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ppint. 26th Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - The Bloody Sun	the next arrow books edition of which i am aware is the century hutchinson arrow books (1987) (?legend imprint?) first uk printing of the comprehensively revised, doubled-in-length edition #18a q.v. confusingly, this nowhere upon the front cover mentions that it is the - far larger - revised edition - and it was published bearing the same isbn as the uk p/b of the shorter edition. i doubt richard evans cared...
ppint. 26th Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - The Bloody Sun (Revised)	century hutchinson arrow books ltd ?legend (check) imprint p/b first printing and first uk edition of this revised edition novel, second arrow books printing over-all including the far shorter unrevised edition° cover art by peter andrew jones (signed "paj" & dated, but date guillotined off; credited) cover price £3.50 378pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising published bearing the same isbn as the arrow p/b (1978) of the far shorter ©1964 first, unrevised edn. ° - indicia publishing history notes this as "reprinted 1987", which is at least a little misleading; month of publication not given in publishing history; taken from locus
ppint. 26th Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - Sharra's Exile	century hutchinson arrow books ltd. legend books first printing, third arrow books printing over-all month of publication not given, taken from locus
ppint. 26th Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - Sharra's Exile	#22 in the darkover series (1964-2016): #1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 26th Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - Sharra's Exile	near-identical with london weekend television hutchinson publishing group arrow books first printing (1983), but drops the diagonal white flash from across the bottom fly corner of the front cover bearing the puff-line, "first british publication", as well as making the changes above-noted to the back cover.
ppint. 25th Apr 2024		Book Billy Connolly - Tall Tales And Wee Stories	hachette uk john murray press two roads imprint h/cvr first printing, first edition refer to indicia publishing history to determine which of at least twenty-four near-identical printings is held: as is common, publishers now deem a single unexplained number upon this page suffices to indicate the printing's number cover (d-j) art (b+w photograph of billy connolly by janine grassman, credit on d-j back flap) b+w interior illustrations by billy connolly (credited) cover (d-j) price (clipped from my copy) 336pp. including six unnumbered pages titles, indicia etc, perfectbound with light blue endpapers between grey cloth-covered boards, title, author & imprint printed in black on spine
ppint. 25th Apr 2024		Book Thomas Moule - The County Maps Of Old England	studio editions reprinted this edition at least half a dozen times in its first two years. refer to indicia publishing history to determine which near-identical printing is held.
ppint. 25th Apr 2024		Book Thomas Moule - The County Maps Of Old England	studio editions very large format h/cvr first printing, probably first thus introduction by roderick barron (copyright by him, presumably new-written for 1990) cover (d-j) art: oxfordshire by thomas moule, coloured; d-j design by ivor claydon cover(d-j) price (d-j of reference copy held in price-clipped) 128pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents, 5pp. introduction, etc, bound with dark blue endpapers between dark blue cloth-covered boards
ppint. 25th Apr 2024		Book Terry Pratchett - The Colour Of Magic	merkin penguin group roc imprint mmpb undated° second printing, seventh nal/signet/roc mmpb printing over-all cover art by josh kirby (signed, retained from all but earliest previous mmpb printings) cover price (canada $5.99) • u.s. $4.99 (reportedly also £4.99 "export only" (check this!†) 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - date obtained by interpolation into (canadian & merkin) cover prices for roc imprint mmpbs of this extent: 1-4/1992 would've been (canada $5.50) • u.s. $4.50; 5/1992 is the earliest that 256pp. roc mmpbs were priced ($5.99) • $4.99; and to tie in to known date of publication of roc mmpb of "reaper man", the only terry pratchett roc mmpb published in 1992 after "moving pictures" (1/1992). † - it seems a little unlikely, to put it mildly - but isn't impossible: it could've been a mistake made by the merkin penguin group - a number of rpg & war game spin-off roc mmpbs published by arrangement with fasa inc. were legitimately exported to the uk, bearing £ uk prices - and copies might even have been legitimately distributed in some other countries in the commonwealth still using £uk, by arrangement with transworld publishers ltd.
ppint. 25th Apr 2024		Book Terry Pratchett - The Colour Of Magic	dutton penguin new american library (signet/) roc imprint mmpb undated° first printing, sixth nal/signet mmpb printing over-all cover art by josh kirby signed, retained from previous two signet mmpb printings cover price (canada $4.95 (check)) • u.s. $3.95 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - month & year date from locus
ppint. 25th Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - The Heritage Of Hastur	daw books undated° mmpb thirteenth printing by indicia printing number line front cover redesigned with framing art by richard hescox (unsigned, credited) cover art by george barr (signed, credited, retained from 6/7th printings, reatly shrunk to fit frame art) b+w frontispiece by jack gaughhttps://www.45worlds.com/assets/img/pixel.gifan (signed with his digraph) b+w map "the seven domains of darkover in the fortieth year of the regency of danvan hastur" "thrym berger (copy)" by jack gaughan; "thrym berger" is the fictional darkovan cartographer cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95 384pp. (check) including titles, indicia, frontispiece, map etc, end pp. advertising ° - ? month and year of publication of not given in their indicia: taken from locus
ppint. 25th Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - The Heritage Of Hastur	daw books undated° mmpb twelfth printing by indicia printing number line cover art by george barr (signed, credited, retained from 6/7th printings, new superimposed DAW logo) b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed with his digraph) b+w map "the seven domains of darkover in the fortieth year of the regency of danvan hastur" "thrym berger (copy)" by jack gaughan; "thrym berger" is the fictional darkovan cartographer cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95 384pp. (check) including titles, indicia, frontispiece, map etc, end pp. advertising ° - ? month and year of publication of not given in their indicia: taken from locus
ppint. 24th Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - The Heritage Of Hastur	daw books undated° simultaneous near-identical mmpb tenth and eleventh printings sharing cover art by george barr (signed, credited, retained from 6/7th printings, new superimposed DAW logo) b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed with his digraph) b+w map "the seven domains of darkover in the fortieth year of the regency of danvan hastur" "thrym berger (copy)" by jack gaughan; "thrym berger" is the fictional darkovan cartographer cover price (canada $3.95) • u.s. $3.50 384pp. (check) including titles, indicia, frontispiece, map etc, end pp. advertising 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, august 1975 followed by solidus and printing number line: /10 11 12 13 14 for the merkin-carcassed copies and /11 12 13 14 for the canadian-carcased copies, formally identifying the latter as the eleventh printing ° - month and year of publication of not given in their indicia: taken from locus
ppint. 24th Apr 2024		Book Terry Pratchett - The Colour Of Magic	dutton penguin new american library signet imprint mmpb undated° fourth printing cover art by josh kirby (signed, credited; reused from corgi uk p/b (1985), q.v.) cover price (canada $4.50) • u.s. $3.50 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - publication month & year date taken from locus refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from: near-identical undated signet mmpb fifth printing, which retains cat#, isbn, cover art by josh kirby cover price (canada $4.50) • u.s. $3.50 the next new american library signet books mmpb bears the then new roc imprint, together with new cat#, and new isbn, but is nevertheless accounted its sixth mmpb printing
ppint. 24th Apr 2024		Book Terry Pratchett - The Colour Of Magic	new american library signet imprint mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first merkin p/b edition cover art by vicente segrelles (unsigned, uncredited; collected in "la fantasia de segrelles" (1986), q.v.) cover price (canada $3.50) • u.s. $2.95 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising 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 signet printing, may, 1985 check publishing history also for indicium of signet mmpb third printing, not yet seen recorded nor seen by myself, which may be near-identical. (the fourth signet mmpb printing definitely bears josh kirby's cover art, new cat# and a new isbn)
ppint. 24th Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - The Keeper's Price	#a in the friends of darkover original anthology series, stories edited by, and including stories by marion zimmer bradley set in the world of the darkover series (1964-2016): #1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listings, and links.
ppint. 24th Apr 2024		Book Edith Pargeter - The Heaven Tree	the heaven tree trilogy #1: #1: "the heaven tree" (1960) (this novel) #2: "the green branch" (1962), q.v. #3: "the scarlet seed" (1963), q.v. omnibus of #1, #2 & #3: #O: " the heaven tree trilogy" (c. 1980 - check), q.v.
ppint. 23rd Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - Hastur Lord	#24 in the darkover series (1964-2016): #1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 23rd Apr 2024		Book Edward S. Aarons - Assignment	title is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to ''assignment - madelaine'' with a space before and after the dash - as per the other editions and the other titles in this series bookcat will then automagically sort this edition together with the other editions correctly
ppint. 22nd Apr 2024		Book Edward S. Aarons - Assignment	title is^W was still wrong and should^W has now been corrected to ''assignment - karachi'' see cover of this printing on goodreads.com
ppint. 22nd Apr 2024		Book Edward S. Aarons - Assignment	title is^W was slightly wrong and should^W has been corrected to "assignment - madelaine" (with a space after the dash as well as before it) bookcat wll then automagically sort this edition together with the other editions correctly
ppint. 22nd Apr 2024		Book Edward S. Aarons - Assignment	title is^W was still slightly wrong and should^W has now been corrected to "assignment - lili lamaris" (and not "lemaris")
ppint. 22nd Apr 2024		Book Edward S. Aarons - Assignment	cat# is^W was slightly wrong and should^W has been corrected to ''s911'' title is^W was slightly wrong and should^W has been corrected to "assignment - lili lamaris" (and not "lemaris")
ppint. 22nd Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - The World Wreckers	#23 in the darkover series (1964-2016): #1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 22nd Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - Sharra's Exile	daw books mmpb undated° sixth printing adopts new monogram-style daw logo above "daw fantasy" on two lines above daw books collector no. cover art by hannah g. shapero (credited) near-meaningless daw books collector number 452 cover price (canada $4.50) • u.s. $3.95 368pp? including titles, indicia etc. ° - 12/1984 from sheldon jaffery, sixth printing by indicia printing number line (seventh printing not yet seen/seen reported; presumédly near-identical with sixth because:) near-identical undated°° eighth printing by indicia printing number line, retains: cover art by hannah g. shapero (credited) isbn 0-87997-988-7 cat# UE1988 cover price (canada $4.50) • u.s. $3.95 °° - 9/1985 from locus hannah shapero's cover art is retained through (at least) the daw books 11th mmpb printing, but is shrunk somewhat and heavily cropped from the ninth printing (11/1988 from locus) onward, so as to fit within the frame designed and painted by richard hescox for daw books' uniform darkover edition.
ppint. 22nd Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - The Planet Savers	#21 in the darkover series (1964-2016): #1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 22nd Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - The Sword Of Aldones	#20 in the darkover series (1964-2016): #1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 22nd Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - The Sword Of Aldones	london weekend television hutchinson group arrow books first printing, first uk edition cover art by melvyn grant (signed melvyn, uncredited) cover price 80p, $2.70 australia, $2.50 new zealand 192pp. including titles, indicia, end pp. advertising
ppint. 22nd Apr 2024		Book Terry Pratchett - The Colour Of Magic	this was a first attempt to try selling the discworld books to ''non fantasy-readers'' and any others who might've been put off by josh kirby's idiosyncratically and highly spiritedly atmospheric and immensely successfully eye-catching - but undeniably somewhat garish - covers. the sales velocity of this printing° did not compare well with those bearing josh kirby's art, and it was not reprinted. c. 15,800 copies printed and distributed by transworld publishers ltd.
ppint. 22nd Apr 2024		Book Terry Pratchett - The Colour Of Magic	barcode number truncated by too-small field: 978-0552-13893-2-00399 indicia publishing history: colin smythe edition published 1983 corgi edition published 1985 corgi edition reprinted 1985 corgi edition reprinted 1987 (twice) corgi edition reprinted 1988 (twice) corgi edition reprinted 1989 (twice) corgi edition reprinted 1990 (twice) corgi edition reprinted 1991 (twice) corgi edition reprinted 1992 (three times) (- why not "thrice" ?) corgi edition reissued 1993

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