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The Witches Trilogy, Death Trilogy and City Watch Trilogy
United Kingdom
The First Discworld Novels
(The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic)
8th May 1999, Colin Smythe published The Colour of Magic (without Terry’s 1989 introduction)
and The Light Fantastic in a single volume under this title (0-86140-421-1)
SKY ONE TIE IN COVER 2008
Colour of Magic on the cover: Corgi, 03/08 (978-0-552-15727-8)
Published as a tie-in with the SkyOne/Mob production of the mini-series,
with Sir David Jason (Rincewind) and Sean Astin (Twoflower) on the cover.
‘now a major tv series’ first televised over Easter 2008.
Book club
BCA, 2005 (CN 136928)
Compact Edition
(The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic, Equal Rites and MORT)
Gollancz, 20,000 copies, 16/11/95 (0-575-06165-0)
The four Compact Editions were also sold as a set in a slipcase, entitled
Compact Discworlds 1-4 (0-575-06236-3)
The first 3 Discworld volumes
(The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic and Equal Rites)
For Christmas 1989 Corgi issued the first 3 Discworld volumes in a slip case (0-552-00774-9)
The next 3 Discworld volumes
(Mort, Sourcery and Wyrd Sisters)
For Christmas 1990 Corgi issued the next 3 Discworld volumes in a slip case (0-552-00796-X)
Discworld Starter Pack
(The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic and Equal Rites)
Corgi issued for Ottakars a special signed, slip-cased copies of The Colour of Magic
together with a ‘Discworld Starter Pack’, a slipcase containing paperbacks of the first three Discworld novels.
1/9/04 (0-552-76991-6)
The Witches Trilogy
(Equal Rites, Wyrd Sisters and Witches Abroad)
On 30/8/94
The first printing of 10,000 copies exclusive to W.H.Smith Ltd for six months, subsequent printings for general sale.
Death Trilogy
(Mort, Reaper Man and Soul Music)
On 22/10/98 Gollancz published DEATH TRILOGY, ‘A Discworld Omnibus’ (0-575-06584-2)
With a first printing of 22,000 copies. The advance publicity jackets used as a colour illustration Josh Kirby’s 1974 painting ‘The Grim Reaper’, which showed a view of Death that was ‘everything the Death of the Discworld manifestly is not’ (to quote the author). The published edition used a detail of ‘Death in His Study’ from Eric.
City Watch Trilogy
(Guards! Guards!, Men at Arms and Feet of Clay)
On 18/11//99 Gollancz published CITY WATCH TRILOGY, ‘A Discworld Omnibus’ (0-575-06798-5)
with a first printing of 29,800 copies.
The Gods Trilogy
(Pyramids, Small Gods and Hogfather)
On 20/7/00 Gollancz published THE GODS TRILOGY, ‘A Discworld Omnibus’ (0-575-07036-6)
with a first printing of 11,000 copies
Rincewind Trilogy
(The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic, Sourcery and Faust Eric)
On 17/5/01 Gollancz published THE RINCEWIND TRILOGY, ‘A Discworld Omnibus’ (0-575-07236-9)
with a first printing of 8,000 copies
USA
Rincewind the Wizard
(The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic, Sourcery and Faust Eric)
On 3/6/99 the US Science Fiction Book Club issued as a selection, the Collector’s Issue # 1 1999
cover illus. Tom Kidd (0-7394-0345-1, ref. 00286)
Tales of Discworld
(Pyramids, Moving Pictures and Small Gods)
On 6/11/00 the US Science Fiction Book Club issued as a selection, TALES OF DISCWORLD
cover illus. Tom Kidd (0-7394-1391-0, ref. 20042)
Dutch
Schijfwereldomnibus nr.1
(The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic and Equal Rites)
Het Spectrum, 4,000 copies, 1998 (90-274-6338-7)
Schijfwereldomnibus nr.2
(Mort, Sourcery and Wyrd Sisters)
Het Spectrum, 5,000 copies, 8/98 (90-274-6536-3)
Schijfwereldomnibus nr.3
(Pyramids, Guards! Guards! and Faust Eric)
Het Spectrum, 5,000 copies, 8/1999 (90-274-6757-9)
Schijfwereldomnibus nr.4
(Moving Pictures, Reaper Man and Witches Abroad)
Het Spectrum, 5,000 copies, 8/2000 (90-274-6995-4)
Double Volume
(Equal Rites and Mort)
De Schijfwereld, 07/2005, (90-2254261-0)
Double Volume
(Sourcery and Wyrd Sisters)
De Schijfwereld, M[De Boekerij], 11/2005 (90-225-4313-7, NUR 334)
German
Die Farben der Magie. Der Zauberhut (The Colour of Magic and Sourcery)
In Heyne’s Tip des Monat series no. 23/117: 1995
(3-453-08974-X) (using a cover illustration painted for Robert Rankin’s The Sprouts of Wrath)
Bookclub edition of above
Boulevard Taschenbuch, (Bertelsmann), 5/98 (00539 7)
(but with Kirby’s illustration for the cover of Sourcery)
Rincewind der Zauberer
(The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic, Sourcery, and Faust Eric)
An omnibus containing the first four Rincewind titles
Die Farben der Magie, Das Licht der Phantasie, Der Zauberhut and Eric,
Heyne, cover illus. Tom Kidd , 7/01 (3-453-18942-6)
Republished by Piper
12/04 (3-492-28517-1); 1/05 (3-492-28500-7)
Die Magie der Scheibenwelt
(The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic and Sourcery)
Heyne, 12/02 (3-453-86367-4; 06/9300)
The first three Discworld novels in one volume, with a foreword by Neil Gaiman
Die Magie der Scheibenwelt
(The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic and Equal Rites)
Piper, 08/2006 (3-492-28519-8)
With a foreword by Neil Gaiman
Double volume
Das Licht der Phantasie, Das Erbe des Zauberers
(Equal Rites and The Light Fantastic)
Heyne, 1994 (3-453-07339-8)
(which also used Kirby’s ‘Valentine’s Arch’ on the cover. The 1999 printing finally changed the cover illustration
using Josh Kirby’s image for the first Discworld computer game)
Republished
Piper, 11/04 (3-492-28515-5)
Bookclub edition of above
Das Licht der Phantasie, Das Erbe des Zauberers
Boulevard Taschenbuch (Goldmann) 5/98 (ref. 00538 9)
(but using Kirby’s illustration for The Light Fantastic)
Double volume
(Pyramids and Wyrd Sisters)
no.23/141 in Heyne’s Tip des Monats series 1997 (3-453-12327-1)
Reissued under title
Schlamassel auf der Scheibenwelt, Piper, 09/05 (3-492-28612-7)
Double volume
(MORT and Guards! Guards!)
Heyne, 10/2000 (3-453-16879-8) Tipp des Monats 23/165
Reissued
Piper, 7/07 (978-3-492-28625-1)
Double volume
(Moving Pictures and Reaper Man)
Voll im Bilde; Alles Sense!, Goldmann, 8/01 (3-442-45068-3)
Uses the first Kirby picture for Moving Pictures, not previously used on a cover.
Double volume
(Witches Abroad and Small Gods)
Total verhext. Einfach göttlich
Goldmann, 12/03 (3-442-13334-3)
Reissue
15,000 copies for special marketing campaign 7/04 (3-442-13411-0)
Reissue
6/08 (978-3-442-13434-2)
Greek
(The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic)
The first two Discworld novels in one book.
To Crwma Ths Mageias. To Fws Ths Fantasias, [To Chroma Tes Mageias. To Phos Tes Phantasias], trs. Lil Ioannidou,
Para Pente, 1992 (99-8007-443-4)
Italian
I colori della Magia
(The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic and Equal Rites)
Mondadori 1991 (88-04-35085-7)
Il mondo del Disco: La Seconda Trilogia
(Mort, Sourcery and Wyrd Sisters)
trs. Antonella Pieretti, Mondadori, 10/92 (88-04-36520-X)
Russian
Double volume
(The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic)
Eksmo, 5,000 copies, 14/5/03 (5-699-03074-3)
Double volume
(MORT and Reaper Man)
Eksmo, 5,000 copies, 23/10/02 (5-699-0205-0)
Double volume
(Witches Abroad and Lords and Ladies)
Eksmo, 15/4/03 (5-699-03624-5)
Double volume
(Small Gods and Pyramids)
Eksmo, 15/1/03 (5-699-02733-5)
Double volume
(Men At Arms and Guards! Guards!)
Eksmo, 5,000 copies, 14/4/03 (5-699-02859-5)
Spanish
Bookclub
(Sourcery and Wyrd Sisters)
Circulo de Lectores, cover illus. Xavier Martinez
2001 (84-226-8664-3; 38406 B)
29/02/2008