Latest Updates - Raymond F. Jones

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Comment by ppint.:

pinnacle's rather brief - five titles - futorian science fiction series did not evolve into an imprint.
this may have had a little - or somewhat more than a little - to do with roger elwood's christian beliefs.

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Comment by ppint.:

pinnacle books mmpb first printing, first edition
pinnacle/ futorian science fiction series

cover art by carl lundgren (signed in his signature square, credited)
cover price $1.75
192pp. (check) including unpaginated titles, indicia, etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

the number string on the spine, 500-00820-050 is not an sbn of any variety
it may be this edition's abn. the last three digits are the cover price in cents.

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Comment by ppint.:

belmont publications mmpb simultaneous second printings sharing merkin-printed covers

reprint collection of two short stories, a novelette and a novella

cover art unsigned, uncredited, retained from first printing
cover price 50¢
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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 / second printing may 1968

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Comment by ppint.:

contents:

the non-statistical man (novella) (the original) science fiction stories vol.6 #6, 5/1956, with two b+w illustrations by (frank) kelly freas
the moon is death (short story) future science fiction vol.4 #2, 3/1953; future science fiction thorpe & porter bre #9, 5/1953, both: the cover story, art by milton luros, a b+w illustration by c. a. murphy
the gardener (ss) (the original) science fiction stories vol.8 #1, 7/1957, a b+w illustration by paul orban
intermission time (novelette) science fiction quarterly vol.2 #3, 5/1953, with a b+w illustration by paul orban; science fiction quarterly thorpe & porter bre #6, ?/1954, probably no b+w illustration

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Comment by ppint.:

brown, watson p/b first printing, first uk edition

reprint collection of two short stories, a novelette and a novella

cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price 3'6
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p.

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Comment by ppint.:

belmont publications belmont mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition

reprint collection of two short stories, a novelette and a novella

cover art unsigned, uncredited (it looks as though it could be by richard powers, but this is not an attribution)
cover price 50¢
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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 a belmont book --- may 1964

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Comment by ppint.:

number string 505-01018-060 on spine is not an sbn of any variety;
it might be this edition's abn. the last three digits are the price in cents.

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Comment by ppint.:

belmont publications belmont mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition

cover art unsigned, uncredited; it looks like a slightly treated enlarged photographic detail
cover price 60¢
144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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 a belmont book --- june 1969

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Comment by ppint.:

number string 610-63036-060 on spine is not an sbn of any variety;
it may be the edition's abn. the last three digits are the price in cents.

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Comment by ppint.:

coronet communications paperback library mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first p/b edition

cover art by jerome podwil (top(s) of signature visible on bottom edge some copies, uncredited)
cover price 60¢
128pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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 printing: march 1969

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Comment by ppint.:

bouregy & curl avalon books h/cvr first printing, first edition

cover (d-j) art by ed emshwiller (signed emsh, credited on d-j front flap)
cover (d-j) price $2.95
224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p., bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards

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Comment by ppint.:

bouregy & curl avalon books h/cvr first printing, first edition

cover (d-j) art by ed emshwiller (signed emsh, credited on d-j front flap)
cover (d-j) price $2.50
224pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards

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Comment by ppint.:

fix-up of:

the alien machine (novelettes) thrilling wonder stories vol. xxxiv #2, 6/1949
the shroud of secrecy (ntte) thrilling wonder stories vol. xxxv #2, 12/1949; tws bre vol. 1 #2, 5/1950
the greater conflict (ntte) thrilling wonder stories vol. xxxv #3, 2/1950

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Comment by ppint.:

wm. collins & sons grafton books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition

fix-up novel of the series

cover art by bill donohue (doing a fossoid cover - down to a non-imitative "f", perhaps in recognition; unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £3.50, $9.95 australia, $14.95 new zealand
192pp. including 6 unnumbered pp. titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

stated to be a grafton uk paperback original - which is at least a debatable claim. . .

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Comment by ppint.:

a transcription of this galaxy novels edition is available on project gutenberg.