AND YET WON THE FAVOR OF OBERON, THE ELF KING, TO HIS LASTING FAME AND GREAT GLORY | New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1961] | Boards with cloth shelf back. First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1970 | ICE CROWN | New York: The Viking Press , [1970] | Two bindings, no priority:
Note: First printing bears code 1 2 3 4 5 74 73 72 71 70 on © page. Second printing retains first edition statement, but code on © page reads 2 3 4 5 74 73 77. |
| 1974 | IRON CAGE | New York: The Viking Press, [1974] | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1953 | ISLAND OF THE LOST | London: Staples Press Limited, [1953] | Boards. First published in Great Britain 1953 on © page. Issued earlier in the U.S. as SWORD IN SHEATH. |
| 1974 | THE JARGOON PARD | New York: Atheneum. 1974 | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1963 | JUDGMENT ON JANUS | New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., [1963] | First edition so stated on © page. Note: Second printing retains first edition statement but adds code B .2.66. |
| 1963 | KEY OUT OF TIME | Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1963] | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1975 | KNAVE OF DREAMS | New York: The Viking Press, [1975] | Boards with cloth shelf back. First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1955 | THE LAST PLANET | New York: Ace Books, [1955] | Wrappers. No statement of printing on © page. Ace Book D-96 (35¢). Bound with A MAN OBSESSED by Alan E. Nourse. Reissue of STAR RANGERS. |
| 1974 | LAVENDER-GREEN MAGIC | New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, [1974] | Code 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 on © page. |
| 1962 | LORD OF THUNDER | New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., [1962] | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1974 | THE MANY WORLDS OF ANDRE NORTON | Radnor, Pennsylvania: Chilton Book Company, [1974] | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1975 | MERLIN'S MIRROR | New York: DAW Books, Inc., [1975] | Wrappers. First printing, June 1975/1 23456789 on © page. DAW: sf Books No. 152 UY 1175 ($1.25). ALSO: London: Sidgwick & Jackson, [1976], Boards. First published in Great Britain in 197'6 on © page. First hardcover edition. |
| 1966 | MOON OF THREE RINGS | New York: The Viking Press, [1966] | First published in 1966 on © page. |
| 1954 | MURDERS FOR SALE | London: Hammond, Hammond & Company, [1954] | Boards, Nip statement of printing on © page. Allen Weston, pseudonym for Norton and GRACE ALLEN HOGARTH. |
| 1964 | NIGHT OF MASKS | New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., [1964] | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1975 | NO NIGHT WITHOUT STARS | New York: Atheneum, 1975 | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1967 | OCTAGON MAGIC | Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1967] | No statement of printing on © page. |
| 1977 | THE OPAL-EYED FAN | New York: E. P. Dutton, [1977] | Boards with cloth shelf back. First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1957 | OPERATION TIME SEARCH | New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, inc., [1957] | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1964 | ORDEAL IN OTHERWHERE | Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1964] | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1975 | OUTSIDE | New York: Walker and. Company. [1974, i.e. 1975] | Boards. Code !0 987654321 on © page. Note: Originally scheduled for release in December 1974, the book was published 28 February 1975. |
| 1976 | PERILOUS DREAMS | New York: DAW Books, Inc., [1976] | Wrappers. First printing, June 1976 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 on © page. DAW: sf Books No. 196 UY1237 ($1.25). |
| 1956 | PLAGUE SHIP A DANE THORSON-SOLAR QUEEN ADVENTURE | New York: Gnome Press Inc. Publishers, [1956] | Three bindings, probable priority as listed:
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| 1969 | POSTMARKED THE STARS | New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., [1969] | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1934 | THE PRINCE COMMANDS, BEING THE SUNDRY ADVENTURES OF MICHAEL KARL, SOMETIME CROWN PRINCE PRETENDER TO THE THRONE OF MORVANIA | New York London: D. Apple ton-Century Company, 1934 | First printing so stated on © page. (1) at base of page [269]. |
| 1965 | QUEST CROSSTIME | New York: The Viking Press, [1965] | Bindings, no priority:
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| 1938 | RALESTONE LUCK | New York London: D. Appleton-Century Company Incorporated., 1938 | No statement of printing on © page. Code (7) at base of text on page 296. |
| 1962 | REBELSPURS | Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1962] | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1976 | RED HART MAGIC | [New York}: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, [1976] | Code 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 on © page. |
| 1961 | RIDE PROUD, REBEL! | Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1961] | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1947 | ROGUE REYNARD BEING A TALE OF THE FORTUNES AND MISFORTUNES AND DIVERS MISDEEDS OF WAT GREAT VILLAIN, BARON REYNARD, THE FOX, AND HOW HE WAS SERVED WITH KING LION'S JUSTICE. BASED UPON THE BEAST SAGA | Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947 | No statement of printing on © page. |
| 1955 | SARGASSO OF SPACE | New York: Gnome Press, [1955] | Bindings, probable priority as listed:
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| 1948 | SCARFACE BEING THE STORY OF ONE JUSTIN BLADE, LATE OF THE PIRATE ISLE OF TORTUGA. AND HOW FATE DID JUSTLY DEAL WITH HIM, TO HIS GREAT PROFIT | New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1948] | No statement of printing on © page. Code / on © page. |
| 1957 | SEA SIEGE | New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1957] | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1959 | SECRET OF THE LOST RACE | New York: AceBooks, Inc., [1959] | Wrappers. No statement of printing on © page. Ace Double Novel Books D-381 (35¢). Bound with ONE AGAINST HERCULUM by Jerry Sohl. Issued later in Great Britain as WOLFSHEAD. |
| 1960 | SHADOW HAWK | New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1960] | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1960 | THE SIOUX SPACEMAN | New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1960] | Wrappers. No statement of printing on © page.Ace Double Novel Books D-437 (35¢). Bound with AND THEN THE TOWN TOOK OFF by Richard Wilson. ALSO: London: Robert Hale & Company, [1976]. Boards. First published in Great Britain 1976 on © page. First hardcover edition. |
| 1968 | SORCERESS OF THE WITCH WORLD | New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1968] | Wrappers. No statement of printing on © page. An Ace Book H-84 (60¢). ALSO: Boston: Gregg Press, 1977. First Printing, March 1977 on © page. First hardcover edition. |
| 1972 | SPELL OF THE WITCH WORLD | New York: DAW Books, Inc., [1972] | Wrappers. No statement of printing on © page. DAW: sf Books No. 1 UQ1001-095 (95¢). Note: Second printing so marked on © page. ALSO: Boston: Gregg Press, 1977. First Printing, March 1977 on © page. First hardcover edition. |
| 1956 | STAND TO HORSE | New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1956] | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1957 | STAR BORN | Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1957] | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1958 | STAR GATE | New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1958] | First edition so stated on © page. ALSO: New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1963]. Wrappers. No statement of printing on © page. Ace BookF-231 (40¢). Adds "Prologue by Norton. |
| 1955 | STAR GUARD | New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1955] | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1967 | STAR HUNTER | New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1967] | Wrappers. No statement of printing on © page. Ace Double Novel Books D-509 (35¢). Bound with THE BEAST MASTER by Norton. |
| 1968 | STAR HUNTER & VOODOO PLANET | New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1968] | Wrappers. No statement of printing on © page. An Ace Book G-723 (50¢). Reprint. Collects STAR HUNTER and VOODOO PLANET. |
| 1976 | STARKA'AT | New York: Walker and Company, [1976] | Boards. Code 10 9 87654321 on © page. With DOROTHY MADLEE. |
| 1952 | STAR MAN'S SON 2250 A.D. | New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1952] | Two bindings, no priority established: (A) Boards with cloth shelf back; (B) Boards. First edition so stated on © page. Reissued as DAY-BREAK-2250 A. D. |
| 1953 | STAR RANGERS | New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company. [1953] | First edition so stated on © page. Reissued as THE LAST PLANET. |
| 1954 | THE STARS ARE OURS | Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1954 | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1965 | STEEL MAGIC | Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1965] | First edition so stated on © page. Reissued as GRAY MAGIC. |
| 1960 | STORM OVER WARLOCK | Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1960] | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1949 | SWORD IN SHEATH | New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1949] | First edition so stated on © page. Issued later in Great Britain as ISLAND OF THE LOST. |
| 1944 | THE SWORD IS DRAWN | [Boston]: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1944 | No statement of printing on © page. |
| 1965 | THREE AGAINST THE WITCH WORLD | New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1965] | Wrappers. No statement of printing on © page. Ace BookF-332 (40¢). ALSO: Gregg Press, 1977. First Printing, March 1977 on © page. First hardcover edition. |
| 1958 | THE TIME TRADERS | Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1958] | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1977 | TREY OF SWORDS | New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1977] | First printing 1977 on © page. |
| 1969 | UNCHARTED STARS | New York: The Viking Press, [1969] | First published in 1969 ... on © page. |
| 1977 | VELVET SHADOWS | Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1977] | Wrappers. Code 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on © page. Fawcett Crest 2-3135-6 ($1.50). |
| 1966 | VICTORY ON JANUS | New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., [1966] | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1959 | VOODOO PLANET | New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1959] | Wrappers. No statement of printing on © page. Ace Double Novel Books D-345 (35¢). Andrew North, pseudonym. Bound with PLAGUE SHIP by North. |
| 1967 | WARLOCK OF THE WITCH WORLD | New York: Ace Books Inc., [1967] | Wrappers. No statement of printing on © page. Ace Book G-630 (50¢). ALSO: Boston: Gregg Press, 1977. First Printing, March 1977 on © page. First hardcover edition. |
| 1964 | WEB OF THE WITCH WORLD | New York: Ace Books Inc., [1964] | Wrappers. No statement of printing on © page. Ace Book F-263. ALSO: Boston: Gregg Press, 1977. First Priming, March 1977 on © page. First hardcover edition. |
| 1975 | THE WHITE JADE FOX | New York: E. P. Dutton & Co.. Inc., [1975] | Boards with cloth shelf back. First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1963 | WITCH WORLD | New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1963] | Wrappers. No statement of printing on © page, Ace Book F-197 (40¢). ALSO: Boston: Gregg Press, 1977. First Printing, March 1977 on © page. First hardcover edition. |
| 1977 | WOLFSHEAD | London; Robert Hale, [1977] | Boards. This edition 1977 on © page. Issued earlier in the U.S. as SECRET OF THE LOSTRACE. |
| 1976 | WRAITHS OF TIME | New York: Atheneum, 1976 | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1965 | THE X FACTOR | New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1965] | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1955 | YANKEE PRIVATEER | Cleveland & New York: The World Publishing Company, [1955] | First edition so stated on © page. |
| 1965 | YEAR OF THE UNICORN | New York: Ace Books Inc., [1965] | Wrappers. No statement of printing on © page. Ace Book F-357 (40¢). ALSO: Boston: Gregg Press, 1977. First Printing, March 1977 on © page. First hardcover edition. |
| 1965 | THE ZERO STONE | New York: The Viking Press, [1965] | First published in 1968 ... on © page. |
Andre Norton – First Printing Dust Jacket Identification Points
Gallery of First state Dust Jackets of Norton’s works. Only includes the first appearance in book form. Either the UK or US edition and does not include later printings.
Reference:
- Wikipedia
- L. W. Currey, Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors: A Bibliography of First Printings of Their Fiction and Selected Nonfiction.
