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ppint. 6th Feb 2024		Book Harlan Ellison - Over The Edge	belmont tower mmpb first printing, second printing of suitably emended belmont mmpb first edition typesetting cover art by robert (bob) foster cover price 95¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 6th Feb 2024		Book Harlan Ellison - Over The Edge	belmont publications mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by diane dillon, leo dillon (signed l & d dillon, credited as leo and diane dillon) cover price 75¢ 192pp. pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 6th Feb 2024		Book William F. Nolan - A Wilderness Of Stars	transworld publishers corgi books imprint p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by bruce pennington (unsigned, collected in ''ultraterranium'' bruce pennington, nigel suckling (1991/2), q.v.) cover price 30p, 95c australia, 90c new zealand 224pp..(check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 6th Feb 2024		Book William F. Nolan - A Wilderness Of Stars	victor gollancz h/cvr first printing, first uk edition reprint anthology of six short stories, three novelettes and a novella, with nf introduction by shelly lowenkampf, nf postscript by the editor cover (d-j) art none; typographical in magenta and black on ''gollancz yellow'' field cover (d-j) price 32/- 288pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 6th Feb 2024		Book Jack Beeching - The Dakota Project	very near future novel of a society drifting ever-more-quickly into oppressive bureaucratic control, not least because of overpopulation; when written & published was borderline sf i suppose. . . - but seems to've only been published as straight/literary fiction
ppint. 6th Feb 2024		Book Jack Beeching - The Dakota Project	dell mmpb first printing, not first p/b edition, not first merkin edition credits a delacourt h/cvr (1969), q.v. cover art by robert (bob) foster (signed, not visible from front, uncredited) cover price 95¢ 288pp. (check); including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 6th Feb 2024		Book Jack Beeching - The Dakota Project	tbl (thomson books ltd.) sphere books first printing, first p/b edition cover art (unsigned, uncredited photographic of two hands appearing out of an opened tin can) cover price 5/- (25p), 6/00s east africa, 60c south africa, 80c australia, 75c new zealand 176pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p. territories' agents world-wide for sphere books
ppint. 6th Feb 2024		Book Jack Beeching - The Dakota Project	jonathan cape h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art (restricted palette representation of two part-opened sardine/pilchard cans, keys visible) cover (d-j) price 25/- 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 6th Feb 2024		Book Michael Moorcock - Behold The Man	the hearst corporation avon books equinox rediscovery series b-format p/b first printing, not first merkin p/b edition cover art by robert (bob) foster (signed, credited as bob foster) (retained from 1970 avon mmpb cover) cat# 28589 canada cover price $2.45 canada cover price $2.25 usa 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 6th Feb 2024		Book Frederik Pohl - Turn Left At Thursday	contents: mars by moonlight (novelette) galaxy vol.16 #3, 6/1958; strato bre #65; both as by ''paul flehr'', three b+w illustrations by wallace wood the richest man in levittown (short story) galaxy vol.17 #4, 4/1959; galaxy strato bre #73; both, as ''the bitterest pill'' the seven deadly virtues (ntte) galaxy vol.16 #4, 8/1958; galaxy strato bre #67; both, as by ''paul flehr'' the martian in the attic (ss) if vol.10 #3, 7/1960; galaxy t&p strato bre #5; both, a b+w illustration by gray morrow third offense (ss) galaxy vol.16 #4, 8/1958, as by ''charles satterfield'' the hated (ss) galaxy vol.15 #3, 1/1958 i plinglot, who you? (ntte) galaxy vol.17'#3, 2/1959; galaxy strato bre #72; both, as ''i plinglot --- who you?'', with three b+w illustrations by wallace wood
ppint. 6th Feb 2024		Book Frederik Pohl - The Abominable Earthman	contents: the abominable earthman (novelette) galaxy vol.20 #1, 10/1961; galaxy thorpe & porter bre #88 (~ near identical) we never mention aunt nora (short story) galaxy vol.16 #3, 7/1958 a life and a half (ss) if vol.8 #6, 7/1959, as by ''paul flehr'' punch (ss) playboy 6/1961 the martian star-gazers (ss) galaxy vol.20 #3, 2/1962; the cover story, art & five b+w illustrations by jack gaughan whatever counts (novella) galaxy vol.17 #5, 6/1959; galaxy strato bre #74; both: the cover story, art by ed emshwiller, four b+w illustrations by wallace wood three portraits and a prayer (ss) galaxy vol.20 #6, 8/1962; galaxy thorpe & porter bre #92 (~ identical)
ppint. 6th Feb 2024		Book Frederik Pohl - The Abominable Earthman	may state ''an intext publisher'' on title page and/or in indicia.
ppint. 6th Feb 2024		Book Frederik Pohl - Demon In The Skull	pearson group penguin p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by david o'connor (unsigned, credited) cover price £1.95, $4.95 australia, $7.95 new zealand 176pp. including titles, indicia° etc, end pp. advertising ° - the copyright date for this revised edition is given as 1985, not 1984: i don't believe that the text of the revised novel will have differed from that of the 1984 daw books mmpb edition
ppint. 6th Feb 2024		Book Richard S. Prather - Lie Down, Killer	later published with different cover art from the lion books mmpb as a gold medal book by frederick miller!
ppint. 6th Feb 2024		Book Frederik Pohl - A Plague Of Pythons	''a plague of pythons'' was revised by frederik pohl; the revised version was published as ''demon in the skull'' (1984), q.v.
ppint. 6th Feb 2024		Book Frederik Pohl - A Plague Of Pythons	penguin books p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by david pelham (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price 30p, $1.00 australia, $1.00 new zealand, $1.25 canada 176pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 5th Feb 2024		Book Stephen Rose - The Shattered Ring	contents: science fiction --- what is it? the tortured journey of h. g. wells humanum: what manner of men are we? nature: dynamism and change history: consciousness and the fullness of time the shattered ring: science fiction and the quest for meaning notes
ppint. 5th Feb 2024		Book Stephen Rose - The Shattered Ring	scm press ltd. trade p/b first printing, first uk, possibly simultaneous first°, edition 56 bloomsbury street, london wc1b 3qx dedication: for jim mason and jack brennan --- wanderers and wise men cover art melvyn gill (unsigned, credited on back cover for cover design) cover price 18s/90p net 128pp. including titles, indicia, preface (nf) stephen rose (epiphany 1970), table-of-contents etc, 5 end pp: 3pp. notes, 1st & 5th blank ° originated by john knox books, a merkin protestant press in richmond.
ppint. 5th Feb 2024		Book Frederik Pohl - A Plague Of Pythons	intext (iirc) ballantine books mmpb third printing° with new cover art by robert (bob) foster (unsigned sfaics, credited) cover price 75¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - the canadian-carcassed first printing seems to've been retrospectawigglily accounted the second printing in this accounting - unless a wholly merkin-printed second printing comes to light...
ppint. 5th Feb 2024		Book Frederik Pohl - A Plague Of Pythons	j. m. dent/readers union the science fiction book club first printing, not first uk h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art by terry james cover (d-j) price 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 5th Feb 2024		Book Frederik Pohl - A Plague Of Pythons	victor gollancz first printing, first uk edition, first h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art none, black and magenta typography on classic ''gollancz yellow'' field cover (d-j) price 16/- 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 5th Feb 2024		Book Frederik Pohl - A Plague Of Pythons	ballantine books mmpb apparently simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition° cover art by ralph brillhart (the painting is signed brillhart, somewhat below the alien's free left hand, not visible on cover, uncredited)† cover price 50¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - the indicia publishing history of the third printing gives 11/1965 for the canadian-carcassed first † - jane frank wrongly attributes this art to richard powers
ppint. 5th Feb 2024		Book Robert Sheckley - After The Fall	the novelettes are ''the making of revelation, part 1'' by philip josé farmer ''sungrab'' by william f. nolan, a sam space story, and ''the kingdom of o'ryan'' by bob shaw
ppint. 5th Feb 2024		Book Robert Sheckley - After The Fall	author field should^W has been varied to editor
ppint. 5th Feb 2024		Book Robert Sheckley - After The Fall	thomson books ltd. (tbl) sphere books p/b first printing, apparently first edition; its publication preceded that of the grosset & dunlap ace mmpb according to locus original anthology of twelve short stories and three novelettes, with nf introduction by the editor cover art by peter elson (signed with his pe in a line-drawn box, uncredited) cover price £1.30, £1.30 malta, $4.75 australia 192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising roger zelazny's surname is mis-spelled ''zelazney'' and table-of-contents omits copeland's ''e''.
ppint. 5th Feb 2024		Book Robert Sheckley - After The Fall	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb first printing, first edition according to indicia publishing date, but was preceded by the sphere books uk p/b edition this ace mmpb did not in fact appear until 1/1981 according to locus #242, 3/1981. the cover art (unsigned sfacbs, and uncredited) is attributed to paul alexander in ''science fiction and fantasy artists of the twentieth century'' jane frank (2009), q.v.
ppint. 5th Feb 2024		Book Vincent King - Candy Man	readers union group the science fiction book club first printing, not first uk h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art unsigned, uncredited yellow on black possibly based on microscopic slide of plant cells?) cover (d-j) price 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p, perfectbound with endpapers between covered boards copies were evidently still in stock december 1972 as it was notionally renumbered cat# 5008
ppint. 5th Feb 2024		Book Vincent King - Light A Last Candle	chosen by-line for his sf of art teacher, writer and artist rex thomas vinson, ''king'' being the translation of the latin word ''rex''; 22/10/1935 - (?)/5/2000
ppint. 4th Feb 2024		Book Vincent King - Time Snake And Superclown	futura publications p/b first printing, first edition a futura book, orbit science fiction series cover art by peter andrew (paj) jones (signed paj75, uncredited) cover price 60p, $2.50 canada 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 4th Feb 2024		Book Vincent King - Candy Man	tbl (thomson books ltd.) group sphere books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by patrick woodroffe (signed, signature partly visible, uncredited) cover price 35p, $1.10 australia, $1.10 new zealand 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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