ppint. 2nd Jul 2024 | | BookDonna Leon - Fatal Remedies | commissario brunetti series #8
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ppint. 2nd Jul 2024 | | BookDonna Leon - Fatal Remedies | random house group ltd. arrow books first printing, first uk p/b edition
check undated, unexplained printing number on third line in indicia: highest i've seen is 10
dedication: for william douglas
cover art photographic credited to getty images
cover price £6.99
320pp. including ten unpaginated pp. titles, indicia etc, 7 end pp. advertising
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ppint. 2nd Jul 2024 | | BookEdward Countryman - The American Revolution | the penguin group penguin books imprint b format p/b first printing, not penguin books first p/b edition
was a penguin group pelican books imprint p/b (1987)
dedication: for alfred young with admiration and thanks
cover art unsigned detail from a cartoon celebrating the repral of the stamp act, reproduced by courtesy of the library of congress, washington (merkia)
cover price £6.99, $27.95 new zealand (incl. gst)
288pp. including eight unpaginated pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents (chapters) etc, 35 end pp: 29pp. bibliographic essay, 5pp. index
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ppint. 1st Jul 2024 | | BookFrederik Pohl - The Age Of Pussyfoot | slight error in the art department...
the retitling was accidental, and corrected by the removal° of front & back covers, a year or two later.
° - and replacement with new covers, bearing new art and new uk, xxxxian & kiwiiiian cover prices
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ppint. 1st Jul 2024 | | BookJudith Kerr - When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit | harpercollinspublishers harpercollins childrens books b format p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition
essentialmodernclassics (sic) series
adds 3pp. "why you'll love this book" (nf introduction) michael morpurgo (2008)
dedication: for my parents julia and alfred kerr
cover art
b+w interior illustrations by judith kerr (unsigned, credited)
cover price £6.99
272pp. including 8pp. introduction, titles, indicia etc, 24 end pp: 2 blank pp, 18pp. "more than a story" section including 6pp. note by the author, 15pp. historical background information, 2pp. advertising
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ppint. 1st Jul 2024 | | BookAgatha Christie - Murder On The Orient Express | a hercule poirot mystery
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ppint. 1st Jul 2024 | | BookAgatha Christie - Murder On The Orient Express | harpercollinspublishers harper imprint b format p/b first printing not first uk p/b edition
printed and bound in great britain by clays ltd.
check indicia publishing history for the undated, unexplained printing number below the statement this paperback edition 2013; the highest printing number i've so far seen is "5"
dedication: to m.e.l.m. arpachiyah, 1933
cover photographic, photograph by colin garratt; cover design by ghost design (unsigned, these credited on back cover)
cover price £7.99
288pp. including eight unpaginated pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents (chapters) etc, 6 blank end pp.
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ppint. 30th Jun 2024 | | BookC. L. Moore - The Best Of C. L. Moore | random house group ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers
cover art by greg hildebrandt, tim hildebrandt (signed hildebrandt, credited as the brothers hildebrandt)
cover price $1.95
384pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp.
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first edition: march 1976
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ppint. 30th Jun 2024 | | BookC. L. Moore - Shambleau And Others | contents:
weird tales (volume number issue number, month/year)
black god's kiss (vol.24 #4, 10/1934) jirel of joiry
shambleau (vol.22 #5, 11/1933) northwest smith
black god's shadow (vol.24 #6, 12/1934) jirel of joiry
black thirst (vol.23 #4, 4/1934) northwest smith
the tree of life (vol.28 #3, 10/1936) northwest smith
jirel meets magic (vol.26 #1, 7/1935) jirel of joiry
scarlet dream (vol.23 #5, 5/1934) northwest smith
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ppint. 30th Jun 2024 | | BookC. L. Moore - Shambleau And Others | gnome press h/cvr first printing, first edition (& stated so on indicia page)
reprint collection of three jirel of joiry and four northwest smith novelettes
cover (d-j) art by ric binkley (signed binkley, credited on dj back flap)
cover (d-j) price $3.00
224pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
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ppint. 30th Jun 2024 | | BookC. L. Moore - Shambleau | contents:
weird tales (volume number issue number, month/year)
black god's kiss (vol.24 #4, 10/1934) jirel of joiry
shambleau (vol.22 #5, 11/1933) northwest smith
black god's shadow (vol.24 #6, 12/1934) jirel of joiry
black thirst (vol.23 #4, 4/1934) northwest smith
the tree of life (vol.28 #3, 10/1936) northwest smith
scarlet dream (vol.23 #5, 5/1934) northwest smith
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ppint. 30th Jun 2024 | | BookC. L. Moore - Shambleau | tbl (thomson books ltd.) sphere books p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition
reprint collection of two jirel of joiry and four northwest smith novelettes
cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price 60p, 64p eire, $1.95 australia & new zealand
176pp. (check) including titles, indicia (no table-of-contents) etc, end pp.
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ppint. 30th Jun 2024 | | BookC. L. Moore - Shambleau | world distributors (manchester) ltd. consul books imprint first printing, first edition/first thus
logo on front cover is the world distributors logo with those two words replaced by "consul books"
reprint collection of two jirel of joiry and four northwest smith novelettes
cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price 2'6
224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
c. l. moore is tyopped "c. e. moore" on the cover, but given correctly on the title page etc.
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ppint. 30th Jun 2024 | | BookC. L. Moore - Judgment Night | paperback library mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first p/b edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price 50¢
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first printing: October, 1965
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ppint. 30th Jun 2024 | | BookC. L. Moore - Northwest Of Earth | contents: novelelettes save the two elsewise indicated:
published in weird tales unless elsewise indicated:
teaching the world to dream (original nf introduction) c. j. cherryh
shambleau (vol.22 #5, 11/1933)
black thirst (vol.23 #4, 4/1934)
scarlet dreams (vol.23 #5, 5/1934)
dust of gods (vol.24 #2, 8/1934)
julhi (vol.25 #3, 3/1925)
nymph of darkness (short story co-written with forrest j. ackerman) (vol.34 #6, 12/1939)
the cold gray god (vol.26 #4, 10/1935)
yvala (vol.27 #2, 2/1936)
lost paradise (vol.28 #1, 7/1936)
the tree of life (vol.28 #3, 10/1936)
quest of the starstone (novelette co-written with henry kuttner; also a jirel story) (vol.30 #5, 11/1937)
werewoman (fanzine/semi-prozine leaves #2, winter 1938)
song in a minor key (short story) (fanzine scienti-snaps vol.3 #1, 2/1940) (fantastic universe vol.7 #1, 1/1957)
about the author (nf, uncredited)
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ppint. 30th Jun 2024 | | BookC. L. Moore - Jirel Of Joiry | reprint collection of five novelettes featuring jirel, but n.b. not all six of them: omitted is "quest of the starstone" weird tales vol.30 no.5, 11/1937, q.v. by c. l. moore and henry kuttner, featuring both of c. l. moore's main heroes, jirel of joiry and northwest smith.
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ppint. 30th Jun 2024 | | BookPeter Robinson - All The Colours Of Darkness | inspector banks series #18
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ppint. 30th Jun 2024 | | BookPeter Robinson - All The Colours Of Darkness | hachette livre uk hodder & stoughton hodder imprint first printing, first general p/b edition
refer to indicia publishing history page to distinguish from near-identical reprints by the otherwise unexplained, undated printing number below the statement "first published in paperback in 2009"
highest printing number i've seen so far is: 5
dedication: to dad and averil,
'although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.' ---helen keller
cover art photographic credited to getty images on back cover
cover price £6.99
538pp. including 12 unpaginated pp. titles, indicia, 2pp. b+w map, etc, 9 end pp: 1p. acknowledgements, 4pp. insp. banks file, 2pp. advertising & 2 blank pp.
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ppint. 30th Jun 2024 | | BookAndre Norton - The Beast Master | the beast master/hosteen storm series #1
#1: "the beast master" (1959),
#1a: "the beast master" (abridged) (1961), (this edition)
#2: "lord of thunder" (1962), q.v.
omnibus of #1 & #2:
#O1: "beast master's planet" (2005), q.v.
written by lyn mcconchie, credited to andre norton & lyn mcconchie:
#3: "beast master's ark" (2002), q.v.
#4: "beast master's circus" (2004), q.v.
#5: "beast master's quest" (2006), q.v.
omnibus of #3 & #4:
#O2: "beast master's team" (2004), q.v.
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ppint. 30th Jun 2024 | | BookAndre Norton - Lord Of Thunder | first sequel to "the beast master" (1959), q.v., and the only sequel actually written by her
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ppint. 29th Jun 2024 | | BookHenry Brinton - Purple-6 | avon books mmpb first printing, first merkin p/b edition
cover art unsigned or signed unclearly on black field, uncredited
cover price 60¢
192pp. including titles, indicia etc.
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ppint. 29th Jun 2024 | | BookHenry Brinton - Purple-6 | hutchinson &.co. arrow books p/b first printing, first p/b edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price 2'6
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising (check)
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ppint. 29th Jun 2024 | | BookHenry Brinton - Purple-6 | hutchinson & co. h/cvr first printing, first edition
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ppint. 29th Jun 2024 | | BookNelson S. Bond - Exiles Of Time | paperback library mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first p/b edition
cover art by jack gaughan (signed with his digraph, uncredited)
cover price 50¢
160pp. including 9pp. titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
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 printing: may, 1965
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ppint. 29th Jun 2024 | | BookThomas F. Monteleone - The Time Connection | popular library mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price $1.25
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
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 november 1976
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ppint. 29th Jun 2024 | | BookAnne McCaffrey - The Survivors | variously entitled:
''dinosaur planet survivors'' (1984), q.v.
''the survivors (dinosaur planet II)'' (uk & canadian p/b 1984)
''survivors'' (uk h/cvr 1997)
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ppint. 29th Jun 2024 | | BookRobert Tralins - Android Armageddon | paramount imprint uk p/b first printing, first uk edition
produced as a slight variant run-on of the pinnacle books merkin mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by vincent di fate (signed vdifate, uncredited)
cover price 50p
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
seems to've been distributed primarily to accounts of david gold & sons news wholesalers
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ppint. 29th Jun 2024 | | BookRobert Tralins - Android Armageddon | pinnacle books mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by vincent di fate (signed vdifate, uncredited)
cover price $1.25
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 29th Jun 2024 | | BookMichael Elder - Nowhere On Earth | pinnacle books mmpb first printing, first merkin edition
originally published by robert hale in h/cvr (london 1972)
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ppint. 29th Jun 2024 | | BookAgatha Christie - The A.B.C. Murders | william collins & sons "crime club"° h/cvr first printing, first edition
° - this was the publisher's publishing category series name, not a book club offering cheaper editions to subscribed customers; this usage was quite common in both uk & british empire/commonwealth and the merkin publishing markets for some decades.
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