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Comment by ppint.:

"serialized" in startling stories vol.17 #3, 7/1948 with four b+w illustrations by virgil finlay

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Comment by ppint.:

rim worlds: john grimes #16:

rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for john grimes, rim worlds series listings, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

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

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Comment by ppint.:

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.

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Comment by JimEss SUBS:

Covers added.

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Comment by ppint.:

lancer books mmpb second printing, with new

cover art unsigned, uncredited, still as-yet unattributed sfaiaa
cover price $1.25
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

lancer books mmpb first printing, first merkin edition

cover art unsigned, uncredited, still as-yet unattributed sfaiaa
cover price 60¢
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

english title, "tides of lust" should^W has been added in the english title field,

and bookcat will^W then^W now automagically sorts the two editions together correctly.

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Comment by ppint.:

thank-you jimess.

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Comment by ppint.:

"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.

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Comment by JimEss SUBS:

Covers added.

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Comment by ppint.:

the original english title, ''prelude to space'', should^W has been added in the english title field

bookcat will then^W sort this book correctly together with the other editions of this book

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Comment by ppint.:

martin siegel died of leukemia aged only 33; 19/12/38 - 3/1972

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Comment by ppint.:

lancer books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition

cover art by ron walotsky (signed rw, uncredited)
cover price $1.25
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both bear printer's job date 6-73 base p.158

month of publication not given in indicia, taken from william j. denholm iii's lancer books checklist article in science fiction collector/megavore #10, 1980

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Comment by ppint.:

lancer books mmpb first printing, first edition

cover art unsigned, uncredited; still as-yet unattributed sfaik
cover price 75¢
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by JimEss SUBS:

Covers added.

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Comment by ppint.:

contents:
first publications (& some reprintings) in weird tales unless indicated otherwise:

†introduction (nf) august derleth
†the voice of el-lil (novelette) oriental stories #1, 10-11/1930
†pigeons from hell (ntte) vol. xxxi #5, 5/1938; reprinted in vol. xxxxia #4, 11/1951
†the dark man (ntte) vol. xviii #5, 12/1938; reprinted in vol. xxxxvi #4, 9/1954 (a turlogh o'brien story)
†the gods of bal-sagoth (ntte) vol. xvii #3, 10/1931 (a turlogh o'brien story)
‡people of the dark (short story) strange tales of mystery and terror vol.2 #2, 6/1932
‡the children of the night (ss) vol. xvii #3, 4-5/1931 (cthulhu mythos)
‡the dead remember (ss) argosy 15th/august/1936; reprinted in fantastic vol.10 #12, 12/1961
†the man on the ground (ss) vol. xxii #1, 7/1933
‡the garden of fear (ntte) marvel tales #2, 7-8/1934
‡the thing on the roof (ss) vol. xix #2, 2/1932 (cthulhu mythos)
‡the hyena (ss) vol. xi #3, 3/1928
‡dig me no grave (ss) vol. xxix #2, 2/1937 (cthulhu mythos)
‡the dream snake (ss) vol. xi #2, 2/1928
†in the forest of villefère (ss) vol. vi #2, 8/1925
‡old garfield's heart (ss) vol. xxii #6, 12/1933

† - in ''the dark man: the dark man omnibus: volume 1'' (granada / panther 1978) q.v.
‡ - in ''the dead remember: the dark man omnibus: volume 2'' (granada / panther 1979), q.v.