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ppint. 20th Oct 2024		Arsen Darnay The Splendid Freedom	contents: the splendid freedom (novelette) galaxy vol. 36 #9, 9/1974, universal-tandem bre 21st edition (!), both: a b+w illustration by stephen fabian the eastcoast confinement (novella) galaxy vol.35 #10, 10/1974, universal-tandem bre 22nd edition (!), both: a b+w stephen fabian illustration plutonium (novella) galaxy vol.37 #3, 5/1976, cover story, art + 3 b+w illustrations by stephen fabian
ppint. 20th Oct 2024		Arsen Darnay The Splendid Freedom	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb first printing, first edition reprint collection of a novelette and two novellas forming a series or debatably a "non-fix-up novel" cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price $2.25 cat# 77796 256pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
OldMod67 19th Oct 2024		Various Authors West Howe Proper	@carryonsidney: I've PM'd you so I don't turn the comments into my message service!
JPGR&B SUBS ● 19th Oct 2024		Various Authors West Howe Proper	@carryonsidney Who was your brother?
Pridesale 19th Oct 2024		Bram Stoker Dracula	Bram Stoker Ghost Story 1890 Dublin Daily Express
carryonsidney ● 18th Oct 2024		Various Authors West Howe Proper	Wonderholme was my bro's place, I only stopped there on one of my "return visits", to babysit it while he went off on a world tour!(91/92?) I originally left WH in 1986.
JPGR&B SUBS ● 17th Oct 2024		David Whelan Mind Games: The Assassination Of John Lennon	The author recently revelaed that he plans to publish an updated edition of his book by the end of the year. On his documentary film he says "I am still planning to produce a documentary film about my investigation sometime in 2025. But, as I have said many times before, these things do take time and I will only produce something that will not cut corners or gloss over uncomfortable facts. I would like to think that documentaries that say something new and interesting can still somehow be produced in our current vanilla TV times. That said, I’m realistic. It’s not going to be easy."
OldMod67 17th Oct 2024		Various Authors West Howe Proper	Wow, that's flown by. The Wonderholme is still there... I'm hoping to locate the second volume at a decent price one day, but once out of print many local books get quite expensive.
MICKDOOM67 17th Oct 2024		Mark Clifton Eight Keys To Eden	It was definitely very understated art during this period.
23skidoo 17th Oct 2024		Edward Gorey The Helpless Doorknob	I indexed this knowing there might be debate as to whether this qualifies as a book or not (read description), however it is treated as a book by literature sites and has an ISBN-13 so I decided to index it.
23skidoo 17th Oct 2024		Klaus Kettner Bill Haley & His Comets: Rockin' Around Europe 1958 - Wie Der Rock & Roll Nach Europa Kam	Go here for details of the CD that came with this book.
JimEss SUBS 17th Oct 2024		Frederik Pohl Alternating Currents	Back cover added.
carryonsidney ● 16th Oct 2024		Various Authors West Howe Proper	Makes me a bit nostalgic when I see things like this but I then I remember its not far off 40 years since I moved away.
ppint. 16th Oct 2024		A. Bertram Chandler The Wild Ones	rim worlds; john grimes #15: rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for rim worlds, john grimes etc. series and links.
ppint. 16th Oct 2024		A. Bertram Chandler The Last Amazon	rim worlds: john grimes #14: rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday” (1961), q.v. for rim worlds, john grimes listings, and links.
ppint. 16th Oct 2024		Mark Clifton Eight Keys To Eden	thank-you mickdoom67 pan's early sixties sf cover art wasn't always exactly inspiring, was it?
MICKDOOM67 15th Oct 2024		Mark Clifton Eight Keys To Eden	Front & back cover images added.
ppint. 15th Oct 2024		A. Bertram Chandler Frontier Of The Dark	bar-code number truncated by too-small field: 0 72742 00275 25504 the final element of five digits being the only part that uniquely identified this book on the primary wholesaler's (and on the publisher's) catalog, being this edition's cat#
ppint. 15th Oct 2024		A. Bertram Chandler Frontier Of The Dark	berkley publishing group ace books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by attila hejja (unsigned, credited) cover price $2.75 cat# 25504 240pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 15th Oct 2024		A. Bertram Chandler The Anarch Lords	rim worlds: john grimes #13: rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for rim world, john grimes etc. series listings & links.
JPGR&B SUBS ● 15th Oct 2024		Kenneth Womack Mal Evans: The Official Biography & Archives Volume 2	Ken Womack advised me today that publication of his second volume about Mal Evans is currently scheduled for publication in November 2025. There is no official title or description of the book yet, but the publishers will be the same in the US and UK as his first book on Mal.
OldMod67 15th Oct 2024		Various Authors West Howe Proper	@carryonsidney: Yeah, I missed them originally. They came out five or six years before I joined the book trade and were privately published. I've been keeping an eye out for a few years as I do like my local books, but the print runs can't have been massive. They crop up occasionally online, but usually expensive, the last one I saw online was about £90! I finally stumbled on book one in a chazza, priced at 75p, I nearly fell over.
carryonsidney ● 14th Oct 2024		Various Authors West Howe Proper	Wow I have never seen or heard of one of those before!
JPGR&B SUBS ● 14th Oct 2024		Jon Burlingame The Music Of James Bond	From Amazon: The story of the music that accompanies the adventures of Ian Fleming's intrepid Agent 007 is one of surprising real-life drama. In The Music of James Bond author Jon Burlingame throws open studio and courtroom doors alike to reveal the full and extraordinary history of the sounds of James Bond, including: - How the "James Bond Theme" was written at the last minute for Dr. No and how it became the subject of controversy, ending in a libel trial 40 years later in London's High Court. - How Bond composer John Barry invented a new kind of action-adventure music for movies, and how despite writing immensely popular scores for "Goldfinger", "Thunderball", "You Only Live Twice" and eight other Bond films, he never received a single Academy Award nomination for his Bond music. - How the "Goldfinger" soundtrack battled the Beatles and "Mary Poppins" to the top of the American charts and bested both in 1965. - How "Thunderball" went through two songs, three singers, and its own courtroom showdown, before it ended up with a title tune. - How top artists like Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Nancy Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Paul McCartney, Carly Simon, Sheena Easton, Duran Duran, a-ha, the Pretenders, Gladys Knight, Tina Turner, Sheryl Crow and Madonna were convinced to record for Agent 007. - How changes in the Bond sound reflected what was happening in pop and rock circles, from the twangy guitar of the Sean Connery era to a more sedate sound for Roger Moore, synthesizers for George Lazenby and Timothy Dalton, and a more contemporary approach for Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig. - How Frank Sinatra planned to sing "Moonraker" but didn't, then Johnny Mathis did (with a different lyric), only to be replaced by Shirley Bassey. - The untold stories of how Eric Clapton played guitar on "Licence to Kill" but saw his work shelved; and how Amy Winehouse very nearly co-wrote and sang the theme for "Quantum of Solace." Each chapter contains the full backstory of the music for one Bond film and concludes with a reader-friendly analysis of the score itself, pointing out noteworthy musical sequences from the impact of New Orleans jazz on the "Live and Let Die" score, to the trendy disco in "For Your Eyes Only," to the electronica approach that proved disastrous in "GoldenEye." New interviews with many Bond songwriters and composers, coupled with extensive research, fascinating and previously undiscovered details -- including tales of temperamental artists, unexpected hits and surprising convergences of great music with unforgettable images -- make The Music of James Bond must reading for 007 buffs, popular music fans, and all who are in music and the movies.
lorangrecords SUBS 14th Oct 2024		Joseph Hayes Skräckens Timmar	Added images
OldMod67 13th Oct 2024		Various Authors West Howe Proper	The second book in the series, West Howe Too : A changing corner of Dorset, followed in December 1983
OldMod67 13th Oct 2024		Julia Skinner Bournemouth - A Miscellany	Francis Frith used to use to license out their local ranges. A version of this book was taken by Waterstones. Meanwhile, some Ottakar's branches carried ranges from the same source; the Poole branch having Francis Frith books and notebooks to match.
OldMod67 13th Oct 2024		Alison Pressley The 50s & 60s The Best Of Times	NB: the code above the ISBN, CAT 12 looks like a book club code, but nothing inside to indicate such
JPGR&B SUBS ● 13th Oct 2024		Piers Hemmingsen The Beatles Canadian Discography (1962-1970): Part 3 - Supplement For Part 1 And Part 2	My copy is Number 035. Signed by the author and dated August 7th, 2012
JPGR&B SUBS ● 13th Oct 2024		Piers Hemmingsen The Beatles Canadian Discography	My copy is Number 035. Signed by the author and dated August 7th, 2012.

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