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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ppint. 3rd May 2023 | | BookCharles Platt - Soma (1989) | new american library signet books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by jeffrey knight potter (signed jk, uncredited)
cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95
230pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 3rd May 2023 | | BookCharles Platt - Plasm (1988) | collins group grafton books first printing, first uk edition
cover art by luis rey (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £2.99, $9.95 australia, $12.95 new zealand
240pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
month not given, taken from locus
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ppint. 3rd May 2023 | | BookCharles Platt - Plasm (1987) | new american library signet books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by jeffrey knight potter (signed jk, uncredited)
cover price (canada $4.50) • u.s. $3.50
288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 3rd May 2023 | | BookPiers Anthony - Chthon (1972) | the world(s) of chthon/aton tetralogy #1:
#1: ''chthon'' (1967), (this novel)
#2: ''phthor'' (1975), q.v.
followed by two novels written by charles platt:
#3: ''plasm'' (1987), q.v.
#4: ''soma'' (1989), q.v.
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ppint. 3rd May 2023 | | BookPiers Anthony - Phthor (1978) | chthon/aton tetralogy #2
#1: ''chthon'' (1967), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 3rd May 2023 | | BookPiers Anthony - Phthor (1978) | granada publishing ltd. panther books p/b first printing, first uk edition
piers anthony dillingham jacob writing as piers anthony
cover art by alan morgan (signed am, uncredited, attributed entitled ''pinnasaurus'' in ''aliens in space'' steven caldwell (1979), q.v.)
cover price 85p, $2.95 australia, $2.75 new zealand, $2.50 canada
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from wm collins sons/collins group grafton books panther imprint near-identical second printing, which adds the line, reprinted 1986,
cover price £2.40, $9.95 australia, $6.95 new zealand
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ppint. 3rd May 2023 | | BookPiers Anthony - Phthor (1975) | berkley publishing group berkley medallion imprint mmpb first printing, first edition
piers anthony dillingham jacob writing as piers anthony
cover art by richard powers (signed, uncredited)
cover price $1.25
204pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc.
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ppint. 3rd May 2023 | | BookPiers Anthony - Chthon (1986) | this is the last uk p/b edition of which i'm aware; severn house appear to've published a uk h/cvr edition under the title, ''earth'', in 1996, but though yr hmbl srppnt. has (some of) the data for this edition, i didn't stock it and have never even seen a copy - let alone've ever held and examined one.
if adding ''earth'' by piers anthony dillingham jacob writing as ''piers anthony'' as a bookcat item, please include ''chthon'' in the english title field: this will allow bookcat to sort it correctly together with all of these editions. thank-you. ppint.
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ppint. 3rd May 2023 | | BookPiers Anthony - Chthon (1986) | wm collins sons/collins group grafton imprint p/b first printing, 1972 panther books setting third printing
piers anthony dillingham jacob writing as piers anthony
cover art by michael ''mike'' mcinnerney (retained from 1972 panther books first printing, cover re-design retained from 1983 granada imprint p/b)
cover price £2.50, $7.95 australia, $9.95 new zealand
208pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (including for panther books p/bs)
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ppint. 3rd May 2023 | | BookPiers Anthony - Chthon (1983) | granada publishing p/b second printing with new typography on new red- & yellow- banded cover design
piers anthony dillingham jacob writing as piers anthony
cover art by michael ''mike'' mcinnerney (retained from panther books p/b first printing)
cover price £1.50, $5.95 australia, $5.95 new zealand
208pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
statements of panther books and references in advertisements to panther books remain in the book
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ppint. 3rd May 2023 | | BookPiers Anthony - Chthon (1972) | granada publishing panther books ltd. first printing, first uk p/b edition, not first p/b edition
piers anthony dillingham jacob writing as piers anthony
cover art by michael (mike) mcinnerney (my attribution on stylistic grounds)
cover price 35p, 85c south africa, $3.50 singapore, $1.10 australia & new zealand, $1.25 canada°
208pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
° - it seems a little unlikely that canadian p/b or volume rights were available to granada publishing
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ppint. 3rd May 2023 | | BookPiers Anthony - Chthon (1970) | macdonald & co. (publishers) ltd. first printing, first uk edition, first h/cvr edition
piers anthony dillingham jacob writing as piers anthony
cover (d-j) art (unsigned, uncredited line drawing on block letters sf of series uniform design)
cover (d-j) price £1.40 28/-
256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
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