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ppint. 13th Nov 2023		Book Kenneth Robeson - Three Gold Crowns	written by paul ernst
ppint. 13th Nov 2023		Book Kenneth Robeson - Three Gold Crowns	cover art by george gross
ppint. 13th Nov 2023		Book Kenneth Robeson - Three Gold Crowns	''serialized'' in the avenger vol.3 #2, 1/1941
ppint. 12th Nov 2023		Book Pauline Clarke - Merlin's Magic	hamish hamilton first printing, not first h/cvr edition ''big reindeer books'' series cover (d-j) art cover (d-j) price 208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc. bound between covered boards
ppint. 12th Nov 2023		Book Pauline Clarke - Merlin's Magic	the bodley head h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art (my copy has lacked its d-j since the late fifties/early sixties) interior b+w illustrations by cecil leslie cover (d-j) price 208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between light blue cloth-covered boards, titles(? check) and line drawing on lower half of front cloth in red
ppint. 11th Nov 2023		Book Philip K. Dick - Ubik	granada publishing group panther books imprint p/b second printing, with new cover art by ian richardson (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price 75p, $2.15 australia, $2.35 new zealand, $2.25 canada 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising indicia publishing history adds reprinted 1978 near-identical granada publishing panther books imprint 1984 third printing on same isbn differs: cover art by ian richardson retained (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £1.95, $6.95 new zealand 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising indicia publishing history now states reprinted 1978, 1984
ppint. 11th Nov 2023		Book Philip K. Dick - Ubik	granada publishing group panther books p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by anthony (tony) roberts (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price 35p, 85c south africa, $3.50 singapore, $1.10 australia & new zealand 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 11th Nov 2023		Book Philip K. Dick - Ubik	andré deutsch rapp & whiting imprint h/cvr first printing, first uk edition cover (d-j) art unsigned cover (d-j) price 21/- £1.05 208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 11th Nov 2023		Book Philip K. Dick - Ubik	dell publishing mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first p/b edition cover art unsigned, credited on back cover to ''jones''; may be jeff jones (?°) cover price 95¢ 208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc. refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first dell printing---may 1970 number-string on spine, 440-09002-095 is not an sbn nor an isbn ° - the art on an 8/1969 dell mmpb so-credited on the back cover is definitely by jeff jones, as it is signed by him; but this 1970 mmpb art is not signed, and the back cover credit may be in error; it is not remotely in the style of any of the cover art signed by him of which yr hmbl srppnt. is aware.
ppint. 10th Nov 2023		Book Francis G. Rayer - Tomorrow Sometimes Comes	icon books limited p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by raymond e. meylan cover price 3/6 192pp. including titles, indicia etc.
ppint. 9th Nov 2023		Book Richard Wilson - 30 Day Wonder	publisher should^W has been varied to icon books; this nineteen sixties icon books limited is unconnected with the nineteen nineties-twentyfirst century icon
ppint. 9th Nov 2023		Book Francis G. Rayer - Tomorrow Sometimes Comes	publisher should^W has been varied to icon books; this sixties icon books limited is unconnected with the nineteen nineties-twentyfirst century icon
ppint. 8th Nov 2023		Book H. P. Lovecraft - Cry Horror!	contents: the lurking fear (novelette) home brew 1/1923, 2/1923, 3/1923, 4/1923; weird tales vol. xi #6, 6/1928; reprinted in startling mystery stories vol.1 #1, summer/1966 (the home brews may be vol.2 #1-4) °the colour out of space (ntte) amazing stories vol. ii #6, 9/1927° (the ''u'' is erratic in its appearance) °the nameless city (short story) the wolverine #11, 11/1921; fanciful tales of time and space vol.1 #1, 1936; weird tales vol. xxxii #5, 11/1938° pickman's model (ss) weird tales vol. x #4, 10/1927; weird tales vol. xxviii #4, 11/1936 arthur jermyn (ss) in the wolverine #9, 3/1921; weird tales vol. iii #4, 4/1924; as ''the white ape''; as ''arthur jermyn'' weird tales vol. xxv #5, 5/1935 the unnameable (ss) weird tales vol. vi #1, 7/1925 (a randolph carter story) °the call of cthulhu (ntte) weird tales vol. xi #2, 2/1928° the moon-bog (ss) weird tales vol. vii #6, 6/1926 cool air (ss) tales of magic & mystery vol.1 #4, 3/1928; weird tales xxxiv #3, 9/1939 with a b+w illustration by harry ferman °the hound (ss) weird tales vol. iii #2, 2/1924; reprinted in wt vol. xiv #3, 9/1929° the shunned house (ntte) chapbook 1928+ff, weird tales vol. xxx #4, 10/1937 with a b+w illustration by virgil finlay ° - cthulhu mythos story
ppint. 8th Nov 2023		Book H. P. Lovecraft - Cry Horror!	world distributors (manchester) ltd. wdl books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition reprint collection of seven short stories and four novelettes, two of each cthulhu mythos cover art by richard powers (unsigned, uncredited; reused from avon 1958 mmpb cover art) cover price 2'6 192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p. advertising
ppint. 7th Nov 2023		Book Claude Nunes - Inherit The Earth	expanded, apparently by claude nunes alone, from the short story by claude and rhoda nunes in science fiction adventures #31, 3/1963
ppint. 7th Nov 2023		Book Claude Nunes - The Sky Trapeze	Review paranoid sf - an object lesson and a powerful warning to all those who know - or suspect - that they possess psi powers;f - no matter how glittering the prizes proffered, do not reveal yourselves: they really are out to get you. . . 2 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
ppint. 7th Nov 2023		Book Claude Nunes - The Sky Trapeze	robert hale h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by helen hale (of the publishing family) (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap) cover (d-j) price £5.25 192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 6th Nov 2023		Book J. L. Morrissey - City Of The Hidden Eyes	world distributors (manchester) wdl books small pocketbook format p/b first printing, first edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 2'6 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 6th Nov 2023		Book Francis G. Rayer - The Iron And The Anger	arcadia house first printing, first merkin edition, first h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art unsigned, uncredited cover (d-j) price $3.25 192pp. including titles, indicia etc.
ppint. 6th Nov 2023		Book Francis G. Rayer - Journey To The Stars	arcadia house first printing, first merkin edition, first h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art unsigned, uncredited cover (d-j) price $2.95 192pp. including titles, indicia etc.
ppint. 6th Nov 2023		Book Francis G. Rayer - Cardinal Of The Stars	brown, watson ltd. digit books imprint p/b first printing, first edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 2'6 160pp. including titles, indicia etc.
ppint. 6th Nov 2023		Book H. Rider Haggard - She And Allan	''she and allan'' (1921) is the prequel to both ''she'' (1886) and ''king solomon's mines'' (1885); n.b. she/ayesha does not appear in all allan quartermain stories, and allan quartemain does not appear in all she/ayesha stories. it also finds a place in a third, shorter, series that can also be followed, the four stories of zikali, the dwarf wizard, and this witch-doctor's plot and campaign to overthrow the royal house of senzanggakona founded by shaka, and ending with cetewayo (cetshwayo kampande): ''marie'' (1912), ''child of storm'' (1913), ''she and allan'', and ''finished'' (1917). unlike the other three in this tetralogy, its events do not take place in zululand, so some people do not include it as belonging in the trilogy.
ppint. 5th Nov 2023		Book Fritz Leiber - The Green Millenium	icon books limited first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by bernard carey cover price 3/6 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 4th Nov 2023		Book E. C. Tubb - Derai	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 by jeff jones (signed, credited) b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed with his digraph) ½ 256pp. including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves number-string on spine, 020-08077 (-060) is likely the book's abn; the 020- publisher prefix and the checksum digit-less abn system item number are wholly incompatible with the sbn, later developed into the isbn book numbering system. month of publication not given, taken from the second ace double printing's publishing history
ppint. 4th Nov 2023		Book E. C. Tubb - C.O.D. Mars	aka ''fear of strangers'' e. c. tubb (linford mystery library/ulverscroft (large print books) 2007), q.v.
ppint. 3rd Nov 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Crompton Divided	aka and originally ''the alchemical marriage of alistair crompton'' robert sheckley (uk 28/3/1978), q.v.
ppint. 3rd Nov 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Crompton Divided	holt, rinehart & winston first printing, first merkin h/cvr edition, *not* the first edition cover (d-j) art by carl lundgren (no visible signature°, credited on d-j front flap) cover (d-j) price $8.95 236pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards ° - the whole painting is liable to bear his formalised signature in a line-drawn box, but i've not seen this
ppint. 2nd Nov 2023		Book Damon Knight - A Century Of Science Fiction	author field should^W has been varied to editor.
ppint. 2nd Nov 2023		Book Damon Knight - A Century Of Science Fiction	contents: i robots: the ideal (short excerpt) stanley g. weinbaum (1935), q.v. moxon's master (short story) ambrose bierce, the san francisco examiner, ?/1899 as ''a night at moxon's'' reason (ss) isaac asimov, astounding vol. xxvii #2, 4/1941 (a positronic robot story) who can replace a man? (ss) brian w. aldiss, infinity vol.3 #5, 6/1958 as ''but who can replace a man?'' ii time travel: short excerpt from ''the time machine'' h. g. wells (1894-5), q.v. of time and third avenue (ss) alfred bester, f&sf vol.2 #5, 10/1951 sail on! sail on! (ss) philip josé farmer, startling vol.28 #2, 12/1952; startling pembertons bre (#2) short excerpt from ''worlds of the imperium'' keith laumer (1962), q.v. the business, as usual (ss) mack reynolds, f&sf vol.3 #3, 6/1952 iii space: what's it like out there? (novelette) edmond hamilton, thrilling wonder stories vol. xli #2, 12/1952; thrilling wonder stories atlas bre vol.1 #10, summer/1953 sky lift (ss) robert a. heinlein, imagination vol.4 #10, 11/1953; rogue 8/1958 the star (ss) arthur c. clarke, infinity vol. 1 #1, 11/1955 iv other worlds and people: the crystal egg (ss) h. g. wells, the new review, 5/1897 the wind people (ss) marion zimmer bradley, if vol.9 #2, 2/1959 unhuman sacrifice (ntte) katherine maclean astounding vol. lxii #3, 11/1958, astounding atlas bre vol. xv #2, 2/1959; both: three b+w illustrations by john schoenherr v aliens among us: what was it? a mystery (ss) fitz-james o'brien, harpers 3/1859; weird tales vol.6 #6, 12/1925 the first days of may (ss) claude veillot, fiction #78, 5/1960 as ''les premiers jours de mai''; f&sf vol.21 #6, 12/1961; f&sf atlas bre vol. iii #5, 4/1962; both: the cover story, art by ed emshwiller days of succession (ss) theodore l. thomas, astounding vol. lxiii (but misnumbered vol. lxiv) #6, 8/1959; astounding atlas bre vol. xv #11, 1/1960 angel's egg (ntte) edgar pangborn, galaxy vol.2 #3, 6/1951 vi superman: another world (ntte) j. h. rosny ainé, a revue de paris 9-10/1895 as ''une autre monde'' translated by damon knight short excerpt from ''odd john'' olaf stapledon (1935), q.v. call me joe (ntte) poul anderson, astounding vol lix #2, 4/1957; astounding atlas bre vol. xiii #8, 8/1957; both: the cover story, art by (frank) kelly freas, also four b+w illustrations by freas vii marvellous inventions: from the ''london times'' of 1904 (ss) mark twain, the century magazine 11/1898 short excerpt from ''20,000 leagues under the sea'' jules verne (? which translation ?), originally as ''vingt mille lieues sous les mers'' (1869-1870 in two volumes), q.v. you are with it! (ss) will stanton, f&sf vol.21 #6, 12/1961; f&sf atlas bre vol. iii #5, 4/1962 cease fire (ss) frank herbert, astounding vol. lx #5, 1/1958; astounding atlas bre xvi #4, 10/1960
ppint. 2nd Nov 2023		Book Damon Knight - A Century Of Science Fiction	victor gollancz h/cvr first printing, first uk edition reprint anthology of seventeen short stories, four novel excerpts and five novelettes, with anthology & individual items' introductions by the editor, uncredited extensive suggested reading bibliography cover (d-j) art none, typographical cover in black and magenta on ''gollancz yellow'' field, with the anthology's seven sections listed in-between the lines of a rounded-cornered twin black line-drawn vertical rectangular frame around the main typography cover (d-j) price 21/- 352pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents, nf introduction by the editor, end pp. nf bibliography, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards

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