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Member	Item		Review/Comment
ppint. 25th May 2024		Book Kurt Vonnegut - Cat's Cradle	dell's mmpb cat# remained 1149 for many printings, through the beginnings of a renumbering that eventually turned into adopting the extension of the uk sbn system into the isbn system - isbn10 numbers each ending with the checksum digit. non-systematic numbers on the spines of some printings include 440-01149-125 where the final element is the merkin cover price in cents.
ppint. 25th May 2024		Book Kurt Vonnegut - Cat's Cradle	cover art by murray tinkelman (unsigned, retained from 9/1965 first dell mmpb printing where credited) cat# 11149 essentially retained from 9/1965 first dell mmpb printing cat# 1149 cover price u.s. $3.25, can(ada) $3.95 192pp. including titles, indicia etc.
ppint. 8th May 2024		Book Theodore Sturgeon - A Touch Of Strange	almost all mmpbs follow this, not the full contents of the doubleday first edition & book club editions, until the hamlyn paperbacks uk p/b & the daw mmpb 1978 editions, which are complete.
ppint. 8th May 2024		Book Theodore Sturgeon - A Touch Of Strange	publisher should^W has been corrected to "berkley medallion" as bookcat goes by the imprint, not the publishing group nor the ultimate corporate owner
ppint. 8th May 2024		Book Theodore Sturgeon - A Touch Of Strange	contents: mr costello, hero (novelette) galaxy vol.7 #3, 12/1953; galaxy strato bre #14, both: three b+w illustrations by ed emshwiller the touch of your hand (novella) galaxy vol.6 #6, 9/1953; galaxy strato bre vol.3 #11, both: three b+w illustrations by ed emshwiller affair with a green monkey (short story) venture vol.1 #3, 5/1957 a crime for llewellyn (ss) mike shayne mystery magazine 10/1957 it opens the sky (nlla) venture vol.1 #6, 9/1957, the cover story, art by ed emshwiller, with one b+w illustration by john giunta; venture atlas bre #9, 5/1964 a touch of strange (ss) f&sf vol.14 #1, 1/1958; venture atlas bre #20, 4/1965 the other celia (ss) galaxy vol.13 #5, 3/1957; galaxy strato bre #50, both: with one b+w illustration by diane dillon, leo dillon the pod in the barrier (ntte) galaxy vol.14 #5, 9/1957 with three b+w illustrations by wallace wood; galaxy strato bre #56, 11/1957 with one b+w illustration by wallace wood the girl had guts (ntte) venture vol.1 #1, 1/1957 with one b+w illustration by john giunta
ppint. 8th May 2024		Book Damon Knight - In Deep	publisher should be corrected to "berkley medallion" as bookcat goes by the imprint, not the publishing group name, nor the ultimate corporate owner
ppint. 8th May 2024		Book Damon Knight - In Deep	almost certainly scheduled and in production when macfadden books (and the larger macfadden-bartell corporation too?) were taken over and turned into manor books.
ppint. 7th May 2024		Book Michael Moorcock - The Warlord Of The Air	daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, not first mmpb edition cover art by gino d'achille (unsigned, credited) cover price $1.50 near-meaningless daw books collector no. 291 176 pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to printing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first daw printing, may 1978 and both bear full first printing number line, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
ppint. 7th May 2024		Book Michael Moorcock - The Warlord Of The Air	shares the merkin-printed covers of the daw books, inc. mmpb first printing
ppint. 6th May 2024		Book Michael Moorcock - The Citadel Of Forgotten Myths	elric series #1.5: #1: "elric of melniboné" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 6th May 2024		Book Michael Moorcock - The Woods Of Arcady	the sanctuary of the white friars trilogy(?) #2: #1: "the whispering swarm" (2015), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 6th May 2024		Book Michael Moorcock - The Whispering Swarm	the sanctuary of the white friars trilogy(?) #1: #1: "the whispering swarm" (2015), (this book) #2: "the woods of arcady" (2023), q.v. #3: "the wounds of albion" (nyp)
ppint. 6th May 2024		Book Dean R. Koontz - The Long Sleep	popular library mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by jack faragasso (signed) 445-00325-125 number-string on cover is not an (i)sbn cover price $1.25 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 6th May 2024		Book Damon Knight - In Deep	manor books mmpb first printing, not first merkin mmpb edition cover art by jack faragasso (unsigned, uncredited) cover price 75¢ 176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. 2/1973; near-identical manor books mmpb second printing differs: drops the mb logo from fly top corner of front cover, adds manor books in small black type vertically on two lines before the author's name cat# 75444 (i.e. drops the hyphen) indicia publishing history adds two lines: first printing. . . . august, 1972 second printing . . . . february, 1973
ppint. 6th May 2024		Book Christopher Priest - Inverted World	* - check if my faber h/cvr includes andrew stephenson's illustrations
ppint. 6th May 2024		Book Gail Kimberly - Flyer	art is for sale on ixgallery.com
ppint. 6th May 2024		Book James P. Fisher - The Great Brain Robbery	belmont publications belmont mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by jack faragasso (signed faragasso bottom edge or guillotined off, uncredited) cover price 75¢ 160pp. including 4pp. titles, indicia etc, 6 end pp: 2 blank, 3 advertising, 1 mail-order form number-string 505-2072-075 on spine (nor sbn, nor isbn; last 3 digit element is cover price) date of printing nor publication given, copyright date year ©1970 taken as date of publication cover art was for sale (now sold) on ixgallery.com, faragasso's signature is clearly visible
ppint. 5th May 2024		Vinyl Album Vanilla Fudge - Star Collection	this was distributed to perfectly ordinary record/music shops in the uk, which is where yr hmbl srppnt. bought their copy; they also carried other "midi" label albums. i do not know whether all of the midi label releases were distributed by wea (kinney, etc.) in the yuk-of-gb-&-ni (& the republic of ireland?), though.
ppint. 5th May 2024		Book G. McDonald Wallis - The Light Of Lilith	ace books mmpb first printing, first edition half a classic "ace double" format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other cover art by ed emshwiller (signed, uncredited) cover price 40¢ ½ 224pp. (check) including 2 x 4pp. titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves
ppint. 5th May 2024		Book George O. Smith - Fire In The Heavens	half ace books mmpb first printing, first edition half a classic "ace double" format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other cover art (unsigned, uncredited) cover price 35¢ ½ 256pp. including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves
ppint. 3rd May 2024		Vinyl Album Pink Floyd - BBC 1967	"mono" i'll believe - but "45rpm" - ?
ppint. 3rd May 2024		Book John Lymington - Froomb!	macfadden books mmpb second printing, with new cover art by jack faragasso cover price 75¢ 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 2nd May 2024		Book Anthony Powell - Books Do Furnish A Room	a dance to the music of time duodecology #10: #1: "a question of upbringing" (1951), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 2nd May 2024		Book Anthony Powell - The Valley Of Bones	a dance to the music of time duodecology #7: #1: "a question of upbringing" (1951), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 2nd May 2024		Book Anthony Powell - The Acceptance World	a dance to the music of time duodecology #3: #1: "a question of upbringing" (1951), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 2nd May 2024		Book Anthony Powell - A Question Of Upbringing	a dance to the music of time duodecology #1: #1: "a question of upbringing" (1951), (this novel) #2: "a buyer's market" (1952), q.v. #3: "the acceptance world" (1955), q.v. #4: "at lady molly's" (1957), q.v. #5: "casanova's chinese restaurant" (1960), q.v. #6: "the kindly ones" (1962), q.v. #7: "the valley of bones" (1964), q.v. #8: "the soldier's art" (1966), q.v. #9: "the military philosophers" (1968), q.v. #10: "books do furnish a room" (1971), q.v. #11: "temporary kings" (1973), q.v. #12: "hearing secret harmonies" (1975), q.v.
ppint. 2nd May 2024		Book Dan Jones - Powers And Thrones	barcode number truncated by too-small field: 978178954354490200
ppint. 2nd May 2024		Book Dan Jones - Powers And Thrones	bloomsbury publishing plc head of zeus ltd. p/b first printing, first p/b edition head of zeus logo on spine, title page; but stated below title page log:: an apollo book. no other reference to apollo including in the indicia. head of zeus ltd. editorial address: 5-8 hardwick street london ec1r 4rg is distinct from that of the owning bloomsbury publishing plc, which is not given. dedication: for anthony, who thinks of everything cover art (none: typographical cover) b+w maps by jamie whyte (unsigned, credited) cover price £12.99 744pp. including twelve (two unnumbered, ten (i-) x(!)) pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, 69 end pp: 29pp. notes, 17pp. bibliography, 1p. picture credits, 18pp. index, 1p. note on dan jones, 3 blank pp., and three unnumbered, unpaginated eight page colour photographic sections, between pp.180/181, pp.324/325, & pp. 516/51 refer to indicia publishing history to see what number printing is held: 97531(0)2468 = first printing (the 0 is optional), 97532468 = second printing, 9753468 = third printing,975468 = fourth printing, etc, etc
ppint. 1st May 2024		Book Robert Don Hughes - The Faithful Traitor	barcode number truncated by too-small field: 070999-00399-3-36090
ppint. 1st May 2024		Book Robert Don Hughes - The Forging Of The Dragon	barcode number truncated by too-small field: 070999-00395-5-33744

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