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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13th May 2023		Book James White - Federation World (1990)	fix-up of three already-published stories and two previously unpublished, with some revision: federation world (novelette) analog (vol.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 cv #2, 2/1985 the silence (ntte) previously unpublished the answer (nlla/short novel) previously unpublished not necessarily up-fixed in the above order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 Basil Dawson - Dan Dare On Mars (1956)	Review the story is both unique - neither a novelisation of, nor turned into one of the fourteen-or-so novel length dan dare cartoon/comic stories told over a year or longer in eagle comic - and it is incompatible with the canonical dan dare mars, as detailed in the second eagle comic dan dare story, ''dan dare: the red moon mystery'' (serialised in eagle comic 5/10/1951-20/6/1952, also collected as a graphic novel (dragon's dream 1979). it is set in 2002 in the dan dare future, after ''operation saturn'', which basil dawson wrote some of, under the pen-name of don riley, when frank hampson collapsed through overwork, and before ''prisoners of space'', but the novel wasn't published until dan & co. were on cryptos, towards halfway through the longest and greatest of the comic's stories, ''the man from nowhere'' and ''rogue planet'', by which time i suspect the readership had grown up with dan dare and his colleagues, and the well-developed vision of this future, sufficiently to expect a novel presenting altogether more substantial a story, with significantly greater depth of thought than this ''fair, but unambitious'' mystery adventure. (tbc: plot hook / set-up to be composed and added; but there's a bus or two to be caught soon, and some shopping to be done...) 1 person found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
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
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

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