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OldMod67 28th Feb 2020		Book R. G. Grant - The 1960s (1990)	This 'oversize' book was printed in Hong Kong. If I recall correctly it was available in the UK as part of a bargain book range.
OldMod67 11th Feb 2020		Book Tony Lambrianou - Inside The Firm (1992)	Retail price £4.99/ Carol Clerk uncredited on cover.
OldMod67 6th Feb 2020		Book Gene Wolfe - The Fifth Head Of Cerberus (1999)	Millennium - an imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd. Cover illustration by Fred Gambino Cover price £6.99
OldMod67 5th Feb 2020		Book J. D. Salinger - For Esmé ~ With Love And Squalor (1994)	Contents/ original publication dates: A Perfect Day for Bananafish (1948) Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut (1948) Just Before the War with the Eskimos (1948) The Laughing Man (1949) Down at the Dinghy (1949) For Esmé - with Love and Squalor (1950) Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes (1951) De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period (1952) Teddy (1953)
OldMod67 4th Feb 2020		Book Star Trek Annual 1986 - World International Publishing Limited (1985)	As an aside, my parents bought me two Star Trek annuals (Christmas '75 and for some reason Christmas '85, maybe I'd mentioned the film?). Anyway on reading the 1986 annual, I had a feeling of déjà vu; the Ice Journey strip had appeared in the only other Star Trek annual I'd had, ten years earlier. Cheated!
OldMod67 4th Feb 2020		Book Scooby Doo Where Are You Annual - Brown Watson (1976)	Scooby Doo NOT hyphenated on this edition...
OldMod67 2nd Feb 2020		Book J. D. Salinger - Franny And Zooey (1994)	'Franny' first published in the New Yorker,1955 'Zooey' first published in the New Yorker, 1957 First published together in book form in USA by Little,Brown 1961 First British edition by William Heinemann 1962.
OldMod67 2nd Feb 2020		Book J. D. Salinger - Raise High The Roof Beam, Carpenters And Seymour: An Introduction (1994)	'Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters' first published in the New Yorker, 1955 'Seymour - an Introduction' first published in the New Yorker, 1959 First published together in book form in USA by Little,Brown 1963 First British edition by William Heinemann 1963.
OldMod67 2nd Feb 2020		Book Ian Hamilton - In Search Of Salinger (1998)	This book had a 'difficult birth' that's worth reading up on, if the world of publishing interests you. To start with, it isn't the book Hamilton wanted to write; that was J. D. Salinger : A Writing Life. But Salinger was far from happy.
OldMod67 2nd Feb 2020		Book Reg Gadney - Kennedy (1983)	This book is based on Reg Gadney's screenplay for a seven part (BAFTA winning) TV series, starting Martin Sheen as JFK. Jacket front: © Black Star,New York. Photo: Art Rickerby.
OldMod67 1st Feb 2020		Book Shirley Jackson - The Haunting Of Hill House (1977)	No credit for cover art on rear either....
OldMod67 31st Jan 2020		Book Matthew White - The Official Prisoner Companion (1988)	Originally published in the United States of America by Warner Books Inc.
OldMod67 31st Jan 2020		Book John Culhane - Walt Disney's Fantasia (1987)	Title page also lists Abradale Press / Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York. This imprint presented 'reprints of backlist favorites designed to sell at popular prices.... to the same high standard' Abradale Press/Harry N. Abrams, Inc 100, Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y.10011
OldMod67 31st Jan 2020		Book Geoffrey Stokes - The Beatles (1981)	This was also issued in a new dustjacket, with a foil effect centre panel, stating '25th anniversary special'. The anniversary was 25 years since 'the Fab Four hit number 1 in the pop charts with Please Please Me' (contentious issue with some, don't get me started!) The ISBN was kept the same, as were the mauve boards under the jacket. Credits still stated 'cover design by Andy Warhol! Retail price in 1988 was £8.95
OldMod67 31st Jan 2020		Book Philip B. Kunhardt Jr. - LIFE In Camelot (1988)	Cover price $40.00
OldMod67 31st Jan 2020		Book Matthew Smith - JFK: Say Goodbye To America (2004)	Foreword by Jim Marrs. Note: Reverse of title page lists ISBN 1840188251.
OldMod67 21st Jan 2020		Book Jules Verne - Around The World In Eighty Days & Five Weeks In A Balloon (2002)	First combined Wordsworth edition published 1994. The 2002 edition featured a cover design by Robert Mathias. The cover illustration, Ballooning Over the Cotswolds by Maggie Rowe.
OldMod67 17th Jan 2020		Book Karen Thompson Walker - The Age Of Miracles (2012)	I first read this in proof, which due to the subject matter, had its timely publication on The Longest Day....
OldMod67 17th Jan 2020		Book H. G. Wells - The Crystal Egg & Other Stories (2017)	Contents: The Crystal Egg The Cone The Country of the Blind The Man Who Could Work Miracles A Story of the Stone Age The Star The Red Room In the Abyss The Plattner Story The New Accelerator A Slip under the Microscope The Stolen Bacillus The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes The Lord of the Dynamos The Grisly Folk The Door in the Wall The Diamond Maker Under the Knife The Sea-Raiders The Purple Pileus The Truth about Pyecraft Jimmy Goggles the God The Flowering of the Strange Orchid The Argonauts of the Air Miss Winchelsea's Heart A Vision of Judgement The Land Ironclads The Flying Man In the Avu Observatory The Triumphs of a Taxidermist A Deal in Ostriches Through a Window The Temptation of Harringay The Beautiful Suit
OldMod67 15th Jan 2020		Book H. G. Wells - The Time Machine & Other Works (2017)	When The Sleeper Wakes was revised in 1910 and retitled The Sleeper Awakes. The Chronic Argonauts is a prototype of The Time Machine, published in serial form (three parts) in 1888.
OldMod67 15th Jan 2020		Book Yevgeny Zamyatin - We (2017)	This translation first published by Hesperus Press Ltd in 2009. Revised edition first published by Alma Books Ltd. in 2017, reprinted 2018. Translation, introduction and notes © Hugh Aplin, 2009, 2017.
OldMod67 11th Jan 2020		Book James Kahn - Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi (1983)	Cover price : U.K. £1.25
OldMod67 11th Jan 2020		Book Christopher Kininmonth - The Travellers' Guide To Sicily (1965)	Text © Helga Greene and Herbert Spencer 1965. Photographs © Herbert Spencer 1965. General Editor: Judith Greene. Cover price 25s net.
OldMod67 11th Jan 2020		Book Rick Raphael - The Thirst Quenchers (1966)	Cost to club members at the time of this publication was 8s (including 1s postage and packing) for each choice in receipt ; alternatively, you could send 48s for six choices. The club was still based at 10-13 Bedford Street, London, W.C2
OldMod67 31st Dec 2019		Book Richard Matheson - The Best Of Richard Matheson (2017)	Contents as follows: Introduction by Victor LaValle (©2017) Stories: Born of Man and Woman (1950) Prey (1969) Witch War (1951) Shipshape Home (1952) Blood Son (1951) Where There’s a Will (written with Richard Christian Matheson) (1980) Dying Room Only (1953) Counterfeit Bills (2004) Death Ship (1953) Dance of the Dead (1954) Man with a Club (2003) Button, Button (1970) Duel (1971) Day of Reckoning (1960) The Prisoner (2001) Dress of White Silk (1951) Haircut (2006) Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (1962) The Funeral (1955) Third from the Sun (1950) The Last Day (1953) Long Distance Call (1953) Deus ex Machina (1963) One for the Books (1955) Now Die in It (1958) The Conqueror (1954) The Holiday Man (1957) No Such Thing as a Vampire (1959) Big Surprise (1959) A Visit to Santa Claus (1957) Finger Prints (1962) Mute (1962) Shock Wave (1963)
OldMod67 30th Dec 2019		Book Richard Matheson - The Best Of Richard Matheson (2017)	Cover art : Daniel Danger
OldMod67 28th Dec 2019		Book Daniel Keyes - Flowers For Algernon (1987)	Cover Illustration by Grahame Baker. Cover price £3.50 net. Printed in Finland by Werner Soderstrom Oy. First published in hardback in Great Britain 1966 by Cassell Ltd.
OldMod67 24th Dec 2019		Book Richard Matheson - I Am Legend (1999)	Cover Illustration by Jim Thiesen
OldMod67 16th Dec 2019		Book Cynthia Lennon - John (2005)	I've only read it the once. Afterwards it was a while before I put a Lennon record on....
OldMod67 15th Dec 2019		Book Susan Hill - The Travelling Bag And Other Ghostly Stories (2017)	Printer's Devil Court also published as a stand-alone novella, HB (2014)

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