Panther - Latest Updates

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Comment by MICKDOOM67:

Cover art by Josh Kirby.

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Comment by MICKDOOM67:

Cover art by Gordon C. Davies.

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Comment by 23skidoo:

I still find it ironic that the author of the two Bond-movie novels of the 70s was better known for writing R-rated sex comedy novels (check his bibliography). Mind you, critics of Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker (he also wrote the screenplays) might also say "that figures!"

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Comment by ppint.:

author should^W has been varied to "kenneth bulmer"

to complete unifying bookcat's listing of ken's h. k. bulmer catalogue.

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Comment by ppint.:

author should^W has been varied to "kenneth bulmer"

to complete unifying bookcat's listing of ken's h. k. bulmer catalogue.

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Comment by ppint.:

although kenneth bulmer's by-line on the earlier (hamilton's era) panther books is usually "h. k. bulmer", sometimes "h. kenneth bulmer", it was as "ken bulmer" that he was known - well-known - in fandom, and as "kenneth bulmer" he was later known on those of his sf books not published as by "dray prescott", "alan burt akers", "tully zetford", "manning norvill", etc, and also as "adam hardy", "andrew quiller", "bruno krauss", "ken blake " - and other pseudonyms, some shared (some of which were, and some of which may've been house names°); so it makes sense to unify his non-house name bylined works' listing under "kenneth bulmer".

° - especially in the fifties and early sixties, much of ken's work was published under publishers' house names.

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Comment by ppint.:

the riverworld series #1:

fix-up of two novellas:

"the day of the great shout" worlds of tomorrow vol.2 #5 (whole no.11), 1/1965, q.v. and
"the suicide express" worlds of tomorrow vol.3 #6 (whole no.18), 3/1966, q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

granada publishing panther books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition

cover art by patrick woodroffe (unsigned, collected in ''mythopoeikon'' patrick woodroffe (1976), q.v.)
sbn 586-03939-2
cover price 40p, $1.20 australia, $1.20 new zealand, $1.50 canada
208pp. including 4pp. titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

riverworld series #2:

#1: "to your scattered bodies go" (1971), q.v. for series listing and links.

fix-up of
"the felled star" from if vol.17 #7, 7/1967 q.v., #8, 8/1967 q.v.
part one is the cover story, and both parts have a b+w illustration, all by jack gaughan
and
"the fabulous riverboat" from if vol.20 #11, 5+6/1971 q.v., #12, 7+8/1971 q.v.
both parts have a b+w illustration by jack gaughan

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Comment by ppint.:

granada publishing panther books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition

cover art by peter andrew ''paj'' jones (unsigned, credited on back cover)
sbn 586039899
cover price 60p, $1.80 australia, $1.80 new zealand, $2.50 canada
256pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia etc, 4 end pp. advertising


distinguish from near-identical reprintings:

second printing 1978 which differs:
isbn 0586039899
cover price 85p, $2.95 australia, $2.75 new zealand, $2.50 canada

third printing 1979 which differs:
isbn 0586039899
cover price 95p, £1.04½ republic of ireland, $3.25 australia, $2.95 new zealand

granada panther fourth printing 1980 which differs:
front cover titles new typography larger, swirled
isbn 0586039899
cover price £1.25, $4.95 australia, $5.25 new zealand
indicia publishing history lists three printings, last 1979

granada panther fifth printing 1980 which differs:
front cover titles retain swirled typography
isbn 0586039899
cover price £1.25, $4.95 australia, $5.25 new zealand
indicia publishing history lists four printings, last 1980

granada panther sixth printing ,1982 which differs:
front cover retains swirled typography
isbn 0586039899
cover price £1.50 (overseas territories?)
indicia publishing history lists four printings, last two 1979, 1982 - i.e. omits both 1980 printings

granada panther seventh printing, 1983 which differs:
front cover retains swirled typography
isbn 0586039899
cover price £1.95, $5.95 australia, $5.95 new zealand
indicia publishing history lists five printings, last three 1979, 1982, 1983 (omits both 1980 printings)

granada panther eighth printing, 1985 which differs:
front cover retains swirled typography
isbn 0586039899
cover price £1.95, $5.95 australia, $7.95 new zealand
indicia publishing history lists six printings, last four 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985 (omits both 1980 printings)

wm. collins sons grafton books imprint, first grafton imprint 1986, ninth over-all, which further differs:
front cover retains panther science fiction and swirled typography of title
isbn 0586039899
cover price £2.50, $6.95 australia, $9.95 new zealand
indicia publishing history claims first published by grafton 1975, and reprinted 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986 - still omits the two 1980 printings

wm. collins sons grafton books second printing 1988, tenth printing over-all, differs:
front cover drops the panther science fiction line, retains swirled typography
isbn 0586039899
cover price £2.99, $8.95 australia, $12.95 new zealand
indicia publishing history line: reprinted 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988 - still omits the two 1980 printings

harpercollinspublishers first printing 12/1993, eleventh printing over-all, bears new
cover art by keith scaife
isbn 0586039899
cover price £4.99
first published by grafton 1975. reprinted ten times
this paperback edition 1993. 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2

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Comment by ppint.:

contents:

the sun over a low hill (novelette) 1974
fragments (ntte) 1974
monkey and pru and sal (short story) in ''new worlds quarterly 2'' ed. michael moorcock, (1971), q.v.
the god house (ntte) in ''new worlds (quarterly) 1'' ed. michael moorcock, (1971), q.v.
the beautiful one (ntte) in ''new worlds (quarterly) 6'' eds. michael moorcock, charles platt, (1973), q.v., f&sf vol.46 #1, 1/1974, reprinted in ''new worlds 5'' eds. moorcock, platt (mmpb 1974)
rand, rat and the dancing man (novella) 1974
usk the jokeman (ntte) 1974

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Comment by OldMod67:

Note: 1962 paperback (1973 Panther/Granada reprint) is priced:
UK 35p. Australia & New Zealand $1.20
Chris Foss illustration on cover.

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Comment by MICKDOOM67:

Front & rear cover images added!

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Comment by ppint.:

granada publishing group panther books p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition

cover art by anthony (tony) roberts (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price 35p, 85c south africa, $3.50 singapore, $1.10 australia & new zealand
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

panther books° p/b second printing, with new, film tie-in

cover art unsigned, from film poster/pr images
cover price 5/-, 60c south africa, 80c australia, (6/6) 65c new zealand
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

° - possibly just after being bought by the granada group; check indicia for any statement of this

the heinemann h/cvr (1965) is the first edition

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Comment by OldMod67:

For further information see here
Warning, contains a plot summary.

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Comment by ppint.:

first published year date now corrected

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Comment by ppint.:

hamilton & co. panther books imprint p/b first printing, simultaneous first edition
simultaneous with hamilton & co.'s panther books imprint h/cvr first printing, first edition

cover art by josh kirby (acknowledged, shared with the h/cvr d-j)
cover price 1'6
144pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

hamilton & co. panther books imprint h/cvr first printing, simultaneous first edition
simultaneous with hamilton & co.'s panther books imprint p/b first printing, first p/b edition

cover (d-j) art by josh kirby (acknowledged)
cover (d-j) price 6/-
144pp. (check) titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards

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Comment by ppint.:

contents:

colonial (novelette)° astounding vol. xliii #2, 4/1949, three b+w illustrations by paul orban, astounding atlas bre 9/1949, no illustrations; both: as by christopher youd
the prophet (short story) new worlds #20, 3/1953, two b+w illustrations by gerard quinn; thrilling wonder stories vol. xlii #2, 6/1953, a b+w illustration by j. dreany
breaking point (ss)° avon science fiction and fantasy reader vol.1 #2, 4/1952 a b+w illustration by john giunta; new worlds #15, 5/1952 with two b+w illustrations by gerard quinn
decoy (ss)° (seemingly original: (o) science fiction stories vol.6 #1, 7/1955, a b+w illustration by ed emshwiller)
the tree (ss)° worlds beyond vol.1 #2, 1/1951 as ''tree of wrath'', new worlds #11, autumn/1951, a b+w illustration by gerard quinn
christmas roses (ss) astounding vol.42 #6, 2/1949 as ''christmas tree'', a b+w illustration by timmins
occupational risk (ss) (seemingly original)
mr. kowtshook (ss) avon science fiction and fantasy reader vol.1 #1, 1/1953, as ''mister ~'', science-fantasy #6, spring/1953
the new wine (ss) fantastic vol.7 #2, summer/1954 as william vine, with a b+w illustration by lawrence sterne stevens
sentence of death (ss) (?) 1953
museum piece (ss) orbit science fiction (vol.1) #2, c.12/1953, with a b+w illustration by jack faragasso; new worlds #22, 4/1954, with a b+w illustration by gerard quinn
rich and strange (ss) (seemingly original)
the rather improbable history of hilary kiffer (ss) avon science fiction and fantasy reader vol.1 #2, 4/1953 (also spelled ''hiliary'' sometimes)
monster (ss) science fantasy #1, summer/1950 as by christopher youd
weapon (ss) (apparently original)
a time of peace (ss) (apparently original)
the $64 question (ss) (apparently original)
blemish (ss) authentic #39, 11/1953, a b+w illustration by john richards as by davis
rock-a-bye (ss) space vol.2 #1, 7/1953; space bre vol. 2 #1; both: as ''explosion delayed'' by william vine, both: witha b+w illustration by (frank) kelly freas
begin again (ss) (apparently original)

° - max larkin stories

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Comment by ppint.:

panther books p/b fourth printing, 1967, with new cover design°, new

cover art° unsigned, uncredited
cover price 5/-, 60c south africa, 80c australia, (6/6) 65c new zealand
208pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

° semi-uniform design adopted across all panther.asimov p/bs of this vintage combining variable art visible as the body of a large lower-case roundhand script ''a'' upon a black (almost invariably) field

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Comment by ppint.:

panther books 1964 p/b third panther books printing, with new

cover art unsigned, uncredited; photograph of boy with brief time exposure to moving light source
cover image 3'6
192 pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp.

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Comment by ppint.:

panther books ltd. first printing, first p/b edition

cover art unsigned, uncredited photographic
cover price 3/6
176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising