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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
ppint. 3rd Apr 2023		Book Joanna Russ - We Who Are About To. . . (1978)	serialised in galaxy vol.37 #1, 1/1976, vol.37 #2, 2/1976, both with two b+w illustrations by ''freff'', connor freff cochran
ppint. 3rd Apr 2023		Book Joanna Russ - We Who Are About To. . . (1978)	abp / methuen group magnum books p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by geoff taylor (unsigned, uncredited; see geoff taylor website) cover price 75p, $2.75 australia, $2.50 new zealand 128pp. (check: not 176??) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 3rd Apr 2023		Book Joanna Russ - We Who Are About To. . . (1977)	bantam doubleday dell dell mmpb first printing, first edition cover art unsigned, uncredited, still sfaik as-yet unattributed cover price $1.50 176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical 5/1978 second dell mmpb printing cover price $1.75
ppint. 2nd Apr 2023		Book Joanna Russ - And Chaos Died (1978)	the cat# should've been increased by one from the previous number, to 02270 - but in the ace books five-digit cat# system, this would most likely've indicated a first printing of (whatever; but a different title). the second printing should've been increased by one from the previous cat#, which it was, but from the five-digit system cat# ending in ''0'' or ''5'' it bore (it didn't: it was 02268) or had been deemed to've born, if stocks of a non-five-digit system printing were still on hand when the system was introduced - so why the cat# of this third printing was actually decreased from the first's 02268 to 02267 is anyone's guess. - the ace books five-digit cat# system was not well understood by the new owners. . .
ppint. 2nd Apr 2023		Book Joanna Russ - And Chaos Died (1978)	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb undated° third over-all ace mmpb printing cover art unsigned, uncredited, retained from previous printing cover price $1.50 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - date of publication 1977 or 1978 from interpolation into known dates of ace mmpbs of this cover price and this extent, and before the next mmpb edition in berkley books mmpb (5/1979)
ppint. 2nd Apr 2023		Book Joanna Russ - And Chaos Died (1976)	charter communications, inc. ace books imprint undated° mmpb first printing, second ace books printing over-all, with new cover art unsigned, uncredited; still sfaik as-yet unattributed cover price $1.25 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising° ° - date taken from the known publication dates of the latest books advertised in the end pp.
ppint. 2nd Apr 2023		Book Joanna Russ - And Chaos Died (1970)	(possibly charter communications, inc.°) ace books mmpb first printing, first edition an ace science fiction special (original series) cover art by diane dillon, leo dillon (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price 75¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. ° - they bought ace books, inc. in 1970, not necessarily with the intent of ripping off ace books' authors...
ppint. 2nd Apr 2023		Book Joanna Russ - The Female Man (1977)	Review ''the whileaway novel'': intended to be an sf adventure novel sequel to the author's somewhat controversial (within sf fandom at the time) ''when it changed'' (''again, dangerous visions'' ed. harlan ellison (1972), q.v.), examining the same and similar social questions of sexual social (in)equality and potential/future developments, and their effects, through a work of fiction in considerably greater depth - - which it is - - it turned slowly in her hands as she wrote it into a scream of frustration and even rage at the inability of merkin science fiction fans - allegedly and even actually intelligent men (mostly men) - to even consider that these things might be different; in effect, that they, themselves might be even a bit sexist - - and frederik pohl, who was the bantam books sf editor at the time, bought and published it. - screams of outrage from much - most? - of merkin fandom could be heard the other side of the atlantic, even in ''little ol' lancaster''. . .° ° - and prob'ly reached the auntie podes, too (- no?) - yes, technically, this novel is a failure: as the author of the intended sf adventure novel, joanna russ lost her focus and it turns by its end into a personal criticism of the overwhelmingly sexist nature of the (merkin) world of written sf, of sf fandom, and of publishing - and, ultimately, of merkin society as a whole then, now - and in the sciencefictional futures thus far imagined in the works of then almost entirely male, overwhelmingly mostly white writers of sf. - it is a classic. 2 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
ppint. 2nd Apr 2023		Book Joanna Russ - The Female Man (1977)	w. h. allen & co./ howard & wyndham wyndham books star books imprint p/b first, first uk edition cover art by peter andrew jones (signed paj(dated 19)75, uncredited) cover price 85p, 90c malta, $3.10 australia, $2.60 new zealand 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 2nd Apr 2023		Book Joanna Russ - The Female Man (1975)	bantam doubleday dell bantam books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by morgan kane (signed, uncredited) cover price $1.25 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ''a frederik pohl selection'' - front cover large banner in chief in bright green, in fine line cartouche
ppint. 2nd Apr 2023		Book Roger Zelazny - The Dead Man's Brother (2009)	dorchester publishing hard case crime imprint (or series) p/b first printing, first edition cover art by charles (''chuck'') pyle (unsigned, credited; also credited, as ''chuck pyle'', on back cover) cover price $6.99, $8.99 canada 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. including nf afterword by trent zelazny

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