ppint. 7th May 2023 | | BookJames White - Dark Inferno (1972) | michael joseph first printing, first h/cvr edition, first uk edition
cover (d-j) art by beverl(e)y le barrow (unsigned, credited without the third e on d-j front flap)
cover (d-j) price £1.75
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
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ppint. 7th May 2023 | | BookPoul Anderson - Time And Stars (1965) | phoenix house science fiction book club h/cvr first printing, not first uk h/cvr edition
for sale only to members of the phoenix house science fiction book club, by mail-order,
initially on subscription, and later as an option
contents follow those of the victor gollancz h/cvr first uk edition
title is given as ''time & stars'' on d-j front, but in full on title page
dedication: to anne elisabeth hertz ''fikke''
cover (d-j) art by john griffiths (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap; an incarnation of the blob + 4 ''stars'')
cover (d-j) price 7/6. including 1s. postage & packing = 6/6d. in theory, but only sold mail-order
216pp. including 10 unpaginated pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between grey cloth-covered boards, titles, author, sfbc & cat# in blue on spine
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ppint. 7th May 2023 | | BookPoul Anderson - Time And Stars (1964) | victor gollancz first printing, first uk h/cvr edition, first thus (drops final story from doubleday merkin h/cvr edition)
reprint collection of two novellas, two novelettes and a short story
cover (d-j) art (none: magenta and black typography on a ''gollancz yellow'' field, with black zigzags)
cover (d-j) price 16/-
216pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
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ppint. 6th May 2023 | | BookA. Merritt - Burn, Witch, Burn!/Creep, Shadow, Creep! (1996) | nordon industries leisure books imprint mmpb first printing, first omnibus edition sfaiaa
cover art (none: typographical cover on black field)
cover price $5.99
400pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
cover bears a fake isbn: 0843939443; if it were a legitimate isbn the checksum digit would be ''9''.
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ppint. 6th May 2023 | | BookA. Merritt - Burn, Witch, Burn! (1963) | transworld publishers corgi books imprint p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition (which was a pedigree book)
cover art unsigned, uncredited (still as-yet unattributed: it could well be by josh kirby, as it's within one of his styles of the period, and he did a fair few covers for corgi books in the early-to-mid sixties, but this is not a firm attribution)
cover price 2/6
128pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 6th May 2023 | | BookE. R. Eddison - The Worm Ouroboros (1922) | jonathan cape h/cvr first printing, first edition
cover (d-j) art by keith henderson
interior b+w illustrations also by keith henderson
cover (d-j) price 15/-
464pp. (check) including xiv pp. titles, indicia etc, appendix, bound with endpapers between covered boards
n.b. the existence of a 1924 binding of the remaining 1922 signatures with updated publishing history by jonathan cape, cover price 7/6d. (this is reported, but not as-yet seen by yr hmbl srppnt.)
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ppint. 6th May 2023 | | BookE. R. Eddison - The Worm Ouroboros (1972) | possibly intext group (check) ballantine books imprint mmpb sixth merkin printing
accounting does not include canadian-carcassed printings, nor the 8/1970 canadian-carcassed ballantine books uk p/b
cover art by barbara remington
interior b+w illustrations by keith henderson
cover price $1.25
c. 544pp. (check) including titles, indicia, two nf introductions etc, end pp.
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ppint. 5th May 2023 | | BookE. R. Eddison - The Worm Ouroboros (1973) | pan books pan/ballantine imprint p/b second printing (1972)
(which accounting includes ballantine books ltd. uk 8/1970 (misstated as ''1971'') first printing)
cover art by barbara remington (retained from ballantine books uk p/b)
b+w interior illustrations by keith henderson
(i)sbn (0-)345-09740-8
cover price 50p, R1.25 south africa, $1.55 australia, $1.55 new zealand
544pp. (check) including titles, indicia, nf introductions, etc. end pp.
bears new (i)sbn replacing the ballantine books ltd. uk p/b edition sbn
indicia publishing history states reprinted 1972
distinguish from near-identical third printing by reference to the indicia publishing history which adds the further line, reprinted 1973, and new pan books group
isbn 0-330-23841-8
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ppint. 5th May 2023 | | BookA. Merritt - Seven Footprints To Satan (1942) | american news company (anc) avon book company new avon library p/b first printings°
an avon mystery
cover art unsigned, uncredited colour artwork
interior b+w illustrations (woodcuts) by howard simon (unsigned, possibly credited)
cover price (none; newsstand p/bs were presumed to be 25¢ unless elsewise stated)
320pp. including titles, indicia, b+w illustrations etc., end pp. advertising
° - there were five near-identical printings of the book 1942-1945 according to the hearst corporation avon books mmpb ninth printing's indicia publishing history; it is not stated that this includes or excludes the avon monthly murder digest (iiuc) p/b edition.
the signal differences between the printings are the rising number in the listing of other titles in the avon books series in the end advertising pp.
i do not know whether the number of b+w illustrations from howard simon's woodcuts is the same in all five printings, nor that the extent of the edition was maintained
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ppint. 5th May 2023 | | BookA. Merritt - Seven Footprints To Satan (1949) | avon pocket size books avon books sixth printing
cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price 25¢
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ordinal printing number and date taken from the ninth printing's indicia
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ppint. 5th May 2023 | | BookA. Merritt - Seven Footprints To Satan (1955) | avon books undated mmpb fourth printing
cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price 35¢
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 5th May 2023 | | BookA. Merritt - Seven Footprints To Satan (1957) | avon books mmpb undated eighth printing
cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price 35¢
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 5th May 2023 | | BookA. Merritt - Seven Footprints To Satan (1963) | (hearst corporation) avon books simultaneous ninth printings sharing merkin-printed covers
cover art (virtually none: primarily red typography on a black field with red silhouette bottom centre)
cover price 50¢
192pp. including titles, indicia 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
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ppint. 5th May 2023 | | BookA. Merritt - Seven Footprints To Satan (1971) | (hearst corporation) avon books mmpb twelfth printing, new white-topped & bottomed cover design but
cover art by douglas rosa (unsigned, uncredited, retained cut down slightly from eleventh printing)
cover price 75¢
192pp. including titles, indicia etc.
likely to exist with canadian-carcassed variant; should any bookcatter or browsing visitor have or have access to a copy of this printing, it'd be appreciated if you'd be so good as to check the publishing history and if it states the carcass or ''book'' was canadian-printed, to post here giving the form of words used to announce this.
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ppint. 5th May 2023 | | BookA. Merritt - Seven Footprints To Satan (1974) | futura publications first p/b printing, probapossibly first uk p/b edition
cover art by patrick woodroffe (unsigned, uncredited, attributed by jane frank ''science fiction and fantasy artists of the twentieth century'' (2009), q.v.)
cover price 40p, $1.35 australia, $1.35 new zealand
224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
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ppint. 5th May 2023 | | BookA. Merritt - Seven Footprints To Satan (1976) | (hearst corporation) avon books imprint simultaneous thirteenth printings sharing merkin-printed covers
(accounting may not include all merkin p/bs bearing the avon name as the first avon imprint p/bs were digest format, published by the magazine company: check indicia publishing history)
cover art by patrick woodroffe (unsigned, uncredited; in ''mythopoeikon'' patrick woodroffe (1976), q.v.)
cover price $1.25
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be
no printing or publication date given, taken from locus
isbn does nor incorporate the cat#, as is correct for avon books mmpbs of this period
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ppint. 4th May 2023 | | BookAndre Norton - Island Of The Lost (1957) | lorens van norreys trilogy #2:
#1: ''the sword is drawn'' (1944), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 4th May 2023 | | BookAndre Norton - Island Of The Lost (1957) | world distributors (manchester) ltd. viking books imprint p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited, sfaik still as-yet unattributed
cover price 2/-
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 4th May 2023 | | BookAndre Norton - At Swords' Points (1954) | lorens van norreys trilogy #3:
#1: ''the sword is drawn'' (1944), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 4th May 2023 | | BookAndre Norton - At Swords' Points (1954) | harcourt brace & co. h/cvr first printing, first edition (stated)
cover (d-j) art by richard powers (unsigned, uncredited; attributed on andre-norton-books.com)
cover (d-j) price (?)
280pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p. bound with endpapers between covered boards
distinguish from near-identical second and later printings including by harcourt brace and world
by reference to the indicia publishing history.
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ppint. 4th May 2023 | | BookAndre Norton - The Sword Is Drawn (1944) | lorens van norreys trilogy #1:
aka the sword series:
#1: ''the sword is drawn'' (1944), (this book)
#2: ''sword in sheath'' (1949), q.v.
aka ''island of the lost'' (uk 1953 & ff.), q.v.
#3: ''at swords' points'' (1954), q.v.
(n.b. the trilogy was republished in three tp/bs (1984-5) including as a set of the three tp/bs shrunkwrapped: this is sometimes incorrectly referenced as an omnibus edition of ''the sword series'')
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ppint. 4th May 2023 | | BookAndre Norton - The Sword Is Drawn (1944) | houghton mifflin h/cvr first printing (unstated), first edition
cover (d-j) art by duncan coburn
interior b+w illustration by duncan coburn
cover (d-j) price (?)
188pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. bound with endpapers between covered boards
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ppint. 4th May 2023 | | BookCharles Platt - Plasm (1988) | piers anthony's worlds of chthon/aton series #3:
#1: ''chthon'' piers anthony (1967), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 4th May 2023 | | BookCharles Platt - Soma (1990) | piers anthony's worlds of chthon/aton series #4:
#1: ''chthon'' piers anthony (1967), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 4th May 2023 | | BookJohn Carnell - New Writings In SF4 (1968) | bantam books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first merkin edition
cover art by robert (bob) foster (signed r. foster, uncredited)
cover price 50¢
160pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. 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 bantam edition published march 1968
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ppint. 4th May 2023 | | BookJohn Carnell - New Writings In Sf4 (1971) | transworld publishers corgi books imprint p/b second printing with new isbn, new
cover art (unsigned, credited to solution on back cover)
cover price 25p, 80c australia, 80c new zealand, 95c canada
192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 4th May 2023 | | BookJohn Carnell - New Writings In Sf3 (1967) | bantam books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first merkin edition
cover art unsigned, probably by the company who provided the cover for bantam's edition of #1
cover price 50¢
176pp. (check) 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 bantam edition published february 1967
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ppint. 4th May 2023 | | BookJohn Carnell - New Writings In SF2 (1966) | bantam books mmpb first printing, first merkin edition°
cover art unsigned, probably originated by the same company as for the bantam edition of #1
cover price 50¢
160pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
° - there was probably also a simultaneous canadadian-carcassed variant: should any bookcatter/browser possess or have access to a copy of the bantam books mmpb edition, it'd be appreciated if you'd be so good as to check the indicia publishing history and, if you find it states the carcass or ''book'' was printed in canada, would post a comment here giving the form of words used to announce this.
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ppint. 4th May 2023 | | BookJohn Carnell - New Writings In SF1 (1966) | bantam books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first merkin edition
cover art unsigned, credited as cosmograph #28, © photo-lettering, inc.
cover price 50¢
160pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. 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 bantam edition published april 1966
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ppint. 3rd May 2023 | | BookCharles Platt - Soma (1990) | harpercollinspublishers grafton imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition
cover art by bruno elettori (unsigned, credited; pose looks very indebted to frank frazetta)
cover price £3.50, $9.99 australia, $14.95 new zealand
240pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. including nf afterword by charles platt, advertising
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