ppint. 15th Apr 2024 | | BookAnn 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.
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ppint. 15th Apr 2024 | | BookAnn Maxwell - Dancer's Luck | fire dancer trilogy #2:
#1: "fire dancer" (1982), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 15th Apr 2024 | | BookAnn Maxwell - Dancer's Illusion | fire dancer trilogy #3:
#1: "fire dancer" (1982), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 15th Apr 2024 | | BookAnn 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
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ppint. 15th Apr 2024 | | BookAnn 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
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ppint. 15th Apr 2024 | | BookAnn 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"
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ppint. 15th Apr 2024 | | BookAnn 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
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ppint. 15th Apr 2024 | | BookAnn 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
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ppint. 15th Apr 2024 | | BookAnn Maxwell - Fire Dancer | thank-you, jimess.
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ppint. 15th Apr 2024 | | BookAnn 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
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ppint. 14th Apr 2024 | | BookMarion 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
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ppint. 14th Apr 2024 | | BookMarion 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
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ppint. 14th Apr 2024 | | BookAlberto Moravia - Conjugal Love | Reviewa 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.
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ppint. 13th Apr 2024 | | BookMarion 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
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ppint. 13th Apr 2024 | | BookMarion 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.
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ppint. 13th Apr 2024 | | BookMarion 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.
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ppint. 13th Apr 2024 | | BookMarion 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.
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ppint. 13th Apr 2024 | | BookDavid 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!
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ppint. 13th Apr 2024 | | BookMarshall 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.
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ppint. 13th Apr 2024 | | BookMarion Zimmer Bradley - The Winds Of Darkover | #17 in the darkover series (1964-2016):
#1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 13th Apr 2024 | | BookMarion 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.
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ppint. 13th Apr 2024 | | BookMarion 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
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ppint. 13th Apr 2024 | | BookMarion 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
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ppint. 13th Apr 2024 | | BookMarion 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
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ppint. 12th Apr 2024 | | BookMarion Zimmer Bradley - Star Of Danger | #16 in the darkover series (1964-2016):
#1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 12th Apr 2024 | | BookMarion 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
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ppint. 12th Apr 2024 | | BookMarion 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
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ppint. 12th Apr 2024 | | BookMarion 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
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ppint. 12th Apr 2024 | | BookMarion 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
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ppint. 11th Apr 2024 | | BookKatherine 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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