Books - Latest Comments

Page 17 of 25 : Previous : Next :

Member	Book		Comment / Review
ppint. 19th Aug 2024		Robert A. Heinlein The Door Into Summer	new american library signet books imprint mmpb first printing, first p/b edition cover art by paul lehr (signed, uncredited) cover price 35¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
ppint. 18th Aug 2024		Brian W. Aldiss Neanderthal Planet	doubleday science fiction book club first printing, first h/cvr edition initially for sale to the science fiction book club members only; later also for sale to members of the other doubleday book clubs as an option not for sale to the general public nor for distribution via the wholesale or retail book or news trades reprint collection of one novella and three novelettes cover (d-j) art by don ivan punchatz (signed with his dotted monogram, credited on d-j back flap) cover (d-j) price (none, iirc) 192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards printer's gutter code 23L on p.187 = 6/70; at least one later printing(s) bears a different gutter code(s)
ppint. 18th Aug 2024		Brian Aldiss Neanderthal Planet	contents: neanderthal planet (novelette) rewritten version of "a touch of neanderthal" science fiction adventures #16, 9/1960; sfa merkin reprint edition #16, 9/1960 danger: religion! (novella) as "matrix", science fantasy #55, 10/1962 intangibles, inc. (ntte) science fantasy #33, 2/1959 since the assassination (ntte) in "intangibles, inc. and other stories" brian w. aldiss (1969), q.v.
ppint. 18th Aug 2024		Brian Aldiss Neanderthal Planet	the hearst corporation avon mmpb simultaneous near-identical first printings, first edition reprint collection of one novella and three novelettes cover art by don ivan punchatz (signed with his dotted monogram, credited on the doubleday science fiction book club edition d-j back flap) cover price 75¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia , table-of-contents etc. 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 avon printing, january, 1970
ppint. 18th Aug 2024		Brian Aldiss Neanderthal Planet	the hearst corporation avon mmpb second printing with new cover art unsigned, possibly credited cover price $2.25 192pp. including titles, indicia , table-of-contents etc.
ppint. 17th Aug 2024		Leo P. Kelley Time: 110100	walker & co. h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by enrico scull (unsigned, possibly credited; taken from information from an online seller) cover (d-j) price $5.95 208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
lorangrecords SUBS 17th Aug 2024		Victoria Holmes Bravelands: Splittrad Flock	Added images
ppint. 17th Aug 2024		R. A. Lafferty Apocalypses	publisher should^W has been varied to "pinnacle / futorian" as per all other pinnacle / futorian series editions, which bookcat will^W then^aW now sorts together correctly.
ppint. 17th Aug 2024		Mary Rosenblum Water Rites	contents: the drylands series: three novelettes published in isaac asimov's magazine of science fiction, and the eponymous novel water bringer (iamsf vol.15 #3, 3/1991) the cover story, and one b+w illustration, art by broeck steadman celilo (iamsf vol.15 #7, 6/1991) one b+w illustration by broeck steadman the bee man (iamsf vol.15 #10, 9/1991) one b+w illustration by broeck steadman the drylands (1993), q.v.
ppint. 17th Aug 2024		Mary Rosenblum Water Rites	fairwood press print-on-demand tp/b first printing, first edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price $17.99 308pp. including titles, indicia etc.
ppint. 17th Aug 2024		Mary Rosenblum The Drylands	the full series has been collected in a printed-on-demand ("pod") tp/b as "water rites" (fairwood press 2007), q.v.
ppint. 17th Aug 2024		Mary Rosenblum The Stone Garden	random house ballantine books del rey imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by bruce jensen (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price (canada $5.99) u.s. $4.99 368pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
lorangrecords SUBS 16th Aug 2024		Victoria Holmes Bravelands: Splittrad Flock	Erin Hunter is a collective pseudonym used by the authors Victoria Holmes, Kate Cary, Cherith Baldry, Clarissa Hutton, Inbali Iserles, Tui T. Sutherland, and Rosie Best
lorangrecords SUBS 16th Aug 2024		Frank McCourt Lyckans Land	Dustjacket is missing
ppint. 16th Aug 2024		Barry N. Malzberg The Last Transaction	pinnacle books mmpb first printing, first edition pinnacle/ futorian science fiction series cover art by ron walotsky (unsigned, mis-credited to wilotsky) cover price $1.75 168pp. (check) including unnumbered/unpaginated titles, indicia, etc, end pp. advertising
23skidoo 16th Aug 2024		John William Donaldson The Theatre Of The Greeks	I've never encountered a book with so many different publishers listed on title page (all given equal weight under city of origin). Not sure if "[multiple publishers]" was appropriate. Longman was the first name listed; maybe it should go under them? The fact Macmillan and other major publishers of the time are listed gave me a doubt. I'll go with whatever a mod decides on this.
23skidoo 16th Aug 2024		Leslie Charteris The Saint Intervenes	@annaloog - thanks for filling in the blank. Although the cover of my copy as scanned was in beautiful shape (which is why I was willing to pay $10 for it), the spine had a bit of damage and didn't have a number visible.
annaloog 16th Aug 2024		Leslie Charteris The Saint Intervenes	This is Avon 71 (cat. no. added, and this title added to my Avon list) — the cat. no. should be printed on the book's spine * ... and it is listed in the catalog listing in my copies of Avon 107 and Avon 109. * Avon 1 - 40 are not numbered, but the cat. no. may be found in the Avon catalog listing printed on the inside back cover of these early editions.
ppint. 16th Aug 2024		Samuel R. Delany The Tides Of Lust	english title, "tides of lust" should^W has been added in the english title field, and bookcat will^W then^W now automagically sorts the two editions together correctly.
ppint. 16th Aug 2024		Samuel R. Delany Tides Of Lust	gives two copyright dates, 1973 and 1980; so may have been revised by samuel r. delany for this edition: but n.b. pagination is unchanged, so any changes must be minor, if any at all were made.
ppint. 15th Aug 2024		Leo P. Kelley Brother John	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing, probably first edition, possibly simultaneous with uk p/b edition cover art unsigned uncredited from screenshot / p.r. photograph of sidney poitier & beverly todd cover price 75¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 15th Aug 2024		Leo P. Kelley Brother John	stated on front cover: based on a screenplay by ernest kinoy - which wording implies that there may have been more than one screenplay for this film directed by james goldstone, in which sidney poitier plays an angel (but very human) harbinger of imminent death arriving - to what purpose? - in alabama, usa, who falls in love with/is fallen in love with by a young woman played by beverly todd - who already has someone who reads her as his...
ppint. 15th Aug 2024		Leo P. Kelley Brother John	pan books p/b first printing, first uk edition, possibly simultaneous with the merkin mmpb first printing cover art unsigned, from cover still/pr photograph of sidney poitier & beverly todd (also used on mmpb) cover price 25p, 60c south africa, 80c australia, 80c new zealand, not for sale in canada 160pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 15th Aug 2024		Brian N. Ball Timepiece	renumbered cat# 5056 in david & charles' great renumbering™ when they bought the readers union group of book clubs from dent in 12/1972, and assigned new cat#s to the sfbc books in stock - in alphabetical order of their titles (!), during 12/1972 - 1/1973 - - but this is liable to prove to be of largely academic interest, since david & charles manglementpersons appear to've forborne to instruct any working employee to print, write, stamp or scrawl the new cat#s on the existing stock. . .
ppint. 15th Aug 2024		Brian N. Ball Timepiece	j. m. dent & sons readers union group the science fiction book club first printing, not first uk h/cvr edition for sale only to members of the science fiction book club by post, on an opt-out, semi-inertia sales subscription basis, later on also to members of the other readers union book clubs as an option, and from time-to-time as a cheap/"free" inducement to join the book club cover (d-j) art by terry james cover (d-j) price (?c. 10/- including postage & packing) 148pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 15th Aug 2024		Fletcher Pratt The Well Of The Unicorn	there was a library h/cvr reproduction of this edition published by garland publishing again as by george u. fletcher; sfaiaa all other editions have been published as by fletcher pratt.
ppint. 15th Aug 2024		Fletcher Pratt The Well Of The Unicorn	william sloane associates h/cvr first printing (so stated in indicia), first edition cover (d-j) art by rafael palacios (signed palacios, first name reported by on-line seller) b+w maps including frontispiece by rafael palacios (signed likewise, possibly credited) cover (d-j) price $3.50 352pp. (check) including (i-)xii pages titles, indicia, "before the tale begins" (nf) the author etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards, publisher abbreviated to sloane on d-j spine, which also bears his artwork of the well of the unicorn...
ppint. 14th Aug 2024		Leo P. Kelley The Counterfeits	the author given in the author field is^W was still wrong and should^W still^W has now been corrected to "leo p. kelley" -:as per the indicia copyright notice - - and as initially pointed out here on bookcat four - rising five - years ago.
MICKDOOM67 14th Aug 2024		Lionel Fanthorpe Rodent Mutation	Back cover image added.
MICKDOOM67 14th Aug 2024		Norman Bartlett Island Victory	Back cover image added.

Page 17 of 25 : Previous : Next :