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Merlin's Mistake

Robert Newman

First published 1970
Series Tertius #1
Publisher Atheneum
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
Pages 237
Price $5.25


"... in a never-never land where Camelot and the Crusades coexist, this is a mishmash of demi-legend and quasi-history sporadically emitting a weird sense of humor ..." --Kirkus Reviews (above)

    1st ed. (not stated)
  • Library of Congress (LCCN, below) reports "[1st ed.]", no ISBN.
  • Publication date from contemporary review by Kirkus (see the novel record).
  • Price from "Atheneum Books for Children Spring 1970", School Library Journal 16.7 (Mar 1970) p5; as "5-9 $5.25 *4.81". That is: [a] reader ages 5 to 9 years (not plausible, and publisher advertisement "[ABC] Spring 1973" lists the sequel as "8-12") [b] Price $4.81 in "Spartan Bindings--washable reinforced institutional bindings"
  • Not found at Amazon.com 2022-09-18.

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Merlin's Mistake Cover 1971 Hutchinson Hardcover Novel 184
Merlin's Mistake Cover 1972 The Children's Book Club Hardcover Novel
Merlin's Mistake 1977 Beaver Books Trade Paperback Novel 173
Merlin's Mistake Cover 2001 Volo Trade Paperback Novel Greg Newbold 348
Merlin's Mistake Cover 2014 Open Road Integrated Media eBook Novel