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Member	Item		Review/Comment
OldMod67 25th Nov 2019		Book Barrie Sturt-Penrose - The Art Scene (1969)	Priced inside flap 35/-
OldMod67 23rd Nov 2019		Book Andrew Kaufman - The Tiny Wife (2011)	Note: no dustjacket. Printed boards. Cover illustration also by Tom Percival. Some copies include 'By the author of All My Friends Are Superheroes' in title-matching text, bottom right corner.
OldMod67 15th Nov 2019		Book Peter Boxall - 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2012)	NB: Reverse of title page states 'First published in Great Britain in 2008 by Cassell Illustrated ' Preface to the second edition states first edition was published March 2006.
OldMod67 15th Nov 2019		Book Nick Churchill - Yeah Yeah Yeah (2011)	Thanks JPGR&B. I wasn't sure if it was directly connected enough, so thanks for that!
OldMod67 14th Nov 2019		Book Robert Louis Stevenson - The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde And Other Stories (2004)	The 'other stories' are: The Body-snatchers, Markheim, Olalla, The Suicide Club. NB: The Body-snatchers is also known as The Body Snatcher, first published in 1884.
OldMod67 14th Nov 2019		Book Philippa Pearce - Tom's Midnight Garden (2014)	Collector's Library edition, dustjacket features Susan Einzig's cover illustration for the first edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1958. A feature of CRW's imprint Collector's Library is gilt edging and ribbon bookmark. The series was purchased by Macmillan in 2015.
OldMod67 14th Nov 2019		Book Mark Twain - The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer (2004)	Collector's Library were (at the time this was published) an imprint of CRW Publishing Limited. This range of gilt-edged pocket sized hardback were bought by Macmillan in March 2015.
OldMod67 14th Nov 2019		Book Mark Twain - The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn (2012)	Penguin English Library edition, cover design by Coralie Bickford-Smith
OldMod67 14th Nov 2019		Book Nick Churchill - Yeah Yeah Yeah (2011)	As an aside, there was a tie-in exhibition of photographs from the book held at The Lighthouse in Poole (formerly Poole Arts Centre) from February 1st - March 10th 2012. It was pretty good (and free!).
OldMod67 10th Nov 2019		Book Isaac Asimov - Foundation, Foundation And Empire, Second Foundation (2010)	Everyman's Library, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, London, Toronto. ISBN above is UK edition. (US edition: 9780307593962) Titled The Foundation Trilogy on cloth spine.
OldMod67 10th Nov 2019		Book Mark Twain - The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn (2003)	Cover: detail from Milking Time (1875) by Winslow Homer in the Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington. Page 47 features facsimile of the first edition title page, Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly 1884. Note: UK edition published December 1884 and USA edition February 1885 by Charles L. Webster.
OldMod67 10th Nov 2019		Book Ronald Searle - Les Tres Riches Heures De Mrs Mole (2011)	First published as a special limited edition by Artist's Choice Editions, Oxford. Originally to be 156 numbered copies, but amended to 196. Starting with 4pp text from Ronald Searle and ending with a note from his wife Monica, the book contains 47 colour illustrations that Ronald did for his wife as she was undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer. Published in 2011 by Blue Door, an imprint of HarperCollins.
OldMod67 9th Nov 2019		Book Jamie O'Keefe - Thugs, Mugs And Violence (1998)	Reprinted in March 1999 (3rd edition)
OldMod67 9th Nov 2019		Book John Walter - The Pistol Book (1988)	Published in Great Britain (£16.95 net) by Arms & Armour Press, but also distributed in USA by Sterling Publishing Co. Inc. and Australia by Capricorn Link (Australia) Pty Ltd.
OldMod67 9th Nov 2019		Book Richard Winer - The Devil's Triangle (1974)	Published 1974, my copy is 9th printing.
OldMod67 9th Nov 2019		Book Billy Hayes - Midnight Express (1983)	The 1983 edition illustrated was reprinted twice that year and again in 1984, UK price increasing to £1.75 net.
OldMod67 8th Nov 2019		Book Oscar Lenius - A Well-Dressed Gentlemen's Pocket Guide (1998)	Oscar Lenius is a pseudonym of Heinrich Thomas Rusche, a leading men's outfitter from Munster, Germany.
OldMod67 6th Nov 2019		Book Edward Lear - A Book Of Nonsense (1961)	An Everyman Paperback published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, Bedford St, London, W.C.2 E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc, New York, USA. Cover design by Dodie Masterman ©1961 J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd. Prices 4s net
OldMod67 1st Nov 2019		Book Shirley Jackson - The Lottery (2014)	Correct, that would be 'The Lottery and Other Stories'.
OldMod67 30th Oct 2019		Book Shirley Jackson - The Haunting Of Hill House (1977)	Cover price 65p (UK) $1.90 (Australia) $2.15 (New Zealand)
OldMod67 15th Oct 2019		Book Matthew Collin - Altered State: The Story Of Ecstasy Culture And Acid House (1998)	'With contributions from John Godfrey'
OldMod67 14th Oct 2019		Book Tony Palmer - All You Need Is Love (1977)	Cover price 85p. ISBN listed inside is 0297772511, being the HB edition.
OldMod67 14th Oct 2019		Book Joe Claro - My Bodyguard (1981)	Short teenage novelisation of the film which went on release in Summer 1980. Based on the screenplay by Alan Ormsby.
OldMod67 14th Oct 2019		Book Frank H.T. Rhodes - Fossils (1965)	'A Little Guide in Colour' series. Published by arrangement with Golden Press, Inc. ©1962 Golden Press, Inc. Printed in Italy by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore - Verona / Illustrated by Raymond Perlman.
OldMod67 14th Oct 2019		Book Erich Von Däniken - Chariots Of The Gods? (1971)	Hi ppint, yeah I know, but thanks....The 'was god an astronaut?' has also been included in book listings as part of the title too..... which is why I stuck with the title page for the main entry. I don't tend to go into too much detail, only tagging the blurb in as a comment rather than notes. Thanks for the extra notes though.
OldMod67 13th Oct 2019		Book Erich Von Däniken - Chariots Of The Gods? (1971)	Subtitle on cover reads 'Was God An Astronaut?' First published in Germany by Econ-Verlag under the title Erinnerungen an die Zukunft. Originally published in Great Britain by Souvenir Press Ltd.
OldMod67 11th Oct 2019		Book Stir Crazy - Bobcat Press (1998)	Book size 7.5" X 5 .75" approx.
OldMod67 11th Oct 2019		Book F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Diamond As Big As The Ritz And Other Stories (1996)	Contents: The Diamond as Big as the Ritz (1922) Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1920) The Ice Palace (1920) May Day (1920) The Bowl (1928). Front cover shows an illustration for Buick Automobiles from The Saturday Evening Post, 1933.
OldMod67 9th Oct 2019		Book Stephen King - Christine (1984)	Note, front cover embossed; car outline raised.
OldMod67 8th Oct 2019		Book Penguin Science Fiction Postcards - Penguin Books (2015)	I've entered this as an 'anthology', as it's a collection, of sorts. It's actually a hardcover box with postcards, so technically 'printed material ', but assigned an ISBN. Feel free to change it, obviously....

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