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David Whiteley 30th Sep 2020		Book Philip José Farmer - Dark Is The Sun (1981)	Since I made my comment regarding the ex library book I have spoken to an ex librarian who told me that he used to send a pile of books to be rebound and they would come back looking as good as new. He also told me that, when removing the books from stock they would tear out the title page, as it was easier when deleating the books from their system to work from a small pile of single pages rather than a stack of books.
David Whiteley 29th Sep 2020		Book Philip José Farmer - Down In The Black Gang (1971)	The title on the cover of the hardback is "Down In The Black Gang" and on the title page it adds "And Others A Story Collection" which is why the second part is listed as a subtitle. Maybe the subtitle should be added to the paperback edition even though it only adds "And Other Stories". The two farmer websites I have consulted both list the two editions as "Down In The Black Gang" only.
David Whiteley 25th Sep 2020		Book Egon Friedell - The Return Of The Time Machine (1972)	Added back cover which gives more information about this book. Originally published in Germany as "Die Reise mit der Zeitmaschine" in 1946 - translated by Eddy C Bertin into English for this 1972 edition. Cover painting and four illustrations by Karel Thole.
David Whiteley 22nd Sep 2020		Book Terry Southern - Candy (1970)	@ppint I think your second option "- or it could've been a strip-and-rebind job with decimal-only uk price" is the correct one as this book is smaller than other NEL books that I own. This would also explain the two SBN No.s. It must have been originally issued with 450004856 in April 1970 and then rebound with a new cover and No. 450011879 about 1973 which is about the time this No. would have been used. No sign of a double card spine though.
David Whiteley 22nd Sep 2020		Book Terry Southern - Candy (1970)	I see the date April 1970 has been added. I left the publication date blank as April 1970 can't be correct as this was before UK decimalisation and books at that time had the price in both LSD and new pence. This one only states 40p. Looking at entries for other NEL books I would guess it was published around 1973
David Whiteley 22nd Sep 2020		Book Terry Southern - Candy (1970)	@ppint. Thanks for the info regarding the extra number.
David Whiteley 18th Sep 2020		Book Mike Roote - Enter The Dragon (1974)	With acknowledgement to OldMod67 here are some better covers from my first printing.
David Whiteley 18th Sep 2020		Book Philip José Farmer - Quest To Riverworld (1993)	Added front and rear cover.
David Whiteley 18th Sep 2020		Book Philip José Farmer - Tales Of Riverworld (1992)	Added front and rear cover.
David Whiteley 11th Sep 2020		Book John Wyndham - Jizzle (1962)	Added front and back covers
David Whiteley 10th Sep 2020		Book John Boorman - Zardoz (1974)	Added front and back covers. Based on the original screenplay of the film of the same name staring Sean Connery. Cover shows Sean Connery as Zed.
David Whiteley 8th Sep 2020		Book William Johnston - Max Smart Loses Control (1969)	Added back cover
David Whiteley 7th Sep 2020		Book W. A. Ballinger - The Exterminator	I'm unable to throw any light on the mystery publishers. All I've managed to find from my own collection is a link between Zenith, Trojan and Howard Baker Publishers. Some of the books by each publisher state copyright Press Editorial Services. Only the Howard Baker Publishers books have publication dates and catalogue Numbers. I will be adding books by each of these publishers soon.
David Whiteley 7th Sep 2020		Book Joe Millard - The Devil's Dollar Sign (1973)	Added covers of 1st UK edition Based on the "Dollar" films staring Clint Eastwood as "The Man With No Name" An image of Clint Eastwood as "The Man With No Name is on the cover.
David Whiteley 5th Sep 2020		Book William Johnston - Get Smart! (1966)	I have a 9th printing dated February 1969 which is identical to yours, it even has the same price. Prices didn't change so quickly in those days. I've also got No's 2, 4, and 6 which I will be adding at some time if you don't.
David Whiteley 29th Aug 2020		Book Philip José Farmer - Gods Of Riverworld (1984)	Added wraparound cover
David Whiteley 25th Aug 2020		Book Robert E. Howard - Conan The Wanderer (1976)	Added back cover of 1974 1st UK edition showing ISBN No. as in listing details and a UK price of 35p.
David Whiteley 24th Aug 2020		Book Philip José Farmer - Greatheart Silver (1982)	For part 1 "Greatheart Silver in Showdown at Shootout" Subtitle: "Or, The Grand Finale" see here: https://www.45worlds.com/book/title/weird-heroes. For part 2 "The Return of Greatheart Silver" Subtitle: "Or, The Secret Life of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" see here: https://www.45worlds.com/book/title/weird-heroes-volume-2. And for part 3 "Greatheart Silver in the First Command". Subtitle: "Or, Inglories Galore" see here: https://www.45worlds.com/book/title/weird-heroes-volume-6
David Whiteley 24th Aug 2020		Book Philip José Farmer - Greatheart Silver (1982)	Added better cover and wraparound cover
David Whiteley 21st Aug 2020		Book Al Hine - The Beatles In Help! (1965)	I own 1st and 2nd printings. Here's the copyright page of the first edition.
David Whiteley 21st Aug 2020		Book Philip José Farmer - The Unreasoning Mask (1983)	Added better cover
David Whiteley 20th Aug 2020		Book W. Howard Baker - Departure Deferred (1965)	I think this is the only DM/SA novel that is a rewrite but if I find otherwise I will post a comment against the relevant entry.
David Whiteley 19th Aug 2020		Book W. Howard Baker - Departure Deferred (1965)	See here https://www.45worlds.com/magazine/issue/the-sexton-blake-library-4-368 for first version of this story
David Whiteley 19th Aug 2020		Book W. A. Ballinger - The Exterminator	23skidoo & ppint. I don't have any more Danger Man/Secret Agent books published by Zenith. The others are either Consul (UK) or MB (US). What I do have are some war books by William Howard Baker, two of them are Zenith's,The others are, one by Mayflower, one by another unknown publisher, Trojan Publications London. and one hardback published by Howard Baker Publishing Limited.Only the Mayflower and the hardback have a date of publication and catalogue No. These were re-prints of Sexton Blake stories written by Baker in the late 1950's while he was editor of The Sexton Blake Library with Sexton Blake's name changed to Richard Quintain. Zenith by the way was a main adversary of Sexton Blake.
David Whiteley 18th Aug 2020		Book W. A. Ballinger - The Exterminator	I also own this book. The only other information I can add is that it was printed by Hunt Barnard, Aylesbury. No date or catalogue No. is given.
David Whiteley 18th Aug 2020		Book Philip José Farmer - The Cache (1981)	For "The Long Warpath" (a slightly different version of Cache from Outer Space) see here For"They Twinkled Like Jewels" see here and for "Rastignac the Devil" see here
David Whiteley 18th Aug 2020		Book Philip José Farmer - Father To The Stars (1981)	Stories first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. For "The Night of Light" volume 12 #6 see here For "A Few Miles" FSF volume 19 #4 see here For "Prometheus" FSF volume 20 #3 see here For "Father": FSF volume 9 #1 see here and for "Attitudes" FSF volume 5 #4 see here
David Whiteley 18th Aug 2020		Book David McDaniel - The Prisoner: Who Is No. 2? (1992)	Thanks 23skidoo for noticing the date error. I took from the book itself. I only own the first two Prisoner novels and don't know if the book you mention was part of this reprint series. I do own some of the Danger Man/Secret Agent books which I will be adding.
David Whiteley 18th Aug 2020		Book Henry N. Beard - Bored Of The Rings	16th edition added with a price of $1.50. Print No. string from 16 - 23. Cat # W7054. mod edit: image moved to Signet W7054
David Whiteley 14th Aug 2020		Book Philip José Farmer - Dark Is The Sun (1981)	Cover info scans added from two different UK hardback editions. The one without a price is from the cover shown here, the other is from an ex library copy. The library copy has had it's boards and title page removed 10 mm chopped of the bottom of the book and cover then re-assembled using plain black boards (no aurthor or title). It seems to be a lot of work for a library to do.

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