The following changes were made to the text as printed:
Page ix: “twin appellations of McVitie and Price” changed to “twin appellations of McVittie and Price”
4: “coordinating against the Central Planets” changed to “co-ordinating against the Central Planets”
17: “inevitably predecease this montrosity” changed to “inevitably predecease this monstrosity”
18: “Poor Count Puffendorf Seidlitz” changed to “Poor Count Puffendorff Seidlitz”
85: ““Solicitin’, you was” changed to “Solicitin’, you was”
88: “A terriffic crash and splintering” changed to “A terrific crash and splintering”
118: “ante-room of a public hall at Pueblo” changed to “anteroom of a public hall at Pueblo”
125: “ACT I” added
136: “The conjuror concludes” changed to “The conjurer concludes”