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ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - Hide And Seek	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing(?s sharing merkin-printed covers?), first edition cover art by jim burns (signed, credited) cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95 interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover 304pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, 16pp. separately-numbered diagrams section on finer quality paper a byron preiss book - packaged for avon books by this book packager refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed, and also to distinguish between possible further printings by progressive dropping of digits from printing number line; first printing line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - Maelstrom	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing(?s sharing merkin-printed covers?), first edition cover art by jim burns (signed, credited) cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95 interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover 288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, 16pp. separately-numbered diagrams section on finer quality paper a byron preiss book - packaged for avon books by this book packager refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed, and also to distinguish between possible further printings by progressive dropping of digits from printing number line; first printing line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - Breaking Strain	pan macmillan pan p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by david bergen (unsigned, credited on back cover; miscredited to jim burns in indicia) cover price £3.99, $10.99 australia, $14.99 new zealand (not for sale in canada) interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover 288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, diagrams section between pp.90 & 91 first printing number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; i have not seen a second printing, which would be indicated by dropping the "1" from the printing number line (and so, on. . .) month of publication not given; taken from locus originally packaged for avon books by byron preiss, inc. book packager
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - Breaking Strain	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition cover art by jim burns (signed, credited) cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95 interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover 288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, 16pp. separately-numbered diagrams section on finer quality paper a byron preiss book - packaged for avon books by this book packager refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed, and also to distinguish between at least five printings by progressive dropping of digits from printing number line; first printing line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
ppint. 31st Oct 2024		Book Alan Burt Akers - Talons Of Scorpio	dray prescot sword'n'sf series by ken bulmer writing as "alan burt akers" #30: #1: "transit to scorpio" (1972), q.v. for series listing and links.
ppint. 29th Oct 2024		Book Edwin A. Abbott - Flatland	distributed in the yuk-of-gb-&-ni by constable.
ppint. 29th Oct 2024		Book Hans Holbein - Holbein Portrait Drawings	distrbuted in the yuk-of-gb-&-ni by constable iirc.
ppint. 29th Oct 2024		Book Hans Holbein - Holbein Portrait Drawings	dover publications large format p/b first printing, first edition cover art anna bollein queen by hans holbein cover price $3.95 48pp. including 4 unnumbered pp. titles, indicia , publisher's note etc.
ppint. 23rd Oct 2024		Book Barrington J. Bayley - The Soul Of The Robot	condor publications first printing, seemingly first mmpb edition, not first p/b edition cover art by a. echevarria (signed, uncredited) cover price $2.25 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 23rd Oct 2024		Book Bob Shaw - Night Walk	victor gollancz vgsf imprint first printing, not first uk p/b edition cover art by peter gudynas cover price £2.50 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 23rd Oct 2024		Book John Maddox Roberts - The Cingulum	the cingulum #1: #1: "the cingulum" (1985), (this book) #2: "cloak of illusion" (1985), q.v. #3: "the sword, the jewel and the mirror" (1988), q.v.
ppint. 23rd Oct 2024		Book John Maddox Roberts - The Cingulum	tom doherty asociates/st. martin's press tor books imprint p/b first printing, first edition cover art by vicente segrelles (unsigned sfaics°, miscredited to "norma segrelles") isbn 0-812-55200-8 usa cat# 55200 usa cover price $2.95 usa isbn 0-812-55201-6 canada cat# 55201 canada cover price $3.50 canada 288pp. including 6 unnumbered pp. titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - the original artwork is probably signed with a (?year-dated?) stylised "segrelles"; the cover is reproduced on vicente segrelles' website
ppint. 22nd Oct 2024		Book Captain W. E. Johns - Worrals Flies Again	the author's name should be emended to "captain w. e. johns" - as upon the image of the book d-j - - as this was by far and away his most-frequently used by-line; - and bookcat already has 61 books listed under this, his preferred form of his name - - plus a further 3 under the abbreviation, "capt. w. e. johns". (and there are a further 23 books by him listed under the by-line "w. e. johns", iirc all scandawegian translations.) captain w. e. johns did not, so far as yr hmbl srppnt. is aware, see any of his books published as by "william earl johnson" - and nor have they been so by-lined when reprinted/republished since his death. it is established bookcat practice to list all of an author's books under their most commonly-used, preferred by-line: e.g. books by george orwell, books by j. r. r. tolkien, books by andre norton, books by lord dunsany - etc, etc. - noting variations and pseudonyms, where employed (excluding only house names), as pen-names in the field provided.
ppint. 21st Oct 2024		Book Andre Norton - Forerunner Foray	grosset dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition cover art by charles mikolaycak (signed, shared from the viking press h/cvr first edition) cover price $1.50 288pp. (check) including titles, indicia, nf preface by andre norton etc, end pp. advertising publication date not given in the indicia; taken from locus 175, 24/6/1975
ppint. 21st Oct 2024		Book Andre Norton - Forerunner Foray	forerunner (warlock) series #3: #1: ''storm over warlock'' (1960), q.v. for series listings, and links.
ppint. 21st Oct 2024		Book Andre Norton - Ordeal In Otherwhere	this ace books mmpb first printing bears only the 1964 copyright date; ace F-320 is known to've been published as a 2/1965 title, and F-337 is known to've been published 6/1965: (they were the respective original novels' first editions); so ace F-325 was first published from 2/1965 to 6/1965, and not in 1964.
ppint. 21st Oct 2024		Book Andre Norton - Ordeal In Otherwhere	forerunner (planet warlock) series #2: #1: "storm over warlock" (1960), q.v. for series listing and links.
ppint. 21st Oct 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - The Wild Ones	published posthumously, this was a. bertram chandler's last novel: he died 6/6/1984.
ppint. 20th Oct 2024		Book Arsen Darnay - The Siege Of Faltara	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by boris vallejo (unsigned, though the full painting probably is, credited as boris) cover price $1.95 240pp. (check) including (i-)ix pages titles, indicia, prolog, etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 20th Oct 2024		Book Arsen Darnay - Karma	tbl (thomson books ltd.) sphere books p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by jim burns (signed, obscured by logo; collected in "lightship" jim burns, chtlris evans (1985) q.v.) cover price £1.75 (check for overseas territories prices) 388 pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 20th Oct 2024		Book Arsen Darnay - A Hostage For Hinterland	serialized in earlier (?possibly abridged?°) form as "helium" in galaxy vol.36 #4, #5, #6; 4-5, 6, 7/1975; episode #1: cover story, art and a b+w illustratio; episode #2: two b+w illustrations; episode #3: three b+w illustrations, all by jack gaughan "uk edition" numbers #28, #29, #30 were printed on the original merkin issues' covers iirc, and these were distributed (ha!) in the uk-of-gb(?'n'norniron?) by tandem books, but these were not distinct british reprint editions ("bre"s). ° - i've not compared the two versions in any way; in fact, i'm not even certain i read the ballantine mmpb - things were happening in single step that demanded a lot of attention, and i wasn't then aware that the texts differed.
ppint. 20th Oct 2024		Book Arsen Darnay - A Hostage For Hinterland	random house group ballantine books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by boris vallejo (unsigned, though the full artwork probably is, credited) cover price $1.50 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 20th Oct 2024		Book Arsen Darnay - The Splendid Freedom	"plutonium" was later expanded by arsen darnay into the novel, "karma" (1978), aka "the karma affair" (1979), q.v.
ppint. 20th Oct 2024		Book Arsen Darnay - The Splendid Freedom	contents: the splendid freedom (novelette) galaxy vol. 36 #9, 9/1974, universal-tandem bre 21st edition (!), both: a b+w illustration by stephen fabian the eastcoast confinement (novella) galaxy vol.35 #10, 10/1974, universal-tandem bre 22nd edition (!), both: a b+w stephen fabian illustration plutonium (novella) galaxy vol.37 #3, 5/1976, cover story, art + 3 b+w illustrations by stephen fabian
ppint. 20th Oct 2024		Book Arsen Darnay - The Splendid Freedom	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb first printing, first edition reprint collection of a novelette and two novellas forming a series or debatably a "non-fix-up novel" cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price $2.25 cat# 77796 256pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 16th Oct 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - The Wild Ones	rim worlds; john grimes #15: rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for rim worlds, john grimes etc. series and links.
ppint. 16th Oct 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - The Last Amazon	rim worlds: john grimes #14: rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday” (1961), q.v. for rim worlds, john grimes listings, and links.
ppint. 16th Oct 2024		Book Mark Clifton - Eight Keys To Eden	thank-you mickdoom67 pan's early sixties sf cover art wasn't always exactly inspiring, was it?
ppint. 15th Oct 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - Frontier Of The Dark	bar-code number truncated by too-small field: 0 72742 00275 25504 the final element of five digits being the only part that uniquely identified this book on the primary wholesaler's (and on the publisher's) catalog, being this edition's cat#
ppint. 15th Oct 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - Frontier Of The Dark	berkley publishing group ace books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by attila hejja (unsigned, credited) cover price $2.75 cat# 25504 240pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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