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ppint. 17th Feb 2024		Book Philip José Farmer - The Fabulous Riverboat	andre deutsch rapp & whiting h/cvr first printing, first uk edition cover (d-j) art by beverley lebarrow (photographic, unsigned, credited on d-j back flap) cover (d-j) price £2.50 256pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia etc, 3 end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 17th Feb 2024		Book Stephen Booth - The Murder Road	hachette uk little, brown book group sphere imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition dedication: for lesley, as always cover shutterstock cover price £7.99, $15.95 canada 496pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia etc, 2 end pp: 1p. blank, 1p. advertising
ppint. 16th Feb 2024		Book Jack Vance - Showboat World	i sold the omnibus giant-size (?or anabas large?) poster of ''ether stream'', the painting, in IMT lancaster
ppint. 16th Feb 2024		Book Jack Vance - Showboat World	thomas doherty associates tor books mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition cover art is ''the ether stream'' by rodney matthews (was a poster; print/giclée was available: his website) isbn 0-812-50092-X can(ada) cover price can(ada) $4.95 cover price u.s. $3.95 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising month of publication not given, taken from locus
ppint. 16th Feb 2024		Book Jack Vance - Showboat World	complete bar-code number truncated by too-small field: 9 780340 212523 90125
ppint. 16th Feb 2024		Book Jack Vance - Showboat World	daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings, not first mmpb edition, sharing merkin-printed covers° cover art by david b. mattingly (signed, credited) b+w frontispiece also by mattingly (signed with his initials) near-meaningless daw books collector no.453 ° cover price $2.50 canadian-carcased copies intended for distribution north of the parallel ° cover price $2.25 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution 192pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia, frontispiece, b+w map etc, end pp. advertising refer also to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority in publication date established nor liable to be, but printing line drops the first digit, ''1'' leaving /23456789 formally identifying this as the second printing
ppint. 16th Feb 2024		Book Chelsea Quinn Yarbro - A Flame In Byzantium	atta olivia clemens series #1: prequel series to le comte de saint-germain series, q.v. #1: ''a flame in byzantium'' (1987), (this novel) #2: ''crusader's torch'' (1988), q.v. #3: ''a candle for d'artagnan'' (1989), q.v.
ppint. 16th Feb 2024		Book Chelsea Quinn Yarbro - A Flame In Byzantium	thomas doherty associates tor books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition cover art by manuel pérez-santjulián ''sanjulian'' clemente (signed sanjulian, credited as san julian) isbn can(ada) 0-812-52805-0 cover price can(ada) $5.50 cover price u.s. $4.50 476pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 16th Feb 2024		Book Chelsea Quinn Yarbro - The Palace	thomas doherty associates tor books mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition cover art by mariano pérez clemente (signed maren, may be guillotined off bottom edge) isbn can(ada) 0-812-52803-4 cover price u.s. $3.95 can(ada) $4.95 472pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 16th Feb 2024		Book Chelsea Quinn Yarbro - Blood Games	thomas doherty associates tor books mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition cover art by mariano ''maren'' pérez clemente (signed maren? check) isbn canada 0-812-520..-. (fish out & fill in) cover price u.s. $4.95 canada $5.95 472pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 16th Feb 2024		Book Chelsea Quinn Yarbro - Hotel Transylvania	le comte de saint-germain series #1 #1: "hotel transylvania" (1978), (this novel) #2: "the palace" (1979), q.v. #3: "blood games" (1979), q.v. #4: "path of the eclipse" (1981), q.v. #5: "tempting fate" (1982), q.v. C#1: "the saint-germain chronicles" (collection) (1983) q.v. .. #6 & ff... (i believe about twenty further titles were published in h/cvr and/or yp/b from 1993 onwards, but have seen no general p/b editions as yet) atta olivia clemens series: the prequel series to the above: 0#1: ''a flame in byzantium'' (1987), q.v. 0#2: ''crusader's torch'' (1988), q.v. 0#3: ''a candle for d'artagnan'' (1989), q.v.
ppint. 16th Feb 2024		Book Chelsea Quinn Yarbro - Hotel Transylvania	times mirror new english library p/b first printing, first uk edition there appears to've been no further uk dead tree edition since.
ppint. 15th Feb 2024		Book Booth Mooney - Here Is My Body	l. (lionel) miller & co. red seal imprint p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition (possibly first uk edition) cover art unsigned, uncredited (re-used from gold medal mmpb cat# 218 (1952) first printing) cover price 2/-
ppint. 15th Feb 2024		Book John Brunner - Catch A Falling Star	random house group ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers cover art by darrell k. sweet (unsigned, sfaics, credited) cover price $3.50 canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel cover price $2.75 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer also 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 ballantine books edition october 1982
ppint. 15th Feb 2024		Book John Brunner - Catch A Falling Star	possibly an early michael whelan cover painting (has the style & tones of some of his work)? - try and work out a way of tracking this down
ppint. 15th Feb 2024		Book Neil R. Jones - The Planet Of The Double Sun	ace books, inc.'s professor jameson series listing & details completed, links to & fro likewise, and tested there's a more recent re-collection - but only of thirteen of these novelettes - in merkin tp/b: does anyone still read these creaky classics, these days - or are the shiny, new, expensive editions being bought primarily as an exercise in ''collector's completism'', and/or nostalgia?
ppint. 15th Feb 2024		Book Leo P. Kelley - The Counterfeits	the author's given name is leo patrick kelley, and his by-line leo p. kelley: the ''f'' here was the publisher's mistake.
ppint. 15th Feb 2024		Book Arthur C. Clarke - Master Of Space	the original english title, ''prelude to space'', should^W has been added in the english title field bookcat will then^W sort this book correctly together with the other editions of this book
ppint. 15th Feb 2024		Book Kevin Randle - Seeds Of War	Review unremarkable milsf; there's a reliable market for ''the merkin army in space'' fiction. 1 person found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
ppint. 14th Feb 2024		Book Terry Carr - The Best Science Fiction Of The Year #1	author field should^W has been varied to editor
ppint. 14th Feb 2024		Book Terry Carr - The Best Science Fiction Of The Year #1	random house group ballantine books mmpb second printing reprint anthology of one novella, six novelettes and four short stories, introduction by terry carr cover art none, typographical cover on deep blue field cover price $1.95 352pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 14th Feb 2024		Book Terry Carr - The Best Science Fiction Of The Year	liable to state ''an intext publisher'' on title page and/or indicia: it'd be appreciated should any bookcatter/browser holding a copy of this edition check to confirm whether, and which - and to post a comment ''here'' advising which - or both - or that neither - is the case. ''thanking you in advance'', love, ppint.
ppint. 14th Feb 2024		Book Terry Carr - The Best Science Fiction Of The Year	ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition reprint anthology of four short stories, six novelettes and a novella, nf introduction by terry carr cover art by chris foss (re-used from ''the people trap and other pitfalls, snares, devices and delusions, including three sniggles and a contrivance'' robert sheckley (pan books 1972), q.v.) cover price $1.25 352pp. (check) 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: july, 1972
ppint. 14th Feb 2024		Book Terry Carr - Warlord Of Kor	at least two 21st century editions of this short novel / novella have been published as by terry gene carr
ppint. 14th Feb 2024		Book Robert Moore Williams - The Star Wasps	ace books half mmpb first printing, first edition half a classic ''ace double'' format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other cover art by jack gaughan (unsigned, uncredited, attributed in ''outermost: the life & art of jack gaughan'' luis ortez, jack gaughan (2010) q.v.) cover price 40¢ ½ 224pp. (check) including 2 x 4pp. titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves doubled with ''warlord of kor'' terry carr (1963), q.v.
ppint. 14th Feb 2024		Book Terry Carr - Warlord Of Kor	ace books imprint half 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 cover price 40¢ ½ 224pp. (check) including 2 x 4pp. titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves doubled with ''the star wasps'' robert moore williams (1963), q.v.
ppint. 14th Feb 2024		Book Terry Carr - Planets Of Wonder	thomas nelson h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by frank alois (unsigned, credited for jacket design on d-j back flap) cover (d-j) price $6.95 192pp. including 8pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 14th Feb 2024		Book Mary Rosenblum - The Drylands	the drylands series novel in the same near(ish) future setting as - three novelettes published in isaac asimov's magazine of science fiction: water bringer (iamsf vol.15 #3, 3/1991) the cover story, and one b+w illustration, art by broeck steadman celilo (iamsf vol.15 #7, 6/1991) one b+w illustration by broeck steadman the bee man (iamsf vol.15 #10, 9/1991) one b+w illustration by broeck steadman #1: "the drylands" (1993), (this novel) the collected series: #O: "water-rites" (pod 2007), q.v. (ebook 2014)
ppint. 14th Feb 2024		Book Mary Rosenblum - The Drylands	random house group ballantine books mmpb first printing, first edition discovery ("del discovery rey") series cover art by peter peebles (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price (canada $5.50) u.s. $4.50 284pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 14th Feb 2024		Book Mary Rosenblum - Chimera	random house group ballantine books mmpb first printing, first edition discovery / ("del discovery rey") series cover art by peter peebles (signed with stylised p, credited) cover price (canada $5.99) u.s. $4.99 328pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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