ppint. 28th Apr 2023 | | BookBasil 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
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ppint. 27th Apr 2023 | | BookFrederik Pohl - The Ninth Galaxy Reader (1967) | author field should^W has been varied to editor
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ppint. 27th Apr 2023 | | BookFrederik Pohl - The Ninth Galaxy Reader (1970) | author field should^W has been varied to editor
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ppint. 27th Apr 2023 | | BookFrederik 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
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ppint. 27th Apr 2023 | | BookFrederik 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
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ppint. 27th Apr 2023 | | BookFrederik 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
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ppint. 27th Apr 2023 | | BookFrederik Pohl - The Eighth Galaxy Reader (1968) | author field should^W has been varied to editor
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ppint. 27th Apr 2023 | | BookFrederik 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
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ppint. 26th Apr 2023 | | BookKenneth 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)
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ppint. 26th Apr 2023 | | BookAlan 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.
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ppint. 26th Apr 2023 | | BookKenneth 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.
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ppint. 26th Apr 2023 | | BookRaymond 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
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ppint. 26th Apr 2023 | | BookRaymond 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.
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ppint. 26th Apr 2023 | | BookRaymond 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.
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ppint. 26th Apr 2023 | | BookRaymond 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
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ppint. 26th Apr 2023 | | BookRaymond 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
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ppint. 26th Apr 2023 | | BookRaymond 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
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ppint. 25th Apr 2023 | | BookRobert 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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ppint. 25th Apr 2023 | | BookRobert 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...)
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ppint. 25th Apr 2023 | | BookRobert 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
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ppint. 25th Apr 2023 | | BookFrederik 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.
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ppint. 25th Apr 2023 | | BookFrederik 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
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ppint. 25th Apr 2023 | | BookFrederik Pohl - The Age Of The Pussyfoot (1977) | this novel was later included in the omnibus mmpb, ''bipohl'' frederik pohl (1982), q.v.
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ppint. 25th Apr 2023 | | BookFrederik 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
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ppint. 25th Apr 2023 | | BookFrederik 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
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ppint. 25th Apr 2023 | | BookFrederik Pohl - Drunkard's Walk (1973) | this novel was later included in the omnibus mmpb, ''bipohl'' frederik pohl (ballantine 1982), q.v.
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ppint. 25th Apr 2023 | | BookFrederik 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
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ppint. 24th Apr 2023 | | BookFrederik 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.
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ppint. 24th Apr 2023 | | BookFrederik 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)
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ppint. 24th Apr 2023 | | BookRobert 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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