Popular Library / Questar - Latest Updates

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Comment by JimEss SUBS:

Added covers.

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Comment by ppint.:

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

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Comment by ppint.:

popular library / questar mmpb first printing, not first p/b (was ace mmpb, 1984)
published by warner books, inc.
first edition was arkham house h/cvr, 1983

reprint collection of two short stories, two novelettes and two novellas, with preface by greg bear

cover art by jim burns (entitled ''the refuge'', in ''tour of the universe'' malcolm edwards, robert holdstock (1980), q.v.) (later collected in ''lightship'' jim burns, chris evans (1985), q.v.)
cover price $4.95 usa, $5.95 can(ada)
256pp. including xii pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents, preface, etc; 4 end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

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

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Comment by ppint.:

bar-code number truncated by too-small field: 0 18926 00450 2 20704

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Comment by ppint.:

bar-code number truncated by too-small field: 0 18926 00395 1 20702

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Comment by ppint.:

full original wizard of ~ series plus side-branch novel listed, links to & fro individual titles fettled'n'tested ok

(yr hmbl srppnt.'s not seen the considerably later tenth, apparently set after the conclusion to the series.)

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Comment by ppint.:

the wizard of ~ series #4:

#1: ''the wizard of 4th street'' (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

warner books popular library imprint questar series mmpb first printing, first edition

cover art by dave (david b.) mattingly (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price $4.50 u.s.a. ($5.95 can(ada))
208pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia etc, 1 blank end p.

the declared imprint is popular library on the title page, in the indicia etc.

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Comment by ppint.:

the wizard of ~ series #2:

#1: ''the wizard of 4th street'' (1987), q.v.for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

warner books popular library imprint questar series mmpb first printing, first edition

dedication: for adele, with thanks for a decade of working together. here's to the next ten

cover art by dave (david b.) mattingly (credited)
canadian isbn 0-445-20305-6
cover price $3.95 u.s.a. ($4.95 can(ada))
224pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia etc, 3 end pp: 1p blank, 2pp. advertising

the declared imprint upon the title page and in the indicia etc is popular library


distinguish from near-identical second printing on the same (u.s.) isbn, which differs:
cover price $4.50 u.s.a. ($5.95 can(ada))
indicia publishing history printing number line drops digit ''1'', leaving 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2

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Comment by ppint.:

the wizard of ~ series #3:

#1: ''the wizard of 4th street'' (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

warner books popular library imprint questar series mmpb first printing, first edition

cover art by dave (david b.) mattingly (credited)
isbn in canada 0-445-20703-5
cover price $3.95 u.s.a. ($4.95 can(ada))
208pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia etc, zero additional end pp.

the declared imprint upon the title page and in the indicia, etc, is popular library

distinguish from near-identical undated second printing on the same (u.s.) isbn, which differs:
indicia publishing history printing number line drops digit 1, leaving 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2