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ppint. 18th Jan 2024		Book Katherine Kurtz - Camber Of Culdi	distinguish from 5/1979 merkin doubleday science fiction book club h/cvr edition which differs: sfbc cat# 2161 on d-j back flap, also states book club edition printer's gutter code J13 on p.264 (later printings have other month+date printer's gutter codes) 288pp? (check) including titles, indicia, b+w maps etc, end pp. appendices, bound with endpapers between covered boards pagination differs from the ballantine books trade h/cvr edition
ppint. 18th Jan 2024		Book Katherine Kurtz - Camber Of Culdi	random house group ballantine books h/cvr first printing, first h/cvr edition, not first edition cover (d-j) art by darrell k. sweet (unsigned, credited on d-j back flap) b+w maps by bob porter cover (d-j) price $8.95 336pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. including appendices, advertising, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 18th Jan 2024		Book Katherine Kurtz - Camber Of Culdi	refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical second and third printings: (?1976/1977?) ballantine books mmpb second printing differs: indicia publishing history adds line stating second printing and date 1/1978 ballantine books third printing same cover art, same cover design, cover price, differs: indicia publishing history adds line stating third printing and date isbn 0-345-27597-5 adds del rey series name to wyvern fantasy logo the next ballantine books printing is the 3/1979 first h/cvr edition
ppint. 17th Jan 2024		Book Kate Wilhelm - The Mile-Long Spaceship	g. k. hall & co. gregg press imprint h/cvr first printing, first merkin h/cvr edition library edition reprint taken from the berkley medallion mmpb, printed on acid-free paper cover art none; and issued without d-j cover price none printed: retail price $13.00° 192pp. including xxx pp. titles, indicia etc, introduction by susan wood, sewn in signatures bound with endpapers between green buckram-covered boards, titles in gold on red background rectangle on spine ° - price taken from locus 233, 5/1980
ppint. 17th Jan 2024		Book Kate Wilhelm - Andover And The Android	contents: the mile-long spaceship (short story) astounding vol. lix #2, 4/1957, atlas bre vol. xiii #8, 8/1957; both with a b+w illustration by (frank) kelly freas fear is a cold black (novelette) , 1963 jenny with wings (ss) , 1963 a is for automation (ss) future #45, 10/1959 gift from the stars (ss) future #40, 12/1958 no lights in the window (ss) , 1963 one for the road (ss) fantastic universe vol.11 #4, 7/1959 andover and the android (ss) , 1963 the man without a planet (ss) f&sf vol.23 #1, 7/1962; f&sf atlas bre vol. iii #12, 11/1962 the apostolic travellers (ss) , 1963 the last days of the captain (ss) amazing vol. 36 #11, 11/1962, two b+w illustrations by jack gaughan
ppint. 17th Jan 2024		Book Kate Wilhelm - The Mile-Long Spaceship	publisher is^W was wrong and should^W has been varied to berkley medallion as bookcat goes by the imprint
ppint. 17th Jan 2024		Book Kate Wilhelm - Margaret And I	simon & schuster pocket books timescape mmpb second printing, not first mmpb edition dedication: for damon -- of course cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price $2.50 224pp. including 8pp. titles, indicia etc, 2 end pp. advertising
ppint. 17th Jan 2024		Book Kate Wilhelm - Margaret And I	simon & schuster pocket books mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition dedication: for damon -- of course cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price £1.75 224pp. including 8pp. titles, indicia etc, 2 end pp. advertising
ppint. 17th Jan 2024		Book Kate Wilhelm - Margaret And I	thank-you, jimess.
ppint. 17th Jan 2024		Book Simon Hawke - Jehad	the shade trilogy #3: #1: ''last communion'' nicholas yermakov (1981), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 17th Jan 2024		Book Simon Hawke - Jehad	new american library signet books imprint mmpb first printing°, first edition cover art by paul alexander (signed alexander, uncredited) cover price (canada $3.50) • u.s. $2.75 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. including afterword (nf) nicholas yermakov, advertising ° - may exist in near-identical simultaneously canadadian-printed carcase variant intended for distribution north of the parallel: bookcatters possessing or elsewise with access to a copy are requested to check the indicia page of the copy held and if it proves to be the canadadian-printed variety, to post the exact phraseology printed stating this, and quoting the exact printing number line, in a comment here. tia, love, ppint.
ppint. 17th Jan 2024		Book Simon Hawke - Epiphany	the shade trilogy #2: #1: ''last communion'' nicholas yermakov (1981), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 17th Jan 2024		Book Simon Hawke - Epiphany	new american library signet books imprint mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition cover art by paul alexander (signed alexander) cover price $2.95 canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel cover price $2.50 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution 176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer also to indicia publishing history to distinguish between the two varieties: canadadian-printed carcases state printed in canada & drop digit ''1'' from the printing number line, formally identifying them as the second printing (nal practice from late 1980 through late 1987) wholly merkin-printed copies bear the full first printing number line, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
ppint. 16th Jan 2024		Book Fritz Leiber - Conjure Wife	possibly berkley publishing group / grosset & dunlap, charter communications, ace imprint mmpb third ace mmpb printing with new cover art unsigned, uncredited (possibly by norman walker) cover price ($2.95 canada) • $2.75 u.s. 224pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 16th Jan 2024		Book Fritz Leiber - Conjure Wife	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books imprint mmpb second printing cover art by fma reused from first ace books mmpb printing, now on single-fronted (non-die-cut) cover cover price $2.50 224pp. (check: text appears to've been re-set if this is correct) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising indicia publishing history states this ace printing: july 1981
ppint. 16th Jan 2024		Book Fritz Leiber - Conjure Wife	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books imprint mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition two varieties of the die-cut outer front cover revealing the head, shoulders, raised arms & hands of the woman in the cover art on the thinner second card front cover: one is copper metallic foil finished, the other is black; both outer front covers bear the ordinary front cover typography (second, inner) cover art by fma (signed, not as-yet further identified so far as i am aware) cover price $1.95 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 16th Jan 2024		Book Fritz Leiber - Our Lady Of Darkness	berkley publishing group ace imprint mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition cover art by norman walker (unsigned, credited) cover price ($2.75 canada) • $2.50 u.s. 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 16th Jan 2024		Book Fritz Leiber - Our Lady Of Darkness	putnam-berkley publishing group berkley books imprint mmpb first printing, possibly first p/b edition cover art by richard powers (unsigned, uncredited; shared from the putnam h/cvr d-j where it is credited) cover price $1.75 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from 2, 3 or 4/1979 near-identical reprinting using same isbn and cover art, same cover price, same adverts: adds undated line stating second printing
ppint. 16th Jan 2024		Book Adam Hall - The 9th Directive	cover art by tony (anthony) roberts (credited on back cover)
ppint. 16th Jan 2024		Book Tom Holt - Expecting Someone Taller	little, brown group (warner books uk) orbit books p/b, seventh futura / orbit p/b over-all, with new cover art by steve lee cover price £4.99 (check for overseas territories prices) 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from further near-identical printings on same isbn retaining cover art by steve lee in 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003 (by which time cover price had risen to £5.99, $9.99 canada)
ppint. 16th Jan 2024		Book Tom Holt - Expecting Someone Taller	futura publications b-format p/b first printing, first p/b edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price £3.99, $10.95 australia, $17.99 new zealand 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical reprintings with same isbn and cover art, which differ by adding successive lines, reprinted 1988; reprinted 1990 (cover price may've risen...)
ppint. 15th Jan 2024		Book Ernest Bramah - The Eyes Of Max Carrados	max carrados #2: #1: ''max carrados'' (1914), q.v. for series(?) listing, and links.
ppint. 15th Jan 2024		Book Ernest Bramah - The Eyes Of Max Carrados	contents: the virginiola fraud (short) the disappearance of marie severe (short) the secret of dunstan's tower (short) the mystery of the poisoned dish of mushrooms (short) the ghost at massingham mansions (novelette) the missing actresses sensation (short) the ingenious mr. spinola (short) the kingsmouth spy case (novella) the eastern mystery (short)
ppint. 15th Jan 2024		Book Tom Holt - Expecting Someone Taller	n.b. despite notes: section statement, this is *not* a reprinting of the 1988 futura publications ltd. b-format p/b edition.
ppint. 15th Jan 2024		Book Tom Holt - Expecting Someone Taller	macmillan h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by graham thompson (unsigned, credited on d-j back flap) cover (d-j) price £9.95 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 15th Jan 2024		Book Ernest Bramah - The Eyes Of Max Carrados	penguin books p/b first printing, believed first p/b edition original collection of nine max carrados stories varying from short stories to novelette and a novella cover (& d-j) art none cover (d-j) price 6d. 240pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 15th Jan 2024		Book Ernest Bramah - Max Carrados	max carrados #1: (i'm unsure whether to typify these as constituting a series: they all feature max carrados, parkinson, his sighted investigator, and mr. greatorex, his secretary; but whether there's any definite sequentiality - other than that of their original publication order...) #1: ''max carrados'' (1914), (this collection) #2: ''the eyes of max carrados'' (1923), q.v. #3: ''max carrados mysteries'' (1927), q.v. #4: ''the bravo of london'' (1934), q.v. #5:: ''best max carrados detective stories'' (1972), q.v. #6: ''four max carrados detective stories'' (2004), q.v.
ppint. 15th Jan 2024		Book Ernest Bramah - Max Carrados	penguin books p/b first printing, probably first p/b edition collection of four novelettes and three short stories featuring max carrados, the blind detective cover art none cover price 6d. 192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising likely issued with near-identical d-j carrying cover price, as card cover bears none ''penguin-with-stomach-ache dancing to its left'' logo
ppint. 15th Jan 2024		Book Keith Roberts - The Road To Paradise	kerosina books h/cvr first printing, first edition, limited to 750 copies simultaneous with 250 copies of this in a collectors' edition slipcase with ''irish encounters'' (nf travel essays) isbn 0-948893-32-X retail price £37.50 80pp. h/cvr kerosina books (1988) cover (d-j) art by keith roberts cover (d-j) price £13.95 228pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards month of publication not given, taken from locus
ppint. 15th Jan 2024		Book Keith Roberts - Winterwood And Other Hauntings	contents: susan (short story) science fantasy #71, 4/1965 the scarlet lady (novelette) (sf) impulse #6, 8/1966, as by alistair bevan the eastern windows (ss) in ''the devil his due'' ed. douglas hill (1967), q.v. winterwood (ss) cornhill magazine spring/1974 mrs cibber (ntte) apparently original to this collection the snake princess (ntte) cornhill magazine summer/1973 everything in the garden (ntte) argosy (no individual issue data known). 1973

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