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ppint. 17th Sep 2023		Book Charles Nuetzel - Jungle Jungle	powell books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by bill hughes cover price 95¢ 208pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 17th Sep 2023		Book Charles Nuetzel - Raiders Of Noomas	powell books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by albert nuetzel (signed nuetzell?, uncredited?, attributed by charles nuetzel) b+w interior illustrations by louis dewitt cover price 95¢ 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 17th Sep 2023		Book A. E. Van Vogt - Out Of The Unknown	powell books, inc. mmpb undated first printing, first p/b edition three novelettes by a. e. van vogt, with four short stories by e. mayne hull, one original to this edition of the twin author collection/anonymously-edited anthology, with nf introduction by a. e. van vogt cover art by albert nuetzel (signed nuetzell?, uncredited; attributed by charles nuetzel°) b+w frontispiece (unsigned?, uncredited) cover price 95¢ 224pp. including titles, indicia, nf introduction, etc, end pp. ° - charles nuetzel, albert nuetzel's son and packager-editor of powell books for bill trotter, the owner
ppint. 16th Sep 2023		Book Poul Anderson - The Earthbook Of Stormgate	contents: technic civilization / the merchant princes / the polesotechnic league / avalon series stories: (the three-volume uk p/b edition reprints the full collection, breaking before and after the novel, ''the man who counts'' (''war of the wing-men''): a chronology of technic civilization (nf/nf within f) sandra miesel wings of victory (novelette) analog vol. lxxxix #2, 4/1972 the problem of pain (ntte) f&sf vol.44 #2, 2/1973 (avalon), the cover story, art by Bert tanner how to be ethnic in one easy lesson (ntte) in ''future quest'' ed. roger elwood (1973) margin of profit (ntte) astounding vol. lviii #1, 9/1956 (nicholas van rijn) three b+w illustrs by freas esau (ntte) analog vol. lxxxiv #6, 4/1970 as ''birthright'', cover story, art and two b+w illustrations by frank kelly freas the season of forgiveness (short story) boys life, 12/1973 ''the man who counts'' (novel), as ''war of the wing-men'' (1958), q.v. (nicholas van rijn) a little knowledge (ntte) analog vol. lxxxvii #6, 8/1971 day of burning (ntte) astounding vol. lxxviii #5, 1/1967 as ''supernova'' (david falkayn), cover story, art by chesley bonestall, two b+w illustrations by frank kelly freas lodestar (ntte) in ''astounding: john w. campbell memorial anthology'' ed. harry harrison (1963) (nicholas van rijn) wingless (ss) in ''children of infinity'' ed. rogervelwood (1973), as ''wingless on avalon'' rescue on avalon (ss) boys life 7/1973 (avalon)
ppint. 16th Sep 2023		Book Dodie Smith - Stories Of The Hundred And One Dalmatians	octopus publishing group (?) chancellor press imprint h/cvr first printing, first omnibus edition sfaik omnibus edition of ''the hundred and one dalmatians'' & ''the starlight barking'', qq.v. cover (d-j) art (unsigned, ?uncredited?) interior b+w illustrations by anne grahame johnstone, janet grahame-johnstone (from the heinemann first edition h/cvrs) cover (d-j) price none, sfaicr° 352pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards ° - this was published as an instant remainder h/cvr and iirc there was no price printed on the d-j front flap of the few (half dozen?) copies bought by yr hmbl srppnt. - bicbw
ppint. 16th Sep 2023		Book Dodie Smith - The Hundred And One Dalmatians	penguin books puffin books imprint first printing, first p/b edition or first uk p/b edition cover art and b+w interior illustrations by anne grahame johnstone, janet grahame-johnstone (re-used from h/cvr) cover price 3'- to right of a puffin book (logo) on a boad black band across the foot of the front cover 208pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 16th Sep 2023		Book Mark J. McGarry - Blank Slate	new american library signet books imprint mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cat# AE2921 cover price ($3.50 canada) • u.s. $2.95 296pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed as for all signet & daw mmpbs late 1980 through 1986, canadian-carcassed copies drop the first digit from the printing number line, leaving 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9, formally identifying them as the second printing, though no priority established in printing date, nor liable to be
ppint. 16th Sep 2023		Book Mark J. McGarry - Sun Dogs	new american library signet books imprint mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers cover art unsigned, uncredited cat# J9620 cover price $2.25 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel) cover price $1.95 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution) 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising as with all signet and daw mmpbs from late 1980 through end 1986, canadian-carcassed copies drop the first digit from the printing number line, leaving 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9, formally identifying them as the second printing, though no priority established in printing date, nor liable to be
ppint. 16th Sep 2023		Book Geoffrey Trease - No Boats On Bannermere	bannerdale pentalogy #1: #1: ''no boats on bannermere'' (1949), (this book) #2: ’'under black banner'' (1951), q.v. #3: ''black banner players'' (1952), q.v. #4: ''black banner abroad'' (1954), q.v. #5: ''the gates of bannerdale'' (1956), q.v.
ppint. 16th Sep 2023		Book Geoffrey Trease - No Boats On Bannermere	heinemann h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art probably by richard kennedy (check) b+w interior illustrations by richard kennedy cover (d-j) price 252pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 15th Sep 2023		Book J. Neil Schulman - The Rainbow Cadenza	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing, first mmpb edition, not first p/b edition cover art by alan craddock (unsigned, uncredited; re-used from new english library p/b, signature visible) cover price ($4.95 canada) • u.s. $3.50 368pp. (check) including titles, indicia, author's note etc, end pp: seven short nf pieces by various authors between the first and second of three such by j. neil schulman
ppint. 15th Sep 2023		Book J. Neil Schulman - The Rainbow Cadenza	winner of the 1984 prometheus award for libertarian science fiction
ppint. 15th Sep 2023		Book J. Neil Schulman - The Rainbow Cadenza	hodder & stoughton new english library imprint b format p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by alan craddock (part signature visible, uncredited) cover price £2.95 304pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 15th Sep 2023		Book J. Neil Schulman - Alongside Night	novel given the prometheus hall of fame gold medallion 1989 by the libertarian futurist society
ppint. 15th Sep 2023		Book J. Neil Schulman - Alongside Night	the hearst corporation avon books imprint mmpb first printing, 1987, not first mmpb edition cover art unsigned sfaics cover price (canada $4.50) • u.s. $3.50 252pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. including ''how far alongside night'' (afterword) edward konkin iii, advertising samuel edward konkin iii is the dedicatee, and the inventor of ''agorism'', a social philosophy built upon counter-economics and the eschewing of any suspicion of democracy, including voting, upon which this novel is based
ppint. 15th Sep 2023		Book Eando Binder - Menace Of The Saucers	horwitz publications hong kong, according to the indicia, first printing † printed in merkia, almost certainly as a run-on of the near-identical belmont-tower mmpb cover art by attila hejja (signed, uncredited; as on the belmont-tower mmpb) cover price $1.50 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. † - but priced only for australia°; horwitz publications seem to've been fairly firmly xxxxia-based, though they did try to expand via co-operative arrangements/tie-ups with tandem books/universal-tandem publishing in the uk, and at least one merkin publisher/distributor (new american library), apparently fairly unsuccessfully ° - were p/bs produced locally in and for sale in hong kong (? and elsewhere?) generally cover-priced? - how did the xxxxian and hongkongian dollars relate - roughly, or over a range of exchange rates?
ppint. 15th Sep 2023		Book Eando Binder - Menace Of The Saucers	the saucers duology #1: written by otto alone: #1: ''menace of the saucers'' (1969), (this novel) #2: ''night of the saucers'' (1971), q.v.
ppint. 15th Sep 2023		Book Eando Binder - Night Of The Saucers	the saucers duology #2: written by otto alone: #1: ''menace of the saucers'' (1969), q.v. #2: ''night of the saucers'' (1971), (this novel)
ppint. 14th Sep 2023		Book John Norman - Captive Of Gor	universal-tandem publishing tandem books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by gerald wood (signed g wood, uncredited) cover price 40p, 45c malta, $1.25 australia, $1.25 new zealand, $1.50 canada 384pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising, mail-order information
ppint. 14th Sep 2023		Book John Norman - Captive Of Gor	tandem publishing tandem books imprint uk p/b first printing, second printing over-all (first tandem p/b printing was published by universal-tandem publishing) cover art by gerald wood (signed g wood, uncredited) cover price 60p, 65p malta including 8 unnumbered pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents (chapters) etc, rest numbered 1-370, 6 unnumbered end pp. advertising, mail-order information
ppint. 14th Sep 2023		Book John Norman - Assassin Of Gor	w.h. allen & co. star books imprint p/b third printing, sixth tandem'n'universal'n'star books p/b printing over-all (howard & wyndham bought w. h. allen, launched star books, bought tandem publishing, started turning both these into arms of wyndham paperbacks, started turning tandem books into universal books, stopped, reissued/reprinted some as star books - sometimes with new star books isbns, sometimes still using the tandem books isbns - got sold lock, stock and barrel to virgin books - and disappeared in a spiral plummet into the black pit of nothingness. . . - which is why it makes sense to view the publishing history of tandem books, universal books and star books together with that of w.h. allen & co.'s h/cvrs where such editions were published of titles on the various p/b imprints, through this almost brownian course from publishers to nothingness. . .) cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price £1.95, £M2.00 malta, $7.00 australia 416pp. including four unnumbered pp. titles, indicia etc, 3 end pp: 2pp. blank, 1p. mail-order information refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from two previous near-identical star books printings: 1978 first star books p/b edition cover art by chris achilleos 1979 second star books printing
ppint. 14th Sep 2023		Book John Norman - Assassin Of Gor	universal-tandem publishing tandem books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by gerald wood (painting may be signed, uncredited; tcjn information) cover price 45p, (overseas territories prices) 412pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, 3 end pp. advertising including 1p. mail-order information 1974 tandem books imprint p/b near-identical second printing differs: (i)sbn (0)426-14496-1 cat# 14496 cover price 45p, (overseas territories prices?) refer also to indicia publishing history to distinguish from tandem books 1973 first printing 8/1978 w.h. allen universal imprint p/b first printing on same isbn, third tandem'n'universal p/b printing over-all, new cover art by chris achilleos isbn 0-426-14496-1 cover price £1.25 (overseas territories prices?)
ppint. 14th Sep 2023		Book John Norman - Priest-Kings Of Gor	inspection copy viewed by kind courtesy of tony, the old pier bookshop, morecambe seafront.
ppint. 14th Sep 2023		Book John Norman - Priest-Kings Of Gor	universal-tandem publishing tandem books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition preceded by sidgwick & jackson first printing, first h/cvr & first uk edition cover art unsigned, uncredited sbn 426 06285 X cover price 30p, 75¢ south africa, 95¢ australia, 95¢ new zealand, $1.25 canada° 320pp. including 4pp. titles, indicia etc, rest numbered 7-317; 5 end pp: 4pp. advertising, 1p. mail-order information
ppint. 14th Sep 2023		Book John Norman - Mercenaries Of Gor	w. h. allen star books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price £2.50, $6.95 australia, $8.95 new zealand, $6.25 canada° 452pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - given daw books' mmpb bears a canadian price and was distributed north of the parallel by the new american library, it seems somewhat unlikely that this edition could be distributed there legally
ppint. 14th Sep 2023		Book John Norman - Magicians Of Gor	gor series #25: #1: ''tarnsman of gor'' (1966), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 14th Sep 2023		Book John Norman - Tarnsman Of Gor	ballantine books mmpb first printings, first edition cover art by robert (bob) foster (unsigned, uncredited; credited in the indicia of the second, third, fourth & ff. printings) cover price 75¢ 224pp. (check) 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 stated, though later printings give a delayed date to the canadian-carcassed copies
ppint. 14th Sep 2023		Book John Norman - Priest-Kings Of Gor	gor series #3: #1: ''tarnsman of gor'' (1966), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 14th Sep 2023		Book John Norman - Captive Of Gor	gor series #5: #1: ''tarnsman of gor'' (1966), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 14th Sep 2023		Book John Norman - Nomads Of Gor	ballantine books° mmpb first printings, first edition cover art by bob (robert) foster (signed, credited) cover price 75¢ 348pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia to see if the carcass of the copy held was canadadian- or merkin-printed no priority stated, though subsequent printings give a later date to the canadian-carcassed copies ° - may also state an intext publisher on title page, and/or in the indicia

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