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Member	Item		Review/Comment
ppint. 27th Jul 2024		Book Charlie English - The Book Smugglers Of Timbuktu	harpercollinspublishers william collins imprint first printing, first uk or simultaneous first edition simultaneous with william collins imprint yp/b first printing from signatures of the same print run dedication: for lucy cover (d-j) art unsigned, uncredited cover (d-j) price £20 416pp. including fourteen unpaginated pp. titles, indicia, b+w frontispiece, maps, table-of-contents (chapters) etc, 56 end pp: 26pp notes, 11pp. selected bibliography, 3pp. acknowledgements, 15pp. index, 1p photo credits, 1 blank p, plus two 8pp. sections of photograph plates= 443pp. over-all; perfectbound onto a flexible strip and bound with orange endpapers between black cloth-covered boards, with title, author, imprint & decorative design on spine in copper elsewise unexplained printing number "1" above copyright notice date on indicia page
ppint. 22nd Jul 2024		Book James White - The Secret Visitors	this would appear to be the same printing as that bookcat item contributed by davie gordon; i do not know of a near-identical (to the second) third ace books mmpb printing, nor indeed of any further ace books printing/edition.
ppint. 19th Jul 2024		Book John W. Campbell Jr. - Invaders From The Infinite	arcot, morey and wade series #3: #1: "the black star passes" (1953), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 19th Jul 2024		Book John W. Campbell Jr. - Islands Of Space	arcot, morey and wade series #2: #1: "the black star passes" (1953), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 19th Jul 2024		Book John W. Campbell Jr. - Islands Of Space	"serialized" in amazing stories quarterly spring 1931 as by john w. campbell jr.
ppint. 19th Jul 2024		Book John W. Campbell Jr. - The Black Star Passes	arcot, morey and wade series #1: #1: "the black star passes" (1953), (this collection) #2: "islands of space" (1956), q.v. #3: "invaders from the infinite" (1961), q.v.
ppint. 19th Jul 2024		Book John W. Campbell Jr. - The Black Star Passes	contents: piracy preferred (novella) amazing vol.5 #3, 6/1930 solarite (novelette) amazing vol.5 #8, 11/1930 the black star passes (novella) amazing stories quarterly vol.3 #4, 10/1930
ppint. 19th Jul 2024		Book John W. Campbell Jr. - Islands Of Space	ace books small format mmpb undated° first printing, first p/b edition cover art by mckeon (unsigned, credited; not sfaik further identified as-yet) interior b+w illustration by jack gaughan (signed with his jg digraph, uncredited) cover price 45¢ 192pp. including 4pp. titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - indicia gives only the 1956 copyright date of the gnome press first edition 1966 date presumably taken from donald tuck
ppint. 19th Jul 2024		Book John W. Campbell Jr. - The Black Star Passes	ace books small format mmpb undated° first printing, first p/b edition reprint collection of two novellas and a novelette cover art by jerome podwil (signed, credited) cover price 40¢ 224pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - indicia gives only the 1953 copyright date of the gnome press first edition 1966 date presumably taken from donald tuck
ppint. 19th Jul 2024		Book John W. Campbell Jr. - Invaders From The Infinite	"serialized" in amazing stories quarterly spring-summer 1932 as by john w. campbell jr.
ppint. 19th Jul 2024		Book John W. Campbell Jr. - Invaders From The Infinite	ace books small format mmpb undated° first printing, first p/b edition cover art by gray morrow (signed, credited) cover price 45¢ 192pp. including 4pp. titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - indicia gives only the 1961 copyright date of the gnome press first edition 1966 date presumably taken from donald tuck
ppint. 19th Jul 2024		Book Marc Morris - A Great And Terrible King	the first edition was the hutchinson imprint h/cvr first printing (2008) the first p/b edition was the random house group century, century hutchinson or arrow books group windmill press imprint first printing (2009)
ppint. 19th Jul 2024		Book Marc Morris - A Great And Terrible King	random penguin group penguin imprint (though hutchinson group/arrow books group isbn) first printing accounted twenty-sixth printing by printing number° as accounting appears to include the arrow books group p/b edition printings cover art unsigned, not obviously credited cover price £14.99 \| can(ada) $31.99 480pp. (i-)xiii pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents (chapters), index of illustrations etc, end pp. index, plus two unnumbered eight page colour plates sections= 496pp. over-all ° - indicia page notes the elsewise unexplained printing number 026
ppint. 19th Jul 2024		Book S. M. Stirling - Snowbrother (Revised)	barcode number truncated by too-small field: 076714 00499 3 72119 n. b. only the last element uniquely identifies the book, being the publisher's cat#
ppint. 19th Jul 2024		Book S. M. Stirling - Snowbrother (Revised)	revised and enlarged edition of the first novel in the fifth millennium setting or (loose?) series by various authors and collaborations: #1: "snowbrother" s. m. stirling (1985), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 19th Jul 2024		Book S. M. Stirling - Snowbrother (Revised)	baen publishing enterprises baen books imprint mmpb first printing, first revised, enlarged edition dedication: to jan cover art by larry elmore (signed, credited) b+w map by eleanor kostyk (unsigned, credited) cover price (canada $6.99) u.s. $4.99 304pp. including six unpaginated pp. titles, indicia, map etc, 8 end pp. advertising
ppint. 16th Jul 2024		Book Larry Niven - The Ringworld Throne	little, brown group (warner books uk) orbit books imprint p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by barclay shaw (unsigned, re-used from del rey merkin h/cvr & p/b editions) cover price £5.99, $14.95 australia 384pp. (check) titles, indicia etc, 6 end pp: 2pp. glossary, 1p. ringworld parameters, 3pp. cast of characters month of publication not given in indicia publishing history; taken from locus
ppint. 15th Jul 2024		Book Jack Vance - City Of The Chasch	dennis dobson first printing, first h/cvr edition, not first uk edition (preceded by mayflower p/b edition) cover (d-j) art by richard weaver (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap) cover (d-j) price £2.75 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 15th Jul 2024		Book Jack Vance - Servants Of The Wankh	dennis dobson first printing, first h/cvr edition, may have been preceded by the mayflower uk p/b edition cover (d-j) art by richard weaver (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap) cover (d-j) price £2.75 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 15th Jul 2024		Book Jack Vance - The Dirdir	dennis dobson first printing, first h/cvr edition, first uk edition (preceded the mayflower p/b edition, just) cover (d-j) art by richard weaver (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap) cover (d-j) price £2.75 192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 15th Jul 2024		Book Jack Vance - The Pnume	dennis dobson first printing, first h/cvr edition, first uk edition (preceded the mayflower p/b by a year) cover (d-j) art by richard weaver (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap) cover (d-j) price £2.75 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 15th Jul 2024		Book Jack Vance - The Pnume	daw books mmpb near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers cover art by h. r. van dongen (signed, credited) b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed, uncredited) near-meaningless daw books collector no.347 cover price $1.95 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel) cover price $1.75 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution) 160pp. including titles, indicia, etc. refer to indicia publishing history to see if the carcass of the copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first daw printing, august 1979/123456789
ppint. 15th Jul 2024		Book Jack Vance - The Dirdir	daw books mmpb near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers cover art by h. r. van dongen (signed, credited) b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed, uncredited) 2pp. b+w map of tschai (unsigned, uncredited: reprinted from the ace books mmpb edition) near-meaningless daw books collector no.347 cover price $1.95 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel) cover price $1.75 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution) 160pp. including titles, indicia , b+w map etc. refer to indicia publishing history to see if the carcass of the copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first daw printing, july 1979/123456789
ppint. 15th Jul 2024		Book Jack Vance - Servants Of The Wankh	daw books mmpb near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers cover art by h. r. van dongen (signed, credited) b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed, uncredited) 2pp. b+w map of tschai (unsigned, uncredited: reprinted from the ace books mmpb edition) near-meaningless daw books collector no.342 cover price $1.95 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel) cover price $1.75 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution) 160pp. including titles, indicia , b+w map etc. refer to indicia publishing history to see if the carcass of the copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first daw printing, june 1979/123456789
ppint. 14th Jul 2024		Book S. M. Stirling - Snowbrother	the first novel in the fifth millennium setting or (loose?) series by various authors and collaborations: #1: "snowbrother" s. m. stirling (1985), (this book) #1a: "snowbrother (revised)" s. m. stirling (1992), q.v. #2: "the sharpest edge" s. m. stirling, shirley meier (1986), q.v. #2a: "saber and shadow" (1992), q.v. (revised, also adds nf-within-f appendices) #3: "the cage" s. m. stirling, shirley meier (1989), q.v. #4: "shadow's son" s. m. stirling, shirley meier, karen wehrstein (1991), q.v. #5: "shadow's daughter" shirley meier (1991), q.v. #6: "lion's heart" karen wehrstein (1991), q.v. #7: "lion's soul" karen wehrstein (1991), q.v.
ppint. 14th Jul 2024		Book S. M. Stirling - Snowbrother	cover art by ken w. kelly, signed and credited - which should be no surprise, as this variant shares the merkin-printed colour card covers of the merkin mmpb first printing (and the first edition).
ppint. 14th Jul 2024		Book S. M. Stirling - Snowbrother	this canadian-carcassed variant mmpb is the second printing, not the first printing - the indicia publishing history printing number line starts with the digit "2", identifying it as the second printing
ppint. 14th Jul 2024		Book S. M. Stirling - Snowbrother	new american library signet books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by ken w. kelly (signed, credited) cover price (canada $3.50) * u.s. $2.95 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising distinguish from canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel by reference to the indicia publishing history printing number line which drops the digit "1", formally identifying the canadian as being the second printing
ppint. 14th Jul 2024		Book S. M. Stirling - Drakon	draka series (originally a trilogy) #4: #1: ''marching through georgia'' (1988), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 14th Jul 2024		Book S. M. Stirling - Under The Yoke	draka trilogy #3: #1: ''marching through georgia'' (1988), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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