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ppint. 4th Aug 2024		Frank Herbert Dune	random house group uk (or random penguin by now?) hachette group orion books gollancz imprint h/cvr first printing of this edition, but not first uk h/cvr nor first victor gollancz h/cvr edition cover art by john schoenherr (unsigned, re-used from "the prophet of dune" part 3 (of 5) asf vol. lxxv #1, 3/1965, where it is credited) cover price £7.99 616pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, possible end p.; perfectbound (iirc) onto flexible backing strip with endpapers between laminated boards, no dust-jacket
JimEss SUBS 4th Aug 2024		Andre Norton Judgment On Janus	Added back cover. Also added front cover with price intact.
ppint. 3rd Aug 2024		Avram Davidson Or All The Seas With Oysters	contents: or all the sea with oysters (short story) galaxy vol.15 #1, 5/1958; a b+w illustration by friedman up the close and doun the stairs (novelette) f&sf vol.14 #5, 5/1958; venture bre #25, 9/1965° now let us sleep (ss) venture vol.1 #5, 9/1957; venture bre #19, 3/1965 the grantha sighting (ss) f&sf vol.14 #4, 4/1958; venture bre #22, 6/1965 help! i am dr. morris goldpepper (ss) galaxy vol.14 #3, 7/1057; galaxy bre #4 (9/1957); both: 3 b+w illustrations by d. (don) martin the sixth season (ss) f&sf vol.18 #6, 6/60; f&sf atlas bre vol.1 #10, 9/1960 negra sum (ss) f&sf vol.13 #5, 11/1957 or the grasses grow (ss) f&sf vol.15 #5, 11/1958 my boyfriend's name is jello (ss) f&sf vol.7 #1, 7/1954 the golem (ss) f&sf vol.8 #5, 3/1955 summerland (ss) f&sf vol.13 #1, 7/1957 king's evil (ss) f&sf vol.11 #4, 10/1956 great is diana (ss) f&sf vol.15 #2, 8/1958; venture bre #4, 12/1963 i do not hear you, sir (ss) f&sf vol.14 #2, 2/1958; f&sf atlas bre vol.1 #3, 2/1960 author, author (ss) f&sf vol.17 #1, 7/1959; venture bre #14, 10/1964 dagon (ss) f&sf vol.17 #4, 10/1959; venture bre #1, 9/1963 the montavarde camera (ss) f&sf vol.16 #5, 5/1959; venture bre #18, 2/1965 the woman who thought she could read (ss) f&sf vol.16 #1, 1/1959; venture bre #11, 7/1974 ° - check the "doun" spelling in the mmpbs' table-of-contents: this is the spelling in both magazines
ppint. 3rd Aug 2024		Avram Davidson Ursus Of Ultima Thule	serialised as "the forges of nairnland are cold" in fantastic vol.21 #6, vol.22 #1; 8/1972, 10/1972 each episode with one b+w illustration by mike (michael) kaluta
ppint. 3rd Aug 2024		Avram Davidson Ursus Of Ultima Thule	hearst corporation avon books mmpb near-identical simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition cover art by enric/enrich torres-prat (unsigned, uncredited; attributed to enric on comicartfans.com website cover price 95¢ 240pp. (check) 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 avon printing, december, 1973
ppint. 2nd Aug 2024		Emil Petaja The Stolen Sun (Including Tramontane)	daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, omnibus edition, first thus cover art by vicente segrelles (unsigned, credited as segrelles) b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed, uncredited) near-meaningless daw books collector no.356 cover price $2.25 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel) cover price $1.95 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution) 224pp. (check) including eight unnumbered pp. "the kalevala fantasies" (nf) emil petaja (1967), b+w frontispiece, titles, indicia etc, "introduction "tramontane " (nf) emil petaja (1967), second titles pp, 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 daw printing, september 1979/123456789
ppint. 2nd Aug 2024		Raymond F. Jones Renaissance	stated to be a grafton uk paperback original - which is at least a debatable claim. . .
Terence Archer 2nd Aug 2024		Frank Herbert Dune	Alternate front cover design added.
ppint. 1st Aug 2024		Emil Petaja The Stolen Sun	kalevala recast #3: #1: "saga of lost earths" (1966), q.v. for series listing and links
ppint. 1st Aug 2024		Emil Petaja The Star Mill	the kalevala recast #2: #1: "saga of lost earths" (1966), q.v. for series listing and links
ppint. 1st Aug 2024		Emil Petaja Saga Of Lost Earths	emil petaja's recasting of the kalevala epic series #1: #1: "saga of lost earths" (1966) (this novel) #2: "the star mill" (1966), q.v. #3: "the stolen sun" (1967), q.v. #4: "tramontane" (1967), q.v. later collected in two omnibi°: #a: "saga of lost earths and the star mill" (1979), q.v. #b: "the stolen sun and tramontane" (1979), q.v. ° - yes, i know...
ppint. 1st Aug 2024		Terry Pratchett Thief Of Time	harpercollinspublishers harpertorch mmpb first printing, first merkin p/b edition cover art by chip kidd (? check: it differs from that on the 5/2001 harpercollins h/cvr which is credited to him as designer); it's a silhouette of a black cloaked, hooded, gloved figure on a black horse riding over yellow roman numerals, on a slightly greyish turquoisey-blue background, with a.black vertical band down the spine edge bearing three small boxed carriage clocks; title and author in orange, in mostly lower case (title somewhat randomly) across whole of width of front cover; a yellow disc with pinked edge overlaps the black band onto the background above the horse's tail bearing "celebrating 25 extraordinary years of discworld" in five lines of black type cover price $6.99 382pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. include excerpt from "night watch" (2002), q.v. refer to indicia publishing history printing number line to determine which printing is held: the lowest number remaining gives this, as a digit is dropped progressively with each further printing; at least six printings known, the sixth being published in 5/2004; pinked-edge yellow disc omitted from cover of at least one of these later printings
MICKDOOM67 30th Jul 2024		Captain Dod Orsborne Danger Is My Destiny	Cover art by John Berry.
David Whiteley 30th Jul 2024		Stephen Baxter The Long Cosmos	Added wraparound cover from first paperback edition which has a price of £7.99.
ppint. 30th Jul 2024		Mercedes Lackey Born To Run	elves in l.a./elven steeds/... series #1: closely connected with the bedlam's bard series, q.v. ° - front covers bear the serrated edge-logoed series: † - front covers not bearing the serrated edge logo #1: ''born to run''° (1992), (this novel) #2: ''wheels of fire''° mercedes lackey, mark shepherd (1992), q.v. #3: ''when the bough breaks''° mercedes lackey, holly lisle (1993), q.v. #4: ''chrome circle''° mercedes lackey, larry dixon (1994), q.v. #5: ''elvendude''† mark shepherd (1994), q.v. #6: ''spiritride''† mark shepherd (2007), q.v. #7: ''lazerwarz''† mark shepherd (2009), q.v. #8: ''silence''° mercedes lackey, cody martin (2016), q.v. #9: ''the waters and the wild''† mercedes lackey, rosemary edghill (2019), q. v. #10: ''breaking silence''° mercedes lackey, cody martin (2020), q.v. assorted omnibi: O#1&4: ''the chrome borne'' (1999), q.v. O#2&3: ''the other world'' mercedes lackey, mark shepherd, holly lisle (2000), q.v. the diana tregarde occult psychic investigator trilogy is loosely connected: dt#1: ''children of the night'' (1990), q.v. dt#2: ''burning water'' (1989), q.v. dt#3: ''jinx high'' (1991), q.v. dt#c: ''magic 101'' (reprint collection of a novella and a short story, 2014 ebook only, so far) merkin sf book club omnibus edition of dt #1, #2 & #3: dt#o: ''diana tregarde investigates'' (2006), q.v. elizabethan historical fantasy series by mercedes lackey and roberta gellis is advertised as the prequel series to the serrated edge series: but, featuring both oberon and titania as powerful - if only occasional - on-stage characters with major effects upon the over-all shape of events, does not strike yr hmbl srppnt. as directly connected with any of the above: #01: ''this scepter'd isle'' (2004), q.v. #02: ''ill met by moonlight'' (2005), q.v. #03: ''by sland'rous tongues'' (2007), q.v. #04: ''and less than kind'' (2008), q.v.
ppint. 30th Jul 2024		Ellen Guon Bedlam Boyz	bedlam's bard series #3: #1: ''knight of ghosts and shadows'' mercedes lackey, ellen guon (1990), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 30th Jul 2024		David Mason The Deep Gods	thank-you jimess.
MICKDOOM67 29th Jul 2024		John Creasey The House Of The Bears	Cover art by Roger Hall.
ppint. 29th Jul 2024		Mercedes Lackey Bedlam's Edge	author field should^W has been varied to editor, and co-author to co-editor
ppint. 29th Jul 2024		Mercedes Lackey Bedlam's Edge	bedlam's bard & elves in la series setting #OA (original anthology): #1: ''knight of ghosts and shadows'' mercedes lackey, ellen guon (1990), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 29th Jul 2024		Mercedes Lackey Bedlam's Edge	contents: tom o'bedlam's song (poem) anonymous (sir giles earle, his book c.1615 british museum° - ppint.) devil went down to georgia (short story) mercedes lackey unleaving (novelette) india edghill old order (ntte) michael longcor well met by moonlight (ss) diana l. paxson the world's more full of weeping (ss) rosemary edghill the waters and the wild (ss) mercedes lackey the remover of difficulties (ntte) ashley mcconnell bright as diamonds (ntte) barb caffrey, michael b. caffrey bottle of djinn (ntte) roberta gellis red fiddler (ntte) dave freer, eric flint unnatural history (ss) sarah a. hoyt all that jazz (ntte) jenn saint-john six-shooter (ss) ellen guon mall elves and how they grew (essay) (nf) mercedes lackey ° - up to nine of the twenty-five verses quoted may be much later composition by one or more further hands, as may the first chorus quoted: no source(s) at all are given - ppint.
ppint. 29th Jul 2024		Mercedes Lackey Bedlam's Edge	baen publishing enterprises baen books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition original anthology of seven novelettes and six short stories in mercedes lackey's bedlam's bard/elves in la universe cover art by bob eggleton (unsigned, credited, shared from baen books first edition h/cvr (2005)) cover price $7.99 (can(ada) $9.99) 384pp. including (i-) x pages titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, tom o'bedlam's song (poem), 36 end pp: 10pp. "mall elves and how they grew" (nf) mercedes lackey (2005), 19pp. excerpt from "hell hath no fury" david weber, linda evans (then forthcoming baen books h/cvr scheduled 3/2007), 7pp. advertising
ppint. 29th Jul 2024		L. Ron Hubbard Fear	galaxy publications galaxy science fiction novel digest format p/b first printing, first stand-alone edition first book publication in double with typewriter in the sky'' l. ron hubbard (gnome press 1951) cover art by diane dillon, leo dillon (unsigned, attribution presumédly taken from tuck) cover price 35¢ 128pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 29th Jul 2024		L. Ron Hubbard Slaves Of Sleep	"serialized" in unknown vol.1 #5, 7/1939, with nine b+w illustrations by ed cartier: these are reprinted in the dell mmpb 6/1979 edition, q.v.
ppint. 29th Jul 2024		L. Ron Hubbard Fear	'serialized'' in unknown vol. iii #5, 7/1940 with five b+w illustrations by ed cartier
23skidoo 29th Jul 2024		Leslie Charteris The Saint Closes The Case	Cover scans added
ppint. 28th Jul 2024		Murray Leinster The Last Space Ship	fix-up of the three kim rendell novelettes from thrilling wonder stories: the disciplinary circuit (vol. xxviii #1, winter/1946), q.v., with three uncredited b+w illustrations the manless world (vol. xxix #3, 2/1947), q.v., with three b+w illustrations by virgil finlay the boomerang circuit (vol. xxx #2, 6/1947), q.v., with cover art by earle bergey, and three uncredited b+w illustrations
23skidoo 28th Jul 2024		Victoria Saxon Frozen	See back cover of this spinoff LGB for the variant cover referenced in the notes.
ppint. 28th Jul 2024		Eric Frank Russell Sinister Barrier	paperback library mmpb simultaneous near-identical second printings sharing merkin-printed covers cover art unsigned, uncredited; sfaik still as-yet unattributed cover price 50¢ 176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia to see if carcass ("body text") of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state second printing: december, 1966
ppint. 28th Jul 2024		Stanton A. Coblentz The Sunken World	"serialized'' in amazing stories quarterly summer 1928 with a b+w illustration by frank r. paul and again in amazing stories quarterly vol.7 #2, fall 1934 with six b+w illustrations by frank r. paul

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