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ppint. 11th Aug 2024		Robert Silverberg Epoch	berkley putnam berkley medallion mmpb first printing first p/b edition original anthology of eighteen short stories, four novelettes and four novellas, introduction by the editors cover art unsigned, uncredited; each letter of the title is as though a piece of printer's type viewed from a different angle, and then pushed together - completely different design from the h/cvr d-j cover price $1.95 576pp. (check) including (i-)viii pages titles, indicia table-of-contents, 2pp. introduction etc, end pp. refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from the near-identical second mmpb printing
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Jack Vance Galactic Effectuator	contents: the dogtown tourist agency (novella) ''epoch'' eds. roger elwood, robert silverberg (1975), q.v. freitzke's turn (novella) ''triax'' ed. robert silverberg (1977), q.v.
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Robert Silverberg Triax	author field should^W has been varied to editor
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Robert Silverberg Triax	contents: molly zero (novella) keith roberts (later extended by keith into a fine novel, victor gollancz (1985) q.v.) if i forget thee... (nlla) james (e.) gunn (later included in his "the dreamers" (1981) retitled "the volunteer") freitzke's turn (nlla) jack vance (a miro hetzel story, the second-published) (the two novellas later collected and published as "galactic effectuator" (1980 & ff.), q.v.
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Robert Silverberg Triax	pinnacle books mmpb first printing, first edition pinnacle/ futorian science fiction series original anthology of three novellas with introduction by robert silverberg cover art by randy weidner (unsigned, credited) cover price $1.95 224pp. (check) including (i-viii) titles, indicia, etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Robert Silverberg Up The Line	serialised in amazing stories vol.43 #2, #3; 7, 9/1969 each part with one b+w illustration by dan adkins
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		R. A. Lafferty Apocalypses	pinnacle / futorian science fiction was a brief pinnacle books series edited by roger elwood from end 1977-mid 1978; his somewhat restrictive version of christianity may have contributed to its brevity. pinnacle books' manglement may've intended to extend their "futorian" series into the sub-imprint for all of their sf titles, but this did not happen - and roger elwood's career as the most active original sf anthologist of his time also collapsed, with some established sf (& fantasy) editors taking over the work on a number of his then uncompleted projects already sold to various publishers.
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Raymond F. Jones Weeping May Tarry	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.
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Raymond F. Jones Weeping May Tarry	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
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Raymond F. Jones The Non-statistical Man	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.
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Raymond F. Jones The Non-statistical Man	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
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Raymond F. Jones The Non-statistical Man	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
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Raymond F. Jones The Non-statistical Man	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.
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Raymond F. Jones The Non-statistical Man	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
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Raymond F. Jones Syn	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.
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Raymond F. Jones Syn	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
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Raymond F. Jones The Cybernetic Brains	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.
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Raymond F. Jones The Cybernetic Brains	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
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Raymond F. Jones The Cybernetic Brains	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
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Raymond F. Jones The Secret People	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
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Raymond F. Jones This Island Earth	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
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Raymond F. Jones This Island Earth	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
JimEss SUBS 10th Aug 2024		Elizabeth Moon Lunar Activity	Covers added.
ppint. 9th Aug 2024		J. M. Walsh Vanguard To Neptune	"serialized'' in wonder stories quarterly spring 1932 as ''the vanguard to neptune'' cover art story with art and eight b+w illustrations by frank r. paul (seven signed ''paul'')
ppint. 9th Aug 2024		L. Ron Hubbard Typewriter In The Sky	serialised in unknown vol. iv #3, #4, 11/1940, 12/1940 listed in street & smith's archive as being by l. ron hubbard & robert p. toombs: hubbard appears to have rewritten robert p. toombs' submission, ''prisoners of the brain''.
ppint. 9th Aug 2024		Richard Matheson The Shrinking Man	aka ''the incredible shrinking man'' q.v., under which title this novel was also filmed.
ppint. 9th Aug 2024		Richard Matheson The Shrinking Man	indicia publishing history states second printing, march 1962
ppint. 9th Aug 2024		Harlan Ellison Rockabilly	fawcett publications gold medal imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by mitchell hooks (signed m. hooks, uncredited) cover price 35¢ 176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p.
ppint. 9th Aug 2024		Harlan Ellison The Deadly Streets	first published date is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to 1958 first published by ace books in mmpb in 1958 - this edition!
ppint. 9th Aug 2024		Harlan Ellison The Deadly Streets	first published date is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to 1958 first published by ace books in mmpb in 1958

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