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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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