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Member	Item		Review/Comment
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
ppint. 3rd May 2023		Book Charles 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
ppint. 3rd May 2023		Book Charles 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
ppint. 3rd May 2023		Book Charles 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
ppint. 3rd May 2023		Book Piers 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.
ppint. 3rd May 2023		Book Piers Anthony - Phthor (1978)	chthon/aton tetralogy #2 #1: ''chthon'' (1967), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 3rd May 2023		Book Piers 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
ppint. 3rd May 2023		Book Piers 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.
ppint. 3rd May 2023		Book Piers 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.
ppint. 3rd May 2023		Book Piers 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)
ppint. 3rd May 2023		Book Piers 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
ppint. 3rd May 2023		Book Piers 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
ppint. 3rd May 2023		Book Piers 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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