Books - Latest Comments

Page 8 of 25 : Previous : Next :

Member	Book		Comment / Review
ppint. 21st Sep 2024		Jack L. Chalker Cerberus	the four lords of the diamond tetralogy #2: #1: "lilith: a snake in the grass" (1981), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 21st Sep 2024		Jack L. Chalker Medusa	penguin books p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by alan craddock cover price £3.99, $15.95 new zealand 304pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising somewhat oddly, the typography of the book's title on the front cover emboldens (emphasises) the subtitle and the primary title is de-emphasised. this was evidently a design policy decision by the great penguin's art director, as it's true of all four of the penguin p/bs in this tetralogy. month of publication not given in indicia, taken from locus
ppint. 21st Sep 2024		Jack L. Chalker Cerberus	penguin books p/b first printing°, first uk edition cover art by alan craddock cover price £3.99 (kiwiiiian price?) 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising somewhat oddly, the typography of the book's title on the front cover emboldens (emphasises) the subtitle and the primary title is de-emphasised. this was evidently a design policy decision by the great penguin's art director, as it's true of all four of the penguin p/bs in this tetralogy. ° - publication date of the penguin uk p/b edition may have been delayed 'til february 1991, the publication date given in locus; the penguin p/bs of books three and four follow in april and june 1991.
ppint. 21st Sep 2024		Jack L. Chalker Lilith	penguin books p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by alan craddock cover price £3.99 (kiwiiian price?) 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising somewhat oddly, the typography of the book's title on the front cover emboldens (emphasises) the subtitle and the primary title is de-emphasised. this was evidently a design policy decision by the great penguin's art director, as it's true of all four of the penguin p/bs in this tetralogy. month of publication not given in the indicia: taken from locus
ppint. 21st Sep 2024		Jack L. Chalker Charon	penguin books p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by alan craddock cover price £3.99 (kiwiiian price?) 304pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising somewhat oddly, the typography of the book's title on the front cover emboldens (emphasises) the subtitle and the primary title is de-emphasised. this was evidently a design policy decision by the great penguin's art director, as it's true of all four of the penguin p/bs in this tetralogy. month of publication not given in indicia, taken from locus
ppint. 21st Sep 2024		A. Bertram Chandler The Broken Cycle	robert hale first printing, first h/cvr & first uk edition, possibly first edition cover d-j art (not noted) cover d-j price £2.10 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 21st Sep 2024		A. Bertram Chandler The Broken Cycle	rim worlds: john grimes #4: rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for john grimes, rim world series listings, and links.
ppint. 20th Sep 2024		A. Bertram Chandler The Big Black Mark	rim worlds: john grimes #7: rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for john grimes, rim worlds series listings, and links.
23skidoo 20th Sep 2024		William S. Burroughs The Wild Boys	Was Grove ever an imprint of Dell? This was one was odd for having Dell on spine but Grove on title page, unless they just reused a carcass from a Grove edition, only I don't know if Grove ever put this out.
ppint. 20th Sep 2024		A. Bertram Chandler Catch The Star Winds	rim worlds: john grimes #16: rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for john grimes, rim worlds series listings, and links.
annaloog 20th Sep 2024		Clifford Knight Death Of A Big Shot	My copy is an ex-library copy, the dust jacket of which apparently had been discarded except for a clipping of the plot synopsis (presumably from one of the flaps) which had been pasted on the first page.
ppint. 20th Sep 2024		Ian Watson Pictures At An Exhibition	i've read that a number of copies of the greystoke mowbray edition p/bs or collected signatures were bound up in hardcover by/for borgo press (california, usa) and given the isbn 0809561077, but i've not actually seen any of these copies.
ppint. 19th Sep 2024		Patricia Fanthorpe The Black Lion	greystoke mowbray p/b first printing, first edition cover art by kevin kingstone walker (signed kw, credited) cover price 95p, $2.95 australia, $2.95 new zealand, $1.95 usa 160pp. including titles, indicia, etc.
ppint. 19th Sep 2024		Ian Watson Pictures At An Exhibition	author field should^W has been varied to editor
ppint. 19th Sep 2024		Ian Watson Pictures At An Exhibition	contents: introduction (nf) ian watson second chance (short story) brian stableford a spy in the domain of arnheim (novelette) michael bishop transcends all wit (ss) david langford brief lives (ntte) chris morgan the sacrament of the last supper (ss) roger campbell the cry (ntte) richard downes et in arcadia ego (ss) lionel fanthorpe, patricia fanthorpe the mystic marriage of salome (ss) ian watson
ppint. 19th Sep 2024		Ian Watson Pictures At An Exhibition	greystoke mowbray p/b first printing, first edition themed original anthology of five short stories and three novelettes, introduction by the editor cover art by pete lyon (peter michael lyon) (signed, credited) interior illustrations (details of the exhibition paintings "re-realised") by pete lyon (unsigned, credited) cover price £1.25, $3.50 australia, $3.50 new zealand 168pp. including titles, indicia, etc.
ppint. 19th Sep 2024		John E. Muller Out Of The Night	the john spencer & co. house name, john e. muller, here draws its veil in protection of the notorious modesty of the remarkable - and sometimes reverend - robert lionel fanthorpe, m.b.i.s.
ppint. 19th Sep 2024		John E. Muller Out Of The Night	john spencer & co. (publishers) badger books p/b undated° first printing, first edition supernatural specials sub-series of/spin-off from supernatural stories magazine cover art unsigned, uncredited° cover price 3'6 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising ° - source(s) of entered publication date and ascription of artist not stated by o.p.† († - very possibly taken from william contento and/or peter nicholls, whether directly or no)
ppint. 19th Sep 2024		Jack L. Chalker Medusa	the four lords of the diamond tetralogy #4: #1: "lilith: a snake in the grass" (1981), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 19th Sep 2024		Jack L. Chalker Charon	the four lords of the diamond tetralogy #3: #1: "lilith: a snake in the grass" (1981), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 19th Sep 2024		Jack L. Chalker Cerberus	the four lords of the diamond tetralogy #2: #1: "lilith: a snake in the grass" (1981), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 19th Sep 2024		Jack L. Chalker Lilith	the four lords of the diamond tetralogy #1: #1: "lilith: a snake in the grass" (1981), (this book) #2: "cerberus: a wolf in the fold" (1982), q.v. #3: "charon: a dragon at the gate" (1982), q.v. #4: "medusa: a tiger by the tail" (1983), q.v. omnibus edition of #1, #2, #3 & #4: produced by the merkin science fiction book club: #O: "the four lords of the diamond" (1983), q.v.
ppint. 18th Sep 2024		Jack L. Chalker Medusa	random house group ballantine books near-identical mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers del rey series cover art by david b. mattingly (unsigned, credited) cover price $3.75 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel) cover price $2.95 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution) 304pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc., end pp. advertising refer also to indicia to check if carcass of copy held was merkin- or canadadian- printed. no priority established nor liable to be check also for additional printing history line stating second printing: april 1983 cover price $2.95
ppint. 18th Sep 2024		Jack L. Chalker Charon	random house group ballantine books near-identical mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers del rey series cover art by david b. mattingly (unsigned, credited) cover price $3.75 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel) cover price $2.95 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution) 304pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc., end pp. advertising refer also to indicia to check if carcass of copy held was merkin- or canadadian- printed. no priority established nor liable to be check also for additional printing history line stating second printing: june 1983 cover price $2.95 ... ... ... ... 1/1983 sixth printing retains cover art, cat#, isbn, increases cover price sixth printing: january 1983 cover price $3.50
ppint. 18th Sep 2024		Jack L. Chalker Cerberus	random house group ballantine books near-identical mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers del rey series cover art by david b. mattingly (signed, credited) cover price $2.95 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel) cover price $2.50 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution) 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc., end pp. advertising refer also to indicia to check if carcass of copy held was merkin- or canadadian- printed. no priority established nor liable to be check also for additional printing history line stating second printing: january 1983 cover price $2.50 4/1983 third printing increases cover price and bears new isbn 0345311221 cat# 31122 third printing: april 1983 cover price $2.75 ?/198n? fourth printing not seen/not seen recorded by yr hmbl srppnt. 6/1985 near-identical fifth printing differs: isbn 0-345-32948-1 cat# 32948 cover price $2.95 ?/1986? sixth printing not seen/not seen recorded by yr hmbl srppnt. 7/1987 seventh printing differs: isbn 0345352475 cat# 35247 cover price $3.50
ppint. 17th Sep 2024		A. Bertram Chandler The Dark Dimensions	rim worlds: john grimes #22: rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for john grimes, rim worlds series, and links.
ppint. 17th Sep 2024		A. Bertram Chandler Alternate Orbits	contents: hall of fame (novelette) galaxy vol.28 #5, 7/1969 as "the kinsolving's planet irregulars" the sister ships (ntte) galaxy vol.32 #2, 9-10/1971 sans the "the" the man who sailed the sky (ntte) apparently original to this collection the rub (ntte) galaxy vol.31 #1, 4/1970, universal-tandem bre 5/1970, both with a b+w illustration by jack gaughan
ppint. 17th Sep 2024		A. Bertram Chandler The Commodore At Sea	grosset & dunlap charter communications, inc. ace mmpb undated° second printing thus by number line half a double, but sharing a single front cover; i.e. not a classic "ace double" format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other reprint collection of four novelettes cover art by paul alexander retained isbn 0-441-11556-X (on spine) (incorrectly given as 0-441-11556-3 on back cover) cat# 11556 cover price $2.75 indicia printing history number line 2 4 6 8 0 9 7 5 3 376pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (adverts may differ) ° - 9/1981 from locus #249 10/1981 doubled with "spartan planet" (1968 as "false fatherland", q.v.) 1979 q.v.
ppint. 17th Sep 2024		A. Bertram Chandler The Commodore At Sea	grosset & dunlap charter communications, inc. ace mmpb first printing thus° half a double, but with single front cover; i.e. not a classic "ace double" with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other reprint collection of four novelettes cover art by paul alexander (signed "alexander", credited) isbn 0-441-11555-1 cat# 11555 cover price $2.25 indicia printing history number line 2 4 6 8 0 9 7 5 3 1 376pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. ° - first edition of this pairing: "the commodore at sea" (1971 as "alternate orbits", q.v.) with "spartan planet" (1968 as "false fatherland", q.v.) the first is this reprint collection containing four novelettes; the second, a novel.
ppint. 17th Sep 2024		A. Bertram Chandler Spartan Planet	grosset & dunlap charter communications, inc. ace mmpb first printing thus° half a double, but with single front cover; i.e. not a classic "ace double" with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other cover art by paul alexander (signed "alexander", also credited) isbn 0-441-11555-1 cat# 11555 cover price $2.25 indicia printing history number line 2 4 6 8 0 9 7 5 3 1 376pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. ° - first edition of this pairing, "the commodore at sea" (aka "alternate orbits", q.v.) with "spartan planet" (aka "false fatherland", q.v.) the first is a reprint collection containing four novelettes; the second, a novel.

Page 8 of 25 : Previous : Next :