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ppint. ● 24th Feb 2025		Book Fritz Leiber - Swords Against Wizardry	fafhrd and the gray mouser/lankhmar series #4: #1: "swords and deviltry" (1970), q.v. for series listing and links.
ppint. ● 24th Feb 2025		Book Fritz Leiber - Swords Against Wizardry	contents: "in the witch's tent" (short story) (apparently original to the collection) "stardock" (novella) fantastic vol.15 #1; 9/1965 "the two best thieves in lankhmar" (ss) fantastic vol.17 #6; 8/1968 "the lords of quarmall" (nlla) fantastic vol.13 #1, #2; 1, 2/1964 cover story 1, 2/1964, both: art by ed emshwiller, story by-lined harry fischer and fritz leiber
ppint. ● 24th Feb 2025		Book Fritz Leiber - The Swords Of Lankhmar	george prior publishers first printing, not first uk h/cvr edition this appears to be a run-on, or a modification of part, of the gregg press first printing, with additional line "published in the uk by george prior publishers" & new isbn in indicia, in addition to the merkin data; uk publisher george prior publishers added above the boston gregg press on title page, etc.; but does not add george prior to the "gregg" on the spine. photo offset from the ace books first edition, with author's note (nf introduction) cover (d-j) art by wayne barlowe (signed, credited) title page b+w decoration by alice d. phalen b+w maps: "the world of newhon" jim cawthorn (1961), "a portion of lankhmar" tim kirk (1968?) stardock and obelisk by jeff jones (credited) cover (d-j) price (none printed, £4.95 nor™ price gun label on d-j front flap) 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia, b+w maps, illustrations etc, sewn in signatures and bound with endpapers between red buckram-covered boards, title, author & gregg blocked in gold or silver (check) on spine, facsimile of fritz leiber's signature (also in gold, or silver) on front board's clothed 0860431614
ppint. ● 24th Feb 2025		Book Fritz Leiber - The Swords Of Lankhmar	itt corp. gregg press first printing, first merkin h/cvr edition, not first h/cvr edition photo offset from the ace books first edition, with author's note (nf introduction) cover (d-j)art by wayne barlowe (signed, credited) frontispiece by alice d. phalen b+w maps: "the world of newhon" jim cawthorn (1961), "a portion of lankhmar" tim kirk (1968?) b+w map of stardock and obelisk by jeff jones (credited) cover (d-j) price (none printed, $8.50 from publisher's catalogue) 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia, b+w maps, illustrations etc, sewn in signatures and bound with endpapers between red buckram-covered boards, title, author & gregg blocked in gold or silver (check) on spine, facsimile of fritz leiber's signature (also in gold, or silver) on front board's cloth
ppint. ● 24th Feb 2025		Book Fritz Leiber - The Swords Of Lankhmar	rupert hart-davis first printing, first h/cvr edition, first uk edition cover (d-j) art (unsigned, uninspired b+w of curly-haired, mascara-eyed woman's head & left shoulder) cover (d-j) price 30/- 224pp. including titles, indicia, author's note, etc, blank end p, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. ● 24th Feb 2025		Book Fritz Leiber - The Swords Of Lankhmar	fafhrd and the gray mouser/lankhmar series #5: #1: "swords and deviltry" (1970), q.v. for series listing and links.
ppint. ● 23rd Feb 2025		Book William F. Nolan - The Pseudo-People	contents: a is for android (nf editor's preface) william f. nolan introduction (nf) a. e. van vogt those among us (novelette) henry kuttner, c. l. moore, f&sf vol.2 #3, 6/1951 as "android" by "c. h. liddell" changeling (short story) ray bradbury super science stories vol.5 #3, 7/1949 the addict (ss) shelley lowenkopf 1965 (apparently original to this anthology) the life game (ntte) chad oliver thrilling wonder stories vol. xlii #2, 6/1953 evidence (ntte) isaac asimov astounding vol. xxxviii #2, 9/1946, astounding bre vol. v #8, 1/1947 (a susan calvin u.s. robots story) the show must go on (ss) james causey orbit sf vol.1 #5, 11-12/1954, authentic #72, 8/1956; both: as "so lovely, so lost" geever's flight (ss) charles e. fritch 1965 (apparently original to this anthology) the fires of night (ss) dennis etchison 1965 (apparently original to this anthology) steel (ntte) richard matheson f&sf vol.10 #5, 5/1956 badinage (ss) ron goulart 1965 (apparently original to this anthology) juke doll (ss) robert f. young (?not yet traced) 1959 last rites (ss) charles beaumont if vol.5 #6, 10/1955 the fasterfaster affair (ss) william f. nolan 1965 as by frank anmar (apparently original to this anthology) the joy of living (ss) william f. nolan if vol.3 #6, 8/1954, if strato bre vol.1 #13, 11/1954
ppint. ● 23rd Feb 2025		Book Philip Klass - Of All Possible Worlds	"generation of noah" (short story) as "the quick and the bomb", suspense magazine vol.1 #1, spring/1951
ppint. ● 23rd Feb 2025		Book Peter Saxon - The Vampires Of Finisterre	the berkley publishing group berkley medallion mmpb first printing, first merkin edition, possibly first p/b edition, previously published first in the uk in h/cvr howard baker (1970) cover art by jeff jones (signed, uncredited) cover price 60¢ 192pp. including 4pp. titles, indicia etc. front cover bears "the guardians", & "4" which is true in the sense it was the fourth to be mmpbed by berkley medallion
ppint. ● 23rd Feb 2025		Book Peter Saxon - The Haunting Of Alan Mais	the berkley publishing group berkley medallion mmpb first printing, first merkin and first p/b edition, possibly the first edition - though yr hmbl srppnt.'d've expected it to've been published first in the uk cover art by jeff jones (signed, uncredited) cover price 60¢ 144pp. (check) including 4pp. titles, indicia etc. front cover bears "#3 the guardians" which is true in the sense it was the third to be mmpbed by berkley medallion
ppint. ● 23rd Feb 2025		Book Peter Saxon - Dark Ways To Death	the berkley publishing group berkley medallion mmpb first printing, first merkin and first p/b edition cover art by jeff jones (unsigned, uncredited) (both likely and stylistically convincing, but source - ?) cover price 60¢ 144pp. (check) including 4pp. titles, indicia etc. front cover bears "the guardians #2" which is true in the sense it was the second to be mmpbed by berkley medallion
ppint. ● 23rd Feb 2025		Book Peter Saxon - The Killing Bone	the berkley publishing group berkley medallion mmpb first printing, first merkin and first p/b edition cover art by jeff jones (signed, uncredited) cover price 60¢ 160pp. including 4pp. titles, indicia etc. front cover bears "the guardians #1" which is true in the sense it was the first to be mmpbed by berkley medallion
ppint. ● 22nd Feb 2025		Book Peter Saxon - The Enemy Sky	transworld publishers corgi books p/b first printing, probably first edition (unless published in h/cvr by howard baker publishers) cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 4s. (20p), 50c south africa, 65c australia, 65c new zealand 128pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. ● 22nd Feb 2025		Book W. A. Ballinger - The Exterminator	david whiteley: zenith publications p/bs seem to've been published in the middle of the seventies, the imprint lasting possibly no longer than a couple of years - or maybe not even that long; and it looks as though it was replaced by the trojan imprint: but whether it was actually connected with world distributors (manchester) ltd., or with its slow-motion disappearing act; or in some way (?also?) with david gold &/or with the brief, very hard to track down to anyone stonehire & ace/stonehire uk p/bs, and/or with the strange flamingo uk p/bs°, some produced as run-ons of merkin mmpbs, some printed in the uk (mostly tarzan novels). . . ° - nothing whatsoever to do with collins' legitimate flamingo books imprint, n.b.
ppint. ● 22nd Feb 2025		Book Peter Saxon - The Vampires Of Finisterre	the guardians (w. howard baker's "peter saxon" school) series #6: #1: "dark ways to death" "peter saxon" (1968), q.v. for series listing, and links; all published as by "peter saxon"; believed actual authorship of each book is given. series is listed in order of first known publication dates, and in order of publication in howard baker books (where known).
ppint. ● 22nd Feb 2025		Book Peter Saxon - The Vampires Of Finisterre	pbs ltd. five star books first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by jeff jones (signed j jones mirrored, uncredited; re-used reversed left-right from "wolfling" gordon r. dickson (dell mmpb 1969), q.v., where it's also credited) cover price 25p, (overseas territories' prices, unlikely to've been real) 192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. ● 22nd Feb 2025		Book Peter Saxon - The Haunting Of Alan Mais	the guardians (w. howard baker's "peter saxon" school) series #5: #1: "dark ways to death" "peter saxon" (1968), q.v. for series listing, and links; all published as by "peter saxon"; believed actual authorship of each book is given in the series listing. series is listed in order of first known publication dates, and in order of publication in howard baker books h/cvrs (where known).
ppint. ● 22nd Feb 2025		Book Peter Saxon - The Haunting Of Alan Mais	pbs ltd. five star books first printing, not first uk p/b edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 25p, (overseas territories' prices, unlikely to've been real) 144pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. ● 22nd Feb 2025		Book Peter Saxon - Through The Dark Curtain	the guardians (w. howard baker's "peter saxon" school) series #2: #1: "dark ways to death" "peter saxon" (1968), q.v. for series listing, and links; all published as by "peter saxon"; believed actual authorship of each book is given. series is listed in order of first known publication dates, and in order of publication in howard baker books (where known).
ppint. ● 22nd Feb 2025		Book Peter Saxon - The Curse Of Rathlaw	the guardians (w. howard baker's "peter saxon" school) series #3: #1: "dark ways to death" "peter saxon" (1968), q.v. for series listing, and links; all published as by "peter saxon"; believed actual authorship of each book is given. series is listed in order of first known publication dates, and in order of publication in howard baker books h/cvrs (where known).
ppint. ● 22nd Feb 2025		Book Peter Saxon - Dark Ways To Death	the guardians (w. howard baker's "peter saxon" school) series #1: all as by "peter saxon" (believed actual authorship given below): #1: "dark ways to death" w. howard baker, wilfred mcneilly (1968), (this novel) #2: "through the dark curtain" ross richards (1968), q.v. #3: "the curse of rathlaw" martin thomas (1968), q.v. #4: "the killing bone" w. howard baker (1969), q.v. #5: "the haunting of alan mais" w. howard baker, wilfred mcneilly (1969), q.v. #6: "the vampires of finisterre" rex dolphin (1970), q.v. series listed in order of first known publication dates, and in order of publication in howard baker books (where known). the front cover of the 1970 berkley medallion mmpb of "the vampires of finisterre", being the fourth of the guardians series titles published in mmpb 1969-70 by the berkley publishing group; these four mmpbs were published after the two published in lancer books mmpb. all of the howard baker publishers limited editions i have seen are h/cvrs bearing sbns starting "09-" which implies some commercial distribution arrangement (or closer connexion) with publishers hutchinson & co. (publishers):ltd./the hutchinson publishing group/tiptree book services ltd./gr
ppint. ● 22nd Feb 2025		Book Peter Saxon - The Killing Bone	the guardians (w. howard baker's "peter saxon" school) series #4: #1: "dark ways to death" "peter saxon" (1968), q.v. for series listing, and links; all published as by "peter saxon"; believed actual authorship of each book is given. series is listed in order of first known publication dates, and in order of publication in howard baker books (where known).
ppint. ● 21st Feb 2025		Book Peter Saxon - The Killing Bone	house name, of a kind, controlled by w. howard baker
ppint. ● 21st Feb 2025		Book Mary Kornbluth - Science Fiction Showcase	contents: for c. m. kornbluth (nf introduction) frederik pohl ticket to anywhere (novelette) damon knight (galaxy vol.4 #1; 4/1952) that low (short story) theodore sturgeon (famous fantastic mysteries vol.10 #8; 10/1948) or the grasses grow (ss) avram davidson (fantasy & science fiction vol.15 #5; 11/1958) the man who ate the world (ntte) (gal vol.13 #1; 11/1956)(gal bre #46) the long remembering (ss) poul anderson (f&sf vol.13 #5; 11/1957) the end of the beginning (ss) ray bradbury (maclean's 27/10/1956 as "next stop the stars") a work of art (ss) james blish (science fiction stories vol.7 #1; 7/1956) the cold green eye (ss) jack williamson (fantastic vol.2 #2; 3-4/1953 as "artwork") med service (novella) murray leinster (astounding vol. lix #6; 8/1957 (astounding bre vol.xiii #12; 12/1957) as "the mutant weapon") expendable (ss) philip k. dick (f&sf vol.5 #7; 7/1953) mantage (ntte) richard matheson (appears to be original) nightmare number four (poem) robert bloch (diablerie 1/1945)
ppint. ● 21st Feb 2025		Book Edmund Cooper - News From Elsewhere	contents: the menhir (short story) - ? - apparently original to this collection m81: ursa major (ss) fantastic universe vol. 5 #1, 2/1956 as ''the end of the journey'' the enlightened ones (novelette) ''tomorrow's gift'' edmund cooper (1958) judgement day (ss) ''tomorrow came'' edmund cooper (1963) the intruders (ntte) fantastic universe vol.7 #4, 4/1957 as ''intruders on the moon'' the butterflies (ss) (1956) - ? -, ''tomorrow's gift'' (1958) the lizard of woz (ss) fantastic universe vol. 10 #2, 8/1958 welcome home (ss) ''tomorrow came'' edmund cooper (1963)
ppint. ● 21st Feb 2025		Book Edgar Rice Burroughs - Llana Of Gathol	martian ("barsoom") series #10: #1: "a princess of mars" (1917), q.v.
ppint. ● 21st Feb 2025		Book Joe Millard - Blood For A Dirty Dollar	the dollar westerns series #5: #1: "the good the bad and the ugly" joe millard (1967), q.v. for series listing and links.
ppint. ● 21st Feb 2025		Book Joe Millard - A Coffin Full Of Dollars	the dollar westerns series #8: #1: "the good, the bad and the ugly" joe millard (1967), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. ● 21st Feb 2025		Book Joe Millard - The Million Dollar Bloodhunt	the dollars series westerns #6: #1: "the good, the bad and the ugly" (1967), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. ● 21st Feb 2025		Book Joe Millard - The Devil's Dollar Sign	a somewhat belated "thank-you, david whiteley".

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