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ppint. 22nd Apr 2023		Book Ann Maxwell - Change (1975)	popular library simultaneous first mmpb printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition cover art by gene szafran (signed szafran, uncredited) cover price $1.25 cat# 00316 224pp. including titles, indicia etc. refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed priority not established nor liable to be, both state only ©1975
ppint. 20th Apr 2023		Book C. J. Cherryh - The Faded Sun: Kesrith (1984)	daw books mmpb undated sixth printing cover art by gino d'achille cover price (canada $3.95) • u.s. $3.50 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 20th Apr 2023		Book C. J. Cherryh - The Faded Sun: Kesrith (1983)	daw books mmpb undated° fifth printing cover art by gino d'achille (unsigned, credited) b+w frontispiece by cj (signed illegibly, credited to the author) cover price $2.95 256pp. including titles, indicia, frontispiece etc, end pp. advertising ° - date may be taken from jaffery
ppint. 20th Apr 2023		Book C. J. Cherryh - The Faded Sun: Kesrith (1978)	nelson doubleday imprint h/cvr first printing bears the printer's gutter code of I06 on p.247 later printings' gutter codes include I36 9/78, K06 2/80, K12 3/80, M31 8/82 these are not necessarily exhaustive even through 8/1982, and i've no idea whether there's anyone still around as can explain the system - i've certainly no inside knowledge of it.
ppint. 20th Apr 2023		Book C. J. Cherryh - The Faded Sun: Kesrith (1978)	second-wave yes, that's the doubleday science fiction book club cat#, prob'ly a later printing as it's recorded as being 2229 on the bottom back d-j flap of the first printing. nelson doubleday is/was one of the main imprints of the doubleday science fiction book club.
ppint. 20th Apr 2023		Book Louise Cooper - Blood Summer (1976)	sequel is ''in memory of sarah bailey'' louise cooper (1977), q.v., for which yr hmbl srppnt. has data, but has never sfaicr seen, let alone held a copy, and so cannot add of my own knowledge.
ppint. 20th Apr 2023		Book Louise Cooper - Blood Summer (1976)	new english library p/b first printing, first edition cover art unsigned, possibly by bruce pennington or ray feibush (this is not an attribution!) cover price 40p, 42½p rep.(ublic) of ireland, 105pts spain, 45p gibraltar, 45c malta, 450 mils cyprus, $1.25 australia, $1.25 new zealand, $2.40 trinidad (w.i.), $1.50 canada 128pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising number in the isbn10 field is the sbn actually borne on the covers of this book.
ppint. 20th Apr 2023		Book Louise Cooper - The Book Of Paradox (1975)	dell books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first p/b edition cover art by frank frazetta (signed, part of signature visible, uncredited; collected in. ''frank frazetta book two'' (1977), q.v.) 22 b+w interior illustrations by barbara nessim (unsigned, credited) cover price $1.25 240pp? (dig it out and check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first dell printing---february 1975
ppint. 20th Apr 2023		Book Louise Cooper - The Book Of Paradox (1975)	futura publications p/b first printing, first uk edition, orbit series cover art unsigned, sfaik still as-yet unattributed interior b+w illustrations by barbara nessim (retained from delacorte press h/cvr first edition) cover price 260pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising month of publication not given in indicia publishing history; source not advised by op.
ppint. 20th Apr 2023		Book Raymond E. Feist - Daughter Of The Empire (1991)	the kelewan empire trilogy #1: #1: ''daughter of the empire'' (1987), (this novel) #2: ''servant of the empire'' (1990), q.v. #3: ''mistress of the empire'' (1992), q.v. omnibus of #1, #2 & #3: #O: ''the empire trilogy'' e-book only (2013), q.v.
ppint. 20th Apr 2023		Book Raymond E. Feist - Daughter Of The Empire (1991)	bar-code number truncated by too-small field: 0 76783 00499 0 27211 the last element of which is the cat# of this book, and the only part peculiar to this title and edition.
ppint. 20th Apr 2023		Book Raymond E. Feist - Daughter Of The Empire (1991)	bantam doubleday dell bantam books bantam spectra imprint mmpb second printing with new cover art by don maitz (credited to janny wurts in error) cover price $5.99 (canada $6.99) 432pp. including 10 unpaginated pp. titles, indicia, b+w kelewan map etc, 1 end p: about the authors dedication retained from doubleday h/cvr first edition
ppint. 20th Apr 2023		Book Raymond E. Feist - Daughter Of The Empire (1988)	bantam doubleday dell bantam books bantam spectra imprint mmpb first printing, first general p/b edition dedication as per h/cvr first edition cover art by janny wurts (unsigned, credited, overshadowed by very large typography above & below it) cover price $4.40 (canada $5.50) 432pp. including 10 unpaginated pp. titles, indicia etc. 2pp. b+w map, etc, 1 end p: about the authors
ppint. 19th Apr 2023		Book Poul Anderson - A Midsummer Tempest (1975)	futura publications p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art unsigned, uncredited (seen attributed to bob fowke, but naught in support of this given) cover price 60p, $2.20 australia, $2.20 new zealand 232pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc.
ppint. 19th Apr 2023		Book Poul Anderson - A Midsummer Tempest (1985)	tor books mmpb second printing, despite bearing a printing number line of a first printing in the indica publishing history, 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; still bears two i/sbns, cat#s and cover prices; bears new cover art (unsigned, sfaik still as-yet unattributed) isbn 0-812-53-080-2 canada cat# canada 53-080 cover price $3.50 canada cover price $2.95 u.s. 320pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising no longer states distributed by pinnacle books, inc.
ppint. 19th Apr 2023		Book Poul Anderson - A Midsummer Tempest (1984)	tor books mmpb first printing, distributed by pinnacle books n.b. bears two sbns and associated cat#s and cover prices states a jim baen presentation on the title page cover art by luis bermejo (unsigned, credited) sbn 812-53-079-9 meerkia cat# 53-079 merkia sbn 812-53-080-2 canada cat# 53-080 canada cover price $3.50 canada cover price $2.95 u.s. 320pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, and pp. advertising
ppint. 19th Apr 2023		Book Raymond E. Feist - Daughter Of The Empire (1987)	doubleday bantam dell doubleday imprint h/cvr first printing, first edition so stated in publishing history this book is dedicated to harold matson, with deep appreciation, respect, and affection. cover (d-j) arr by janny wurts (unsigned, credited on d-j back flap) cover (d-j) price $17.95 400pp. (check) including titles, indicia, b+w map etc, bound with endpapers bearing b+w maps between covered boards printers' gutter code CC16 on numbered p.394 advised indicates april 1987 printing; d-j code 0687 bottom of back flap advised indicates 6/1987 printing &- publication distinguish from near-identical doubleday science fiction book club h/cvr edition 11/1987° adds sfbc cat# 11627 by reference to absence of statement of first edition in indicia publishing history cover (d-j) price $6.98 (check this is. printed; may instead/also state book club edition) 372pp? (check: but lesser in extent than the doubleday trade h/cvr) month not given, taken from locus
ppint. 19th Apr 2023		Book Raymond E. Feist - Servant Of The Empire (1991)	bantam doubleday dell bantam books bantam spectra sf & fantasy series mmpb first printing cover art by don maitz (unsigned, credited) cover price $5.99, $6.99 canada 704pp. including 8 unnumbered pp. titles, indicia, 2pp. b+w map of kelewan etc, 5 end pp: 1p. about the authors, 2pp. advertising, 2blank pp.
ppint. 18th Apr 2023		Book Raymond E. Feist - Servant Of The Empire (1990)	wm collins sons group grafton imprint yp/b first printing simultaneous with and from the same signatures as grafton imprint h/cvr first printing, simultaneous first uk edition dedicated to the memory of ron faust, always a friend° cover art by don maitz (unsigned, credited) (shared with grafton h/cvr d-j, from doubleday merkin h/cvr first edition d-j (1990), q.v.) cover price £7.99 (no other price) 544pp. including 10 unnumbered, including 4 blank pp., titles, indicia etc, numbered pp..then run (7) 8-536, 4 blank end pp. ° - faust? nor feist? - check this isn't my error°°, nor a tyop by grafton/collins...°°° °°. 18/4/23 edit: no, not yr hmbl srppnt.'s error - t'oxfam bookshop's not yet sold this copy: and it's definitely ''faust''. . . °°°. 19/4/23 edit: and the same in the 12/1991 bantam books mmpb: absolutely definitely ''faust''.
ppint. 18th Apr 2023		Book Steve Holland - Aliens (1999)	pocket books archway books p/b mmpb undated third printing by publishing history printing number line cover art photographic by bill little (unsigned, credited) cover price $4.50/$6.50 can.(ada) (?)pp. including titles, indicia etc.
ppint. 18th Apr 2023		Book Alison Maloney - And Now, The Weather... (2017)	bar-code number truncated by too-small field: 978178594282290000
ppint. 18th Apr 2023		Book Alison Maloney - And Now, The Weather... (2017)	random penguin ebury books bbc books imprint h/cvr first printing, first edition foreword by carol kirkwood puff-lined on front cover; author not given on spine or covers cover art (none: three small weather map symbols, sun blocked in copper between rain & lightning clouds in white, else typographical in gold (title) and white within white box double-ruled as though for a map) cover price £9.99 224pp. including 14pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents, foreword etc, 9 end pp: 1p. acknowledgements, 6 blank pp., perfectbound with endpapers between light blue cloth-covered boards, no d-j
ppint. 18th Apr 2023		Book Terry Pratchett - Thief Of Time (2014)	harpercollinspublishers harper imprint tp/b 8/2014 first printing, not first merkin p/b edition (was harpertorch mmpb 5/2002) cover art by chip kidd (?) (unsigned, uncredited; silhouette of black cloaked, hooded, gloved figure on a black horse riding over yellow roman numerals, on a somewhat turquoisey-blue background, re-used from previous harpertorch mmpb cover art) cover price $9.99 (no canadian price given) 432pp. including 6 unnumbered pp. titles, indicia etc, 6 end pp: 3pp. advertising alternating with 3 blank pp., inside front & back covers b+w advertising, photo of terry & brief biographical note. distinguish from reprintings by reference to the publishing history printing number line which starts off 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 in this first printing, and should progressively drop the lowest remaining digit
ppint. 18th Apr 2023		Book Terry Pratchett - The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner (2016)	random penguin doubleday imprint h/cvr first printing, first edition 2016 distinguish from reprintings by the indicia publishing history printing number 001 sort of retrospective dedication by terry to his earlier self: and so the journey begins, young terry. who knows where it will take you? enjoy the ride! cover (d-j) art by mark beech (unsigned, credited on d-j back flap) interior b+w illustrations also by mark beech (unsigned, credited) cover (d-j) price £12.99, $22.99 canada 336pp. including 12pp. (one numbered ix) titles, indicia, table-of-contents, nf introduction by terry pratchett, etc., 6 end pp. advertising ''dragons at crumbling castle and other stories'' including 5pp. extract; perfectbound onto flexible backing strip with purple endpapers between light blue plasticy(?)-finished -paper(?)-covered boards, art on both front, back & on spine by mark beech; author, title & publisher on spine in respectively, black, white and yellow, and white somewhat oddly, perhaps, the smaller second element of the bar-code & number, 62299, encodes the canadian cover price in cents rather than the uk cover price in pence. i've no idea of the reason for this.
ppint. 17th Apr 2023		Book R. W. Mackelworth - Firemantle (1969)	when david & charles ltd. bought the readers union group of bookclubs from j. m. dent & sons ltd, 1/1972, they started a new sequence of cat#s that the books do not seem to've borne, in the 1000 range. 1/1973 they re-cat#ed the in-print stock of the science fiction book club alphabetically by title in the 5000 series, from 5001 ''age of the pussyfoot, the'' onwards, with ''firemantle'' being allocated cat# 5016, through 5067 ''worlds of robert f. young, the'', and continued to catalogue number new monthly sfbc choices on from there. (this renumbering is now almost completely theoretical, as sfaik the books themselves did not ever bear these later cat#s, but is noted here, ''just in case''. . .)
ppint. 17th Apr 2023		Book R. W. Mackelworth - Firemantle (1969)	j. m. dent & sons readers union group the science fiction book club h/cvr first printing, not first h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art by terry james (blurry b+w art unsigned, credited) cover (d-j) price 8/6d. 168pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 16th Apr 2023		Book Clifford D. Simak - Time And Again (1977)	abp / eyre methuen h/cvr first printing, not first uk h/cvr edition (was william heinemann) cover (d-j) art by tony (anthony) roberts (unsigned, credited on d-j back flap; shared with magnum p/b) cover (d-j) price (none printed) £2.75 on initially peelable white label 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p., bound with endpapers between covered boards month of publication not given, taken from locus #205, 10/1977
ppint. 16th Apr 2023		Book Clifford D. Simak - Time Is The Simplest Thing (1977)	serialised as ''the fisherman'' in analog vol. lxvii #2, #3, #4, #5; 4, 5, 6, 7/1961, and analog bre vol. xvii #8, #9, #10, #11; 8, 9, 10, 11/1961; part one is the cover story, art by h. r. van dongen, redrawn (? or recoloured?) uncredited for the bre; in both, the six (different) b+w illustrations for each episode are also by h. r. van dongen
ppint. 16th Apr 2023		Book Clifford D. Simak - Time Is The Simplest Thing (1986)	abp group methuen london p/b first printing, third abp group p/b printing, with new isbn, new cover art by chris moore (unsigned, credited on back cover) uniform cover ''surname logo'' design cover price £1.95 (no other territories' prices) 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising publication month not given, taken from locus
ppint. 16th Apr 2023		Book Clifford D. Simak - Time Is The Simplest Thing (1980)	abp group magnum books p/b second printing with new isbn, new cover art by chris moore (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £1.10, $3.95 australia, $4.10 new zealand 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising

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