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ppint. 24th Sep 2024		Book Ivan Howard - Novelets Of Science Fiction	belmont productions belmont books mmpb first printing, first edition reprint anthology of five short stories and three novelettes cover art by robert maguire (unsigned, uncredited; his website has disappeared since his death in 2005) cover price 50¢ 176pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 24th Sep 2024		Book Ivan Howard - Escape To Earth	contents: escape to earth (novelette) manly banister; science fiction quarterly vol.5 #2, 11/1952, three b+w illustrations, one by peter poulton, one by ed emshwiller (''emsh''), one unsigned we are alone (short story) robert sheckley; future vol.3 #4, 11/1952, one b+w illustration unsigned doomsday's color-press (ntte) raymond f. jones; future vol.3 #4, 11/1952, the cover story, art by a. leslie ross, one b+w illustration by paul orban a big man with the girls (ss) james macreigh (frederik pohl), judith merril; future vol.4 #2, 3/1953; bre #9; both: one b+w illustration by milton luros temple of despair (ntte) m. c. pease; dynamic (vol.1 #5) 10/1953, one b+w illustration by don sibley ''if the court pleases'' (ntte) noel loomis; dynamic science fiction (vol.1 #3) 6/1953, one b+w illustration by c. a. murphy
ppint. 24th Sep 2024		Book Ivan Howard - The Weird Ones	thank-you jimess.
ppint. 23rd Sep 2024		Vinyl Album Traffic - Traffic	the additional cat# letter prepended to the original trailing "T" appears to've been born from a misreading of the cat# on the original lp's b-side, where there is no space set between the cat#, "ILPS 9081T", and the b-side indicator, "B". yr hmbl srppnt. s'spects it'll never surface whether the misreading occurred in island's offices, or was by the person setting up the type for the new-style labels, nor whether it was considered, even briefly, by whomsoever was responsible that there was clearly a different cat# for the a-side, ILPS 9081TA: which might so easily've given us ILPS 9081 TA A paired with ILPS 9081 TB B. . .
ppint. 23rd Sep 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - Star Courier	rim worlds: john grimes #9: rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for john grimes, rim world series listings, and links.
ppint. 23rd Sep 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - Star Courier	daw books undated (6/1983°) simultaneous third & fourth printings sharing merkin-printed covers drop the first printings' near-meaningless daw books collectors number, retain the cover art by ray feibush (unsigned, credited) b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed with his digraph) cover prices differ: cover price $1.95 wholly merkin-printed copies, number-string 3456789, for general distribution cover price $2.25 canadadian-printed carcass, number-string 456789, intended for distribution north of the parallel (price change not reflected in second letter of cat#) ° - date taken from "future and fantastic worlds: a bibliographical retrospective of daw books (1972-1987)" sheldon jaffery (1987), q.v.
ppint. 23rd Sep 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - The Way Back	rim worlds; john grimes #23: rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for rim worlds, john grimes etc. series & links.
ppint. 21st Sep 2024		Book Jack L. Chalker - Medusa	the four lords of the diamond tetralogy #4: #1: "lilith: a snake in the grass" (1981), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 21st Sep 2024		Book Jack L. Chalker - Charon	the four lords of the diamond tetralogy #3: #1: "lilith: a snake in the grass" (1981), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 21st Sep 2024		Book Jack L. Chalker - Lilith	the four lords of the diamond tetralogy #1: #1: "lilith: a snake in the grass" (1981), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 21st Sep 2024		Book Jack L. Chalker - Cerberus	the four lords of the diamond tetralogy #2: #1: "lilith: a snake in the grass" (1981), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 21st Sep 2024		Book Jack L. Chalker - Medusa	penguin books p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by alan craddock cover price £3.99, $15.95 new zealand 304pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising somewhat oddly, the typography of the book's title on the front cover emboldens (emphasises) the subtitle and the primary title is de-emphasised. this was evidently a design policy decision by the great penguin's art director, as it's true of all four of the penguin p/bs in this tetralogy. month of publication not given in indicia, taken from locus
ppint. 21st Sep 2024		Book Jack L. Chalker - Cerberus	penguin books p/b first printing°, first uk edition cover art by alan craddock cover price £3.99 (kiwiiiian price?) 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising somewhat oddly, the typography of the book's title on the front cover emboldens (emphasises) the subtitle and the primary title is de-emphasised. this was evidently a design policy decision by the great penguin's art director, as it's true of all four of the penguin p/bs in this tetralogy. ° - publication date of the penguin uk p/b edition may have been delayed 'til february 1991, the publication date given in locus; the penguin p/bs of books three and four follow in april and june 1991.
ppint. 21st Sep 2024		Book Jack L. Chalker - Lilith	penguin books p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by alan craddock cover price £3.99 (kiwiiian price?) 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising somewhat oddly, the typography of the book's title on the front cover emboldens (emphasises) the subtitle and the primary title is de-emphasised. this was evidently a design policy decision by the great penguin's art director, as it's true of all four of the penguin p/bs in this tetralogy. month of publication not given in the indicia: taken from locus
ppint. 21st Sep 2024		Book Jack L. Chalker - Charon	penguin books p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by alan craddock cover price £3.99 (kiwiiian price?) 304pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising somewhat oddly, the typography of the book's title on the front cover emboldens (emphasises) the subtitle and the primary title is de-emphasised. this was evidently a design policy decision by the great penguin's art director, as it's true of all four of the penguin p/bs in this tetralogy. month of publication not given in indicia, taken from locus
ppint. 21st Sep 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - The Broken Cycle	robert hale first printing, first h/cvr & first uk edition, possibly first edition cover d-j art (not noted) cover d-j price £2.10 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 21st Sep 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - The Broken Cycle	rim worlds: john grimes #4: rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for john grimes, rim world series listings, and links.
ppint. 20th Sep 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - The Big Black Mark	rim worlds: john grimes #7: rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for john grimes, rim worlds series listings, and links.
ppint. 20th Sep 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - Catch The Star Winds	rim worlds: john grimes #16: rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for john grimes, rim worlds series listings, and links.
ppint. 20th Sep 2024		Book Ian Watson - Pictures At An Exhibition	i've read that a number of copies of the greystoke mowbray edition p/bs or collected signatures were bound up in hardcover by/for borgo press (california, usa) and given the isbn 0809561077, but i've not actually seen any of these copies.
ppint. 19th Sep 2024		Book Patricia Fanthorpe - The Black Lion	greystoke mowbray p/b first printing, first edition cover art by kevin kingstone walker (signed kw, credited) cover price 95p, $2.95 australia, $2.95 new zealand, $1.95 usa 160pp. including titles, indicia, etc.
ppint. 19th Sep 2024		Book Ian Watson - Pictures At An Exhibition	author field should^W has been varied to editor
ppint. 19th Sep 2024		Book Ian Watson - Pictures At An Exhibition	contents: introduction (nf) ian watson second chance (short story) brian stableford a spy in the domain of arnheim (novelette) michael bishop transcends all wit (ss) david langford brief lives (ntte) chris morgan the sacrament of the last supper (ss) roger campbell the cry (ntte) richard downes et in arcadia ego (ss) lionel fanthorpe, patricia fanthorpe the mystic marriage of salome (ss) ian watson
ppint. 19th Sep 2024		Book Ian Watson - Pictures At An Exhibition	greystoke mowbray p/b first printing, first edition themed original anthology of five short stories and three novelettes, introduction by the editor cover art by pete lyon (peter michael lyon) (signed, credited) interior illustrations (details of the exhibition paintings "re-realised") by pete lyon (unsigned, credited) cover price £1.25, $3.50 australia, $3.50 new zealand 168pp. including titles, indicia, etc.
ppint. 19th Sep 2024		Book John E. Muller - Out Of The Night	the john spencer & co. house name, john e. muller, here draws its veil in protection of the notorious modesty of the remarkable - and sometimes reverend - robert lionel fanthorpe, m.b.i.s.
ppint. 19th Sep 2024		Book John E. Muller - Out Of The Night	john spencer & co. (publishers) badger books p/b undated° first printing, first edition supernatural specials sub-series of/spin-off from supernatural stories magazine cover art unsigned, uncredited° cover price 3'6 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising ° - source(s) of entered publication date and ascription of artist not stated by o.p.† († - very possibly taken from william contento and/or peter nicholls, whether directly or no)
ppint. 19th Sep 2024		Book Jack L. Chalker - Medusa	the four lords of the diamond tetralogy #4: #1: "lilith: a snake in the grass" (1981), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 19th Sep 2024		Book Jack L. Chalker - Charon	the four lords of the diamond tetralogy #3: #1: "lilith: a snake in the grass" (1981), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 19th Sep 2024		Book Jack L. Chalker - Cerberus	the four lords of the diamond tetralogy #2: #1: "lilith: a snake in the grass" (1981), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 19th Sep 2024		Book Jack L. Chalker - Lilith	the four lords of the diamond tetralogy #1: #1: "lilith: a snake in the grass" (1981), (this book) #2: "cerberus: a wolf in the fold" (1982), q.v. #3: "charon: a dragon at the gate" (1982), q.v. #4: "medusa: a tiger by the tail" (1983), q.v. omnibus edition of #1, #2, #3 & #4: produced by the merkin science fiction book club: #O: "the four lords of the diamond" (1983), q.v.

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