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Member	Item		Review/Comment
ppint. 29th Apr 2023		Book James Blish - A Case Of Conscience (1959)	faber & faber (though there was only ever the one) first printing, first h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art by peter curl cover (d-j) price 15/- 208pp. (re-check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 29th Apr 2023		Book James Blish - A Case Of Conscience (1958)	ballantine books mmpb near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition cover art by richard powers (unsigned, uncredited; attributed from jane frank) cover price 35¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass (''book'') of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first printing, neither states publication month
ppint. 28th Apr 2023		Book Andrew M. Stephenson - The Wall Of Years (1980)	if this is indeed only slightly expanded, it must've been re-set in a significantly larger point size than the uk first edition. yr hmbl srppnt. does not know of any textual comparison having been made - - save, presumédly, by andrew stephenson. andrew's made explicit his firm and considered decision to not continue writing professionally, when asked by people who've enjoyed his two novels and asked him if he was still writing; a bare handful of shorter-length stories - three short stories and two novelettes - and the text for the graphic novel, ''waterloo sunset'' andrew stephenson, trevor goring (2006), q.v., complete his published written work. wearing the derived pseudonym of ''ames'' (from his full name's initials, ''andrew michael stephenson''), he is and was also a fine - as well as a fan - sf artist, though somewhat diffident about this, too, when asked. he drew the interior illustrations for "(the) inverted world" by christopher priest (1970), q.v.
ppint. 28th Apr 2023		Book Andrew M. Stephenson - The Wall Of Years (1980)	bantam doubleday dell group dell books imprint mmpb first printing, first merkin edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price $2.75 432pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 28th Apr 2023		Book Andrew M. Stephenson - The Wall Of Years (1979)	futura publications futura books imprint p/b first printing, first edition cover art by brian lewis (unsigned, credited) cover price £1.25, $3.95 australia, $3.85 new zealand 384pp. (check) including title, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 28th Apr 2023		Book Andrew M. Stephenson - Nightwatch (1977)	futura publications p/b first printing, first edition cover art by peter andrew jones (painting may be signed paj, uncredited; collected in ''solar wind'' peter jones (1980), q.v.) cover price 85p (overseas territories' prices?) 240pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 28th Apr 2023		Book Andrew M. Stephenson - Nightwatch (1979)	dell books mmpb first printing, first merkin edition cover art by wayne barlowe (signed with his stylised initials in a box, uncredited) cover price $1.95 320pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 28th Apr 2023		Book Hans Stefan Santesson - Flying Saucers In Fact And Fiction (1968)	lancer books mmpb first printing, apparently first edition reprint anthology of eight short stories, two novelettes, three nf articles and a poem, introduction by the editor cover art unsigned, uncredited photographic cover price 75¢ 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 28th Apr 2023		Book Lester Del Rey - Mortals And Monsters (1965)	ballantine books mmpb first printing, first edition reprint collection of eleven short stories and a novelette cover art by richard powers (signed, uncredited) cover price 50¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 28th Apr 2023		Book Jack Hanley - Thrill Girl (1951)	contents of author field and pen-name field should^W have been swapped: the pen-name is the invented name on the book front cover.
ppint. 28th Apr 2023		Book John W. Jennison - Supercar On The Black Diamond Trail (1965)	hence use of the word, ''also''.
ppint. 28th Apr 2023		Book TV Tornado Annual (1971) - World Distributors (1970)	the correct sbn is 723500878 (that given on the cover has an incorrect checksum digit). the sbn is the precise precursor to the isbn: when the system was expanded to incorporate non-english language, and non- yuk-of-gb-&-nironian publishers, the sbn of a still in-print edition could be incorporated into the new system by prepending a ''0'', indicating an english language book, and the numerical value of which did not change the checksum digit calculation. the isbn system being by design fully compatible with and interoperative with the sbn system, there is no earthly reason not to give sbns where these exist in the isbn10 field, making these traceable in bookcat.
ppint. 28th Apr 2023		Book Basil Dawson - Dan Dare On Mars (1956)	hulton press h/cvr first printing, first edition an eagle novel (a brief series originally intended to see further novels in each line within it) cover (d-j) art (unsigned, uncredited; does not look up to frank hampson's standards) b+w frontispiece (unsigned, uncredited; ditto: it's close, but perspective of dan dare's face is ''off'')) cover (d-j) price 7/6 176pp. (re-check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between yellow cloth-covered boards
ppint. 27th Apr 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - The Ninth Galaxy Reader (1967)	author field should^W has been varied to editor
ppint. 27th Apr 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - The Ninth Galaxy Reader (1970)	author field should^W has been varied to editor
ppint. 27th Apr 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - The Ninth Galaxy Reader (1970)	contents: introduction (nf) frederik pohl an ancient madness (novelette) damon knight, vol.22 #5, 6/1964 (retitled by frederik pohl; title reverts to ''mary'' in most non-galaxy-related anthologies & in damon knight collections) the king of the beasts (short story) philip josé farmer, vol.22 #5, 6/1964 the watchers in the glade (ntte) richard wilson, vol.22. #6, 8/1964 jungle substitute (ntte) brian w. aldiss, vol.22 #6, 8/1964 how the old world died (ss) harry harrison, vol.23 #1, 10/1964 the children of night (ntte) frederik pohl, vol.23 #1, 10/1964 to avenge man (ntte) lester del rey, vol.23 #2, 12/1964 the monster and the maiden (ss) roger zelazny, vol.23. #2, 12/1964 a flask of fine arcturan (ss) c. c. macapp, vol.23 #3, 2/1965 wrong-way street (ss) larry niven, vol.23 #4, 4/1965 wasted on the young (ss) john brunner, vol.23. #4, 4/1965 slow tuesday night (ss) r. a. lafferty, vol.23 #4, 4/1965
ppint. 27th Apr 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - The Ninth Galaxy Reader (1970)	pan books ltd. first printing, first uk p/b edition reprint collection of five novelettes and seven short stories from galaxy magazine 1964-65 with nf introduction by frederik pohl cover art by w. f. phillipps (signed, uncredited) cover price (30p) 6/-, 75c south africa, 95c australia, 85c new zealand 240pp. (re-check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p. advertising
ppint. 27th Apr 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - The Ninth Galaxy Reader (1967)	victor gollancz h/cvr first printing, first uk edition reprint anthology of five novelettes and seven short stories drawn from galaxy magazine issues 1964-65, nf introduction by frederik pohl cover (d-j) art (none: typographical in magenta (title, ''12'') & black on ''gollancz yellow'' field) cover (d-j) price 21/- 208pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 27th Apr 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - The Eighth Galaxy Reader (1968)	author field should^W has been varied to editor
ppint. 27th Apr 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - The Eighth Galaxy Reader (1968)	pan books ltd. first p/b printing, first p/b edition reprint anthology of five novelettes and seven short stories, nf introduction by frederik pohl see the victor gollancz h/cvr edition for the contents in detail cover art unsigned, uncredited (treated photographic, restricted to small disc in orange field) cover price 5/-, 60c south africa, 80c australia, 75c new zealand 240pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 26th Apr 2023		Book Kenneth Bulmer - The Key To Venudine (1968)	ace books mmpb first printing, first edition half a classic ''ace double'' format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other cover art by frank kelly freas (signed with his kf mostly in a circle symbol, credited) b+w interior illustration by jack gaughan (signed with his digraph, uncredited) cover price 60¢ ½ 256pp. including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves doubled with ''mercenary from tomorrow'' mack reynolds (1968), q.v. (joe mauser series #1)
ppint. 26th Apr 2023		Book Alan Schwartz - The Wandering Tellurian (1967)	ace books mmpb first printing, first edition half a classic ''ace double'' format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other cover art by jerome podwil (unsigned, credited) b+w interior illustration unsigned, uncredited cover price 60¢ ½ 256pp. including 2 x title p, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves doubled with ''the key to irunium'' kenneth bulmer (1967), q.v.
ppint. 26th Apr 2023		Book Kenneth Bulmer - The Key To Irunium (1967)	ace books mmpb first printing, first edition half a classic ''ace double'' format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other cover art by gray morrow (unsigned, credited) interior b+w illustration unsigned, uncredited cover price 60¢ ½ 256pp. including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in between the double's halves doubled with ''the wandering tellurian'' alan schwartz (1967), q.v.
ppint. 26th Apr 2023		Book Raymond E. Feist - Magician (1982)	bantam doubleday dell doubleday imprint h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by david gatti (unsigned, credited on d-j back flap) cover (d-j) price $19.95 548pp? (check) including titles, indicia, etc, end p., bound with b+w map of midkemia endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 26th Apr 2023		Book Raymond E. Feist - Mistress Of The Empire (1993)	kelewan empire trilogy #3: #1: ''daughter of the empire'' raymond e. feist, janny wurts (1986), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 26th Apr 2023		Book Raymond E. Feist - Mistress Of The Empire (1993)	bar-code number truncated by too-small field: 0 76783 00599 0 56118 the final block being the only part peculiar to this edition of this book.
ppint. 26th Apr 2023		Book Raymond E. Feist - Mistress Of The Empire (1993)	bantam doubleday dell bantam books imprint mmpb first printing, first general p/b edition cover art by don maitz (unsigned, credited, re-used from doubleday foundation first edition d-j) cover price u.s. $5.99, $6.99 canada 688pp. including eight unnumbered pp. titles, indicia etc, 4 end pp: 1p. brief about the authors, 3pp. bantam spectra imprint advertising - though this mmpb is specifically not a bantam spectra book dedication retained from the doubleday foundation h/cvr first edition
ppint. 26th Apr 2023		Book Raymond E. Feist - Mistress Of The Empire (1992)	harpercollinspublishers h/cvr first printing, first uk edition cover (d-j) art by geoff taylor cover (d-j) price £14.99 564pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc., bound with endpapers between covered boards month of publication not given, taken from locus
ppint. 26th Apr 2023		Book Raymond E. Feist - Mistress Of The Empire (1992)	bantam doubleday dell doubleday foundation imprint h/cvr first printing, first edition so stated in indica this book is dedicated to kyung and jon conning, with appreciation for giving us insights and friendship cover (d-j) art by don maitz (unsigned, credited on d-j back flap cover (d-j) price u.s. $20.00, $25.00 canada 620pp. (check) including titles, indicia, etc., bound with endpapers between covered boards distinguish from near-identical doubleday science fiction book club 7/1992 h/cvr edition which bears sfbc cat# 01547 on back of d-j, should drop ''first edition'' from the indicia publishing history and the trade edition's prices from the d-j
ppint. 25th Apr 2023		Book Robert A. Heinlein - Red Planet (1981)	random house group ballantine books mmpb fourth printing dedication: for tish cover art by darrell k. sweet (unsigned, uncredited, retained from earlier printings) cover price $1.95 192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents (chapters) etc, 3 end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical 12/1982 fifth printing

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