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ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book Harlan Ellison - Again, Dangerous Visions (1976)	author field should^W has been varied to editor.
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book Harlan Ellison - Again, Dangerous Visions (1976)	contents: the counterpart of view (short story) john heidenry ching witch! (ss) ross rocklynne the word for world is forest (novella) ursula k. le guin (a short novel set in the hainish oekumene) for value received (ss) andrew offutt mathoms from the time closet (ss) gene wolfe robot's story (ss) gene wolfe against the lafayette escadrille (ss) gene wolfe loco parentis (ss) gene wolfe time travel for pedestrians (ss) ray nelson christ, old student in a new school (poem) ray bradbury king of the hill (ss) chad oliver the 10:00 report is brought to you by... (ss) edward (ed) bryant the funeral (novelette) kate wilhelm harry the hare (ss) james b. hemesath when it changed (ss) joanna russ (a whileaway story) the big space fuck (ss) kurt vonnegut, jr. bounty (ss) t. l. sherred still-life (ss) k. m. o'donnell (pseudonym of barry n. malzberg) stoned counsel (ss) h. h. hollis monitored dreams and strategic cremations (ss) bernard wolfe the bisquit position (ss) bernard wolfe the girl with rapid eye movements (ntte) bernard wolfe with a finger in my i (ss) david gerrold in the barn (ntte) piers anthony soundless evening (ss) lee hoffman '' '' (blur) (a smudge) (ss) gahan wilson (aka ''blot'') the test-tube creature, afterward (ss) joan bernott and the sea like mirrors (ss) gregory (greg) benford bedsheets are white (ss) evelyn lief tissue (ss) james sallis at the fitting shop (ss) james sallis 53rd american dream (ss) james sallis elouise and the rotors of the planet pergamon (ss) josephine saxton chuck berry, won't you please come home (ss) ken mccullough epiphany for aliens (ss) david kerr eye of the beholder (ss) burt k. filer moth race (ss) richard hill in re glover (ss) leonard tushnet zero gee (ntte) ben bova (a kinsman story) a mouse in the walls of the global village (ss) dean r. koontz getting along (ntte) james blish, j. a. lawrence tötenbuch (ss) a. parra (parra y figuéredo) (1972) things lost (ss) thomas m. disch with the bentfin boomer boys on little old new alabama (novella) richard a. lupoff (=> space war blues) lamia mutable (ss) m. john harrison (a viriconium story) last train to kankakee (ss) robin scott (robin scott wilson) empire of the sun (ss) andrew weiner ozymandias (ss) terry carr the milk of paradise (ss) james tiptree, jr. (alice r. sheldon) ed emshwiller (nf) anonymous
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book Harlan Ellison - Again, Dangerous Visions (1976)	millington books h/cvr first printing, first uk edition original anthology of 41 stories, five novelettes and a two novellas, plus a poem, preceded by ''an assault of new dreamers'', an nf (well... typically ott, really) introduction by harlan ellison. . . cover (d-j) art (unsigned, possibly credited; either for abstract art, or for cover design...) interior b+w art by ed emshwiller (credited) cover (d-j) price £6.00 776pp. (check) including xvi pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, each story has substantial nf introductions & afterwords, and there's an article on ed emshwiller and his art, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book Larry Niven - World Of Ptavvs (1971)	all uk p/b editions and printings seen by yr hmbl srppnt.° bear the intrusive - or at least excrusive(!) - definite article upon their front covers and spines - but not upon their title pages. i doubt anyone remembers why - even if they're still among the unenslaved. . . . . . . . . . . so far. . . ° - sphere books, futura books orbit series (''futura/orbit''), and orbit books. . .
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book Robert Muchamore - Dark Sun (2008)	hachette children's books hodder children's books hodder cherub imprint p/b first printing specially written and published for world book day 128pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia etc, advertisement for/explanation of meanings (rankings) of different colour cherub t-shirts available, and to be worn on campus by kids & adults working as cherubs(!), 14 end pp. including 5pp. cherubs: a history (nf-in-f), 6pp. advertising for the first nine cherubtitles, 1p. for the (then) forthcoming tenth cherubtitle, 2pp. advertising for CHERUB, which seems to be a real organisational acronym, including recruiting websites, cherubmissions, etc. complete bar-code number: 9780340956793/00100 (yes, with nonsystematic solidus) export isbn13: 9780340956809
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book Norton Parker - Time Of Fury (1980)	nordon publications leisure books imprint mmpb first printing, believed first edition fiction, western - but bookcat still possesses no ''western'' publishing category, so ''fiction, history'' cover art (signed with an uncertainly decipherable stylised pub/rub/pus/rus monogram which i've not previously seen, uncredited) cover price $2.25 304pp. including 4pp. titles, indicia etc, 2 end pp: 1p. advertising for ''mothers and lovers'' jeannie sabel leisure books lb 743 $2.25, 1p. for ''travelin' woman'' katherine gibbs leisure books lb 728 $1.95 ©1980 by norton and kallie parker; no other date given
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book Larry Niven - All The Myriad Ways (1977)	random house group ballantine books mmpb third printing cover art by dean ellis (retained from second printing where it's erroneously credited to rick sternbach; this now corrected to dean ellis) cover price $1.50 184pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book Larry Niven - All The Myriad Ways (1975)	ballantine books mmpb second printing, with new cover art by dean ellis (unsigned, mistakenly credited to rick sternbach) cover price $1.50 184pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book Larry Niven - All The Myriad Ways (1971)	ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers mainly reprint collection of ten short stories, a novelette and two nf articles cover art by dean ellis (unsigned, credited) cover price 95¢ 184pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents 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 printing: june, 1971
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book Larry Niven - A Gift From Earth (1970)	j. m. dent readers union group science fiction book club h/cvr first printing for sale to members of this book club only, on a subscription basis, by mail-order, and later as an option to members of the other group book clubs cover (d-j) art by terry james (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap) cover price 16s. to members only 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards renumbered cat# 5018 in david & charles's great renumbering of 1973 - ''just saying...''
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book Larry Niven - A Gift From Earth (1969)	(bpcc by now? check) macdonald & co. publishers h/cvr first printing, first hcvr edition, first uk edition cover (d-j) art (unsigned, uncredited line-drawing on block capitals of standardised sf line design) cover (d-j) price 25/- (£1.25) (check) 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp., bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book Larry Niven - A Gift From Earth (1968)	ballantine books mmpb first printing°, first edition cover art unsigned, uncredited; still sfaik as-yet unattributed cover price 75¢ 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° yr hmbl srppnt. hasn't seen, nor seen report of a canadian-carcassed variant of this first printing; if any bookcatter or browser discovers such, please would you be so good as to post a comment ''here'' giving the wording stating this from its indicia publishing history. thank-you. ppint.
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book August Derleth - The Outer Reaches (1963)	contents: ?foreword (nf introduction) august derleth (? check for this: declared to be in other half in other half's table-of-contents, but absent from that book) interloper (novelette) poul anderson, f&sf vol.2 #2, 4/1951 death sentence (short story) isaac asimov, astounding vol. xxxii #3, 11/1943 this is the land (ss) nelson (s.) bond, (source not named - original to the anthology?) 1951 ylla (ss) ray bradbury, macleans 1/1950 as ''i'll not look for wine'' (a martian chronicles story) the green cat (ss) cleve cartmill, worlds beyond vol.1 #2, 1/1951 git along! (ss) l. sprague de camp, astounding vol. xxxxv #6, 8/1950 (viagens interplanetarias) service first (ss) david h. keller (md), amazing stories quarterly vol. 4 #1, winter/1931 shock (ss) henry kuttner, astounding vol. xxxi #1, 3/1943 (possibly henry kuttner, c. l. moore) as by lewis padgett
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book August Derleth - The Outer Reaches (1951)	pellegrini & cudahy h/cvr first printing, first edition reprint anthology of seventeen short stories, three novelettes and a novella, introduction by the editor cover (d-j) art by r. t. crane (signed, uncredited) cover (d-j) price $3.95 356pp. (check) including ix pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book August Derleth - The Time Of Infinity (1963)	contents: the ship sails at midnight (short story) fritz leiber, fantastic adventures vol.12 #9, 9/1950; bre #4, 12/1950 the power (ss) murray leinster, astounding vol. xxxvi #1, 9/1945 the critters (ss) frank belknap long, astounding vol. xxxvi #3, 11/1945 pardon my mistake (ss) fletcher pratt, thrilling wonder stories vol. xxix #2, 12/1946 good night, mr. james (novelette) clifford (d.) simak, galaxy vol.1 #6, 3/1951 aka ''the night of the puudly'' the plutonian drug (ss) clark ashton smith, amazing vol.9 #5, 9/1934 farewell to eden (ss) theodore sturgeon, (? (original appearence not given)) 1949 co-operate - or else! (ntte) a. e. van vogt, astounding vol. xxix #2, 4/1942 (a rull series story) finality unlimited (novella) donald wandrei, astounding vol. xviii #1, 9/1936 (the declared foreword (nf introduction) by august derleth is absent from this p/b half of the anthology)
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book August Derleth - The Time Of Infinity (1963)	world distributors (manchester) ltd. consul books imprint p/b first printing, first edition thus first edition of parent anthology 1951 derivative reprint anthology of one novella, two novelettes and six short stories cover art by norman adams (signed adams, uncredited) cover price 2'6 208pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book Larry Niven - World Of Ptavvs (1966)	ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition cover art by norman adams (unsigned, uncredited, re-used from ''time of infinity'' ed. august derleth, consul 1268 (uk 1963), q.v. where signature is clearly visible) cover price 50¢ 192pp. 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 edition: august, 1966
ppint. 3rd Apr 2023		Book Larry Niven - The Draco Tavern (2006)	tom doherty associates tor books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition collection of the draco tavern stories, twenty-seven short stories with introduction by the author dedication: i have been writing these stories nearly as long as we have been married. this book is for marilyn. cover art by stephen martinniere (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price $6.99, $9.99 canada 336pp. including xvi pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents, introduction etc, 4 blank end pp. refer to indicia publishing history printing number line to distinguish from near-identical further printings indicated by the progressive dropping of the lowest remaining digit; 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 = second printing
ppint. 3rd Apr 2023		Book Elmore Leonard - Tishomingo Blues (2003)	cat# is 08394 - as per the final element of the bar-code number on the back cover. chocolate teapot time again.
ppint. 3rd Apr 2023		Book Stanley G. Weinbaum - A Martian Odyssey (1972)	contents: the wonder of weinbaum (nf introduction) sam moskowitz as ''dawn of flame'' satellite 5/1959, science fantasy #46, 6/1961 a martian odyssey (novelette) wonder stories vol.6 #2, 7/1934 (tweel #1) the adaptive ultimate (ntte) astounding vol. xvi #3, 11/1935 the lotus eaters (ntte) astounding vol. xv #2, 4/1935 proteus island (ntte) astounding vol. xvii #6, 8/1936 the brink of infinity (short story) thrilling wonder stories vol. 8 #3, 12/1936
ppint. 3rd Apr 2023		Book Stanley G. Weinbaum - A Martian Odyssey (1972)	lancer books mmpb third printing, so stated in publishing history no sub-title, even on front cover cover art unsigned, uncredited (almost certainly bob pepper, but wants evidence) cover price 95¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, introduction by sam moskowitz etc, end p. advertising
ppint. 3rd Apr 2023		Book Alan Shepley - Pub Walks In South Cumbria (1995)	thirty detailed walks of from 2¾ to 7 miles, each starting and finishing at a named pub, with line-drawn maps of walks, b+w photographs and detailed descriptions including bar opening times° and times of availability of meals°, brief outline of menus and beers, ciders, wines stocked°, contact details of the pubs, and car parking availability; ° - these details are subject to change, and increasingly of course, as time passes lengths of walks, 1:50,000 metric landranger series ordnance survey map names & number(s) upon which it is given, and national grid reference of walks' starting-and-finishing pubs & inns given.
ppint. 3rd Apr 2023		Book Alan Shepley - Pub Walks In South Cumbria (1995)	countryside books tp/b first printing, first edition 3, catherine road, newbury, berkshire cover art by colin doggett (unsigned, credited) b+w photographs and line-drawn maps by alan shepley, credited cover price £4.99 128pp. including 7pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents, introduction etc, no additional end pp. the subtitle is the expansion of what is intended by ''south cumbria'', not a further subdivision thereof.
ppint. 3rd Apr 2023		Book Stanley G. Weinbaum - The New Adam (1974)	thomson books ltd. sphere books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition (check other printings?) science fiction classics 14 cover art by patrick woodroffe (unsigned, uncredited; collected in ''mythopoeikon'' (1976), q.v.) cover price 35p, $1.10 australia, $1.10 new zealand 208pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 3rd Apr 2023		Book Joanna Russ - Extra(Ordinary) People (1985)	contents: souls (novella) f&sf vol. 62 #1, 1/1982 the mystery of the young gentleman (novelette) ''speculations'' eds. alice laurence, isaac asimov (1982) bodies (short story) (original to this collection) what did you do during the revolution, grandma? (ntte) the seattle review vol.1 #1, spring/1983 everyday depressions (ss) (original to this collection)
ppint. 3rd Apr 2023		Book Joanna Russ - Extra(Ordinary) People (1985)	the namara group the women's press p/b first printing, first uk edition mainly reprint collection of one novella, two novelettes, and two short stories original to this collection cover art by judith clute (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £1.95 160pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 3rd Apr 2023		Book Joanna Russ - The Two Of Them (1986)	the namara group the women's press p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by judith clute (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £2.25 184pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 3rd Apr 2023		Book Joanna Russ - The Two Of Them (1979)	berkley publishing group berkley imprint mmpb first printing cover art unsigned, uncredited, still sfaik as-yet unattributed cover price $1.95 184pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 3rd Apr 2023		Book Joanna Russ - The Two Of Them (1978)	berkley putnam h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by norm walker cover (d-j) price $8.95 228pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 3rd Apr 2023		Book Joanna Russ - We Who Are About To. . . (1987)	the namara group the women's press p/b first printing, not first uk edition (despite erroneous statement in publishing history) cover art by judith clute (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £3.50 176pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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