annaloog 27th Sep 2023 | | BookPhilip José Farmer - A Private Cosmos | Additional images added.
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annaloog 20th Sep 2023 | | BookJohn Gardner - A Complete State Of Death | As noted in the back cover blurb, this novel is the basis for the 1973 Michael Winner film, "The Stone Killer", which starred Charles Bronson.
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annaloog 19th Sep 2023 | | BookGene Wolfe - The Devil In A Forest | Thanks, ppint, for identifying the cover artist.
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annaloog 19th Sep 2023 | | BookGilbert Shelton - Fat Freddy's Comics & Stories No 1 | This looks like one of those underground comix ....
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annaloog 14th Sep 2023 | | BookLeslie Charteris - The Saint Goes West | This *should be* Avon no. 130 (and so I have it on my Avon list). Avon no. 1-40 (1941-'43) went unnumbered on their covers, however, the cat. nos. could be inferred from listings on the inside back covers of contemporaneous issues.
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annaloog 13th Sep 2023 | | BookRobert A. Heinlein - The Man Who Sold The Moon | I found my copy at a thrift shop in Hemel Hempstead, Herts, a souvenir of a 1982 visit.
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annaloog 12th Sep 2023 | | BookHarry Hobson - Kill Her With Passion | Some info. for this entry is based on this Gold Star Books page (PDF). The cover artist is not credited, but it does not appear to be the work of Robert Maguire, who created the paintings for some of the Gold Star covers.
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annaloog 8th Sep 2023 | | BookGene Wolfe - Caldé Of The Long Sun | My copy is a 2nd printing (not dated); DJ appears identical ... $4.94 on a Media Play bargain books table back in 1999.
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annaloog 29th Aug 2023 | | BookPhilip Wylie - When Worlds Collide | Thanks, ppint, for identifying the cover artist.
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annaloog 14th Aug 2023 | | 78 RPMPeggy Lee - Don't Be So Mean To Baby / Just A Shade On The Blue Side | Thanks, han, other than for video files, I never think to look at archive.org.
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annaloog 13th Aug 2023 | | 78 RPMPeggy Lee - Don't Be So Mean To Baby / Just A Shade On The Blue Side | Low res. label images at ebay:
A side / B side
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annaloog 6th Aug 2023 | | 78 RPMWashboard Sam And His Washboard Band - She's Just My Size / Fool About That Woman | Going through 1948 issues, Billboard was still using "Race" in its 'Reviews' and 'Advance Record Releases' lists. RCA Victor used either "Rhythm & Blues" or "Blues" in it advertisements.
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annaloog 6th Aug 2023 | | BookDavid Levithan - The Mummy | "David" ?
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annaloog 14th Jul 2023 | | BookBarbro Andersson - Kalle Ankas Pocket: 2000 Special | Metallic inks don't scan well at all ... I had to futz with the image for this Arrow paperback cover to get the scanned black color to approximate the deep red metallic ink color actually used.
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annaloog 14th Jul 2023 | | BookMaritta M. Wolff - Whistle Stop [abridged] | Thanks again. This has now been tagged '[abridged]'.
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annaloog 12th Jul 2023 | | BookMaritta M. Wolff - Whistle Stop [abridged] | Thanks ... I notice the page count differs between the two editions. I'm thinking this entry perhaps should be tagged to distinguish it from the unabridged edition,
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annaloog 12th Jul 2023 | | BookMaritta M. Wolff - Whistle Stop [abridged] | Is the 1959 printing also an abridged version?
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annaloog 30th Jun 2023 | | BookArthur C. Clarke - The Lost Worlds Of 2001 | First printing dated Jan 1972; my copy is a 3rd printing, no date.
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annaloog 15th Jun 2023 | | BookBrett Halliday - The Uncomplaining Corpses | The same cover art was used for the 1964 UK Mayflower Dell edition. My (29c, cheap) copy suffered a no-return corner clip.
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annaloog 4th Jun 2023 | | BookMark Shipper - Paperback Writer | Sunridge Press is a new one to me: it appears to be an imprint of Charter Books / Ace Books, judging from the '0441' ISBN prefix.
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annaloog 30th May 2023 | | BookDavid Dalton - Paul Anka | ?? wouldn't Paul Anka be the author here, and David Dalton the co-author?
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annaloog 28th May 2023 | | BookDigby Diehl - Angel On My Shoulder | Just curious, wouldn't Natalie Cole be the author here, and Digby Diehl the co-author?
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annaloog 25th May 2023 | | BookClarence Mullen - Thereby Hangs A Corpse | Hancer's Price Guide lists this title with Hangman's House nos. 1 - 21, but without dates for them.
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annaloog 21st May 2023 | | BookArthur C. Clarke - 2010: Odyssey Two | Is this ($4.75) perhaps a Canadian edition? My "First U.S. edition" (Feb 1984, #30306) has a $3.95 cover price, and no Canadian price info. on the cover.
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annaloog 19th May 2023 | | BookThomas B. Dewey - The Girl With The Sweet Plump Knees | The cover art looks as though it might have inspired this Penguin Books cover.
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annaloog 14th May 2023 | | BookWilliam Rotsler - Star Trek II Short Stories |
Quote:
... the Enterprise image on the cover upside-down ....
It looks like it's about halfway into an Immelmann.
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annaloog 12th May 2023 | | BookVarious Authors - London-Label-Lexikon | H'mmm ... front cover (jacket) has "Bear Family Publishing"; back has "Bear Family Publications". Looks like six of one .......?
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annaloog 6th May 2023 | | BookJohn Cassells - The Avenging Picaroon | Is "Midnight Thriller" a series, or an imprint of the publisher, Frederick Muller?
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annaloog 5th May 2023 | | BookJonathan Valin - Final Notice | Front cover shows book no. '68973'; back cover shows '57893'.
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annaloog 7th Apr 2023 | | BookJames White - Lifeboat | These early 1970s Ballantine Books' copyright pages normally reported the SBN as including the price code (the '-125' appended to the 9-digit number here) ... see (for example) Ballantine 02297-1.
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