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Steel-River-Wet SUBS 5th Nov 2024		Tina Turner My Love Story - The Autobiography	Will add scans when time permits.
ppint. 4th Nov 2024		Paul Preuss The Medusa Encounter	("arthur c. clarke's") venus prime series #4: #1: "breaking strain" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 4th Nov 2024		Paul Preuss The Diamond Moon	("arthur c. clarke's") venus prime series #5: #1: "breaking strain" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 4th Nov 2024		Paul Preuss The Shining Ones	("arthur c. clarke's") venus prime series #6: #1: "breaking strain" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 4th Nov 2024		Paul Preuss Hide & Seek	("arthur c. clarke's") venus prime series #3: #1: "breaking strain" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 4th Nov 2024		Paul Preuss Maelstrom	("arthur c. clarke's") venus prime series #2: #1: "breaking strain" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 4th Nov 2024		Paul Preuss Breaking Strain	("arthur c. clarke's") venus prime series #1: #1: "breaking strain" (1987), (this novel) #2: "maelstrom" (1988), q.v. #3: "hide and seek" (1989), q.v. aka "hide & seek" (1991 uk), q.v. #4: "the medusa encounter" (1990), q.v. #5: "the diamond moon" (1990), q.v. #6: "the shining ones" (1991), q.v.
Francois Bernabé 4th Nov 2024		Various Authors L'Âge D'Or Du Rock'n'Roll	Second édition 1994
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Paul Preuss The Medusa Encounter	pan macmillan pan p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by david bergen (unsigned, credited) cover price £4.50, (? $ australia, $ new zealand ? check) (not for sale in canada) interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson 304pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, diagrams section first printing number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; i have not seen a second printing, which would be indicated by dropping the "1" from the printing number line (and so, on. . .) month of publication not given; taken from locus originally packaged for avon books by byron preiss, inc. book packager
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Paul Preuss Hide & Seek	pan macmillan pan p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by david bergen (unsigned, credited) cover price £4.50, (? $ australia, $ new zealand ? check) (not for sale in canada) interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson 288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, diagrams section first printing number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; i have not seen a second printing, which would be indicated by dropping the "1" from the printing number line (and so, on. . .) month of publication not given; taken from locus originally packaged for avon books by byron preiss, inc. book packager
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Paul Preuss Maelstrom	pan macmillan pan p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by david bergen (unsigned, credited) cover price £3.99, (? $10.99 australia, $14.99 new zealand ?) (not for sale in canada) interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson 288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, diagrams section between pp.124 & 125 first printing number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; i have not seen a second printing, which would be indicated by dropping the "1" from the printing number line (and so, on. . .) originally packaged for avon books by byron preiss, inc. book packager
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Paul Preuss The Shining Ones	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing(?s sharing merkin-printed covers?), first edition cover art by jim burns (unsigned, credited) cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95 interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover 288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, 16pp. separately-numbered diagrams section on finer quality paper a byron preiss book - packaged for avon books by this book packager refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed, and also to distinguish from undated° second (and possible further printings) by noting the progressive dropping of digits from printing number line: first printing number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 second printing number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 ° - other than statement of first printing publication date
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Paul Preuss The Diamond Moon	two near-identical variants both identified as first printings in the indicia: one definitely bears the printing history number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 the first with printing number line has the diagrams/plans section bound between pp. 155/156, t'other between pp. 122/123; these may be the near-identical canadian-carcassed and wholly merkin-printed variations, but this is currently uncertain.
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Paul Preuss The Diamond Moon	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing(?s sharing merkin-printed covers?), first edition cover art by jim burns (unsigned (looks as though signature obscured by art department), credited) cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95 interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover 304pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, 16pp. separately-numbered diagrams section on finer quality paper a byron preiss book - packaged for avon books by this book packager refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed, and also to distinguish between possible further printings by progressive dropping of digits from printing number line; first printing line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Paul Preuss The Medusa Encounter	two near-identical variants both identified as first printings in the indicia: one bears the printing history number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 t'other reportedly bears none: the first with printing number line has the diagrams/plans section bound between pp. 122/123, t'other between pp. 155/156; these may be the near-identical canadian-carcassed and wholly merkin-printed variations, but this is currently uncertain.
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Paul Preuss The Medusa Encounter	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing(?s sharing merkin-printed covers?), first edition cover art by jim burns (signed, credited) cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95 interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover 304pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, 16pp. separately-numbered diagrams section on finer quality paper a byron preiss book - packaged for avon books by this book packager refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed, and also to distinguish between possible further printings by progressive dropping of digits from printing number line; first printing line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Paul Preuss Hide And Seek	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing(?s sharing merkin-printed covers?), first edition cover art by jim burns (signed, credited) cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95 interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover 304pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, 16pp. separately-numbered diagrams section on finer quality paper a byron preiss book - packaged for avon books by this book packager refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed, and also to distinguish between possible further printings by progressive dropping of digits from printing number line; first printing line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Paul Preuss Maelstrom	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing(?s sharing merkin-printed covers?), first edition cover art by jim burns (signed, credited) cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95 interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover 288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, 16pp. separately-numbered diagrams section on finer quality paper a byron preiss book - packaged for avon books by this book packager refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed, and also to distinguish between possible further printings by progressive dropping of digits from printing number line; first printing line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Steel-River-Wet SUBS 3rd Nov 2024		Cliff Goodwin When The Wind Changed	Will add scans when time permits.
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Paul Preuss Breaking Strain	pan macmillan pan p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by david bergen (unsigned, credited on back cover; miscredited to jim burns in indicia) cover price £3.99, $10.99 australia, $14.99 new zealand (not for sale in canada) interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover 288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, diagrams section between pp.90 & 91 first printing number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; i have not seen a second printing, which would be indicated by dropping the "1" from the printing number line (and so, on. . .) month of publication not given; taken from locus originally packaged for avon books by byron preiss, inc. book packager
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Paul Preuss Breaking Strain	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition cover art by jim burns (signed, credited) cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95 interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover 288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, 16pp. separately-numbered diagrams section on finer quality paper a byron preiss book - packaged for avon books by this book packager refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed, and also to distinguish between at least five printings by progressive dropping of digits from printing number line; first printing line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
OldMod67 2nd Nov 2024		Alan Garner The Weirdstone Of Brisingamen	Unfortunately my copy is lacking the dust jacket
OldMod67 2nd Nov 2024		John Bainbridge Francis Frith's Around Bournemouth	Dust jacket over printed boards.
annaloog 2nd Nov 2024		Elisabeth Sanxay Holding Net Of Cobwebs	I found a copy of this some years ago at a Goodwill thrift bookshop, complete with dust jacket, though the laminate is peeling a bit. Not many of these early Bantam paperbacks had these DJs; my 1982 Hancer price guide identifies less than 10 of them.
ppint. 31st Oct 2024		Alan Burt Akers Talons Of Scorpio	dray prescot sword'n'sf series by ken bulmer writing as "alan burt akers" #30: #1: "transit to scorpio" (1972), q.v. for series listing and links.
MICKDOOM67 31st Oct 2024		Mack Reynolds The Earth War	Back cover image added.
JimEss SUBS 31st Oct 2024		Harris Moore Slater's Planet	Covers added.
ppint. 29th Oct 2024		Edwin A. Abbott Flatland	distributed in the yuk-of-gb-&-ni by constable.
ppint. 29th Oct 2024		Hans Holbein Holbein Portrait Drawings	distrbuted in the yuk-of-gb-&-ni by constable iirc.
ppint. 29th Oct 2024		Hans Holbein Holbein Portrait Drawings	dover publications large format p/b first printing, first edition cover art anna bollein queen by hans holbein cover price $3.95 48pp. including 4 unnumbered pp. titles, indicia , publisher's note etc.

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