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Member	Item		Review/Comment
David Whiteley 27th Mar 2022		Book Terrance Dicks - Doctor Who And The Invisible Enemy (1979)	Added back cover from a 1982 fourth printing (reprinted twice in 1982). Front cover by Roy Knipe. A Target Book. Published by the paperback division of W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd. A Howard & Wyndham Company.
David Whiteley 21st Mar 2022		Book Terrance Dicks - Terry Nation's Dalek Special (1979)	With acknowledgement to 23skidoo back cover without stickers added. Front cover by Andrew Skilleter. A Target Book. Published by the paperback division of W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd. A Howard & Wyndham Company.
David Whiteley 18th Mar 2022		Book Terrance Dicks - Doctor Who And The Hand Of Fear (1979)	Added back cover from a 1980 second impression.
David Whiteley 18th Mar 2022		Book Terrance Dicks - Terry Nation's Dalek Special (1979)	Added detail from back cover showing prices.
David Whiteley 17th Mar 2022		Book Terrance Dicks - Doctor Who And The Brain Of Morbius (1980)	Added back cover from a 1981 fourth printing. First edition 1977. Reprinted 1978, 80 and 81. Front cover by Mike Little. A Target Book. Published by the paperback division of W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd. A Howard & Wyndham Company.
David Whiteley 14th Mar 2022		Book Terrance Dicks - Doctor Who And The Pyramids Of Mars (1982)	Added back cover from a 1983 fourth printing. First edition 1976. Reprinted 1979, 82 and 83. Front Cover by Andrew Skilleter. A Target Book. Published by the paperback division of W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd. A Howard & Wyndham Company.
David Whiteley 14th Mar 2022		Book Terrance Dicks - Doctor Who And The Planet Of Evil (1984)	Added back cover from a 1982 third printing. First edition 1977. Reprinted 1979 and 1982 Front Cover by Andrew Skilleter. A Target Book. Published by the paperback division of W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd. A Howard & Wyndham Company.
David Whiteley 14th Mar 2022		Book Terrance Dicks - Doctor Who And The Loch Ness Monster (1976)	Added back cover from a 1976 second printing.
David Whiteley 2nd Mar 2022		Book Terrance Dicks - Doctor Who And The Planet Of The Spiders (1978)	Added back cover from a 1979 third impression.
David Whiteley 25th Feb 2022		Book Terrance Dicks - Doctor Who And The Planet Of The Daleks (1984)	Added back cover from a 1977, third printing. Front cover by Chris Achilleos. A Target Book. Published by the paperback division of W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd. A Howard & Wyndham Company.
David Whiteley 22nd Feb 2022		Book Malcolm Hulke - Doctor Who And The Sea-Devils (1984)	Added back cover from a 1982 sixth printing. First edition 1974. Reprinted 1975, 76, 79, 80, 82 [only 1979 and 82 reprints on copyright page]. Front cover by John Geary. A Target Book. Published by the paperback division of W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd. A Howard & Wyndham Company.
David Whiteley 20th Feb 2022		Book Terrance Dicks - Doctor Who And The Day Of The Daleks (1980)	Added back cover from a 1982 ninth printing. Front cover by Chris Achilleos. A Target Book. Published by the paperback division of W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd. A Howard & Wyndham Company.
David Whiteley 20th Feb 2022		Book Barry Letts - Doctor Who And The Daemons (1980)	Added front and back covers. Second impression (fifth printing).
David Whiteley 16th Feb 2022		Book Terrance Dicks - Doctor Who And The Claws Of Axos (1979)	Added back cover from a 1982 fifth printing. Front cover by John Geary. A Target Book. Published by the paperback division of W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd. A Howard & Wyndham Company.
David Whiteley 16th Feb 2022		Book Terrance Dicks - Doctor Who And The Terror Of The Autons (1982)	Added back cover from a 1979 second impression (third printing). Front cover by Alun Hood. A Target Book. Published by the paperback division of W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd. A Howard & Wyndham Company.
David Whiteley 13th Feb 2022		Book Terrance Dicks - Doctor Who And The Web Of Fear (1978)	Added back cover from a 1979 second printing of the second impression (third printing). Front cover is common to both the 1978 and 1979 books.
David Whiteley 13th Feb 2022		Book Terrance Dicks - Doctor Who And The Web Of Fear (1984)	23skidoo Thanks for the advice. I thought that two books with the same catalogue No. should be indexed together. If this isn't the case I will make a new entry for all my Doctor Who's which have a different cover to yours. Update Feb 15th: Now sorted out.
David Whiteley 12th Feb 2022		Book Terrance Dicks - Doctor Who And The Web Of Fear (1984)	Added front cover and back covers from a 1978 second impression (second printing) and a 1979 second printing of the second impression (third printing). Front cover is a cut down version from the first edition, by Chris Achilleos and is common to both the 1978 and 1979 books. Both books; A Target Book. Published by the paperback division of W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd. A Howard & Wyndham Company. Now moved here
David Whiteley 12th Feb 2022		Book Brian Hayles - Doctor Who And The Ice Warriors (1982)	Added front and back covers from a paperback first edition. First published simultaneously in Great Britain by Tandem Publishing Ltd. [paperback] and Allan Wingate (Publishers) Ltd. [hardback]. Tandem Publishing Ltd. A Howard & Wyndham Company. Cover by Chris Achilleos
David Whiteley 11th Feb 2022		Book Ian Marter - Doctor Who And The Enemy Of The World (1983)	Added back cover from a 1982 second printing. Cover by Bill Donohoe. A Target Book. Published by the paperback division of W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd. A Howard & Wyndham Company.
David Whiteley 10th Feb 2022		Book Terrance Dicks - Doctor Who And The Abominable Snowmen (1976)	Added front cover and back covers from a 1978 second impression (third printing) and a 1982 fifth printing. Front cover is a cut down version from the previous printings, by Chris Achilleos and is common to both the 1978 and 1982 books. 1978 book: Published by Universal-Tandem Publishing Co. Ltd. 1982 book; A Target Book. Published by the paperback division of W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd. A Howard & Wyndham Company.
David Whiteley 9th Feb 2022		Book Gerry Davis - Doctor Who And The Tomb Of The Cybermen (1982)	With acknowledgement to 23skidoo, better front cover added. The copyright page states, Reprinted 1982 but this book was actually reprinted twice before that. First published in 1978. Reprinted 1979, 81, 82. A Target Book. Published by the paperback division of W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd. A Howard & Wyndham Company. Cover by Jeff Cummins.
David Whiteley 8th Feb 2022		Book Gerry Davis - Doctor Who And The Cybermen (1974)	Added front and back covers from a 1978 second impression. (This is a third printing as there were two printings of the first impression). A Target Book. Published by the paperback division of W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd. A Howard & Wyndham Company.
David Whiteley 8th Feb 2022		Book Gerry Davis - Doctor Who And The Tenth Planet (1976)	Added front and back covers from a 1979 third printing of the second impression, (fourth printing). A Target Book. Published by the paperback division of W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd. A Howard & Wyndham Company. Cover by Chris Achilleos.
David Whiteley 7th Feb 2022		Book John Peel [Dr. Who Etc.] - Doctor Who: The Daleks' Masterplan Part I (1989)	Added back cover from first printing. Price £1.99. Published by the paperback division of W. H. Allen & Co. Plc. Cover by Alister Pearson.
David Whiteley 7th Feb 2022		Book Bill Strutton - Doctor Who And The Zarbi (1978)	Added front and back covers from an Autumn 1975 second print of the second impression, (fourth printing? the copyright page doesn't make this clear). Also added back covers from a 1979 third impression, (probably eighth printing).and a 1981 fourth impression (probably ninth printing). 1975 book: Tandem Publishing Ltd. A Howard & Wyndham Company. 1979 and 1981 books; A Target Book. Published by the paperback division of W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd. A Howard & Wyndham Company. All three front covers by Chris Achilleos, interior artwork by John Wood from the 1965 edition. 8th September 2024. The 1975 edition now has its own entry.
David Whiteley 5th Feb 2022		Book Terrance Dicks - Doctor Who And The Dalek Invasion Of Earth (1980)	Added back covers from a 1979 second impression, (the copyright page doesn't mention that this is a fourth printing), and a seventh printing from 1982. From 1982 copyright page: First published in 1977. Reprinted 1977, 78, 79, 80, 82 (twice). A Target Book. Published by the paperback division of W. H. Allen & Company Ltd. Front covers of both books by Chris Achilleos.
David Whiteley 4th Feb 2022		Book Philip Hinchcliffe - Doctor Who And The Keys Of Marinus (1984)	Added back cover from First printing (1980). Price 85p. Front cover by David McAllister.
David Whiteley 31st Jan 2022		Book Damon Knight - First Flight (1966)	Added covers and contents page. Second printing. 160 pages. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. Collection of 8 short stories and 3 novelettes. This book claims to collects together the first published stories by ten of the greatest names in SF, hence the title "First Flights". This is incorrect in the case of Brian W. Aldiss and possibly Theodore Sturgeon and Algis Budrys. Introduction by Damon Knight. "The Isolinguals", short story by L. Sprague de Camp. First published in Astounding Stories, Vol 20, No 1. September 1937. "The Faithful", short story by Lester del Rey. Astounding Science-Fiction, Vol 21, No 2. April 1938. "Black Destroyer", novelette by A. E. van Vogt. Astounding Science-Fiction, Vol 23, No 5. July 1939. "Life-Line", short story by Robert A. Heinlein. Astounding Science-Fiction, Vol 23, No 6. August 1939, as by Robert Heinlein. "Ether Breather", short story by Theodore Sturgeon. Astounding Science-Fiction, Vol 24, No 1. September 1939. "Loophole", short story by Arthur C. Clarke. Astounding Science Fiction, Vol 37, No 2. April 1946. "Tomorrow's Children", novelette by Poul Anderson. Astounding Science Fiction, Vol 39, No 1. March 1947, as by Poul Anderson and F. N. Waldrop. "That Only a Mother", short story by Judith Merril. Astounding Science Fiction, Vol 41, No 4. June 1948. "Walk to the World", short story by Algis Budrys. Space Science Fiction, Vol 1, No 3. November 1952, as by A. J. Budrys "T", short story by Brian W. Aldiss. Nebula Science Fiction No. 18, November 1956.
David Whiteley 30th Jan 2022		Book Robert Louis Stevenson - Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1964)	Added cover from May 1972 printing (5/72 on page 126). Price 50c. 126 pages. Title page has full title "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde". First Airmont Publishing Company, Inc. edition published in 1964. Introduction by B. Allen Bentley. The only date on the copyright page is 1964.

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