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OldMod67 20th May 2020		Book Peter O'Donnell - I, Lucifer (1969)	23skidoo, yes you're correct. I've checked my copy and it only appears on covers, not on TP. Requested removal as per your comment. Thanks!
OldMod67 20th May 2020		Book Roger Langley - Think Tank (1984)	Just checked out the omnibus, The Prisoner section on here is filling out nicely! That L.P. sounds like the first Bam-Caruso pressing, with the fold out bars on the front (weba 66). That came with booklets and a map and 6 of 1 membership details etc. My mate bought this from Our Price records in Bournemouth in '86, their only copy, about double the price of a regular album then I think. I had to make do with the regular edition (kiri 66) a bit later and order the bits and bobs separately...
OldMod67 19th May 2020		Book Roger Langley - Think Tank (1984)	@23skidoo. Still have a box file with a load of 1980s Number Six mags, map booklets etc, but I do like the look of the Max Hora titles you've put on. I probably haven't bought any Prisoner related books since that Virgin HB in 1990, but I somehow missed these altogether! I'll Keep an eye out for your others, thanks.
OldMod67 19th May 2020		Book Roger Langley - Think Tank (1984)	Thanks for adding the images, a new laptop and scanner are not on the horizon! The covers are identical to mine, the 1986 printing, purchased from The Six of One in 1987. Cheers again!
OldMod67 16th May 2020		Book Paolo Hewitt - Steve Marriott (2004)	Further to this, the book launch was on June 15th 2004, at 12 Bar Club, Denmark Street. No, I didn't make it. This book was quite an eye opener for me, by the way! Ad belatedly posted here (it was safely tucked away) 30/8/24
OldMod67 6th May 2020		Book Hans Holzer - Murder In Amityville (1979)	Cover price $2.50 The screenplay for the film Amityville II: The Possession was based on this book. The book is occasionally listed as fiction.
OldMod67 1st May 2020		Book John Wyndham - Jizzle (1978)	Contents: Jizzle (1949) Technical Slip (1949) A Present from Brunswick (1951) Chinese Puzzle (1953) Esmeralda (1954) How Do I Do? (1953) Una (1937, as The Perfect Creature) Affair of the Heart (1952) Confidence Trick (1953) The Wheel (1952) Look Natural, Please! (1954) Perforce to Dream (1954) Reservation Deferred (1953) Heaven Scent (1954) More Spinned Against (1953) Collection ©1954 First published in Great Britain by Dennis Dobson Ltd. 1954 First Four Square edition 1962, reprinted 1963, 1965. Reissued as a NEL Edition May 1973, reprinted June 1973. New edition, January 1978, New English Library (Times Mirror)
OldMod67 28th Apr 2020		Book Robert A. Heinlein - Stranger In A Strange Land (1970)	Unable to scan the cover at present, but with this ISBN in use for quite a while, I have a later copy of this (cover illustration by Tim White) stating New Edition 1978, nineteenth impression 1989. It includes a barcode, but wondered if I should enter here as whilst it does belong with the book number (albeit with its 0 prefix) the barcode clearly doesn't belong in 1970.....
OldMod67 21st Apr 2020		Book E. B. Hudspeth - The Resurrectionist (2013)	Example illustration, page 81. Siren Oceanus, plates 1 and 2
OldMod67 21st Apr 2020		Book Terry Pratchett - Sourcery (1989)	We had Mike back then, who I later dealt with when at Ottakar's (he was then with Simon & Schuster). Most reps were pretty good; I even got a Batknife (in reality, a letter opener) from Futura when they published a tie-in novel....
OldMod67 16th Apr 2020		Book J. D. Salinger - Franny And Zooey (1994)	Temporary pic added, to show 1994 design.
OldMod67 16th Apr 2020		Book Football 78 - Figurine Panini (1978)	I haven't marked it as owned yet, but I hope I still have this. The Saturday morning ritual of pocket money to the shop and opening them outside on bikes with my mate James, for swaps. Still remember the smell of them too! This collecting lark really stays for life, doesn't it....?
OldMod67 16th Apr 2020		Book Richard Barnes - The Who Maximum R&B (1982)	Ordinarily each edition, with changing ISBN would get its own entry, as a reissued L.P. with new cat no.would. This Eel Pie book, along with Richard Barnes' Mods! paperback both got Plexus reissues, although I wasn't aware of the lack of flexi, that's annoying! I don't think I can link between '45' sites, but the flexi seems to have been entered twice. One of which lists the cat no. 623827XS, under Pete Townshend. It's also listed under The Who.
OldMod67 15th Apr 2020		Book Terry Pratchett - Sourcery (1989)	When this came out in paperback I was given a promotional box by the Transworld/Corgi rep. It contained a copy of Sourcery in paperback and a 'Mummies' mug. Still have it somewhere, but not something that can be scanned. I do think it was strictly a promo item though, not for sale.
OldMod67 9th Apr 2020		Book Quentin Tarantino - Reservoir Dogs (1994)	This ISBN edition has featured more than one cover illustration, including some with 'classic ' Reservoir Dogs stroll and some with a close up of a bloody Mr. Orange having fired at Mr. Blonde.
OldMod67 8th Apr 2020		Book Stephen Knight - Jack The Ripper: The Final Solution (1977)	Foreword by Richard Whittington-Egan Preface by Stephen Knight, 31st August 1975 My copy, cover price £3.99
OldMod67 6th Apr 2020		Book Andrew Michael Hurley - The Loney (2016)	First issued as a limited printing by Tartarus Press (2014). Reissued by John Murray in 2015 Winner of the Costa First Novel award, 2015. British Book Awards 'Book of the Year', 2016
OldMod67 5th Apr 2020		Book Katherine Woodfine - The Mystery Of The Clockwork Sparrow (2015)	Illustrated by Jûlia Sardà
OldMod67 5th Apr 2020		Book M. Elia - 1a We Go To The Gallery (2015)	I've listed this book under the listed publisher, Dung Beetle, despite it obviously being a spoof, although I think the company did indeed come into existence after the first edition was issued. It was originally self published via Kickstarter by Miriam Elia, who co-authored and illustrated the book. There was also a legal issue with Penguin (home of the Ladybird books it parodied). Ironically, Ladybird now do really well themselves with 'adult' spoofs....
OldMod67 26th Mar 2020		Book Frank Barrett - Treasured Island (2015)	'Cover design/illustration: davidwardle'
OldMod67 26th Mar 2020		Book Daphne Du Maurier - Rebecca (2012)	Cover design, Zebra by Neisha Crosland. Stickered barcode, retail price £12.99
OldMod67 14th Mar 2020		Book Arthur Conan Doyle - A Study In Scarlet & The Sign Of The Four (2004)	Whilst dated 2004, it appears to have undergone more than one cover change. The one illustrated features the illustration 'Well Done Watson' By Jonathan Barry (2009) Oil on canvas.
OldMod67 28th Feb 2020		Book Edwin Torres - Carlito's Way (1994)	Carlito's Way first published in USA by Saturday Review Press/E.P.Dutton & Co.Inc 1975. After Hours first published in USA by The Dial Press 1979. Published in one volume as Carlito's Way in Signet 1994, to tie-in with the film adaptation. Film released in November 1993 (USA) January 1994 (UK). Note: my copy has author's name partially missing at bottom of cover. The only other copy I've seen also had this, so not sure if a misprinted batch or intentional quirk....
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.

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