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Member	Book		Comment / Review
ppint. 17th Sep 2024		A. Bertram Chandler False Fatherland	serialised in fantastic vol.17 #4 & #5, 3/1968 & 5/1968 as "spartan planet", each installment with one piece of b+w illustration by jeff jones.
ppint. 16th Sep 2024		Jack L. Chalker Lilith	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: october 1982 and for further possible addition: third printing (june 1983 - possibly so stated) both of these reprintings cover price $2.50 ?/198n? fourth printing not seen/not seen recorded by yr hmbl srppnt. 10/1986 near-identical fifth printing differs: isbn 0-345-34420-0 cat# 34420 cover price $3.50
ppint. 15th Sep 2024		L. Sprague De Camp The Tritonian Ring	"serialized" in two complete science-adventure books vol.1 #4, winter (10-12)/1951 interior b+w illustrations by herman vestal
ppint. 15th Sep 2024		L. Sprague De Camp The Tritonian Ring	first stand-alone book publication; this was the title novel in 1953 twayne publishers h/cvr collection, "the tritonian ring and other pusadian tales", which included two short stories and a novelelette, all pusadian pieces. - leaving four other pusadian novelelettes remaining to be pu(r)saded^W hunted down: the hungry hercynian universe #3, 12/1953 ka, the appalling fantastic universe vol. 10 #2, 8/1958 the rug and the bull "flashing swords 2" ed. lin carter (1973), q.v. the stone of the witch-queen weirdbook #12, 1977
ppint. 15th Sep 2024		L. Sprague De Camp The Carnelian Cube	lancer books mmpb undated° second printing (not so stated) cover art by (frank) kelly freas (signed, shot down considerably from the first printing, uncredited) cat# 74646 cover price 75¢ 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising 9/1970 publication date ex "lancer checklist" william j. denholm science fiction collector/megavore #10
ppint. 15th Sep 2024		Jack L. Chalker A Jungle Of Stars	random house group ballantine books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by h. r. van dongen (signed at bottom edge and may be guillotined off, credited) cover price $1.50 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
David Whiteley 15th Sep 2024		Kevin McCormack Glory Days - RT	Whyperion After reading your comment regarding Abebooks/Amazon / Waterstones websites , I think your cover image is probably correct. When searching for this title on this site by authors name your entry is catalogued as 1998 which is the date of my book. I didn't notice the 2020 reprint date. I have now made a new record for my edition and asked for my cover images to be removed from this entry.
ppint. 15th Sep 2024		A. Bertram Chandler The Hard Way Up	contents: with good intentions (short story) ©1972 apparently original to this collection the subtracter (novelette) galaxy vol.28 (as vol.128) #6, 8/1969; universal-tandem bre 9/1969, as "the minus effect", both with a b+w illustration by jack gaughan the tin messiah (ss) galaxy vol.29 (as vol.129) #2, 10/1969; universal-tandem bre 11/1969, as "the soul machine", both with a b+w illustration by jack gaughan sleeping beauty (ntte) galaxy vol.29 #5, 2/1970; universal-tandem bre 3/1970, both with a b+w illustration by jack gaughan the wandering buoy (ss) analog vol. lxxxvi #1, 9/ 1970 the mountain movers (ntte) galaxy vol.34 #4, 3/1971 what you know (ntte) galaxy vol.31 #2, 1/1971, with a b+w illustration by jack gaughan
23skidoo 14th Sep 2024		Scott Mauck Daily Groove	I bought this for the cover, I will not lie (and yes I do have the "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" meme in my head right now) I'm not sure if the fragmented text is intentional or not - the cover and spine both have this which might be an intentional effect (it doesn't appear the ink has worn away) but the back cover renders the text illegible (the sticker remnant doesn't count). If by some odd chance someone has a cleaner copy of this maybe they can confirm.
23skidoo 14th Sep 2024		Eileen King Toys And Dolls For Collectors	Front cover on my copy possibly misprinted as the title text goes right up to the edge (so that's not a scan error).
23skidoo 14th Sep 2024		Joan D. Vinge Catspaw	Unable to input ISBN due to irremovable bookstore sticker covering it on back cover and it's not on the copyright page. I tagged front cover scan as a possible misprint due to it apparently being printed off-centre slightly (note logo is cut off bottom left; it rolls onto spine in copy indexed not a scan error) and because it displays Aspect imprint logo despite title page showing Popular Library imprint and copyright page making no reference to Aspect. Maybe they used a carcass from an earlier edition?
ppint. 14th Sep 2024		Algis Budrys Who?	popular library mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition questar series cover art by james gurney (signed gurney, credited) cover price $3.50 u.s.a. ($4.50 can(ada)) 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising indicia publishing history states first popular library printing: february, 1987 and gives full first printing number line, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Whyperion SUBS 14th Sep 2024		Kevin McCormack Glory Days - RT	I rather think the "publisher image" never existed in print . Abebooks/Amazon / Waterstones websites seem to have the publisher image , I would have to check contemporary adverts in Buses, that I have somewhere, to check
ppint. 14th Sep 2024		Jack L. Chalker Quest For The Well Of Souls	random house group ballantine books simultaneous near-identical mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition del rey series cover art by darrell k. sweet (signed, credited) cover price $2.25 (canadadian printing) cover price $1.95 (u.s. printing) 320pp. (check) including pages (i-) xiii titles, indicia, introduction, two b+w maps etc, 27 end pp: two nf-within-f appendices, advertising refer also to indicia to check if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed. no priority established nor liable to be. both state first edition: november 1978 darrel sweet's cover art retained through (at least) the twelfth (1991) printings: author's name on front cover now in black, rather than in white, and underlined in the orangey-red of title: second printing: may 1980; cover price $2.25, isbn 0345293371, cat# 29337 thrid printing: november 1980; cover price $2.25, isbn 0345293371, cat# 29337 some copies of third printing distributed north of the parallel bearing ballantine's label in canada $2.75 fourth printing: october 1981; cover price $2.25, isbn 0345293371, cat# 29337 fifth printing: (?march 1983?); cover price $2.50, isbn 0345311205, cat# 31120 (3/1983 date is not from locus, only from an amazon entry, so not exactly excessively reliable-upon) sixth printing: december 1984; cover price $2.95, isbn 0345342501, cat# 34250 ... ... ... ... ... ... author's name on front cover in orangey-red as per title, front cover sports a black-outlined white band across near top bearing three-line puff-line leading up to the del Rey series roundel; cat# is still stated to be ballantine: twelfth printing: 11/1991; (canada $6.50) u.s. $4.95, isbn 0345324501, cat# 32450 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 twelfth printing: november 1991
23skidoo 14th Sep 2024		Robert Foster A Guide To Middle Earth	With respect to the original uploader, added a clearer front cover scan plus a back cover image.
ppint. 14th Sep 2024		Jack Vance Slaves Of The Klau	thank-you, jimess.
ppint. 14th Sep 2024		Jack Vance Big Planet	thank-you, jimess
ppint. 13th Sep 2024		L. Sprague De Camp A Gun For Dinosaur And Other Imaginative Tales	contents: a gun for dinosaur (novelette) galaxy vol.11 #5, 3/1956, three b+w illustrations by ed emshwiller; galaxy strato bre #38, 5/1956, 2 of the 3 illustrations aristotle and the gun (ntte) astounding vol. lx #6, 2/1958, four b+w illustrations by frank kelly freas; astounding atlas bre vol. xiv #5, 5/1958, all 4 illustrations the guided man (ntte) startling stories vol.27 #3, 10/1952, a b+w illustration by alex schomburg internal combustion (short story) infinity vol.1 #2, 2/1956, a b+w illustration by robert engle cornzan the mighty (ss) future science fiction #28, 12/1955 as "cornzan, the mighty", a b+w illustration by virgil finlay throwback (ntte) astounding vol. xxxxiii #1, 3,/1949, three b+w illustrations by ed cartier; astounding atlas bre vol? #?, 1/1950 judgment day (ss) astounding vol. lvi #6, 8/1955, two b+w illustrations by frank kelly freas; astounding atlas bre vol. did i #1, 1/1956, both illustrations gratitude (ntte) (?where?) ©1955 a thing of custom (ss) fantastic universe vol.7 #1, 1/1957 the egg (ss) satellite vol.1 #1, 10/1956 let's have fun (ss) science fiction quarterly vol.5 #1, 5/1957 impractical joke (ntte) future science fiction #29, 4/1956, a b+w illustration by ed emshwiller in-group (ss) marvel science fiction vol.3 #6, 5/1952 new arcadia (ntte) future science fiction #30, 8/1956, a b+w illustration by frank kelly freas
ppint. 13th Sep 2024		Gene Wolfe The Island Of Doctor Death And Other Stories And Other Stories	hutchinson publishing group arrow books second printing (may still be owned by london weekend television, or just bought from them by century books; check) reprint collection of five novellas, two novelettes and seven short stories cover art by bruce pennington (unsigned, uncredited; in "ultraterranium" bruce pennington (1991/2), q.v.) cover price £2.25, $6.95 australia 416pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
JimEss SUBS 13th Sep 2024		Jack Vance Slaves Of The Klau	Added cover.
JimEss SUBS 13th Sep 2024		Jack Vance Big Planet	Added cover.
ppint. 12th Sep 2024		A. E. Van Vogt Supermind	daw books simultaneous near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition fix-up/rewrite of three novellas, with new material cover art by vincent difate (signed, credited) b+w frontispiece (unsigned, uncredited) cover price $1.25 near-meaningless daw books collector no.224 176pp. including titles, indicia etc. refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both stating first daw printing, january 1977 and both bearing full first printing history number-string 123456789
ppint. 12th Sep 2024		L. Sprague De Camp Divide And Rule	contents: "divide and rule" serialised in unknown vol.1 #2, vol.1 #3, 4/1939, 5/1939, as "divide and rule!" "the stolen dormouse" in astounding vol.27 #2, vol.27 #3, 4/1941, 5/1941 both installments of both novellas with b+w illustrations by hubert rogers.
ppint. 12th Sep 2024		A. Bertram Chandler Star Loot	rim worlds: john grimes #12: rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for rim worlds, john grimes series listings, and links.
David Whiteley 11th Sep 2024		J. R. R. Tolkien The Fellowship Of The Ring	The cover shown here was used from 1974 until about 1980. This book must have been printed in one of those years.
ppint. 11th Sep 2024		John Brunner The Jagged Orbit	thank-you, jimess.
ppint. 11th Sep 2024		Chuck Adams The Drifter	cover art by dave dimmock
ppint. 11th Sep 2024		Chuck Adams The Drifter	"chuck adams" was/is a john spencer & co./badger books house name, here applied to a novel written by john f. watt.
ppint. 11th Sep 2024		Ron Goulart What's Become Of Screwloose? And Other Inquiries	sidgwick & jackson h/cvr first printing, first uk edition cover (d-j) art (unsigned, may be credited on front or back d-j flap (check)) cover (d-j) price £1.75 188pp.(check) including four unpaginated pages titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 11th Sep 2024		Ron Goulart What's Become Of Screwloose? And Other Inquiries	contents: what's become of screwloose? (short story) if vol.20 #6, 7-8/1970; if universal-tandem bre 8-9/1970 junior partner (ss) fantastic vol.11 #9, 9/1962; reprinted in science fiction greats #16, winter/1969 hardcastle (ss) ©1971 apparently original in this collection into the shop (ss) f&sf vol.26 #4, 4/1964 prez (ss) if vol.20 #2, 2/1970; if universal-tandem bre vol.20 #2, 3/1970 confessions (novelette) f&sf vol.39 #2, 8/1970 monte cristo complex (ss) ©1971 apparently original in this collection the yes-men of venus (ss) amazing vol.37 #7, 7/1963 as the yes men of venus keeping an eye on janey (ss) in "infinity one" ed. robert hoskins (1970) hobo jungle (ntte) f&sf vol.38 #6, 6/1970 (a ben jolsen chameleon corps story)

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