ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookHarry Turtledove - Swords Of The Legion | the videssos cycle:
the lost legion #4:
#1: "the misplaced legion" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookHarry Turtledove - The Legion Of Videssos | the videssos cycle:
the lost legion #3:
#1: "the misplaced legion" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookHarry 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.
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookHarry 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.
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookHarry 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
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookHarry 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
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookHarry 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
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookHarry 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
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookL. 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
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookHarry 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.
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookL. 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.
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookL. 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
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookL. Sprague De Camp - The Virgin & The Wheels | viagens interplanetarias series #5:
#1: "cosmic manhunt" (1954), q.v. for series listing, and links
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookL. Sprague De Camp - The Hostage Of Zir | viagens interplanetarias series #4
#1: "cosmic manhunt" (1954), q.v. for series listing, and links
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookL. 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 $2.50
216pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookL. Sprague De Camp - The Hostage Of Zir | viagens interplanetarias series #4
#1: "cosmic manhunt" (1954), q.v. for series listing, and links
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookH. Montgomery Hyde - Room 3603 | and another reviewer might've disagreed, and assessed it to be "a bomb" -
- which wouldn't mean that it should be bookcatted as category "non-fiction/munitions/explosive"
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookStephen R. George - Torment | image 2575679 is of the zebra imprint merkin mmpb, priced in ($ canadian) & $ merkin, not in romanian leu (?lei for plural?) and should^W probably^W has been deleted.
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookStephen 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
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ppint. 26th Mar 2024 | | BookL. 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
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ppint. 26th Mar 2024 | | BookL. 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
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ppint. 26th Mar 2024 | | BookL. 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
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ppint. 26th Mar 2024 | | BookJohn 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.
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ppint. 26th Mar 2024 | | BookRodney Matthews - In Search Of Forever | (excavate & check which printing is in the impossible corner. . .)
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ppint. 26th Mar 2024 | | BookRodney 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
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ppint. 26th Mar 2024 | | BookRodney Matthews - Last Ship Home | (excavate & check which printing is in the impossible corner. . .)
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ppint. 26th Mar 2024 | | BookL. 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
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ppint. 25th Mar 2024 | | BookJohn Glasby - The Mulberry Project | categories "fiction" and "thriller" are wrong and should be deleted
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ppint. 25th Mar 2024 | | BookJohn 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.
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ppint. 25th Mar 2024 | | BookJohn 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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