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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
ppint. 25th Apr 2023		Book Robert A. Heinlein - Red Planet (1977)	random house group ballantine books mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, not first mmpb edition cover art by darrell k. sweet (unsigned, uncredited; is in ''beyond fantasy'' darrell k. sweet (1996), q.v.) cover price $1.75 192pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents (chapters) etc, 3 end pp. advertising 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 ballantine books edition: october 1977 and also to distinguish from near-identical second. (5/1978) and third (10/1978) printings; (near-identical fourth & fifth printings bear a new isbn...)
ppint. 25th Apr 2023		Book Robert A. Heinlein - Red Planet (1975)	possibly berkley publishing group charter communications ace books undated° mmpb undeclared third printing cover art by steele savage (signed, credited) b+w frontispiece by clifford geary (unsigned, credited) cover price $1.25 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° date possibly from locus, possibly from stuart wells, possibly from end pp. advertisements
ppint. 25th Apr 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - Drunkard's Walk (1966)	serialised in galaxy vol.18 #5, #6; 6/1960, 8/1960 galaxy thorpe & porter bre #80, #81 (bearing same dates as above, probably distributed a month later) part one is the cover story, art. by ed emshwiller who also provided the three b+w illustrations, and the four b+w illustrations for part two.
ppint. 25th Apr 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - The Age Of The Pussyfoot (1971)	expansion of the novel serialised in galaxy vol.24 #1, #2, #3; 10/1965, 12/1965, 2/1966
ppint. 25th Apr 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - The Age Of The Pussyfoot (1977)	this novel was later included in the omnibus mmpb, ''bipohl'' frederik pohl (1982), q.v.
ppint. 25th Apr 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - The Age Of The Pussyfoot (1977)	random house group ballantine books imprint mmpb simultaneous second printings sharing merkin-printed covers, del rey series cover art by paul alexander (signed, credited) cover price $1.50 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising 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 second printing: november 1977
ppint. 25th Apr 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - The Age Of Pussyfoot (1979)	granada publishing panther books p/b first printing, first state cover art by peter gudynas (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price 95p, £1.04½ republic of ireland, $3.25 australia, $2.95 new zealand 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 25th Apr 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - Drunkard's Walk (1973)	this novel was later included in the omnibus mmpb, ''bipohl'' frederik pohl (ballantine 1982), q.v.
ppint. 25th Apr 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - Drunkard's Walk (1973)	random house group ballantine books mmpb third printing (this accounting ignores separate canadian printings, the first of which is noted) cover art by john berkey (signed, credited) cover price $1.25 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising sbn on spine and indicia page is given in the isbn10 field
ppint. 24th Apr 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - Drunkard's Walk (1982)	granada publishing ltd. panther books imprint second printing retaining first's isbn, but with new cover art by john harris (unsigned, collected in ''mass: the art of john harris'' (2000), q.v.) cover price £1.25 136pp. including titles, indicia etc, 3 end pp. advertising titles etc. let into white (i.e. unprinted) space cut clumsily out of the cover art: shoddy work.
ppint. 24th Apr 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - Drunkard's Walk (1978)	isbn and cat# are still wrong and isbn should^W still^W has been corrected to 0586047638 there is no separate cat# on the book so this should^W has been deleted)
ppint. 24th Apr 2023		Book Robert A. Heinlein - Red Planet (1973)	pan macmillan pan books imprint p/b, third pan books printing with new cover art unsigned, uncredited (looks somewhat inspired/influenced by frank hampson's last ''terra nova'' dan dare story for eagle comic) cover price 30p, $1.00 australia, $1.00 new zealand 176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising the ''a.'' remains on the title page, but is absent from the covers & spine

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