ppint. 21st Oct 2023 | | BookDouglas R. Mason - Android Planet | futura publications p/b first printing, first edition
preceded - probably intended to be published simultaneously with - the arthur barker first h/cvr edition
original novel
cover art unsigned still(?) of an eagle apparently rising diagonally above an electrical discharge
cover price 50p, $1.50 canada
144pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
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ppint. 21st Oct 2023 | | BookE. C. Tubb - Rogue Planet | futura publications first printing, first uk edition, not first edition though originated by futura:
''published in great britain simultaneously by arthur barker ltd. and futura publications ltd.''
publication month not given, taken from lloyd currey; evidently originally intended to've been simultaneous with the later uk h/cvr edition which appeared in 1977 according to lloyd currey
original novel
cover art unsigned, incorporates t.v. episode/pr stills
cover price 50p, $1.50 canada
144pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
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ppint. 21st Oct 2023 | | BookE. C. Tubb - Rogue Planet | simon & schuster pocket books imprint mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
though originated by futura publications ltd., whose edition was likely delayed
original novel
cover art unsigned, incorporates t.v. episode/press still
cover price $1.50
160pp. including titles, indicia 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 a pocket book---september, 1976
seems unlikely: seen reported: a pocket books mmpb second printing dated (it was claimed) july 1976
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ppint. 21st Oct 2023 | | BookE. C. Tubb - Earthfall | futura publications ltd. first printing, first edition
original novel
cover art unsigned incorporates t.v. episode/press still
cover price 80p, $2.50 canada
288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
month of publication not given, taken from the bsfa's paperback parlour 4/1977
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ppint. 21st Oct 2023 | | BookDouglas R. Mason - Phoenix Of Megaron | simon & schuster pocket books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition
original novel
cover art unsigned, incorporating t.v. episode/pr photo still; set in pocket books' uniform
cover design for their space 1999 mmpbs, but field colour changed from deep blue to deep red
cover price $1.50
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
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ppint. 20th Oct 2023 | | BookE. C. Tubb - Breakaway | dennis dobson first printing, first h/cvr edition
cover (d-j) art unsigned, design by richard weaver (credited on d-j flap), spot magenta and yellow on b+w design mainly of profile of half an eagle and the moon; triangular yellow+magenta flash of space 1999 on bottom of spine and of front cover
cover (d-j) price £2.95
144pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
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ppint. 20th Oct 2023 | | BookPhyllis A. Whitney - The Highest Dream | cat# Y6552
the prefix Y indicates cover price $1.25 in new american library's signet (& daw books) cat# system.
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ppint. 20th Oct 2023 | | BookDouglas R. Mason - Android Planet | weidenfeld & nicolson arthur barker imprint first printing, first h/cvr edition
preceded by, but probably intended to be published simultaneously with, the futura publications first edition
original novel
cover (d-j) art unsigned monochrome rendering of a t.v./pr still (?) set in uniform design cover in blues
cover (d-j) price £3.65
144pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p, bound between covered boards
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ppint. 20th Oct 2023 | | BookE. C. Tubb - Rogue Planet | weidenfeld & nicolson arthur barker imprint first printing, first h/cvr edition
states ''published simultaneously by arthur barker ltd. and futura publications ltd.'', but this h/cvr edition did not appear until early 1977 according to lloyd currey
original novel
cover (d-j) art a monochrome rendering of a t.v. episode still or pr image, set in uniform design in reds
cover (d-j) price £3.75
144pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p, bound between covered boards
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ppint. 20th Oct 2023 | | BookE. C. Tubb - Alien Seed | weidenfeld & nicolson arthur barker imprint first printing, first h/cvr edition
probably intended to be published simultaneously with the futura publications p/b edition
original novel
cover (d-j) art unsigned monochrome rendering of a t.v. still(?) in uniform design cover in blue and green
cover (d-j) price £3.65
144pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p., bound between covered boards
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ppint. 19th Oct 2023 | | BookPhilip K. Dick - The Man Who Japed | abp group methuen london p/b first printing, second abp group p/b edition
cover art by richard sparks (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £1.75
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 19th Oct 2023 | | BookPhilip K. Dick - The Man Who Japed | abp magnum books first printing, first uk p/b edition
~simultaneous with the abp eyre methuen h/cvr first printing
cover art by chris moore (shared with eyre methuen h/cvr d-j)
cover price 85p, $2.95 australia, $2.75 new zealand
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 19th Oct 2023 | | BookPhilip K. Dick - The Man Who Japed | abp group eyre methuen first printing, first h/cvr edition
~simultaneous with the abp magnum books p/b edition
cover (d-j) art chris moore (shared with magnum p/b cover)
cover (d-j) price £3.50
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
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ppint. 19th Oct 2023 | | BookPhilip K. Dick - The Man Who Japed | charter communications, inc. ace books mmpb undated° first solo printing, second printing over-all
cover art unsigned, uncredited; attributed to dean ellis in the ace image library
cover price 95¢
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
° - received by locus early 1975, listed in #170, 15/3/1975, though advertised in various ace books' mmpb end pp. adverts from late 1973
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ppint. 18th Oct 2023 | | BookF. Marion Crawford - For The Blood Is The Life | contents:
introduction (nf) darrell schweitzer
the dead smile (novelette) ainslee's, 8/1899
the screaming skull (ntte) collier's, 11/7, 18/7/1908
man overboard! (ntte) as a stand-alone h/cvr, 4/1903
for the blood is the life (short story) collier's, 16/12/905
the upper berth (ntte) ''unwin's annual for 1886'' ed. henry norman, 1895
by the waters of paradise (ntte) ''unwin's annual for 1887'' ed. henry norman, 1886
the doll's ghost (ss) the illustrated london news, 12/1896
the king's messenger (ss) cosmopolitan vol.44 #1, 11/1907 (n.b. its final page is missing from this collection)
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ppint. 18th Oct 2023 | | BookF. Marion Crawford - For The Blood Is The Life | white wolf publishing small format tp/b first printing, first edition
reprint collection of three short stories and five novelettes, nf introduction by darrell schweitzer
the final short story is missing its last page, which a fan has made available online, q.v.
cover art photograph by dedora von jutaz (unsigned, credited
cover price $5.99, $7.99 canada
320pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents, introduction etc.
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ppint. 18th Oct 2023 | | BookF. Marion Crawford - The Witch Of Prague | a two-volume ~trade p/b edition was published by (bernhard) tauchnitz, leipzig not for distribution in great britain or her colonies; tauchnitz voluntarily paid royalties to authors, and was active in campaigning for the extension of copyright protection for authors' works, that led to the berne convention.
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ppint. 18th Oct 2023 | | BookF. Marion Crawford - The Witch Of Prague | tbl sphere books first printing, probably first modern p/b edition
dennis wheatley library of the occult series #8
cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price 50p, (overseas territories prices)
356pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 16th Oct 2023 | | BookE. C. Tubb - Breakaway | simon & schuster pocket books imprint mmpb first printing, first merkin edition
cover art photographic, from t.v. still
cover price $1.50
144pp. including titles, indicia etc, plus - for total 160pp. (check) 16pp. b+w photos, end pp.
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ppint. 14th Oct 2023 | | BookE. C. Tubb - Breakaway | a. space: 1999 year one series: #1-#6 novelisations of year one episode scripts;
#7-#10 (both uk & usa) year one original novels:
#1-#9, #10 (uk) p/bs by futura publications in their orbit science fiction series;
#1-#6: h/cvrs by dennis dobson
#7-#9: h/cvrs by arthur barker
#1-#9, #10 (usa) mmpbs by pocket books
#1: ''breakaway'' e. c. tubb (1975), q.v.
#2: ''moon odyssey'' douglas r. mason as by ''john rankine'' (1975), q.v.
#3: ''the space guardians'' brian n. ball as by ''brian ball'' (1975), q.v.
#4: ''collision course'' e. c. tubb (1975), q.v.
#5: ''lunar attack'' douglas r. mason as by ''john rankine'' (1975), q.v.
#6: ''astral quest'' douglas r. mason as by ''john rankine'' (1975), q.v.
#7: ''alien seed'' e.c. tubb (1976), q.v.
#8: ''android planet'' douglas r. mason as by ''john rankine'' (1976), q.v.
#9: ''rogue planet'' e. c. tubb (1976), q.v.
#10 (u.s.a. only): ''phoenix of megaron'' douglas r. mason as by ''john rankine'' (1976), q.v.
(1976 uk and commonwealth including canada p/b edition planned, but not published)
#10 (u.k. and commonwealth including canada): ''earthfall'' e. c. tubb (1977), q.v.
b. space 1999 year 2 series episodes novelisations:
all by michael butterworth
2#1-2#6: p/bs by w. h. allen & co. star books
2#1, #2: h/cvrs by w. h. allen & co. allan wingate
2#1-2#6: mmpbs by warner books
2#1: ''planets of peril'' (1977), q.v.
2#2: ''mind-breaks of space'' (1977), q.v.
2#3: ''the space-jackers'' (1977), q.v.
2#4: ''the psychomorph'' (1977), q.v.
2#5: ''the time fighters'' (1977), q.v.
2#6: ''the edge of the infinite'' (1977), q.v.
c. german language original space 1999 novels
3#1-3#6: p/bs by bastei lübbe
3#1-3#4 by hans wolf sommer, as by ''h. w. springer''
3#5 by kurt brand
3#6 by m. f. thomas
3#1: ''das andromeda-rätsel'' (1978), q.v.
3#2: ''das erbe der roboter'' (1978), q.v.
3#3: ''die ewige von luna'' (1978), q.v.
3#4: ''invasion der esper'' (1978), q.v.
3#5: ''aktion exodus'' (1978), q.v.
3#6: ''der stahlplanet'' (1978), q.v.
german language omnibus
of translations of 2#1, 2#4, 2#6, plus 3#1, 3#3
O3#1: ''mondstation 1999: band 1'' michael butterworth, hans wolf sommer as ''h. w. springer'' (2019), q.v.
space 1999 non-fiction
NF#1: ''the making of space: 1999'' tim heald (1976), q.v.
NF#2: ''exploring space: 1999'' john kenneth muir (1997), q.v.
NF#3: ''space: 1999: year one : viewer's guide'' adrian sherlock (2018), q.v.
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ppint. 14th Oct 2023 | | BookDouglas R. Mason - Lunar Attack | futura publications p/b first printing, first edition
orbit science fiction series
cover art unsigned photographic/t.v. still
cover price 45p, $1.65 australia, $1.40 new zealand, $1.75 canada
144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 14th Oct 2023 | | BookThomas M. Disch - One Hundred And Two H-Bombs | berkley publishing group berkley medallion mmpb first printing, first merkin edition
reprint collection of two novelettes and twelve short stories, nf introduction by harry harrison
contents differ from those of the compact books first edition, dropping the novelette, ''white fang goes dingo'' and the short story, ''leader of the revolution'', and adding two short stories:
three points on the demographic curve (ss) sf impulse vol.1 #10, 12/1966
5 eggs (ss) in ''orbit one'' ed. damon knight (1966), q.v.
cover art unsigned, uncredited (i'm certain it's by paul lehr, on stylistic grounds, but have no proof of this)
cover price 75¢
160pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 14th Oct 2023 | | BookRobert Sheckley - Options | wm collins sons grafton books grafton imprint p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition
uses a panther books publisher-identifying isbn
cover art by neil breedon (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £2.50, $7.95 australia, $10.95 new zealand
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 14th Oct 2023 | | BookRobert Sheckley - The 10th Victim | new american library signet books imprint mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, not first mmpb edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price $3.95 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel)
cover price $2.95 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution)
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer also to indicia publishing history printing number line to distinguish between wholly merkin-printed and canadian-carcassed variants: the latter drop first digit ''1'''from the full number line, formally identifying them as the second printing, though not as later in publication date
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ppint. 14th Oct 2023 | | BookRobert Sheckley - The Tenth Victim | grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition
cover art by wojtek siudmak (signed w siudmak, cropped off many copies, uncredited)
cover price $1.75
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 14th Oct 2023 | | BookRobert Sheckley - Hunter/Victim | abp methuen london p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition
cover art by peter elson (signed pe in line-drawn box, shared from methuen london h/cvr d-j)
cover price £3.50
240pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 14th Oct 2023 | | BookRobert Sheckley - Hunter/Victim | abp methuen london h/cvr first printing, first h/cvr edition
(we didn't manage to get the h/cvr out before the signet mmpb though, so not the first edition)
cover (d-j) art by peter elson (signed pe in line-drawn box, credited)
cover (d-j) price £10.95
240pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards
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ppint. 14th Oct 2023 | | BookRobert Sheckley - Victim Prime | abp methuen london p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition
cover art by peter elson (signed pe in line-drawn box, shared from first edition h/cvr d-j, in borders)
cover price £2.50
208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 14th Oct 2023 | | BookRobert Sheckley - Victim Prime | abp methuen london h/cvr first printing, first edition
cover (d-j) art by peter elson (signed pe in line-drawn box, credited on d-j back flap)
cover (d-j) price £9.95
208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
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ppint. 14th Oct 2023 | | BookRobert Sheckley - The Tenth Victim | granada publishing mayflower books imprint p/b third printing over-all, with new
cover art (collage; from film stills/press/pr images (?))
cover price 4/- (20p), 50c south africa, 65c australia, 65c new zealand
112pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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