Good Omens covers

Nov 17, 2013 19:07

I think I vaguely wanted to do it for years, but I made the decision in the recent months. Of course, it had been already done, and more than once (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; not counting plenty of general literary databases), but, for one, I wanted better resolutions. And once I was at this, why not also other details? So…

# After the English, the order is alphabetical according to languages (not countries!).

# I do not include fan-covers, school projects and such; only the actually published ones. Only paper, no audio- and e-books. Only GO actual, including special editions, but no script books, art books and other tie-ins.

# I might not count re-issues by the same publisher if there’s no significant changes on the cover; that’s why dates mean ‘the oldest date found for this edition by this publisher’ and ISBNs are all that were found for the given edition including minor variations. This said, UK & USA issues’ exact count, order and marking over years has Crowley’s fingerprints all over it and I refuse to believe otherwise.

# All images are clickable, obviously.

Original English
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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (read)
UK
1. 1990, Guild Publishing/Gollancz; 0-575-04800-X, 978-0-575-04800-3; jacket art by Chris Moore; cover under jacket
2. 1991, Corgi, (re-issue 2006 on the scan); 0-552-13703-0, 978-0-552-13703-4; art by Graham Ward
3. 2007, Gollancz/Orion; 0-575-08048-5, 978-0-575-08048-5. You could have met this one and wonder why ‘The Nice and Accurate Proph-‘ is cut in half; here you can see why. (source)
4. 2009, Corgi; 0-552-15984-0, 978-0-552-15984-5; art by Jonathan Ring
5. 2014, Gollancz; 1-4732-0085-7, 978-1-4732-0085-2; art by Joe McLaren
6. 2015, Gollancz; 1-4732-1471-8, 978-1-4732-1471-2; art by Patrick Insole
7. 2019, Transworld Publishers Ltd; 9780552176729
8a. The Definitive Good Omens - Standard; 2019, Gollancz; 1-4732-2783-6, 978-1-4732-2783-5; art by Paul Kidby
8b. TDGO - Slipcase; 2019, Gollancz; 1-4732-2782-8, 978-1-4732-2782-8
8c. TDGO - Occult; 2019, Dunmanifestin; 978-1-9998081-4-3; marble pattern by Jemma Lewis; limited to 1655 numbered copies
8d. TDGO - Ineffable; 2019, Dunmanifestin; 978-1-9998081-3-6; limited to 666 numbered copies; includes a box
8e. TDGO - Celestial; 2019 and later, Dunmanifestin; limited to 24 numbered handmade copies; unboxing of Neil Gaiman's copy
9. 2019, Transworld/Penguin/Corgi; 978-05521-7645-3

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USA
1. Workman Publishing, 1990; 0-89480-853-2, 978-0-89480-853-1; art by David Frampton, who’s also the author of the initials used in many editions:
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2. 1992, Berkley Books; 0-425-13215-3, 978-0-425-13215-9; art by Michel Astrachan
2b. 1996, Ace; 0-441-00325-7, 978-0-441-00325-9
3. 2001, Ace; 0-441-00861-5, 978-0-441-00861-2; art by Haydn Cornner
4. 2006, Harper Collins/William Morrow; 0-06-085398-0, 0-06-085396-4 (hardcover), 0-06-085397-2 (pocketbook), 0-06-293491-0, 978-0-06-085398-3, 978-0-06-085396-9 (hardcover), 978-0-06-085397-6 (pocketbook), 978-0-552-17189-2, 978-0-06-293491-8; art by Douglas Smith
5. 2006, Science Fiction Book Club (Doubleday); 0-7394-7414-6, 978-0-7394-7414-3; art by Jim Burns
6. 2019, William Morrow; 0-06-283697-8, 978-0-06-283697-7

Arabic (Egypt)


بشارات طيبة: النبوءات الصادقة والوافية لآجنس نوتر الساحرة (Bashaarat Tayibat: al-Nbu'at al-Saadiqat Walwafiat l'Ajins Nutar al-Saahira)
Translated by محمود راض (Mahmoud Radi)
Published by عصير الكتب (Aseer al-Kotb), 2022

Bahasa Melayu see Indonesian

Bulgarian
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Добри поличби: Правите и акуратни предсказания на Агнес Нътър, Вещица (Dobri poličbi: pravite i akuratni predskazanija na Agnes Nătăr, veštica) (read)
Translated by Светлана Комогорова (Svetlana Komogorova)
1. 2000, Прозорец (Prozoretz); 954-733-130-2, 978-954-733-130-3; art by Josh Kirby, originally for Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters
2. 2017, Прозорец (Prozoretz); 9789547339026

Chinese (China)


好兆头 (Hǎo zhàotou) (read)
Translated by 马骁 (Ma Xiao)
Published by 江苏凤凰文艺出版社 (Jiangsu Phoenix Art Publishing House Co., Ltd.), 2018
7-5594-1836-8, 978-7-5594-1836-4

Chinese (Taiwan)
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好預兆:女巫阿格妮思.納特良準預言集 (Hǎo yù zhào: nǚ wū āgé nīsī, nà tè liáng zhǔn yù yán jí) (read)
Translated by 謝靜雯 (Xie Jingwen)
1. 2008, 繆思 (Muses Publishing); 986-6665-04-6, 987-986-6665-04-2; art by Douglas Smith, originally for Harper Collins, 2006
2. 2017, 木馬文化 (ECUS Publishing House); 986-359-408-3, 978-986-359-408-6
3. 2019, 木馬文化 (ECUS Publishing House); 978-986-359-408-6

Croatian
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Dobri predznaci: fina i točna predviđanja Agnes Nutter, vještice
Translated by Marko Fančović and Ana Marija Abramović
1. 2010, Zagrebačka Naklada; 9789532520842; art by Željko Pahek
2. 2019, Zagrebačka Naklada; 978-953-252-229-7

Czech
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Dobrá znamení: skvělá a přesná proroctví Agnes Magorésové, čarodějky (read)
Translated by Jan Kantůrek
1. 1997, Talpress; 80-7197-099-9, 978-80-7197-099-6; art by Martin Zhouf
2. 2019, Talpress; 80-7197-729-2, 978-80-7197-729-2; art by Paul Kidby, originally for Gollancz, 2019

Dutch
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Hoge Omens: De Oprechte en Secure Voorspellingen van Agnes Nutter, een Heks (read)
Translated by Venugopalan Ittekot aka Ruurd Groot
1. 1994, Het Spectrum; 90-274-2907-3, 978-90-274-2907-0; design inspired by David Frampton’s graphics for Workman Publishing, 1990
2. 2010, Meulenhoff Boekerij aka Mynx; 90-225-5501-1, 978-90-225-5501-9; art partially from The Fall of the Rebel Angels by Luca Giordano
3. 2019, Meulenhoff Boekerij; 90-225-8663-4, 978-90-225-8663-1

Estonian
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Head ended: Nõid Agnes Nutteri soodsad ja täpsed ettekuulutused (read)
Translated by Tiina Randus
1. 2001, Tänapäev; 9985620291, 978-9985-62-029-8; art by Hillar Mets
2. 2010, Tänapäev; 978-9985-62-952-9
3. 2020, Tänapäev; 978-9949-856-49-7

Farsi (Iran)



کتاب فال نیک (Ketab fal nake)
Translated by سوگند رجبی نسب (Rajabi Nasab)
Published by انتشارات بهنام (Behnam Publications), 2021
Art by Paul Kidby, originally for “Good Omens. TV Companion”
9786226651592

Finnish
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1. Hyviä enteitä: Noita Agnes Nutterin Hienot ja Oikeat Ennustukset. 1992, Jalava; translated by Marja Sinkkonen; 951-8954-84-4, 978-951-8954-84-5; art by Jari Rasi
2. Hyviä enteitä: Noita Agnes Nutterin tarkat ja huvittavat ennustukset. 2020, Jalava; translated by Mika Kivimäki; 978-951-887-600-0

French
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De bons présages: Les belles et bonnes prophéties d'Agnès Barge, sorcière de son état (read)
Translated by Patrick Marcel
1. 1995, J'Ai Lu; 2-277-23892-9, 978-227-723892-8; art by Rowena Morrill
2. 2001, J'Ai Lu; 2-290-31586-9, 978-2-290-31586-6
3. 2002, Au Diable Vauvert; 2-84626-021-4, 978-2-84626-021-3
4. 2014, J'Ai Lu; 978-2-290-08840-1; art is The Temptation of St Anthony by Martin Schongauer
5. 2019, Au Diable Vauvert; 979-10-307-0282-8
6. 2020, France Loisirs / Éditions de Noyelles; 229816021X, 9782298160215

Georgian


კარგი ნიშნები (Kargi nishnebi) (read)
Translated by ნიკა სამუშია (Nika Samushia)
Published by ბაკურ სულაკაურის გამომცემლობა (Bakur Sulakauris Gamomtsemloba - Bakur Sulakauri Publishing House), 2018
Art by გიორგი მაღრაძე (Giorgi Maghradze)
9789941301971

German (Germany)
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Ein gutes Omen. Die freundlichen und zutreffenden Prophezeiungen der Hexe Agnes Spinner (read)
Translated by Andreas Brandhorst
1. 1991, Rogner & Bernhard bei Zweitausendeins; 3-8077-0247-4, 978-3-8077-0247-6; art by G. Lachenmaier, based on The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo
2a. 1997, Heyne; 3-453-12677-7, 978-3-453-12677-0; art by Josh Kirby
2b. 1998(?), Heyne; 3-453-12677-7, 978-3-453-12677-0
2c. 2004, Piper; 3-492-28505-8, 978-3-492-28505-6
2d. 2012(?), Piper; 3-492-28505-8, 978-3-492-28505-6
2e. 2018, Piper; 3-492-28166-4, 978-3-492-28166-9

Greek




Καλοί οιωνοί. Της ωραίας και ακριβείς προφητείας της Αγνής Νάτερ, μάγισσας (Kaloí oionoí. Tas oraías kai akriveís profiteías tis Agnís Náter, mágissas)
Translated by Θάνος Καραγιαννόπουλος (Thános Karagiannópoulos)
Published by Sελίνι (Selini), 2016
Cover design following the Gollancz/Orion, 2007.
618-5049-48-1, 978-618-5049-48-5

Hebrew (Israel)
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בשורות טובות: נבואותיה הנחמדות והמדויקות של אגנס נאטר, מכשפה (Besorot Tovot: nevuotiha hanehmadot vehameduyakot shel Agnes Nater, makshefah)
1. 1993, אופוס (Opus); translated by בועז וייס (Boaz Weiss)
2. 2006, אופוס (Opus); translated by בועז וייס (Boaz Weiss); art by Douglas Smith, originally for Harper Collins, 2006
3. 2020, מודן, הוצאת הכורסא (Modan, Armchair Publishing); translated by תומר בן אהרון (Tomer Ben Aharon)

Hungarian
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Elveszett próféciák : Agnes Nutter boszorka szép és pontos próféciái (read)
Translated by Horváth Norbert
1. 1999, Beneficium; 963-85914-5-5, 978-963-85914-5-6
2. 2010, Agave Könyvek; 978-963-9868-93-9
3. 2019, Agave Könyvek; 978-963-419-538-2

Indonesian
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Pertanda-Pertanda Baik (read)
Translated by Lulu Wijaya
1. 2010, Gramedia Pustaka Utama; 978-979-22-5622-2; art by Satya Utama Jadi
2. 2021, Gramedia Pustaka Utama; 978-602-06-5205-4

Italian
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Buona Apocalisse a tutti! (2007, 2012, 2017) (read)
Good Omens: Le Belle e Accurate Profezie di Agnes Nutter, Strega (2019)
Translated by Luca Fusari
1a. 2007, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore; 88-04-54462-7, 978-88-04-54462-3; art by Haydn Cornner, originally for Ace, 2001
1b. 2012, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore; 88-04-57991-9, 978-88-04-57991-5
2. 2017, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore; 88-04-68633-2, 978-88-04-68633-0; art by Manuele Scalia
3. 2019, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore; 88-04-71202-3, 978-88-04-71202-2

Japanese
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グッド・オーメンズ (Guddo ōmenzu) (read)
Translated by 金原 瑞人 (Mizuhito Kanehara) and 石田 文子 (Fumiko Ishida)
1. 2007, 角川書店 (Kadokawa Shoten), in two volumes; 4-04-791541-6 + 4-04-791542-4, 978-4-04-791541-1 + 978-4-04-791542-8; art by 藤田 新策 / ふじた しんさく (Shinsaku Fujita)
2a-b. 2019, 角川書店 (Kadokawa Shoten), in two volumes; 4-04-108383-4 + 4-04-108384-2, 978-4-04-108383-3 + 978-4-04-108384-0; art by サイトウユウスケ (Saito Yusuke)

Korean
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멋진 징조들 (Meot-jin Jing-jo-deul) (read)
Translated by 이수현 (Lee Soo-hyun)
1. 2003, 시공사 (Singongsa); 89-527-3378-9, 978-89-527-3378-8; art by David Frampton, originally for Workman Publishing, 1990
2. 2019, 시공사 (Singongsa); 89-527-9564-4, 978-89-527-9564-9

Latvian


Labas zīmes (read)
Translated by Vanda Tomaševiča
Published by Zvaigzne ABC, 2014
Art by Artūrs Bērziņš
9934-0-3877-3, 978-9934-0-3877-8

Lithuanian


Gera lemiantys ženklai : Puikios ir teisingos Agnes Nater pranašystės. Raganos Agnes Nater (read)
Translated by Adas Macevičius and Elena Macevičiūtė
Published by Bonus Animus, 2016
Art by Kristijonas Tarabilda
978-9955-754-45-9

Norwegian Bokmål
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Gode varsler: heksen Agnes Nutters fine og korrekte profetier (read)
Translated by Stian Omland
1. 2018, Vigmostad Bjørke; 82-419-1582-9, 978-82-419-1582-6; art by Douglas Smith, originally for Harper Collins/William Morrow, 2005
2. 2019, Vigmostad Bjørke; 9788241950490

Persian see Farsi

Polish
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Dobry omen (read)
Translated by Juliusz Witold Wilczur-Garztecki and Jacek Gałązka
1. 1992, Alumex aka CIA-Books-Svaro; 83-85100-63-6, 978-83-85100-63-8; art by Peter Andrew Jones; spine view
2. 1997, Prószyński i S-ka; 83-7180-097-5, 978-83-7180-097-9; art by Piotr Łukaszewski; there was also a version with one of the authors’ mistaken name.
3. 2000 (re-issue 2007 used for the scan), Prószyński i S-ka; 83-7255-785-3, 83-7469-272-3, 83-7648-114-2, 978-83-7255-785-8, 978-83-7469-272-4, 978-83-7648-114-2, 978-83-7648-859-2; art by Josh Kirby, originally for Heyne, 1997
4. 2019, Prószyński i S-ka; 83-8169-086-2, 978-83-8169-086-7

Portuguese (Brazil)
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Belas maldições : as belas e precisas profecias de Agnes Nutter, bruxa (1998, 2017)
Belas maldições : As Justas e Precisas Profecias de Agnes Nutter (2019) (read)
Translated by Fábio Fernandes
1. 1998, Bertrand Brasil; 85-286-0662-7, 978-85-286-0662-1; art by Rodrigo Rodrigues
2. 2017, Bertrand Brasil; 85-286-2200-2, 978-85-286-2200-3; art by Túlio Cerquize
3. 2019, Bertrand Brasil; 978-85-2862-402-1

Portuguese (Portugal)


Bons augúrios
Translated by Carlos Grifo Babo
Published by Editorial Presença, 2004
Art by Samuel Santos
972-23-3280-5, 978-972-23-3280-4

Romanian



Semne bune: Drăguţele şi precisele profeţii ale lui Agnes Nutter, vrăjitoare (read)
Translated by Liviu Radu
Published by Tritonic, 2008
973-733-221-0, 978-973-733-221-9
You could have also come across another one
, in some places listed as a different edition. In fact, it was most probably a version that was considered yet rejected, and never actually used.

Russian (Russia)



Добрые знамения: Прекрасные и точные пророчества Агнессы Псих, ведьмы (Dobryye znameniya: Prekrasnyye i tochnyye prorochestva Agnessy Psikh, vedʹmy)
Translated by Вадим Евгеньевич Филиппов (Vadim Yevgenyevich Filippov)
Published by Книжный клуб “Realms Of Books” (Knizhniy klub = Book Club), 2012
Art by linnpuzzle (the original work)
Fandom edition of 50 copies, using a fan translation first published in 1995, allegedly.

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Благие знамения (Blagiye znameniya) (read)
Translated by Маргарита Юрьевна Юркан (Margarita Yurievna Yurkan)
1a. 2012; Эксмо (Eksmo); 5-699-59223-7, 978-5-699-59223-4; art by Анатолий Евгеньевич Дубовик (Anatoliy Yevgenyevich Dubovik)
1b. 2019, Эксмо (Eksmo); 978-5-04-107417-3
2a. 2019, Эксмо (Eksmo); 978-5-04-100917-5
2b. 2019, Эксмо (Eksmo); 978-5-04-106485-3
3. 2019, Эксмо (Eksmo); 978-5-04-108080-8
4. 2019, Эксмо (Eksmo); 978-5-04-105045-0; art by Paul Kidby, originally for Gollancz, 2019




Добрые предзнаменования. Прекрасные и Точные Пророчества Агнессы Псих, ведьмы (Dobryye predznamenovaniya. Prekrasnyye i Tochnyye Prorochestva Agnessy Psikh, vedʹmy) (read)
Translated by Вадим Евгеньевич Филиппов (Vadim Yevgenyevich Filippov)
Published by Fanzon, 2020
978-5-04-109092-0
Art by Paul Kidby, originally an inner illustration for Gollancz, 2019

Russian (Ukraine)
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Благие знамения (Blagiye znameniya)
Translated by Маргарита Юрьевна Юркан (Margarita Yurievna Yurkan)
1. 2019, Форс (Fors); 978-617-7808-08-3; edition based on Эксмо, 2012
2. 2020, Форс (Fors); 978-966-993-458-1; edition based on Эксмо, 2019
3. 2020, Форс (Fors); 978-966-993-309-6; edition based on Эксмо, 2019

Serbian Latin


Dobra znamenja: lepa i tačna proročanstva, Agnes Nater, veštice
Translated by Goran Skrobonja
Published by Stylos Art, 2000
86-7473-034-5, 978-86-7473-034-8
Art based on drawings by, among else, Hieronymus Bosch.

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Dobra predskazanja: lepa i tačna proročanstva, Agnes Nater, veštice (read)
Translated by Dejan Papić
1a. 2001, Laguna; 86-7436-017-3, 978-86-7436-017-0; art by Josh Kirby, originally for Heyne, 1997
1b. 2020, Laguna; 86-7436-017-3, 978-86-7436-017-0

Slovak


Dobré znamenia : solídne a presné proroctvá čarodejnice Agnes Trubirohovej (read)
Translated by Vladislav Gális
Published by Slovart, 2020
978-80-556-4298-7
Art by Jiří Slíva

Slovenian


Dobra znamenja: verne in natančne prerokbe Agnes Nutter, coprnice
Translated by Boštjan Gorenc
Published by Sanje, 2010
978-961-6767-80-4 (hardcover), 978-961-6767-86-6 (pocketbook)
Art by Jerneja Rodica

Spanish
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Buenos Presagios: las buenas y ajustadas profecías de Agnes la Chalada, profetisa (read)
Translated by María Ferrer Simó and Ángel-Manuel Ybáñez
1. 1999, Norma Editorial; 8-479-04877-8, 159497098X, 9781594970986; art by Graham Ward, originally for Corgi, 1991
2. 2008, Altaya; 9788448726096
3. 2009, Timun Mas; 978-84-480-4025-3, 84-480-0698-4, 978-84-480-0698-3; art by Douglas Smith, originally for Harper Collins, 2006; red part is a wrapper band
3b. 2019, Ediciones Minotauro aka Editorial Planeta; 84-450-0647-9, 978-84-450-0647-4
4. 2019, Ediciones Minotauro aka Editorial Planeta; 84-450-0669-X, 978-84-450-0669-6

Swedish
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Goda omen (read)
Translated by Peter Lindforss
1a. 2000, B. Wahlström; 91-32-32539-8, 978-91-32-32539-7; art by Graham Ward, originally for Corgi, 1991; spine view
1b. 2001, B. Wahlström ; 91-32-32643-2, 978-91-32-32643-1; no difference on the front cover
1c. 2002, B. Wahlström; 91-32-43384-0, 978-91-32-43384-9
2. 2005, B. Wahlström; 91-32-33201-7, 978-91-32-33201-2; art by Haydn Cornner, originally for Ace, 2001
3. 2020, Månpocket aka Bonnier Carlsen ; 91-79-13055-0, 978-91-79-13055-8

Turkish



Bir Kıyamet Komedisi
Translated by Hande Przybylinski
Published by Salyangoz Yayınları, 2007
975-6277-88-2, 978-975-6277-88-1
Art by Muhammet Uzun

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Kıyamet Gösterisi: Cadı Agnes Çatlak’ın dakîk ve katî kehanetleri (read)
Translated by Niran Elçi
1. 2012, İthaki Yayınları; 978-605-375-183-0; art by Douglas Smith, originally for Harper Collins, 2006
2. 2021, İthaki Yayınları; 978-625-7650-51-9; art by Nico Delort

Ukrainian





Добрі передвісники: ґрунтовні й вичерпні пророцтва Агнеси Оглашенної, відьми (Dobri peredvisnyky: gruntovni y vycherpni prorotstva Ahnesy Ohlashennoyi, vidmy) (read)
Translated by Бурштина Терещенко (Burshtyna Tereshchenko) and Олесь Петік (Olesʹ Petik)
1a. 2018, КМ-Букс (KM Books); 978-966-948-063-7 (Aziraphale), 978-966-948-062-0 (Crowley); art by Douglas Smith, originally for Harper Collins, 2006
1b. 2019, КМ-Букс (KM Books), 978-966-948-234-1; no difference in design; Crowley wrapper over the Aziraphale actual cover
1c. 2021, КМ-Букс (KM Books); 978-966-948-538-0; same as 2019

Any correction and/or addition will be appreciated (but also thoroughly checked).

And, hey, if you have no info to offer, do not hesitate to comment anyway. ;)

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Last updated 5 July 2022.

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