ppint. 24th Feb 2024 | | BookClifford D. Simak - Time And Again | mis-accounted the third printing:
even allowing for the corporate forgetting of ace books' 1963 first mmpb printing (F-239), resulting in their first ace books five-digit systematic cat# allocated being 81000, this should've progressively accounted 81001 the second (instead of the third) printing, 81002 the third (instead of the fourth), and this 81003 the fourth, instead of the fifth ace books printing it actually was...
so, even with the best of intentions on the parts of grosset & dunlap's tom doherty and jim baen, and then by the berkley publishing group's management, understanding of the system's rules was fading, and the system was breaking down.
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ppint. 24th Feb 2024 | | BookAndrew J. Offutt - The Castle Keeps | abp magnum books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition
cover art by les edwards (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price 85p, $3.10 australia, $2.65 new zealand
208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 24th Feb 2024 | | BookAndrew J. Offutt - The Castle Keeps | berkley publishing group berkley medallion imprint mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by richard powers (unsigned, uncredited; in ''the art of richard powers'' jane frank, richard powers (2001), q.v.
cover price 75¢
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
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ppint. 23rd Feb 2024 | | BookVaughan Wilkins - After Bath | jonathan cape h/cvr first printing, first edition
cover (d-j) art and b+w frontispiece, other full-page interior illustrations plus title page decoration by audrey pilkington (most signed, credited)
cover (d-j) price 8s. 6d.
308 (check) green top edge-stained pp. including titles, indicia, the characters (dramatis personae) etc, bound with endpapers between green cloth-covered boards, titles in black on spine and on upper front cloth with title page decoration
distinguish from near-identical second impression 1945 by reference to indicia page publishing history
distinguish from near-identical third impression 1947 by reference to indicia page,
also differs further: bound with endpapers between light blue cloth-covered boards
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ppint. 23rd Feb 2024 | | BookArthur C. Clarke - Tales Of Ten Worlds | new american library signet books imprint near-identical undated° simultaneous sixth & seventh mmpb printings sharing merkin-printed covers with new
cover art by paul alexander (signed alexander, uncredited)
cat# AE1093
cover price $2.50 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution, 6th printing by number line 7.. ..13 14)
cover price $2.75 (canadian-carcassed 7th printing by number line 6 7.. ..13 14 intended for distribution north of the parallel)
refer also to indicia publishing history to see if the carcase was canadadian- or merkin- printed
° - date taken from locus #250, 11/1981
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ppint. 23rd Feb 2024 | | BookArthur C. Clarke - Tales Of Ten Worlds | new american library signet books imprint simultaneous first printings, not first mmpb edition
reprint collection of fourteen short stories and a novella
cover art by fernando fernandez (unsigned, uncredited; was on his website; not findably there now)
cover price 95¢
208pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first printing, april, 1973 and give full first printing number line 123456789
refer also to indicia publishing history to distinguish from & between further near-identical printings:, which progressively drop digits from the printing number line leaving the lowest remaining digit as the number of that printing, and occasionally increasing the highest number; also (not always) stating e.g. tenth printing
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 undated save for copyright & first (signet books mmpb) dates, third printing
cat# Q5452
cover price 95¢
similarly undated fourth signet books mmpb printing:
cat# Y7241
cover price $1.25
similarly undated fifth signet books mmpb printing:
cat# W8328
cover price $1.50
cover art changes with the simultaneous near-identical undated° sixth & seventh signet books mmpb: printings with cover art by paul alexander (signed alexander, uncredited)
cat# AE1093
isbn 0-451-11093-5
° - date taken from locus #250, 11/1981
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ppint. 23rd Feb 2024 | | BookArthur C. Clarke - Tales Of Ten Worlds | pan macmillan pan books imprint p/b second pan printing over-all (two corgi books p/bs intervene)
reprint collection of fourteen short stories and a novella
cover art by peter goodfellow (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £1.75
208pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 22nd Feb 2024 | | BookDonald A. Wollheim - The Secret Of The 9th Planet | published in mmpb as an adult category sf novel, not a children's novel as originated by john c. winston.
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ppint. 22nd Feb 2024 | | BookDonald A. Wollheim - The Secret Of The 9th Planet | warner paperback library mmpb first printing, second printing over-all of the paperback library mmpb setting, suitably modified, with new cat# reflecting new cover price, slightly variant title, & new
cover art by stanislaw zagorski (unsigned, credited as stan zagorski)
cover price 75¢
160pp. including titles, indicia, ''the mysterious ninth world'' (nf within f) donald a. wollheim, etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 22nd Feb 2024 | | BookDonald A. Wollheim - The Secret Of The Ninth Planet | n. b. mmpb published by the paperback library, inc. as adult sf category fiction, not children's.
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ppint. 22nd Feb 2024 | | BookDonald A. Wollheim - The Secret Of The Ninth Planet | paperback library mmpb first printing, first p/b edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited, still sfaiaa as-yet unattributed
cover price 50¢
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, ''the mysterious ninth world'' (nf within f) donald a. wollheim, etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 21st Feb 2024 | | Vinyl AlbumGerard Hoffnung - Timeless Hoffnung | no idea of - and definitely no claim regarding - priority:
my copy has plain light yellow labels bearing red logo (BBC records on four italicised cartouches, above a spirograph-style design), all the rest of the typography is printed in black;
matrix numbers: RE+87+1 & RE + 87 + 2
(not, as given on the labels, re 87 / 1 & re 87 / 2)
and diametrically opposite both the matrix numbers, in the plastic on the far side of the labels from them: BBC
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ppint. 21st Feb 2024 | | BookAndre Norton - The Crystal Gryphon | daw books mmpb sixth printing
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ppint. 21st Feb 2024 | | BookAndre Norton - The Crystal Gryphon | daw books mmpb fourth or fifth printing (not stated by o.p.)
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ppint. 21st Feb 2024 | | BookAndre Norton - Horn Crown | high halleck series #1
witch worlds associated series:
witch world series #1: "witch world" (1963), q.v. for full series including sub-series listings and links.
high hallack:
hh#1: "horn crown" (1981), (this novel)
hh#2: "year of the unicorn" (1965), q.v.
hh#3: "spell of the witch world" (1972), q.v.
hh#4: "the jargon pard" (1974), q.v.
hh#5: "zarsthor's bane" (1978), q.v.
hh#6: "songsmith" by andré norton and a. c. crispin (1992), q.v.
high hallack: the crystal gryphon:
cg#1: "the crystal gryphon" (1972), q.v.
cg#2: "gryphon in glory" (1981), q.v.
cg#3: "gryphon's eyrie" by andré norton and a. c. crispin (1984), q.v.
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ppint. 21st Feb 2024 | | BookAndre Norton - Year Of The Unicorn | universal-tandem publishing tandem books p/b first printing, first uk edition
cover art by philip castle (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price 5/- 25p
224pp. including 4pp. titles, indicia etc, 3 end pp: 2pp. advertising, 1p. mail-order information
n.b. the planned 1978 universal imprint uk p/b from the same setting, suitably modified, did not appear.
rodney matthews' cover art for it was completed and has appeared, including on andre-norton.com, q.v.
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ppint. 21st Feb 2024 | | BookAndre Norton - Year Of The Unicorn | i've seen a poorly, only partially reported further ace mmpb printing advised on the same isbn, with new
cover price $3.50
no details of cover art, nor date nor ordinality of printing provided.
beyond this, yr hmbl srppnt.'s seen no further report nor actual deadtree book in the wild of ''year of the unicorn'' published as a later stand-alone, english language book.
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ppint. 21st Feb 2024 | | BookAndre Norton - Year Of The Unicorn | berkley publishing group (possibly still also credits charter communications - check) ace books tenth printing over-all - and so-stated in indicia publishing history!
cover art by john pound (signed, still uncredited?)
cover price $2.50
288pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 21st Feb 2024 | | BookAndre Norton - Year Of The Unicorn | (possibly just berkley publishing group - check) grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books/imprint mmpb eighth printing over-all, incorrectly stated in indicia publishing history to be the sixth
cover art by john pound (signed, uncredited)
cover price $2.50
288pp..(check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 21st Feb 2024 | | BookAndre Norton - Year Of The Unicorn | grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books seventh printing over-all, incorrectly stated in indicia to be the sixth, with new
cover art by john pound (signed)
cover price $2.50
288pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 21st Feb 2024 | | BookAndre Norton - Year Of The Unicorn | grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books undated° sixth mmpb printing over-all†
cover by j. h. breslow (signed with his jhb monogram, retained from previous mmpb printing, uncredited)
cover price $2.50
288pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
° - nor date of publication nor printing nor ordinality of printing given in indicia publishing history, only copyright date. printed and distributed before the next ace books mmpb printing, which is dated 9/1981 in its indicia publishing history and announced incorrectly as the sixth, but must be the seventh printing
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ppint. 21st Feb 2024 | | BookAndre Norton - Year Of The Unicorn | (possibly grosset & dunlap by now) charter communications, inc. ace books undated° fourth printing over-all
cover art by j. h. breslow (signed with his jhb monogram, retained from third printing, uncredited)
cover price $1.50
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
° - date and ordinality of printing from grosset & dunlap charter communications ace fifth printing indicia
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ppint. 21st Feb 2024 | | BookAndre Norton - Year Of The Unicorn | grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb fifth printing over-all
cover art by j. (jack) h. breslow (signed with jhb monogram, retained from previous printings but in re-designed cover)
cover price $1.95
288pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
indicia publishing history includes line giving date of undated immediately previous printing:
fourth ace printing: january 1976
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ppint. 21st Feb 2024 | | BookCharles L. Harness - The Paradox Men | and thank-you again, jimess.
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ppint. 21st Feb 2024 | | BookJack Williamson - Dome Around America | half ace books mmpb first printing, first edition
half a classic ''ace double'' format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other
cover art unsigned, uncredited; attributed to ed valigursky in the ace image library
cover price 35¢
½ 320pp. including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves
doubled with ''the paradox men'' charles harness (1953 as ''flight into yesterday''), q.v.
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ppint. 21st Feb 2024 | | BookJack Williamson - Dome Around America | thank-you, jimess.
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ppint. 20th Feb 2024 | | BookTerry Carr - The Best Science Fiction Of The Year #14 | author field should^W has been varied to editor
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ppint. 20th Feb 2024 | | BookTerry Carr - Best Sf Of The Year 14 | author field should^W has been varied to editor
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ppint. 20th Feb 2024 | | BookTerry Carr - Best Sf Of The Year 14 | author field should^W has been varied to editor
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ppint. 20th Feb 2024 | | BookTerry Carr - Best Sf Of The Year 14 | first published year date is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to 1985
this reprint anthology of the best science fiction stories of 1984 was not first published in 1972
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