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ppint. 7th May 2023		Book James 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
ppint. 7th May 2023		Book Poul 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
ppint. 7th May 2023		Book Poul 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
ppint. 6th May 2023		Book A. 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''.
ppint. 6th May 2023		Book A. 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
ppint. 6th May 2023		Book E. 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.)
ppint. 6th May 2023		Book E. 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.
ppint. 5th May 2023		Book E. 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
ppint. 5th May 2023		Book A. 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
ppint. 5th May 2023		Book A. 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
ppint. 5th May 2023		Book A. 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
ppint. 5th May 2023		Book A. 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
ppint. 5th May 2023		Book A. 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
ppint. 5th May 2023		Book A. 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.
ppint. 5th May 2023		Book A. 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
ppint. 5th May 2023		Book A. 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
ppint. 4th May 2023		Book Andre Norton - Island Of The Lost (1957)	lorens van norreys trilogy #2: #1: ''the sword is drawn'' (1944), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 4th May 2023		Book Andre 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
ppint. 4th May 2023		Book Andre Norton - At Swords' Points (1954)	lorens van norreys trilogy #3: #1: ''the sword is drawn'' (1944), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 4th May 2023		Book Andre 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.
ppint. 4th May 2023		Book Andre 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'')
ppint. 4th May 2023		Book Andre 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
ppint. 4th May 2023		Book Charles Platt - Plasm (1988)	piers anthony's worlds of chthon/aton series #3: #1: ''chthon'' piers anthony (1967), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 4th May 2023		Book Charles Platt - Soma (1990)	piers anthony's worlds of chthon/aton series #4: #1: ''chthon'' piers anthony (1967), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 4th May 2023		Book John 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
ppint. 4th May 2023		Book John 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
ppint. 4th May 2023		Book John 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
ppint. 4th May 2023		Book John 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.
ppint. 4th May 2023		Book John 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
ppint. 3rd May 2023		Book Charles 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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