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ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book Harry Turtledove - Swords Of The Legion	the videssos cycle: the lost legion #4: #1: "the misplaced legion" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book Harry Turtledove - The Legion Of Videssos	the videssos cycle: the lost legion #3: #1: "the misplaced legion" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book Harry Turtledove - An Emperor For The Legion	the videssos cycle: the lost legion #2: #1: "the misplaced legion" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book Harry Turtledove - The Misplaced Legion	videssos: the videssos cycle: the lost legion: #1: "the misplaced legion" (1987), (this book) #2: "an emperor for the legion" (1987), q.v. #3: "the legion of videssos" (1987), q.v. #4: "swords of the legion" (1987), q.v. boxed set of #1, #2, #3 & #4: 1#B: "videssos cycle (boxed set)" (1988), q v. omnibus of #1 & #2, #3 & #4: 1#O1: "videssos cycle volume one" (2013), q v. 1#O2: "videssos cycle volume two" (2013), q.v. the tale of krispos: 2#1: "krispos rising" (1991), q.v. 2#2: " krispos of videssos" (1991), q.v. 2#3: "krispos the emperor" (1994), q.v. omnibus of 2#1, #2, & #3: 2#O: "the tale of krispos" (2007), q v. the time of troubles: 3#1: "the stolen throne" (1995), q.v. 3#2: "hammer and anvil" (1996), q v. 3#3: "the thousand cities" (1997), q v. 3#4: "videssos besieged" (1998), q.v. omnibus of 3#1 & #2, 3#3 & #4: 3#O1: "time of troubles i" (2005), q v. 3#O2: "time of troubles ii" (2005), q.v.
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book Harry Turtledove - Swords Of The Legion	random house ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition cover art by romas kukalis (signed, credited as romas) b+w map by shelly shapiro (signed, credited) cover price $5.50 canadian-carcased copies intended for distribution north of the parallel cover price $3.95 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution 432pp. (check) including titles, indicia, 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 edition: october 1987
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book Harry Turtledove - The Legion Of Videssos	random house ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition cover art by romas kukalis (signed, credited as romas) b+w map by shelly shapiro (signed, credited) cover price $5.50 canadian-carcased copies intended for distribution north of the parallel cover price $3.95 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution 340pp. (check) including titles, indicia, 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 edition: august 1987
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book Harry Turtledove - An Emperor For The Legion	random house ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition cover art by romas kukalis (signed, credited as romas) b+w map by shelly shapiro (signed, credited) cover price $4.75 canadian-carcased copies intended for distribution north of the parallel cover price $3.50 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution 340pp. (check) including titles, indicia, 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 edition: may 1987
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book Harry Turtledove - The Misplaced Legion	random house ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition cover art by romas kukalis (signed, credited as romas) b+w map by shelly shapiro (signed, uncredited) cover price $3.95 canadian-carcased copies intended for distribution north of the parallel cover price $2.95 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution 336pp. (check) including titles, indicia, 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 edition: february 1987
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Wheels Of If	half tom doherty associates tor books mmpb first printing, first edition half a "tor double" format mmpb with one front cover, contents printed the same way up tor sf double series #20, the first to drop the two front covers (the same way up) format cover art by joe burleson (unsigned, credited) cover price in u.s. $3.50 (in canada $4.50) 186pp. (check) including titles, indicia, etc. doubled with "the pugnacious peacemaker" harry turtledove (1990), q.v., the authorised sequel
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book Harry Turtledove - The Pugnacious Peacemaker	half tom doherty associates tor books mmpb first printing, first edition half a "tor double" format mmpb with one front cover, the contents printed the same way up tor sf double series #20, the first to drop the two front covers (the same way up) format cover art by joe burleson (unsigned, credited) cover price in u.s. $3.50 (in canada $4.50) 186pp. (check) including titles, indicia, etc. doubled with "the wheels of if" l. sprague de camp (1976), q.v., to which it is an (so far, the) authorised sequel.
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Wheels Of If And Other Science-Fiction	"the wheels of if" was also published as half a popular library double mmpb, "the virgin & the wheels" (1976), q.v. and again, as half a tor books "tor double" series mmpb (1990) together with "the pugnacious peacemaker", an authorised sequel novella by harry turtledove, q.v.
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Wheels Of If And Other Science-Fiction	contents: preface (nf) l. sprague de camp (original to the collection) the wheels of if (novella) unknown worlds vol. iv #2, 10/1940 the best-laid schemes (short story) astounding vol. xxvi #6, 2/1941, a b+w illustration by ed cartier the warrior race (ss) astounding vol. xxvi #2, 10/1940 hyperpelosity (ss) astounding vol. xxvi #2, 4/1938 as "hyperpilosity" the merman (ss) astounding vol. xxii #4, 12/1938, the cover story, art & a b+w illustration by charles schneeman the contraband cow (ss) astounding vol. xxix #5, 7/1942, a b+w illustration by william augustin kolliker the gnarly man (novelette) unknown worlds vol. i #4, 6/1939, a b+w illustration by ed cartier
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Virgin & The Wheels	viagens interplanetarias series #5: #1: "cosmic manhunt" (1954), q.v. for series listing, and links
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Hostage Of Zir	viagens interplanetarias series #4 #1: "cosmic manhunt" (1954), q.v. for series listing, and links
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Hostage Of Zir	berkley publishing group ace books mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition cover art by paul alexander (unsigned, uncredited; he provided the cover art for all this ace mmpb set of (five books in) the viagens interplanetarias series) cover price $2.50 216pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Hostage Of Zir	viagens interplanetarias series #4 #1: "cosmic manhunt" (1954), q.v. for series listing, and links
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book H. Montgomery Hyde - Room 3603	and another reviewer might've disagreed, and assessed it to be "a bomb" - - which wouldn't mean that it should be bookcatted as category "non-fiction/munitions/explosive"
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book Stephen R. George - Torment	image 2575679 is of the zebra imprint merkin mmpb, priced in ($ canadian) & $ merkin, not in romanian leu (?lei for plural?) and should^W probably^W has been deleted.
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book Stephen R. George - Dark Reunion	kensington publishing corps. zebra books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by joe devito cover price (canada $4.95) u.s. $3.95 320pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 26th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Hand Of Zei	combines viagens interplanetarias series #2 & #3: one novel previously published in two parts: #1: "cosmic manhunt" (1954), q.v. for series listing, and links
ppint. 26th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Hand Of Zei	viagens interplanetarias series (#2 (&) #3: ~one novel in two parts: #1: "cosmic manhunt" (1954), q.v. for series listing, and links
ppint. 26th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Search For Zei	viagens interplanetarias series #2 (& #3): ~one novel in two parts: #1: "cosmic manhunt" (1954), q.v. for series listing, and links
ppint. 26th Mar 2024		Book John Glasby - The Mulberry Project	category "thriller" is wrong and should^W has been deleted "thriller" is/was a wholesalers' and publishers' fiction category; this is a non-sensationally-written non-fiction book that would ideally be sub-categorised "history" and "warfare" or "war" (or vv.) - not a thriller in any normal sense, though a popularisation of the nf subjectmatter, not full of the finer technical detail.
ppint. 26th Mar 2024		Book Rodney Matthews - In Search Of Forever	(excavate & check which printing is in the impossible corner. . .)
ppint. 26th Mar 2024		Book Rodney Matthews - In Search Of Forever	dragon's world / paper tiger very large format p/b first printing, first edition text by rodney matthews, nigel suckling cover art by rodney matthews (unsurprisingly) cover price £7.95? (check) 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, nf forward by michael moorcock refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from at least three reprintings, one (1989), which differs: cover price £8.95 one, this (?second?) printing (1991) which differs: cover price £10.95 one (the next reprinting? 1993) which differs: cover price £10.95 should state (at least) fourth printing in indicia all retain the isbn of the first edition
ppint. 26th Mar 2024		Book Rodney Matthews - Last Ship Home	(excavate & check which printing is in the impossible corner. . .)
ppint. 26th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Continent Makers And Other Tales Of The Viagens	contents: in re sprague (nf) Isaac asimov (original to the collection, 1953) author's note (nf) l. sprague de camp (original to the collection, 1953) the inspector's teeth (short story) astounding vol.xlv #2, 4/1950, two b+w illustrations by ed cartier summer wear (ss) startling vol.21 #2, 5/1950 finished (ss) astounding vol. xliv #3, 11/1949 (a story predicted by a fan, in a review a year earlier), two b+w illustrations by ed cartier the galton whistle (novelette) (?original to the collection, 1953?; but it is credited as © 7/1951: is it the story "ultrasonic god", future c.w. science fiction stories vol. 2 #2, 7/1951, & de camp's preferred title?) the animal-cracker plot (ss) astounding vol. xliii #5, 11/1949, three b+w illustrations by ed cartier git along! (ss) astounding vol. xlv #6, 8/1950, two b+w illustrations by ed cartier perpetual motion (novella) future c.w. science fiction stories vol.1 #3, 9/1950 as "wide-open planet", b+w illustration by virgil finlay the continent makers (nlla) thrilling wonder stories vol. xxxviii #1, 4/1951, three uncredited b+w illustrations
ppint. 25th Mar 2024		Book John Glasby - The Mulberry Project	categories "fiction" and "thriller" are wrong and should be deleted
ppint. 25th Mar 2024		Book John Glasby - The Mulberry Project	the story of the mulberry harbours is the story of the realisation of fact that the need for the importation of supplies and reinforcements after the initial allied invasion of normandy at a rate faster than the wehrmacht could move its supplies, replacements and armour thither could not be met by storming an existing port or ports - the dieppe raid demonstrated the impracticalities of attempting this, all too-bloodily - and the audacious answer to the problem devised, built and put into practice by the british army engineers and the shipbuilders of the uk, ably aided by the royal navy. this is not fiction; it is non-fiction.
ppint. 25th Mar 2024		Book John Glasby - The Mulberry Project	,john spencer & co. badger books undated first printing, likely first edition cover art cover price 2'- 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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