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Member	Book		Comment / Review
ppint. 8th Sep 2024		Ron Goulart The Curse Of The Obelisk	harry challenge #2: #1: "the prisoner of blackwood castle" (1984), q.v.
ppint. 8th Sep 2024		Ron Goulart The Curse Of The Obelisk	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by james warhola (signed, credited) cover price (canada $3.95) u.s. $2.95 144pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p.
23skidoo 8th Sep 2024		Ron Goulart When The Waker Sleeps	Back cover scan added
ppint. 8th Sep 2024		Gene Wolfe The Island Of Doctor Death And Other Stories And Other Stories	contents: the island of doctor death and other stories (short story) in "orbit 7" ed. damon knight (1970) ° alien stones (novelette) in "orbit 11" ed. damon knight (1972) la befana (ss) galaxy vol.33 #4, 1-2/1973; galaxy tandem bre #5 the hero as werwolf (ss) in "the new improved sun" ed. thomas m. disch (1975) three fingers (ss) in "new constellations" eds. thomas m. disch, charles naylor (1976) the death of dr. island (novella) in "universe 3" ed. terry carr (1973) ° feather tigers (ss) edge #5/6, autumn-winter/1973 hour of trust (ntte) in "bad moon rising" ed. thomas m. disch (1973) tracking song (nlla) in "in the wake of man" ed. (anonymous, probably roger elwood†) (1975) the toy theatre (ss) in "orbit 9" ed. damon knight (1971) as "the toy theater" the doctor of death island (nlla) in "immortal" ed. jack dann (1978) ° "cues (ss) in "the far side of time" ed. roger elwood (1974) (which, as in arrow books p/b t-o-c, lists this without the initial ") the eyeflash miracles (nlla) in "future power" eds. jack dann, gardner dozois (1976) seven american nights (nlla) in "orbit 20" ed. damon knight (1978) ° - the three "archipelago" series novellas; there is an archipelago short story, "death of the island doctor" in the introduction of the limited edition h/cvr collection, "the wolfe archipelago" gene wolfe (1988) † - the original anthology copyright 1975 by roger elwood
ppint. 8th Sep 2024		Gene Wolfe The Island Of Doctor Death And Other Stories And Other Stories	london weekend television hutchinson publishing group arrow books first printing, first uk edition reprint collection of five novellas, two novelettes and seven short stories cover art by bruce pennington (unsigned, uncredited; in "ultraterranium" bruce pennington (1991/2), q.v.) cover price £1.95 (check for overseas territories prices) 416pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 8th Sep 2024		Gene Wolfe The Island Of Doctor Death And Other Stories And Other Stories	simon & schuster pocket books mmpb near-identical simultaneous first printings sharing cover art, isbn etc. canadian covers bear statement printed in canada on back, on front on small white maple leaf icon reprint collection of five novellas, two novelettes and seven short stories cover art by don maitz (signed on back cover, uncredited) cover price $3.25 canadian-printed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel cover price $2.95 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution 416pp. (check) including titles, indicia , table-of-contents etc, end pp. refer also to indicia publishing history to distinguish between the printings no priority established nor liable to be, both state first pocket books printing june, 1980 and both bear full first printing number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
23skidoo 8th Sep 2024		Ron Goulart What's Become Of Screwloose? And Other Inquiries	Cover scans added. Unfortunately rear cover defaced by impossible-to-remove-without-tearing sticker. It covers the "first publication anywhere" claim which would seem to contradict the existence of a hardcover edition by Scribner and according to ppint the fact the stories were previously printed.
annaloog ● 7th Sep 2024		Bill Strutton Doctor Who And The Zarbi	That was my take also ... I have moved the images of several different (mostly undated) printings of the Signet Bored Of The Rings to separate entries once I found enough info. to distinguish them.
ppint. 7th Sep 2024		J. G. Ballard Vermilion Sands	orion books phoenix imprint b-format p/b first printing, not first uk b-format p/b edition collection of the two novelettes and seven short stories set in vermilion sands, preface by the author cover art by rene magritte (detail from "la meditation* (1936) credited on back cover) cover price £4.99 208pp. including titles, indicia , table-of-contents etc, end pp.
ppint. 7th Sep 2024		J. G. Ballard Vermilion Sands	barcode number truncated by too-small field in full: 978046002277400295
ppint. 7th Sep 2024		J. G. Ballard Vermilion Sands	carroll & graf mmpb first printing, first complete merkin edition masters of science fiction series collection of the two novelettes and seven short stories set in vermilion sands cover art unsigned, uncredited (?) cover price $3.95 208pp. (check) including titles, indicia , table-of-contents etc, end pp. contents follow the jonathan cape uk first h/cvr and first complete edition
ppint. 7th Sep 2024		J. G. Ballard Vermilion Sands	berkley publishing group berkley medallion mmpb near-identical simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers collection of all bar one of the "vermilion sands"-set novelettes and short stories: missing is "the singing statues" (short story) (fantastic 7/1962), probably to keep within 192pp. cover art by richard powers (unsigned, uncredited; attribution from "the art of richard powers" jane frank, richard powers (2001) q.v.) cover price 75¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. 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 berkley medallion edition, april, 1971
MICKDOOM67 7th Sep 2024		Robert A. Wise 12 To The Moon	Back cover image added.
23skidoo 7th Sep 2024		Bill Strutton Doctor Who And The Zarbi	I just notice David put covers for 1975, 1979 and 1981 printings here. My understanding is every printing has to be indexed separately, especially if their covers differ which is certainly the case for 1975.
ppint. 7th Sep 2024		Frank Herbert The Eyes Of Heisenberg	publisher entered is^W was still wrong and should^W still^W has been corrected to berkley medallion as per cover image
ppint. 7th Sep 2024		Frank Herbert The Eyes Of Heisenberg	tbl sphere books p/b second printing, with new cover art unsigned, uncredited (eye in partial face with homunculus in place of iris) cover price 30p, 7.25 (shillings) east africa, 75c south africa, 1.00c australia, 1.00c new zealand, 1.25c canada 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. indicia adds line in publishing history: reprinted april 1972
ppint. 7th Sep 2024		Frank Herbert The Eyes Of Heisenberg	tbl sphere books p/b third printing, with new cover art by chris foss (signed with his ''F-in-a-box'' monogram, uncredited) cover price 30p, 1.00c (sic) australia, 1.00c (sic) new zealand so should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule - or not so re-flagged, according to equally well-respected moderator's heartfelt plea 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising indicia publishing history line adds note of date of third printing: reprinted april 1972, reprinted november 1973
ppint. 6th Sep 2024		Otis Adelbert Kline The Port Of Peril	grandon series #3: #1: ''planet of peril'' (1929), q.v. for series listing, and links.
23skidoo 6th Sep 2024		Kim Newman Anno Dracula	I have yet to read any of this series, but I recall reading somewhere that there is actually a vague connection with the Doctor Who franchise, by way of a crossover character who had been created for a 1960s(?) era episode. Someone can correct me if I am wrong. Newman did go on to write some Doctor Who fiction too, as it happens.
ppint. 6th Sep 2024		Lee Hoffman The Caves Of Karst	j. m. dent & sons readers union group science fiction book club first printing, not first uk h/cvr edition for sale only to members of the sf book club initially, on a near-inertia sales opt-out basis, then available to members of other readers union book clubs, always by mail-order cover (d-j) art unsigned, uncredited monochrome random black saw-tooth lengths on white (i e. unprinted) ground cover (d-j) price 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards "SFBC" is printed at base of d-j spine renumbered cat# 5009 in the great renumbering™ by david & charles after they bought the readers union group of book clubs from j. m. dent - but as neither cat# was printed on book nor d-j, yr hmbl srppnt. s'spects this is of largely theoretical interest
ppint. 6th Sep 2024		Lee Hoffman The Caves Of Karst	dennis dobson first printing, first h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art by richard weaver (unsigned, credited for jacket design on d-j front flap) cover (d-j) price 30/- 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 6th Sep 2024		Lee Hoffman The Caves Of Karst	(possibly intext group†) ballantine books mmpb near-simultaneous near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers cover art unsigned°, uncredited cover price 75¢ 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin- printed canadian-printed carcase states first printing: march 1969; merkin-printed states first printing: february 1969 † - check title page and indicia for statement of this, or - more likely - its absence from both ° - very faint trace possibly "ray"
ppint. 6th Sep 2024		Kris Neville Peril Of The Starmen	magazine publication in imagination vol.5 #1, 1/1954 (n.b. *not* 1953, though © 1953 by greenleaf); cover art & b+w illustration by w. e. terry.
ppint. 6th Sep 2024		Lee Hoffman Telepower	lee hoffman is/was the habitual professional by-line of shirley bell hoffmann 14/8/1932-6/2/2007
ppint. 6th Sep 2024		Lee Hoffman Telepower	belmont publications mmpb simultaneous near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition half a "belmont double" cover art unsigned, uncredited; sfaik as-yet unattributed cover price 50¢ ½ 160pp. including 2 x titles, indicia, both novellas/short novels, 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 a belmont book --- august 1967
ppint. 6th Sep 2024		Lee Hoffman Telepower	cat# is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to B50-779 as per the cover image, and the cat# assigned to the other half of this belmont publications mmpb "double"
annaloog ● 6th Sep 2024		Gene Wolfe The Island Of Doctor Death And Other Stories And Other Stories	Not credited on this edition, the cover painting artist is Don Maitz.
ppint. 5th Sep 2024		Mendal W. Johnson Let's Go Play At The Adams'	panther / granada publishing p/b published 1976, reprinted 1977, 1978, 1978, 1979, 1979, 1979: near-identical seventh printing still retaining photographic cover art below typography, isbn: cover price £1.25, £1.37½ rep(ublic) of ireland, $4.25 australia, $3.95 new zealand
ppint. 5th Sep 2024		Mendal W. Johnson Let's Go Play At The Adams'	granada publishing panther books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition dedication: to my wife, ellen argo johnson cover art unsigned photograph by bob marchant of a detached doll's head, credited on back cover cover price (partly scratched out, partly black felt-tipped out) 272pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia etc, 1 end p. advertising 9 len deighton titles and a gift set, 5 peter van greenaway titles, all stated to be granada paperbacks full by-line with middle initial on title page; middle initial dropped from author's name on cover.
ppint. 5th Sep 2024		Mendal W. Johnson Let's Go Play At The Adams'	granada publishing hart-davis, macgibbon ltd. h/cvr first printing, first uk edition cover (d-j) art unsigned photograph by bob marchant of a detached doll's head, credited on back flap cover (d-j) price 272pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia etc, 1 blank end page, bound with endpapers between covered boards full by-line with middle initial on title page; middle initial dropped from author's name on d-j.

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