There are following editions of this book:

• ISBN 0-671-63870-X; Poseidon Press, New York; 1989; hardcover
• ISBN 0-671-70572-5; Poseidon Press, New York; 1989; softcover
• ISBN 0-330-31625-7; Picador Books, London; 1990; softcover
• ISBN 0-330-31073-9; Picador Books, London; 1990; hardcover

Additional version is US softcover (ISBN 0-671-70572-5) First Touchstone Edition 1999.

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Italian translation by Davide Sapienza. 1st edition 1990, 2nd edition 1995, 3rd edition 2003.

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Nice picture of Frank Zappa and Claudia Cardinale on the front cover. 

German translation by Thomas Ziegler.

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Dutch translation by Joost van der Meer & William Oostendorp..

This is the 1st edition of this book in Dutch. This translation has had several editions, with different covers. (united-mutations.com)

This is the 2nd edition of this book in the same year (1991) with different cover.

Japanese translation by Misawa Etsuko.

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New improved Japanese translation by Ken Mogi.

Hungarian translation by JLX Kft.

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The hungarian translation of the Real Frank Zappa Book was published quite fast, in 1990. It's publisher was József Laux, former drummer of the almost-world-famous Hungarian rock group, LGT (Locomotiv GT). Unfortunately the translation was a really fast work, so it has quite a few mistakes, and almost one-third (!!!) of the book is (and lots of pictures are) missing...

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Czech translation by Jaroslav Beneš. This special limited edition – only 100 numbered copies – was prepared by "Společnost přátel pana Honkera" (Society of friends of mr. Honker) i.e. Honza Kopp, Roman Šmíd, Tonda Bartoš and Míra Průcha.

Note from Czech Zappa fans:

CZECH EDITION OF FRANK ZAPPA BOOK „THE REAL FRANK ZAPPA BOOK“ WAS CREATED BY FRANK ZAPPA CZECH COMPETENT FANS AND JUST FOR FRANK ZAPPA HARDCORE FANS IN CZECH REPUBLIC ONLY, TOTALLY WITH NO COMMERCIAL PURPOSES. HIGHEST DEVOTION TO FRANK ZAPPA IS THE ONLY SENCE OF THIS EDITION. AS LITTLE AS 100 PIECES OF THE BOOK WAS MADE. TRANSLATION AND PRINT OF THIS TITLE HAS BEEN PAID FROM PRIVATE SOURCES.

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Hebrew translation by Zappa fan Ehud Tagari ("Zappa is to my mind the most important composer since J.S.Bach").

The book has a postscript by Ehud Tagari which includes some additional material like "Jewish Princess" in Hebrew.

French translation by Jean-Marie Millet. A newer edition with forword by Christian Delbrouk was published in 2005 (ISBN 2-84187-715-9).

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Russian translation by V. Kogan.

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