ppint. 22nd Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - Sons Of Glory: Call To Battle | berkley publishing group jove imprint mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art none, really: predominantly typographical cover partly obscuring ''supporting'' sabre and semi-automatic rifle, design repeated from #1 but red background changed to blue
cover price ($6.99 canada) • $5.50 u.s.
352pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 22nd Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - Sons Of Glory | berkley publishing group jove imprint mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art none, really: predominantly typographical cover partly obscuring ''supporting'' sabre and semi-automatic rifle, on a deep red field
cover price ($5.99 canada) • $4.99 u.s.
352pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 22nd Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Whims Of Creation | warner books mmpb aspect imprint first printing, first edition
cover art by pamela lee (signed, credited)
cover price $5.50 u.s. ($6.99 can(ada))
332pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 21st Jan 2024 | | BookLois McMaster Bujold - Ethan Of Athos | baen publishing enterprises baen books mmpb 7/1997 fourth printing with new
cover art by gary ruddell (signed, credited)
cover price (can(ada) $7.99) u.s. $5.99
248pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical further reprintings which differ:
baen books mmpb (?/1998-89?) fifth printing
not as-yet seen/seen reported
cover price presumably $5.99 in u.s.
baen books mmpb 3/2001 sixth printing
cover price $5.99 (u.s.)
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ppint. 21st Jan 2024 | | BookLois McMaster Bujold - Ethan Of Athos | baen publishing enterprises baen books mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by alan gutierrez (signed, credited)
cover price $2.95
244pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
some copies have the cover price overprinted with a black rectangle and simultaneously the new
cover price $3.95
printed below (with reference to alignment of printed cat# and original cover price);
these copies intended for distribution north of ''the parallel'' (i.e. in canada)
distinguish from near-identical reprintings:
baen books mmpb 1/1992 second printing which differs:
cover price (can(ada) $5.99) u.s. $4.99
cat# retained, but now reads vertically upwards followed by the cover prices)
indicia publishing history adds line
second printing, january 1992
baen books mmpb 4/1994 third printing which differs:
cover price $5.99
cat# retained, with cover price reading vertically upwards to new baen dragon/spaceship logo
indicia publishing history adds line
third printing, april 1994
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ppint. 21st Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Reluctant Sorcerer | the reluctant sorcerer full series listing done, with details and all links to & fro fettled & tested ok.
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ppint. 21st Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Ambivalent Magician | the reluctant sorcerer trilogy #3:
#1: ''the reluctant sorcerer'' (1992), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 21st Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Inadequate Adept | the reluctant sorcerer trilogy #2:
#1: ''the reluctant sorcerer'' (1992), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 21st Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Reluctant Sorcerer | the reluctant sorcerer trilogy #1:
#1: ''the reluctant sorcerer'' (1992), (this book)
#2: ''the inadequate adept'' (1993), q.v.
#3: ''the ambivalent magician'' (1996), q.v.
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ppint. 21st Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Reluctant Sorcerer | bar-code number truncated by too-small field: 070993 00499 6 36260
the final element of which is the only part uniquely identifying this item in the primary distributing wholesaler's then-current catalogue, being the specific mmpb's cat#
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ppint. 21st Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Ambivalent Magician | warner books aspect imprint mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by jody a. lee (unsigned, credited)
cover price $5.99 u.s. ($6.99 can(ada))
234pp..(check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 21st Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Inadequate Adept | warner books mmpb first printing, first edition
questar series
cover art by david (b.) mattingly (signed, credited)
cover price $4.99 u.s. ($5.99 can(ada))
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 21st Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Reluctant Sorcerer | warner books mmpb first printing, first edition
questar series
cover art by dave (david b.) mattingly (signed, credited)
cover price $4.99 u.s. ($5.99 can(ada))
208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 21st Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Shapechanger Scenario | psychodrome series #2:
#1: ''psychodrome'' (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 21st Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Shapechanger Scenario | berkley publishing group ace books mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by neal mcpheeters (signed, credited)
cover price ($4.75 canada) • $3.50 u.s.
208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 21st Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - Psychodrome | announced on cover as #1 in the exciting new series,
berkley/ace published only one more in this, ah, ''rollerball-influenced'' sports space opera series:
#1: ''psychodrome'' (1987), (this book)
#2: ''the shapechanger scenario'' (1988), q.v.
#3: ''the invasion'' (2020), q.v.
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ppint. 21st Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - Psychodrome | berkley publishing group ace books mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by neal mcpheeters (signed,)
cover price ($3.95 canada) • $2.95 u.s.
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 20th Jan 2024 | | BookFritz Leiber - Conjure Wife | tor books mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition, first thus
half tor sf double #36 double format mmpb with single front cover, contents one way up
cover art by wayne barlowe (unsigned, credited)
cover price $4.99 u.s. ($5.99 can(ada))
½ 352pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history printing number line to distinguish from near-identical undated second printing, which drops the digit ''1'' leaving 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
doubled with ''our lady of darkness'' fritz leiber (1977), q.v.
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ppint. 20th Jan 2024 | | BookFritz Leiber - Our Lady Of Darkness | tor books imprint mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition
half tor sf double #36 with single front cover, contents printed the one way up
cover art by wayne barlowe (unsigned, credited)
cover price $4.99 u.s. ($5.99 can(ada))
½ 352pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history printing number line to distinguish from undated second printing which drops the digit ''1'' leaving 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
doubled with ''conjure wife'' fritz leiber (1953), q.v.
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ppint. 20th Jan 2024 | | BookTim Powers - The Drawing Of The Dark | orion publishing group gollancz imprint b-format p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition
fantasy masterworks #34, indicated #33 in error
cover art unsigned detail from the battle of arbelles / of issus, jan breughel the elder, 1602
cover price £6.99
332pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 20th Jan 2024 | | BookTim Powers - The Drawing Of The Dark | wm collins sons grafton books imprint p/b first printing, reprinting granada books p/b first uk edition suitably emended, second uk p/b printing over-all
cover art by gino d'achille (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £3.50, $9.95 australia, $14.95 new zealand
384pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
still on the same mayflower books block isbn
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ppint. 20th Jan 2024 | | BookTim Powers - The Drawing Of The Dark | granada publishing group granada imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition
cover art by gino d'achille (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £1.95 (check for overseas territories prices)
384pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
n.b. isbn is a mayflower books imprint block number
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ppint. 20th Jan 2024 | | BookTim Powers - The Drawing Of The Dark | random house group ballantine books del rey series (logo on cover only) mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by doug beekman (unsigned, credited)
cover price $1.95
336pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 20th Jan 2024 | | BookLord Dunsany - Beyond The Fields We Know | intext publisher ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings, possibly sharing merkin-printed covers°, first edition
cover art by gervasio gallardo (signed reversed left-right on back cover)
cover price $1.25
320pp..(check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. including ''the naming of names'' (nf article) lin carter, advertising
° - refer to indicia publishing history to see if canadadian-carcassed copy intended for distribution north of the parallel, or wholly merkin-printed copy for general distribution is held.
yr hmbl srppnt. knoweth not whether merkin-printed covers were shared by the canadadian variant or no; should a bookcatter or other browser discover that they hold such a copy, it would be appreciated if they were to report upon the matter, including the precise phraseology used by ballantine books, inc. in the indicia, in their comment, to advise, inform and educate. . .
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ppint. 20th Jan 2024 | | BookSteve Holland - The Mushroom Jungle | zeon books, an associate company of zardoz books, tp/b first printing, first edition
20 whitecroft, dilton marsh, westbury, wilts ba13-4dj
cover art by f.t. (signed, uncredited)
cover price £14.95
212pp. including xii pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents, 6pp. nf introduction by brian stableford, etc, 16 end pp. including 2pp. select general bibliography, 2p. about the author & bibliography, 2pp. index, 8pp. b+w reproductions of p/b publishers' logos, some front covers, 1p. advertising for paperback, pulp and comic collector magazine
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ppint. 20th Jan 2024 | | BookLois McMaster Bujold - Borders Of Infinity | pan macmillan pan books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition
cover art by keith scaife (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £4.99 (check for overseas territories prices)
320pp. including titles, indicia (no table-of-contents) etc, 3 end pp. miles vorkosigan/naismith his universe and times (uncredited nf annotated timeline)
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ppint. 20th Jan 2024 | | BookLois McMaster Bujold - Borders Of Infinity | refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish betwixt the at least first three near-identical printings:
10/1989 baen books first mmpb printing, first edition
dedication: for john
cover art by gary ruddell (unsigned, credited)
isbn 0-671-69841-9
cat# 69841
cover price $3.95
320pp. including six unpaginated pp. titles, indicia, no table-of-contents (stated a novel in indicia), 3 unpaginated end pp. ''miles vorkosigan/naismith his lifecand times'' (nf within f annotated timeline) uncredited
front cover bears puff-line ''by the author of falling free'' above cover price
12/1989 baen books second mmpb printing (details to come) differs:
indicia publishing history adds line: second printing, december (1989)
10/1991 baen books third mmpb printing
cover art by gary ruddell retained
isbn 0-671-72093-7
bar-code number 0 76714 00499 3 72093
cat# 72093
cover price (can $5.99) u.s. $4.99
320pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia, no table-of-contents (stated a novel in indicia), 3 end pp. timeline
front cover bears red pinked-edge bezant declaring ''hugo and nebula winning author'' in black above cover prices
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ppint. 19th Jan 2024 | | BookKatherine Kurtz - Saint Camber | random house group ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings, first p/b edition
cover art by darrell k. sweet (unsigned, credited, shared with ballantine h/cvr first edition)
cover price $2.75 canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
cover price $2.25 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
464pp? (check) including titles, indicia, b+w map, etc., end pp. including appendices, advertising
i do not know if the card covers of the canadian-carcassed variety were shared from the merkin p/b, with altered printed cover price, or canadadian-printed; this information should be printed on the card covers
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ppint. 19th Jan 2024 | | BookKatherine Kurtz - Saint Camber | distinguish from near-identical doubleday (merkin) science fiction book club edition 5/1979° which differs:
cover (d-j) price none (reportedvprice to sf bookclub members $3.50)
sfbc cat# 2160 on d-j back flap
380pp. (check) including titles, indicia, map etc, end pp. including appendices
bound with endpapers between covered boards
pagination differs from ballantine books first edition h/cvr trade edition, so text has been re-set;
first sfbc printing bears printer's gutter code J17 on p.364, boards taupe, with black typography
° month of publication not given, taken from sfbc wki
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ppint. 19th Jan 2024 | | BookKatherine Kurtz - Saint Camber | random house group ballantine books h/cvr first printing, first edition
cover (d-j) art by darrell (k.) sweet (unsigned, credited on d-j back flap)
b+w map by bob (robert) porter (credited)
cover (d-j) price $9.95
480pp. (check) including titles, indicia, map, etc, end pp. including appendices, advertising, bound with endpapers between covered boards
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