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ppint. 15th May 2023		Book T. M. Wright - Strange Seed (1980)	playboy press mmpb first printing, first p/b edition cover art unsigned, uncredited; may be by hector garrido but this is not a firm attribution cover price $2.25 248pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 15th May 2023		Book J. T. McIntosh - Time For A Change (1967)	michael joseph ltd. h/cvr first printing, first edition cover d-j art by c. andrews cover d-j price 25s. 184pp. (re-check) including titles, indicia etc, end p, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 15th May 2023		Book J. T. McIntosh - Time For A Change (1969)	serialised as ''snow white and the giants'' in if vol.16 #10, 11, 12, vol.17 #1; 10, 11, 12/1967, 1/1968 each part with one b+w illustration by jack gaughan
ppint. 15th May 2023		Book E. C. Tubb - Child Of Earth (2008)	homeward press tp/b first printing, first edition reported to've been a 1,000 copy print-run, but mayn't've been a formally limited edition earl dumarest of terra series #33: #1: ''the winds of gath'' (1968), q.v. for series listing, and links. cover art by douglas klauber (signed dk2008, credited) cover price $14.95 192pp. (check) including titles, indicia, introduction (nf) chris bentley, etc, end pp.
ppint. 14th May 2023		Book Rick Raphael - Code Three (Novelette) (2006)	this print-on-demand publication containing only the title novelette should be differentiated from the novel by the varying of its title to ''code three (novelette)''; this will prevent the two being sorted incorrectly together by bookcat as identical, which they are not.
ppint. 14th May 2023		Book Herbert Williams - The Avon Ghost Reader (1946)	author field should^W has been be varied to editor
ppint. 14th May 2023		Book Herbert Williams - The Avon Ghost Reader (1946)	contents: introduction (nf) h.w. (presumed to be herbert williams) the dunwich horror (novelette) h. p. lovecraft, weird tales vol. xiii #4, 4/1929 cthulhu mythos the panelled room (short story) august derleth, the westminster mafazine 9/1933 the fireplace (ss) henry s. whitehead, weird tales vol. v #1, 1/1925; repr. in vol. xxv #2, 2/1935 the haunted doll's house (ss) m. r. james, 1923; tyopped/mispelynge of ''the haunted dolls' house'' the squaw (ss) bram stoker, holly leaves 2/12/1893 (annual christmas issue of illustrated sporting & dramatics news) wingless victory (ntte) h. f. heard, in ''the great fog'' h. f. heard (1944), gerald heard (uk 1947), qq.v. through the dragon glass (ss) a. merritt, all-story weekly 24/11/1917; self-titled (24pp. chapbook 1932); fantastic novels vol.1 #2, 9/1940 naked lady (ss) mindret lord, weird tales vol. xxiv #3, 9/1934 the curious case of benjamin button (ntte) f. scott fitzgerald, collier's 27/5/1922 bottle party (ss) john collier, esquire 1st/10/1939 by the waters of babylon (ss) stephen vincent benét, the saturday evening post 31/7/1937, as ''the place of the gods'' the salamander (ss) william f. seabrook, the english review vol.35, 11/1922; reprinted in story magazine vol. xxiv #10 3-4/1944
ppint. 14th May 2023		Book Herbert Williams - The Avon Ghost Reader (1946)	anc avon book company new avon library first printing, first edition reprint anthology of nine short stories and three novelettes, nf introduction by h.w. assumed to be herbert williams cover art unsigned, uncredited; sfaik still as-yet unattributed cover price (none: mmpbs were then presumed to be 25¢ unless elsewise stated) 256pp. including titles, indicia, acknowledgments etc, end pp. sometimes seen accounted as 260pp, which includes inside & outside front & back covers
ppint. 14th May 2023		Book Herbert Williams - Terror At Night (1947)	author field should^W has been varied to editor
ppint. 14th May 2023		Book Herbert Williams - Terror At Night (1947)	contents: introduction (nf) herbert williams the haunter of the dark (novelette) h. p. lovecraft, weird tales vol. xxviii #5, 12/1936 (cthulhu mythos) the judge's house (short story) bram stoker, the illustrated sporting & dramatic's life christmas annual, holly leaves 5/12/1891 the interruption (ss) w. w. jacobs, the strand 11/1925; non-fantastic the black courtyard (ss) thomas burke, in ''night-pieces'' thomas burke (1935), q.v. the seventeenth hole at duncaster (ss) h. russell wakefield, in ''they return at evening'' h. r. wakefield (1928), q.v. the second generation (ss) algernon blackwood, the westminster gazette 6/7/1912 the phantom bus (ss) w. elwyn backus, weird tales vol. xvi #3, 9/1930 change (ss) arthur machen, in ''the children of the pool'' arthur machen (1936), q.v. the left eye (ss) henry s. whitehead, weird tales vol. ix #6, 6/1927 a watcher by the dead (ss) ambrose bierce, the san francisco examiner 29/12/1889 the two bottles of relish (ss) lord dunsany, time & tide 11/12/1932 without the ''the''; non-fantastic lost hearts (ss) m. r. james, the pall mall magazine 12/1895 caterpillars (ss) e. f. benson, in ''the room in the towers'' e. f. benson (1912), q.v.
ppint. 14th May 2023		Book Herbert Williams - Terror At Night (1947)	anc avon book co. new avon library first printing, first edition reprint anthology of twelve short stories and a novelette, with introduction by the editor cover art by george mayers (signed, uncredited) cover price (none: at this time mmpbs were presumed to be 25¢ retail unless elsewise stated) 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. (may've included inside and outside covers; check)
ppint. 13th May 2023		Book Francine Wenzell - Must I Die? (1959)	brown, watson ltd. digit books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition possibly first uk edition cover art by gilbert a. fullington (re-used from ''gang girl'' wenzell brown (avon books 560 (1954) mmpb q.v., where the signature GAF is visible) cover price 2/- 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising this digit books imprint uk p/b looks as though it may well be a retitling of the avon books mmpb published under a clever plastic pseudonym - but i do *not* possess the two texts, to compare them. i am not aware of anyone having done so.
ppint. 13th May 2023		Book C. J. Cherryh - Defiance (2023)	cover (d-j) art is slated to be by todd lockwood (signed, doubtless will be credited)
ppint. 13th May 2023		Book James White - Federation World (1988)	random penguin ballantine books del rey books simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers cover art by david b. mattingly (extremely partial signature, credited) cover price $4.75 (prob'ly canadian-carcassed printing intended for distribution north of the parallel) cover price $3.50 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution) 288pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer also to the indicia publishing history to see if carcass/''book'' of copy held was canadian-carcassed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first edition: june 1988
ppint. 13th May 2023		Book James White - Federation World (1990)	fix-up of three already-published stories and two previously unpublished, with some revision: federation world (novelette) analog (vol. c #8 or not stated), 8/1980 the scourge (novella) analog vol. cii #1, 1/1982 something of value short story) analog vol. cv #2, 2/1985 the silence (ntte) previously unpublished the answer (nlla/short novel) previously unpublished not necessarily up-fixed in the above order
ppint. 13th May 2023		Book James White - Federation World (1990)	i've just read that the cover artist may have left.his initials in the painting - as an element of the art: fish out + check!
ppint. 13th May 2023		Book Phyllis Eisenstein - Shadow Of Earth (1979)	bantam doubleday dell dell books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art unsigned, uncredited, still as-yet unattributed sfaik cover price $2.25 336pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 13th May 2023		Book John Lloyd - 1,342 Qi Facts (2016)	faber & faber (though there was only ever the one) h/cvr first printing, first edition cover art (none really: cover design by lee gibbons, part by andy spence design, part by jonathan paul green) cover price £9.99 368pp. including xii pp. titles, indicia, introduction etc, 20 end pp. index, perfectbound with orange endpapers between laminated boards
ppint. 13th May 2023		Book Fredric Brown - Daymares (1968)	contents: gateway to darkness, in super science stories vol.6 #1, 11/1949 (#2: gateway to glory, amazing 10/1950) daymare, in thrilling wonder stories vol. xxv #1, fall/1943 come and go mad, in weird tales vol. 41 #5, 7/1949 the angelic angleworm, in unknown vol. vi #5, 2/1943 the star mouse, in planet stories vol.1 #10, 2/1942 honeymoon in hell, in galaxy vol.1 #2, 11/1950; the cover story + one b+w illustration both by don sibley pi in the sky, in thrilling wonder stories vol. xxvi #3, 2/1945
ppint. 13th May 2023		Book Fredric Brown - Rogue In Space (1978)	bantam doubleday dell bantam books imprint mmpb third printing with new front cover typography, isbn cover art by lou feck (signed, uncredited, retained from second printing) cover price $1.75 168pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 13th May 2023		Book Fredric Brown - Rogue In Space (1971)	bantam doubleday dell bantam books imprint mmpb second printing with new cover art by lou feck (signed, uncredited) cover price 75¢ 168pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 11th May 2023		Book Rick Raphael - The Thirst Quenchers (1966)	first published year date is wrong and should be corrected to 1965
ppint. 11th May 2023		Book Rick Raphael - The Thirst Quenchers (1968)	first published year date is wrong and should be corrected to 1965.
ppint. 11th May 2023		Book Rick Raphael - The Thirst Quenchers (1968)	contents: the mailman cometh (analog vol. lxxiv #6, 2/1965; cover story, art, 3 b+w illustrations by walter hortens) guttersnipe (analog vol. lxxiv #3, 11/1964, one b+w illustration by john schoenherr) the thirst quenchers (analog vol. lxxii #1 9/1963, five b+w illustrations by george schelling) odd man in (apparently original to the collection)
ppint. 11th May 2023		Book Rick Raphael - The Thirst Quenchers (1965)	victor gollancz first printing, first h/cvr edition, first edition so first published year date is wrong and should be corrected to 1965 one part original, three parts reprint collection of four novelettes cover (d-j) art (none: typographical design in magenta and black on ''gollancz yellow'' field with zigzags) cover (d-j) price 15/- 176pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 11th May 2023		Book Fleur Adcock - The Faber Book Of 20th Century Women's Poetry (1987)	the poets from whose work selections are included: (dates as given in 1987) charlotte mew (1869-1928) mary ursula bethell (1874-1945) anna wickham (1884-1947) elinor wylie (1885-1928) frances cornford (1886-1960) h. d. (hilda doolittle) (1886-1961) elizabeth darryush (1887-1977) marianne moore (1887-1972) edith sitwell (1887-1964) edna st vincent millay (1892-1950) sylvia townsend warner (1893-1978) louise bogan (1897-1970) ruth pitter (1897- ) frances bellerby (1899-1975) stevie smith (1902-1971) lorine niedecker (1903-1970) robin hyde (1906-1979) (one excerpt only) e. j. scovell (1907- ) elizabeth bishop (1911-1979) josephine miles (1911-1985) muriel rukeyser (1913-1980) judith wright (1915- ) gwendolyn brooks (1917- ) p. k. page (1917- ) margaret avison (1918- ) elma mitchell (1919- ) may swenson (1919- ) amy clampitt (1920- ) rosemary dobson (1920- ) barbara guest (1920- ) gwen harwood (1920- ) denise levertov (1923- ) elizabeth bartlett (1924- ) patricia beer (1924- ) jane cooper (1924- ) lauris edmond (1924- ) maxine kumin (1925- ) elizabeth jennings (1926- ) anne szumighalski (1926- ) molly holden (1927-1981) connie bensley (1929- ) freda downie (1929- ) u. a. fanthorpe (1929- ) adrienne rich (1929- ) elaine feinstein (1930- ) jenny joseph (1932- ) sylvia plath (1932-1963) anne stevenson (1933- ) fleur adcock (1934- ) jean valentine (1934- ) june jordan (1936- ) judith rodriguez (1936- ) gillian clarke (1937- ) margaret atwood (1939- ) gwendolyn macewen (1941- ) eiléan ni chuilleanáin (1942- ) tess gallegher (1943- ) louise glück (1943- ) sandra mcpherson (1943- ) ellen bryant voight (1943- ) carol rumens (1944- ) eavan boland (1945- ) wendy cope (1945- ) selima hill (1945- )
ppint. 9th May 2023		Book Edgar Rice Burroughs - Tanar Of Pellucidar (1969)	ace books mmpb third printing
ppint. 8th May 2023		Book Isaac Asimov - Nine Tomorrows (1964)	j. m. dent & sons readers union group science fiction book club h/cvr first printing, not first uk h/cvr edition collection of six short stories, two novelettes and a novella, and two poems cover (d-j) art by john griffiths (unsigned, credited on d-j flap (check); a blob variant in yellow on white) cover (d-j) price c. 7/- or 7/6d. including 1s. postage 224pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 8th May 2023		Book Robert A. Wise - 12 To The Moon (1961)	john spencer & co. badger books imprint p/b first printing, first edition cover art unsigned, uncredited still as-yet unattributed sfaik cover price 2'6 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 7th May 2023		Book James White - Dark Inferno (1974)	transworld publishers corgi books imprint p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition dedication: to james j. daly in appreciation cover art unsigned, uncredited; still sfaik as-yet unattributed cover price 30p, 95c australia (recommended), $1.00 new zealand 160pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia etc, 2 end pp. advertising, second of which is stocklist dated 2/74

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