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ppint.
29th Sep 2023
Book
David Langford - The Dragonhiker's Guide To Battlefield Covenant At Dune's Edge: Odyssey Two
drunken dragon press ~simultaneous first h/cvr editions sharing collected signatures, first edition
(also: a de luxe leather-bound edition limited to 100 copies similar internally, isbn 0-947578-51-X)

mixed original and reprint collection of parodies of popular author's stereotypical works:
eleven short stories, a poem and two introductions

cover (d-j) art none, typographical cover
cover (d-j) price £9.95
(the advertised leather-bound limited edition price was £24.95)
144pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp, bound between covered boards

ppint.
29th Sep 2023
Book
David Langford - The Space Eater
lwt/century hutchinson group arrow books p/b first printing, first edition

cover art
cover price £1.75
304pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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29th Sep 2023
Book
David Langford - An Account Of A Meeting With Denizens Of Another World, 1871
this was apparently taken seriously as non-fiction and adduced as such by a merkin author.

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29th Sep 2023
Book
David Langford - An Account Of A Meeting With Denizens Of Another World, 1871
st. martin's press h/cvr first printing, first merkin edition

written by david langford, as by william robert loosley, edited and with commentary by david langford

cover (d-j) art b+w photograph above typography, used from david & charles first edition d-j
cover (d-j) price $7.95
96pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards

month of publication not given, taken from locus 232, 4/1980

ppint.
29th Sep 2023
Book
David Langford - An Account Of A Meeting With Denizens Of Another World, 1871
david & charles h/cvr first printing, first edition

written by david langford, as by william robert loosley, edited and with commentary by david langford

cover (d-j) art b+w photograph (bust of a victorian gentleman) above typography in assorted styles
cover (d-j) price £4.50
96pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards

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29th Sep 2023
Book
Brian M. Stableford - The Third Millennium
wm collins sons grafton books paladin imprint b-format p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition (sfaik)

cover art by chris moore (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £4.50, $12.95 australia, $17.95 new zealand
336pp. (check) including (i-)x pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, 4 unnumbered pp. b+w photographs between pp. 158, 159; 14 end pp: 10pp. index, 3pp. advertising

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29th Sep 2023
Book
Brian M. Stableford - The Third Millennium
random house, inc. alfred a. knopf landscape format h/cvr first printing, first merkin edition
simultaneous with the knopf tp/b first printing, probably sharing collected signatures with this

cover (d-j) art unsigned, uncredited, centered upon a hologram printed on aluminum(?) foil(?)
cover (d-j) price $20.00
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards

ppint.
28th Sep 2023
Book
Brian M. Stableford - The Third Millennium
macmillan group sidgwick & jackson landscape format h/cvr first printing, first edition

sfnal history of the developments from 2000 to 3000 ad/ce, as seen from 3000 ad/ce

cover (d-j) art largely typographical upon a blue field, centered upon a hologram
cover (d-j) price £12.95
224pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards

ppint.
28th Sep 2023
Book
Paul Barnett - Strider's Universe
the strider chronicles duology #2:

#1: ''strider's galaxy'' (1987), q.v.

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28th Sep 2023
Book
Paul Barnett - Strider's Universe
little, brown (warner books uk) futura publications p/b first printing, possibly first edition
prepared as a random century arrow books legend imprint title, with assigned isbn

cover art by roger harris (unsigned)
cover price £5.99, $14.95 australia, $8.99 canada
but also states not for sale in the usa or canada°
440pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

° - publishers!

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28th Sep 2023
Book
Paul Barnett - Strider's Universe
this was prepared for publication by century hutchinson/random century arrow books as a legend imprint p/b, with this isbn, but i'm not certain it was published before the legend imprint was sold to little, brown (warner books uk).

very possibly a 45worlds book ''unicorn''

it certainly appeared as a little, brown group futura publications orbit book p/b in 1998.

ppint.
28th Sep 2023
Book
Paul Barnett - Strider's Galaxy
the strider chronicles duology #1:

#1: ''strider's galaxy'' (1997), (this book)
#2: ''strider's universe'' (1998), q.v.

ppint.
28th Sep 2023
Book
Paul Barnett - Strider's Galaxy
random century arrow books legend imprint p/b first printing, first edition

cover art by nick farmer
cover price £5.99, $14.95 australia, $6.99 canada
372pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

ppint.
28th Sep 2023
Book
John Brunner - Doppelgänger
first published date is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to 1969

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28th Sep 2023
Book
John Brunner - Doppelgänger
english title is^W was slightly wrong and should^W has been corrected to ''double, double'',
allowing bookcat to sort all correctly centered editions and translations of the novel together.

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28th Sep 2023
Book
John Brunner - The Traveler In Black
contents:
four thematically-linked novelettes featuring the enigmatic observer, the traveller in black:

imprint of chaos (science fantasy #42, 8/1960; possibly sharing cover art by brian lewis)
break the door of hell (impulse vol.1 #2, 4/1966)
the wager lost by winning (fantastic vol.19 #4, 4/1970, two b+w illustrations by michael kaluta)
dread empire (fantastic vol.20 #4, 4/1971, a b+w illustration by michael (mike) kaluta

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28th Sep 2023
Book
John Brunner - Double, Double
sidgwick & jackson first printing, first uk and first h/cvr edition

cover (d-j) art unsigned
cover (d-j) price £2.50
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards

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28th Sep 2023
Book
John Brunner - Double, Double
ballantine books mmpb first printing, first edition

cover art unsigned, uncredited - unsurprisingly unclaimed as rather an off-putting shade of pink
cover price 75¢
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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28th Sep 2023
Book
John Brunner - The Stardroppers
daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition

cover art by jack gaughan (unsigned, credited)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed with his jg digraph, uncredited)
near-meaningless daw books collector no.23
cover price 95¢
144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising

refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first printing, 1972

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28th Sep 2023
Book
John Brunner - The Stardroppers
hamlyn paperbacks p/b first printing, first uk edition

cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price £1.10, $3.95 australia
144pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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28th Sep 2023
Book
John Brunner - The Stone That Never Came Down
new english library p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition

cover art unsigned, uncredited; looks like the work of joe petagno
cover price 75p, $1.95 australia, $2.45 new zealand, $2.25 canada
208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising

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28th Sep 2023
Book
John Brunner - The Stone That Never Came Down
refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first printing, january, 1975/123456789
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
near-meaningless daw books collector no.133
cover price $1.25
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed, uncredited)
cover art by (frank) kelly freas (credited)
daw books simultaneous near-identical mmpbs sharing merkin-printed covers, first p/b edition

ppint.
28th Sep 2023
Book
David Bischoff - Gremlins 2: The New Batch
over 1,000 avon books mmpbs are already entered here on bookcat as publisher: avon

ppint.
28th Sep 2023
Book
Ted Morgan - Literary Outlaw
over 1,000 avon books mmpbs, yp/bs are already entered here on bookcat as publisher: avon

ppint.
28th Sep 2023
Book
Brian Jacques - Mossflower
over 1,000 avon books mmpbs are already entered here on bookcat as publisher ''avon''

ppint.
28th Sep 2023
Book
Mick Farren - The Texts Of Festival
over 1,000 avon mmpbs are already entered here on bookcat as publisher: avon

ppint.
27th Sep 2023
Book
Charles L. Harness - The Paradox Men
new english library p/b first printing, not first uk p/b and preceded by the godfrey philips-new english library four square books p/b, q.v.
new english library sf master series / master sf series (spine / front cover declarations differ)

cover art by gordon c. davies (unsigned, uncredited; seen reported by online seller, source: ?)
cover price 60p, 64p rep.(ublic) of ireland, 155pts spain, 65p gibraltar, 65c malta, 650mils cyprus, $1.75 australia, $1.90 new zealand, $2.25 canada, $3.60 trinidad (w.i.)
160pp. (re-check) including titles, indicia, introduction, etc, end pp. advertising

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27th Sep 2023
Book
Charles L. Harness - The Paradox Men
(possibly j. m.. dent / readers union group /) the science fiction book club h/cvr first printing, not first uk h/cvr edition, for sale only to club members by mail-order, initially upon an opt-out, near-inertia sales model, then as an orderable option whilst stock remained

includes nf introduction by brian w. aldiss

cover (d-j) art by john griffiths (a variation of ''the blob'')
cover (d-j) price
256pp..(check) including titles, indicia, introduction etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards

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27th Sep 2023
Book
Charles L. Harness - The Paradox Men
faber & faber (though there was only ever the one) h/cvr first printing, first uk edition

adds nf introduction by brian w. aldiss

cover (d-j) art unsigned, uncredited(?) monochrome close-up of alien face, green principle typography
cover (d-j) price 18/-
248pp. (check) including titles, indicia, introduction etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards

ppint.
26th Sep 2023
Book
David Duncan - Occam's Razor
phoenix house science fiction book club h/cvr edition, not first uk h/cvr°

cover (d-j) art by c. w. bacon in browny-red on ?grey (signed cwb, uncredited)
cover price (5s.6d. plus postage)
200pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards

° - the first uk h/cvr edition was by victor gollancz (1958), which may have been the first h/cvr edition (if the ballantine books h/cvr did not appear).


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