The Saint is Back in Print
After many, many years, a very large publishing of The Saint series has been started up by Mulholland in the U.K, an imprint of long-time Charteris publisher, Hodder & Stoughton. This is a really big deal, as a large publishing run of The Saint hasn't happened since the 1980s.
Mulholland will be publishing 35 of the Saint books by Leslie Charteris over the course of a year. As a Hodder imprint, Mulholland will start with the second book in the series, The Saint Closes The Case. They will skip the first title, The Saint Meets The Tiger, as that is a book in which Hodder has never had the publishing rights. The printing series will end with The Saint in the Sun, which is really the last of the true Charteris-only stories. These 35 encompass the classic Saint Saga, in the truest sense, and skip the last few titles that were co-authored with help from people besides Leslie Charteris himself. Of course, the last few are also the hardest ones to find, as they have been published much less than the heart of the collection. Let's hope that they sell enough of these to publish the remaining titles for a really complete run of the Saint in full!
Publishing started earlier this year, and plans to date are to be finished in February of 2014. The titles are being published in both print and ebook formats with new introductions and extra content for each edition. The Publishing Schedule looks like this:
28 FEBRUARY 2013
- The Saint Closes the Case, ISBN: 9781444762600 paperback / 9781444762617 e-book
- Enter the Saint, ISBN: 9781444762587 paperback / 9781444762594 e-book
- The Avenging Saint, ISBN: 9781444762624 paperback / 9781444762631 e-book
- Featuring the Saint, ISBN: 9781444762648 paperback / 9781444762655 e-book
25 APRIL 2013
- Alias the Saint, ISBN: 9781444762679 paperback / 9781444762662 e-book
- The Saint Meets His Match, ISBN: 9781444762686 paperback / 9781444762693 e-book
- The Saint Versus Scotland Yard, ISBN: 9781444766004 paperback / 9781444766011 e-book
- The Saint's Getaway, ISBN: 9781444766028 paperback / 9781444766035 e-book
- The Saint and Mr Teal, ISBN: 9781444766042 paperback / 9781444766059 e-book
20 JUNE 2013
- The Brighter Buccaneer, ISBN: 9781444766066 paperback / 9781444766073 e-book
- The Saint in London, ISBN: 9781444766080 paperback / 9781444766097 e-book
- The Saint Intervenes, ISBN: 9781444766103 paperback / 9781444766110 e-book
- The Saint Goes On, ISBN: 9781444766127 paperback / 9781444766134 e-book
- The Saint in New York, ISBN: 9781444766141 paperback / 9781444766158 e-book
29 AUGUST 2013
- Saint Overboard, ISBN: 9781444766165 paperback / 9781444766172 e-book
- The Saint in Action, ISBN: 9781444766189 paperback / 9781444766196 e-book
- The Saint Bids Diamonds, ISBN: 9781444766202 paperback / 9781444766219 e-book
- The Saint Plays with Fire, ISBN: 9781444766226 paperback / 9781444766233 e-book
- Follow the Saint, ISBN: 9781444766240 paperback / 9781444766257 e-book
19 DECEMBER 2013 (was 24 OCTOBER 2013)
- The Happy Highwayman, ISBN: 9781444766264 paperback / 9781444766271 e-book
- The Saint in Miami, ISBN: 9781444766288 paperback / 9781444766295 e-book
- The Saint Goes West, ISBN: 9781444766301 paperback / 9781444766318 e-book
- The Saint Steps In, ISBN: 9781444766325 paperback / 9781444766332 e-book
- The Saint on Guard, ISBN: 9781444766349 paperback / 9781444766356 e-book
30 JANUARY 2014 (was 19 DECEMBER 2013)
- The Saint Sees It Through, ISBN: 9781444766363 paperback / 9781444766370 e-book
- Call for the Saint, ISBN: 9781444766387 paperback / 9781444766394 e-book
- Saint Errant, ISBN: 9781444766400 paperback / 9781444766417 e-book
- The Saint in Europe, ISBN: 9781444766424 paperback / 9781444766431 e-book
- The Saint on the Spanish Main, ISBN: 9781444766448 paperback / 9781444766455 e-book
27 FEBRUARY 2014
- The Saint Around the World, ISBN: 9781444766462 paperback / 9781444766479 e-book
- Thanks to the Saint, ISBN: 9781444766493 paperback / 9781444766486 e-book
- Señor Saint, ISBN: 9781444766509 paperback / 9781444766516 e-book
- The Saint to the Rescue, ISBN: 9781444766523 paperback / 9781444766530 e-book
- Trust the Saint, ISBN: 9781444766547 paperback / 9781444766554 e-book
- The Saint in the Sun, ISBN: 9781444766561 paperback / 9781444766578 e-book
Labels: 2013, Hodder and Stoughton, Leslie Charteris, Mulholland
7 Comments:
Looks like my bucket list entry will be a little easier{all of Charteris} to complete. I dislike reading musty all books.....nice to have a fresh copy available.
I'm there! Been waiting.
Looking froward to the new printings but when will they appear in the U.S. ?
Word on the street (via Facebook) is that Amazon will be doing both paperback and Kindle version in the US. They're just sorting out the cover artwork, and they'll be scheduled. In the meantime, I have ordered the British paperbacks as they've come out, and they are really great!
Dudes, how about the U.S.?
As I recall, the first Saint book was not "The Saint Meets the Tiger", but rather "Meet the Tiger!" (referring to the Saint himself).
I believe that it was originally named "Meet the Tiger" but was later released as "The Saint Meets the Tiger" to maintain consistency or improve sales.
It's still impossible to find in decent condition let alone electronic
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