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OldMod67 22nd Sep 2023		Book Ray Bradbury - Death Is A Lonely Business (1986)	A signed first edition of this novel was privately printed by the Franklin Library: Leather bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. Moire fabric endpapers with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. Full leather with hubbed spine.
OldMod67 22nd Sep 2023		Book Ray Bradbury - A Graveyard For Lunatics (1990)	NB My copy is ex-library and has no gilt lettering on spine.
OldMod67 12th Sep 2023		Book A. Farquharson-Coe - Hants And Dorset's Smugglers (1975)	Dated 1975, my copy was previously a gift and has an inscription from July 1981. * correction submitted*
OldMod67 8th Sep 2023		Book Jerry Weist - Bradbury : An Illustrated Life (2002)	Blue boards with dust-jacket. Jacket design by Richard L. Aquan and Barbara Levine Jacket illustrations by Joseph Mugnaini
OldMod67 24th Aug 2023		Book George Lucas - Star Wars (1978)	The '16 pages if fabulous colour' are split into two sections of eight, between pages 64/65 and pages 96/97.
OldMod67 17th Aug 2023		Book Rick Raphael - Code Three (1968)	For further information see here Warning, contains a plot summary.
OldMod67 30th Jul 2023		Book David Whelan - Mind Games: The Assassination Of John Lennon (2023)	Oh please, no! A grassy knoll in Central Park..?
OldMod67 5th Jul 2023		Book Celia Fremlin - Uncle Paul (2023)	Apologies for rubbish image. It's actually a staff reading copy for July '23 Thriller of the Month, so I'll be returning it. I'm sure a kind fellow member will replace my pic at some point.
OldMod67 29th Jun 2023		Book Joe Haldeman - The Forever War (2004)	Cover: Illustration by Chris Moore/Artist Partners
OldMod67 28th Apr 2023		Book Jules Verne - Around The World In Eighty Days (2006)	First published as a World's Classic paperback 1995 Reissued as an Oxford World's Classic paperback 1999 Cover illustration © Aardman Animations Ltd 2005
OldMod67 17th Apr 2023		Book Ray Bradbury - The Illustrated Man (1963)	Rear cover pic added
OldMod67 9th Apr 2023		Book Andy Weir - The Martian (2014)	First published on a blog, as a serial and followed by an e-book. Some online sources have this listed as being first published 2011/12
OldMod67 3rd Apr 2023		Book Ray Bradbury - Home To Stay! (2022)	Publication date on Fantagraphic Books website 18th October 2022. The book itself lists First edition January 2023. Introduction by Greg Bear. Commentary by Ted White Contains all 35 adaptations (both unofficial and authorised), grouped by source material, not chronological. Chapters also include Ray and the Pulps, Ray and Readers Write and (by Ben Saunders) Love and Theft, about the original unauthorised use of Bradbury's work and Artist Biographies. 'Cover colors by Kayla E. , after Marie Severin'
OldMod67 1st Apr 2023		Book Ray Bradbury - The Small Assassin (1986)	This entry appears to be just a 1986 reprint of the 1976 edition. I will add the cover, which has the same front image as the 1984 printing. Correction submitted to amend the ISBN listed. - Now sorted, thanks mod.
OldMod67 6th Mar 2023		Book Mike Nicholls - About The Young Idea (1984)	Proteus Books, London and New York Published in UK and USA in 1984 Also 0862761778 (hardback) Printed and bound in Great Britain by Blantyre Printing & Binding, Glasgow. Rear cover credit - Design: Laurence Bradbury (text partially cut in rear cover)
OldMod67 6th Mar 2023		Book Gloria Steinem - Marilyn (1987)	Text by Gloria Steinem. Photographs by George Barris, taken between June 1st and July 18th, 1962. Jacket design by Robert Reed. Jacket typography by Andrew M. Newman. Front jacket photograph copyright ©1986 by George Barris. Rear jacket photographs copyright © 1986 by Thomas Victor. Jacket design copyright ©1986 by Henry Holt and Company, Inc
OldMod67 5th Mar 2023		Book Sam Shaw - Marilyn Among Friends (1987)	Sam Shaw took the famous skirt-billowing shots for The Seven-Year Itch. This book contains 200 of his intimate photographs, many previously unpublished.
OldMod67 25th Feb 2023		Book John Wyndham - The Midwich Cuckoos (1971)	I own a rather tatty 1970 printing, with this Harry Willock cover design. I won't create a new entry, just mark this one as owned, as aside from the pricing, it's identical. Same SBN, so really the listings dated 1971, 1973 and 1979 all could be displayed on one entry, being reprints (as with vinyl LPs)
OldMod67 16th Feb 2023		Book J. D. Salinger - The Catcher In The Rye (2010)	Article on the reissues: https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/new-salinger-book-designs
OldMod67 14th Feb 2023		Book William Peter Blatty - The Exorcist (1977)	©1971 (Published the USA by Harper & Row) Originally published in Great Britain by Blond & Briggs Ltd. 1972 Corgi edition published 1972, reprinted 1973, 1974. Corgi edition reissued 1977, reprinted 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984.
OldMod67 12th Feb 2023		Book Arthur Ransome - Swallows And Amazons (2010)	This edition also contains two maps, one a general map (frontispiece), the other Wild Cat Island (page 14) by Steven Spurrier, originally commissioned by Jonathan Cape to illustrate the book.
OldMod67 11th Feb 2023		Book Craig Brown - One, Two, Three, Four (2020)	When the paperback of this came out the following year, it was chosen as our non fiction book of the month. The cover photograph was taken in August 1963 on the roof of The Palace Court Hotel, Westover Road, Bournemouth. It is currently a Premier Inn and I usually walk on past it on the way to work. Additional note: This book won the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. Formerly the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, as a celebration of twenty-five years of the book prize a panel are currently reading all previous winners, to decide a Winner of Winners. Shortlist of six announced 9/3/23, winner announced 27/4/23.
OldMod67 11th Feb 2023		Book J. G. Ballard - The Drowned World (2014)	Cover by Stanley Donwood, with biro drawings copied from Giovanni Piranesi's engravings of 'imaginary prisons'. Fourth Estate is an imprint of HarperCollins publishers who previously published in HarperPerennial in 2006, 2008.
OldMod67 10th Feb 2023		Book Katherine Bebo - 111 Places In Bournemouth That You Shouldn't Miss (2022)	Part of '111 places' series. The same author also compiled one on Poole in 2019, one of the most popular in my local interest section at the shop. Most tend to be 'pictures from old Poole' and the like, but this series has area highlights along with current photographs.
OldMod67 2nd Feb 2023		Book Daily Echo - Victory (2005)	Publications of this kind, from a news source, were assigned an ISBN. Others were not and when sold at our store had to be assigned a dummy ISBN (by me) to be processed at till points. For example, Echoes of the Century, entered on this site as a magazine.
OldMod67 2nd Feb 2023		Book Bernard Lewis - The Assassins (2005)	My copy (image 3203023) was purchased in a 50p charity pile and unfortunately lacks the slipcase.
OldMod67 31st Jan 2023		Book William Nicholas - The Bobby Kennedy Nobody Knows (1967)	JimEss- like a lot of non-UK books, I've not seen this one before. Books published while the subjects were still alive can be fascinating, written at a time before more seedy elements are made public. But sometimes, especially with paperbacks with a gossip angle, there can be hints at things that make more sense later. I'll add this to the Kennedy list, thank you.
OldMod67 28th Jan 2023		Book Alan Aldridge - The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics 2 (1980)	Submitted a request to transfer the images to the volume one entry (previous) as I should have really entered as a set.
OldMod67 26th Jan 2023		Book Vincent May - Bournemouth 1810 (2010)	Edited by Vincent May and Jan Marsh, this book features contributions from: John and Eileen Barker, John Cresswell, Peter Kazmierczak, Louise Perrin, Mike Phipp, John Soane, Michael Stead, John Walker, Keith Wilkes, Mike Francis, Simon Freeman, Dan Ferris. Foreword by Beryl Baxter, The Mayor of Bournemouth (2009-2010)
OldMod67 15th Jan 2023		Book Max Hastings - Abyss (2022)	Also in addition to the numbered pages, 37pp of front matter, including prologue, timeline etc and an introduction from Max Hastings, June 2022.

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