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ppint. 15th Apr 2024		Book Ann Maxwell - Fire Danceer	fire dancer trilogy #1: novels of the concord: #1: "fire dancer" (1982), (this novel) #2: "dancer's luck" (1983), q.v.. #3: "dancer's illusion" (1983), q.v. and "a tangential sequel of sorts", in the author's words, to the fire dancer trilogy: #a: "timeshadow rider" (1986), q.v.
ppint. 15th Apr 2024		Book Ann Maxwell - Dancer's Luck	fire dancer trilogy #2: #1: "fire dancer" (1982), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 15th Apr 2024		Book Ann Maxwell - Dancer's Illusion	fire dancer trilogy #3: #1: "fire dancer" (1982), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 15th Apr 2024		Book Ann Maxwell - Dancer's Illusion	macdonald & co. futura books first p/b printing, first uk edition cover art unsigned, uncredited; sfaik as-yet unattributed cover price £2.99, (check: $8.95 australia, $11.99 new zealand) 192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 15th Apr 2024		Book Ann Maxwell - Dancer's Luck	macdonald & co. futura books first p/b printing, first uk edition cover art unsigned, uncredited; sfaik as-yet unattributed cover price £2.50, (check: $8.95 australia, $11.99 new zealand) 176pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 15th Apr 2024		Book Ann Maxwell - Fire Danceer	macdonald & co. futura books first p/b printing, first uk edition cover art signed s(over horizontal line, over)b, uncredited; sfaik as-yet unattributed° cover price £2.50, $8.95 australia, $11.99 new zealand 208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - possibly brian salmon; but n.b. this is a suggestion, definitely not "an attribution"
ppint. 15th Apr 2024		Book Ann Maxwell - Dancer's Illusion	new american library signed mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition cover art unsigned, uncredited; still sfaik as-yet unattributed cover price $2.95 canadian-carcased copies intended for distribution north of the parallel cover price $2.50 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution 192pp. (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 in publication date established nor liable to be, but printing number line of canadian-carcased copies drops the first digit, "1", formally identifying them as the second printing; this was new american library's standard operating procedure for mmpbs they produced with separately-printed merkin and canadian carcases ~10/1980 through ~10/1987
ppint. 15th Apr 2024		Book Ann Maxwell - Dancer's Luck	new american library signed mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition cover art unsigned, uncredited; full painting is evidently signed; still sfaik as-yet unattributed cat# AE2253 cover price $2.95 canadian-carcased copies intended for distribution north of the parallel cover price $2.50 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution 176pp. (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 in publication date established nor liable to be, but printing number line of canadian-carcased copies drops the first digit, "1", formally identifying them as the second printing; this was new american library's standard operating procedure for mmpbs they produced with separately-printed merkin and canadian carcases ~10/1980 through ~10/1987
ppint. 15th Apr 2024		Book Ann Maxwell - Fire Dancer	thank-you, jimess.
ppint. 15th Apr 2024		Book Ann Maxwell - Fire Dancer	new american library signed mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition cover art unsigned, uncredited; still sfaik as-yet unattributed cover price $2.95 canadian-carcased copies intended for distribution north of the parallel cover price $2.50 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution 208pp. (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 in publication date established nor liable to be, but printing number line of canadian-carcased copies drops the first digit, "1", formally identifying them as the second printing; this was new american library's standard operating procedure for mmpbs they produced with separately-printed merkin and canadian carcases ~10/1980 through ~10/1987
ppint. 14th Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - Thendara House	random house uk, century, century hutchinson or arrow books (check) legend books pb first printing, second arrow books printing over-all, new legend sf & fantasy series which became an imprint cover art by peter andrew "paj" jones (signed paj, credited on back cover ) cover price £3.50 416pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 14th Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - Thendara House	daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition cover art by hannah m. g. shapero (unsigned, credited) near-meaningless daw books collector no. 544 cover price (canada $4.50) u.s. $3.50 416pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. includes "the oath of the free amazon's" and joining the free amazons of darkover (fan club) refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed no priority in publication date established, but the first digit, "1", is dropped from the printing number line of canadian-carcased copies, formally identifying them as the second printing
ppint. 14th Apr 2024		Book Alberto Moravia - Conjugal Love	Review a novel of a relationship under pressure as a couple decide to abstain from sex during a countryside stay as the rich, dilletante husband attempts to write a novel; things are complicated when the wife reveals that her husband's barber has tried to molest her sexually... - definitely not ''a romance category'' novel in the mills & boon/harlequin romance tradition. 1 person found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
ppint. 13th Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - The Bloody Sun (Revised)	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb first printing of the revised edition plus "to keep the oath" (a new darkover novelette) marion zimmer bradley (5/1979), and with new cover art by michael whelan (signed with cartouched m/w above central figure's left shoulder, credited) cover price $2.25 416pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, revised edition of novel, original novelette, end pp. advertising
ppint. 13th Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - The Bloody Sun	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb undated° third printing, fourth ace books mmpb printing over-all cover art by michael whelan (signed with his monogram) b+w interior illustration by jack gaughan (signed with his jg digraph) cover price $1.75 192pp. including titles, indicia etc. ° - no date of publication/printing given, only copyright date(late 1977-1978 by mzb re-issue programme, (very late 1977-) 1978 by cover price) after which ace books published a greatly revised and extended edition, which further adds the original darkover novelette, "to keep the oath" to the book, and bears new cover art by michael whelan: cat# 06854-5, isbn 0-441-06854-5 $2.25 (5/1979) with reprints, q.v.
ppint. 13th Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - The Bloody Sun	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb undated° second printing, third ace books mmpb printing over-all cover art by michael whelan (signed with his monogram) b+w interior illustration by jack gaughan (signed with his jg digraph) cover price $1.50 192pp. including titles, indicia etc. ° - no date of publication/printing given, only copyright date; c. 1-5/1976 by end p. advertising) the next ace books mmpb printing shares the cover art by michael whelan (art signed with his monogram) & cover design whilst retaining jack gaughan's b+w art, is 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, and is also undated other than with the 1964 copyright date: cat# 06853-7, isbn 0-441-06853-7 $1.75 (late 1977-1978 by mzb re-issue programme, (very late 1977-) 1978 by cover price) after which ace books published a greatly revised and extended edition, which further adds the original darkover novelette, "to keep the oath" to the book, and bears new cover art by michael whelan: cat# 06854-5, isbn 0-441-06854-5 $2.25 (5/1979) with reprints, q.v.
ppint. 13th Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - The Bloody Sun	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb undated° first printing, second ace books mmpb printing over-all cover art by michael whelan (signed with his monogram) b+w interior illustration by jack gaughan (signed with his jg digraph) cover price $1.25 192pp. including titles, indicia etc. ° - no date of publication/printing given, only copyright date; publication date taken from locus 190, 30/6/1976 the two next known ace books mmpb printings all share new cover art by michael whelan (art signed with his monogram) & cover design whilst retaining jack gaughan's b+w art, are 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, and are also undated other than with the 1964 copyright date: cat# 06852 $1.50 (c. 1-5/1976 by end p. advertising) cat# 06853-7, isbn 0-441-06853-7 $1.75 (late 1977-1978 by mzb re-issue programme, (very late 1977-) 1978 by cover price) after which ace books published a greatly revised and extended edition, which further adds the original darkover novelette, "to keep the oath" to the book, and bears new cover art by michael whelan: cat# 06854-5, isbn 0-441-06854-5 $2.25 (5/1979) with reprints, q.v.
ppint. 13th Apr 2024		Book David Karp - One	penguin books first printing, first uk p/b edition! cover art (none) (cover design with two orange bars to either side° of typography colour coded fiction)! cover price 2'6! 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising! ° - later above and below, with line-drawn art allowed! & later, alan lane permitted spot colouring of this!
ppint. 13th Apr 2024		Book Marshall Laurens - The Z Effect	it is 671-78357-2 - the sbn - with (-125) - the cover price in cents - on the spine - and in the indicia; notes: section is wrong and should be corrected, presumably to "spine number string 671-78357-2-195" n.b. sbn is arithmetically compatible with isbn10ses - the isbn system was deliberately developed from, and to be backwardly compatible with, the sbn system.
ppint. 13th Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - The Winds Of Darkover	#17 in the darkover series (1964-2016): #1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 13th Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - The Winds Of Darkover	berkley publishing group charter communications ace mmpb eighth printing over-all, stated fifth (!), with new cover art by kirk reinert (signed, credited) cover price ($2.95 canada) $2.75 u.s. 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising 3/1986 near-identical ninth printing over-all, stated sixth printing, retains cover art, differs: cat# 89261 isbn 0-441-89261-2 cover price ($3.75 canada) $2.95 u.s. 9/1988 near-identical tenth (?) printing over-all, stated third printing (!!!) retains cover art, isbn, differs: cover price ($4.75 canada (check)) $3.50 u.s. the next known mmpb is the daw books double with "the planet savers" (1995), q.v.
ppint. 13th Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - Star Of Danger	berkley publishing group ace books mmpb first printing, seventh printing over-all cover art by michael whelan retained from previous few printings, m/w absent, ?uncredited?) cover price $2.50 216pp. (check°) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - seen recorded as 160pp. - once - which seems very unlikely, but don't now have a copy of this printing
ppint. 13th Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - Star Of Danger	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb sixth printing over-all cover art by michael whelan (signature m/w absent, uncredited, retained from previous printing) cover price $2.25 216pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 13th Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - Star Of Danger	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb fifth printing over-all cover art by michael whelan (signature m/w absent, uncredited, retained from previous printing) cover price $1.95 216pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 12th Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - Star Of Danger	#16 in the darkover series (1964-2016): #1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 12th Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - Star Of Danger	london weekend television hutchinson group arrow books first printing, first uk edition cover art by melvyn grant (signed melvyn, uncredited) cover price 80p (overseas territories prices?) 160pp. including titles, indicia, end pp. advertising
ppint. 12th Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - Star Of Danger	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb undated° third printing, fourth ace books mmpb printing over-all cover art by michael whelan (retained from previous two printings, but m/w no longer visible, uncredited) cover price $1.75 216pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising the novel's text has been re-set in larger type, as is shown by the increased pagination ° - only ©1965 given in indicia; dated by publication year of latest-published titles in end pp .advertising
ppint. 12th Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - Star Of Danger	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb undated (1976)° presumed second printing, third ace books printing over-all cover art by michael whelan (signed with his m/w, uncredited) interior b+w illustration by jack gaughan cat# 77946 cover price $1.50 160pp. including titles, indicia, frontispiece etc, end pp. advertising ° - by interpolation in between known dates for printings cat# 77945 & 77947, and consideration of cover price of ace mmpbs of this extent
ppint. 12th Apr 2024		Book Marion Zimmer Bradley - Star Of Danger	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb undated° first printing , second ace books printing over-all cover art by michael whelan (signed with his m/w not in the later cartouched style, uncredited) interior b+w illustration by jack gaughan (retained from ace books mmpb first edition (1965)) cover price $1.25 160pp. including titles, indicia, frontispiece etc, end pp. advertising now in the taller mmpb format, approximately the same as the standard uk p/b, but text not re-set ° - only copyright 1965 stated; dae of publication taken from locus 190, 30/6/1976
ppint. 11th Apr 2024		Book Katherine Kurtz - Deryni Rising	ballantine books° mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition cover art by bob pepper (signed "pepper", credited) cover price 95¢ cat# 01981 sbn 345-01981-4 (the appended -095 is the cover price in cents; it is not a part of the defined sbn) 288p. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents, unsigned, uncredited b+w map, about katherine kurtz and "deryni rising": the world next door (nf introduction) by lin carter, 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, 1970 ° - may state an intext publisher on title page and/or in the indicia: please check and advise if/if not

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