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ppint. 20th Aug 2024		Book Russell Braddon - The Year Of The Angry Rabbit (1967)	not released as a category sf p/b by pan, though set in a near-future ecological disaster.
ppint. 20th Aug 2024		Book John Burke - Privilege (1967)	not released as a category sf p/b by pan, though a political satire set in a near future dystopic britain
ppint. 20th Aug 2024		Book John Burke - Privilege (1967)	film starring jean shrimpton and paul jones - the latter's first film after leaving manfred mann, where he'd been the lead singer on such successful singles as "5, 4, 3, 2, 1", "doo wah diddy diddy", "come tomorrow", "if you gotta go, go now", "there's no living without your loving", and "pretty flamingo", q.v. paul jones sings "i've been a bad, bad boy", q.v. & "free me"† as steven shorter, a svengali of a pop star manipulated by politicians and his handlers colluding to distract the public from their machinations, who is inspired to question the morality of the part he is playing by jean shrimpton's character in this film. † - aka "privilege (set me free)" when recorded by patti smith - much later, in 1978
ppint. 20th Aug 2024		Book John Burke - Privilege (1967)	pan books p/b edition first printing, first edition sfaik novelisation from an original screenplay by norman bogner, from the original story by johnny speight cover art unsigned, uncredited, incorporating b+w photo from the colour film or press/pr photo cover price 3/6 (?overseas territories prices?) 160pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 19th Aug 2024		Book Patricia A. McKillip - The Forgotten Beasts Of Eld (1984)	berkley publishing group berkley books imprint mmpb first printing°, not first mmpb edition cover art by carl lundgren (signed with his name & year in line-drawn box cover price ($2.75 canada) $2.50 u.s. 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - possibly two simultaneous near-identical printings sharing merkin-printed covers, one with canadian-printed carcase; but i've no record of having seen such. it'd've not've been stated second printing, but've been deemed to've been the second printing when the next printing was prepared. 3/1986 berkley mmpb near-identical third printing retains cover art by carl lundgren cat# 09452 isbn 0-425-09452-9 cover price ($3.75? check) canada) $2.95 u.s.
ppint. 19th Aug 2024		Book Robert A. Heinlein - The Door Into Summer (1968)	new american library signet books imprint mmpb near simultaneous° canadian third and undated merkin sixth printings, sharing re-revised cover design of second and canadian first printings: much larger titles, author, latter vertically upward alongside spine, all on white field; adds "by the author of stranger in a strange land" to front cover puff line, drops "complete and unabridged" cover art by paul lehr (reduced cropped from first mmpb printing where signature is visible, uncredited) cover price 75¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, canadian states third printing, december, 1968; merkin states sixth printing, no date (other than the original copyright date) ° - near simultaneous, because of sharing the merkin-printed covers
ppint. 19th Aug 2024		Book Robert A. Heinlein - The Door Into Summer (1966)	new american library signet books imprint mmpb near simultaneous° merkin third and canadian second printings, and near-identical undated° merkin fourth printing, sharing revised cover design of second and canadian first printings: much larger titles, author, latter in white vertically upward alongside spine, all on purple field cover art by paul lehr (reduced cropped from first mmpb printing where signature is visible, uncredited) cover price 50¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state may, 1964, canadian states second printing, merkin states third printing, preceding the date; also to distinguish from the near-identical first canadian and first, third, and fourth merkin printings ° - undated (c. 10/1966 by publication date of latest new tile advertised on p. 160) near-identical merkin fourth printing states fourth printing, elsewise identical save for end p. advertising
ppint. 19th Aug 2024		Book Robert A. Heinlein - The Door Into Summer (1964)	new american library signet books imprint mmpb simultaneous second and canadian first printings, sharing revised cover design: much larger titles, author, latter in white vertically upward alongside spine, all on purple field cover art by paul lehr (reduced cropped from first mmpb printing where signature is visible, uncredited) cover price 50¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state march, 1964, canadian states first printing, merkin states second printing, preceding the date; also to distinguish from the near-identical second canadian and third merkin printings
ppint. 19th Aug 2024		Book Robert A. Heinlein - The Door Into Summer (1959)	new american library signet books imprint mmpb first printing, first p/b edition cover art by paul lehr (signed, uncredited) cover price 35¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
ppint. 18th Aug 2024		Book Brian W. Aldiss - Neanderthal Planet (1970)	doubleday science fiction book club first printing, first h/cvr edition initially for sale to the science fiction book club members only; later also for sale to members of the other doubleday book clubs as an option not for sale to the general public nor for distribution via the wholesale or retail book or news trades reprint collection of one novella and three novelettes cover (d-j) art by don ivan punchatz (signed with his dotted monogram, credited on d-j back flap) cover (d-j) price (none, iirc) 192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards printer's gutter code 23L on p.187 = 6/70; at least one later printing(s) bears a different gutter code(s)
ppint. 18th Aug 2024		Book Brian Aldiss - Neanderthal Planet (1970)	contents: neanderthal planet (novelette) rewritten version of "a touch of neanderthal" science fiction adventures #16, 9/1960; sfa merkin reprint edition #16, 9/1960 danger: religion! (novella) as "matrix", science fantasy #55, 10/1962 intangibles, inc. (ntte) science fantasy #33, 2/1959 since the assassination (ntte) in "intangibles, inc. and other stories" brian w. aldiss (1969), q.v.
ppint. 18th Aug 2024		Book Brian Aldiss - Neanderthal Planet (1970)	the hearst corporation avon mmpb simultaneous near-identical first printings, first edition reprint collection of one novella and three novelettes cover art by don ivan punchatz (signed with his dotted monogram, credited on the doubleday science fiction book club edition d-j back flap) cover price 75¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia , table-of-contents etc. refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first avon printing, january, 1970
ppint. 18th Aug 2024		Book Brian Aldiss - Neanderthal Planet (1981)	the hearst corporation avon mmpb second printing with new cover art unsigned, possibly credited cover price $2.25 192pp. including titles, indicia , table-of-contents etc.
ppint. 17th Aug 2024		Book Leo P. Kelley - Time: 110100 (1972)	walker & co. h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by enrico scull (unsigned, possibly credited; taken from information from an online seller) cover (d-j) price $5.95 208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 17th Aug 2024		Book R. A. Lafferty - Apocalypses (1977)	publisher should^W has been varied to "pinnacle / futorian" as per all other pinnacle / futorian series editions, which bookcat will^W then^aW now sorts together correctly.
ppint. 17th Aug 2024		Book Mary Rosenblum - Water Rites (2007)	contents: the drylands series: three novelettes published in isaac asimov's magazine of science fiction, and the eponymous novel water bringer (iamsf vol.15 #3, 3/1991) the cover story, and one b+w illustration, art by broeck steadman celilo (iamsf vol.15 #7, 6/1991) one b+w illustration by broeck steadman the bee man (iamsf vol.15 #10, 9/1991) one b+w illustration by broeck steadman the drylands (1993), q.v.
ppint. 17th Aug 2024		Book Mary Rosenblum - Water Rites (2007)	fairwood press print-on-demand tp/b first printing, first edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price $17.99 308pp. including titles, indicia etc.
ppint. 17th Aug 2024		Book Mary Rosenblum - The Drylands (1993)	the full series has been collected in a printed-on-demand ("pod") tp/b as "water rites" (fairwood press 2007), q.v.
ppint. 17th Aug 2024		Book Mary Rosenblum - The Stone Garden (1995)	random house ballantine books del rey imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by bruce jensen (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price (canada $5.99) u.s. $4.99 368pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 16th Aug 2024		Book Barry N. Malzberg - The Last Transaction (1977)	pinnacle books mmpb first printing, first edition pinnacle/ futorian science fiction series cover art by ron walotsky (unsigned, mis-credited to wilotsky) cover price $1.75 168pp. (check) including unnumbered/unpaginated titles, indicia, etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 16th Aug 2024		Book Samuel R. Delany - The Tides Of Lust (1973)	english title, "tides of lust" should^W has been added in the english title field, and bookcat will^W then^W now automagically sorts the two editions together correctly.
ppint. 16th Aug 2024		Book Samuel R. Delany - Tides Of Lust (1980)	gives two copyright dates, 1973 and 1980; so may have been revised by samuel r. delany for this edition: but n.b. pagination is unchanged, so any changes must be minor, if any at all were made.
ppint. 15th Aug 2024		Book Leo P. Kelley - Brother John (1971)	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing, probably first edition, possibly simultaneous with uk p/b edition cover art unsigned uncredited from screenshot / p.r. photograph of sidney poitier & beverly todd cover price 75¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 15th Aug 2024		Book Leo P. Kelley - Brother John (1971)	stated on front cover: based on a screenplay by ernest kinoy - which wording implies that there may have been more than one screenplay for this film directed by james goldstone, in which sidney poitier plays an angel (but very human) harbinger of imminent death arriving - to what purpose? - in alabama, usa, who falls in love with/is fallen in love with by a young woman played by beverly todd - who already has someone who reads her as his...
ppint. 15th Aug 2024		Book Leo P. Kelley - Brother John (1971)	pan books p/b first printing, first uk edition, possibly simultaneous with the merkin mmpb first printing cover art unsigned, from cover still/pr photograph of sidney poitier & beverly todd (also used on mmpb) cover price 25p, 60c south africa, 80c australia, 80c new zealand, not for sale in canada 160pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 15th Aug 2024		Book Brian N. Ball - Timepiece (1970)	renumbered cat# 5056 in david & charles' great renumbering™ when they bought the readers union group of book clubs from dent in 12/1972, and assigned new cat#s to the sfbc books in stock - in alphabetical order of their titles (!), during 12/1972 - 1/1973 - - but this is liable to prove to be of largely academic interest, since david & charles manglementpersons appear to've forborne to instruct any working employee to print, write, stamp or scrawl the new cat#s on the existing stock. . .
ppint. 15th Aug 2024		Book Brian N. Ball - Timepiece (1970)	j. m. dent & sons readers union group the science fiction book club first printing, not first uk h/cvr edition for sale only to members of the science fiction book club by post, on an opt-out, semi-inertia sales subscription basis, later on also to members of the other readers union book clubs as an option, and from time-to-time as a cheap/"free" inducement to join the book club cover (d-j) art by terry james cover (d-j) price (?c. 10/- including postage & packing) 148pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 15th Aug 2024		Book Fletcher Pratt - The Well Of The Unicorn (1948)	there was a library h/cvr reproduction of this edition published by garland publishing again as by george u. fletcher; sfaiaa all other editions have been published as by fletcher pratt.
ppint. 15th Aug 2024		Book Fletcher Pratt - The Well Of The Unicorn (1948)	william sloane associates h/cvr first printing (so stated in indicia), first edition cover (d-j) art by rafael palacios (signed palacios, first name reported by on-line seller) b+w maps including frontispiece by rafael palacios (signed likewise, possibly credited) cover (d-j) price $3.50 352pp. (check) including (i-)xii pages titles, indicia, "before the tale begins" (nf) the author etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards, publisher abbreviated to sloane on d-j spine, which also bears his artwork of the well of the unicorn...
ppint. 14th Aug 2024		Book Leo P. Kelley - The Counterfeits (1967)	the author given in the author field is^W was still wrong and should^W still^W has now been corrected to "leo p. kelley" -:as per the indicia copyright notice - - and as initially pointed out here on bookcat four - rising five - years ago.

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