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Saturday, August 17, 2013

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 

25 APRIL 2013            

20 JUNE 2013 

29 AUGUST 2013                

19 DECEMBER 2013 (was 24 OCTOBER 2013)               

30 JANUARY 2014 (was 19 DECEMBER 2013)  

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

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7 comments:

  1. hudson hawkSaturday, August 17, 2013

    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.

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  2. David CranmerSaturday, August 17, 2013

    I'm there! Been waiting.

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  3. FrankSunday, August 18, 2013

    Looking froward to the new printings but when will they appear in the U.S. ?

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  4. Dan BodenheimerSunday, August 18, 2013

    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!

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  5. javadougWednesday, August 21, 2013

    Dudes, how about the U.S.?

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  6. Gregory LeeThursday, January 01, 2015

    As I recall, the first Saint book was not "The Saint Meets the Tiger", but rather "Meet the Tiger!" (referring to the Saint himself).

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    1. UnknownFriday, August 26, 2016

      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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