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ppint. 29th Mar 2023		Book Brian W. Aldiss - Farewell, Fantastic Venus! (1977)	author field should^W has been varied to editor and co-author field to co-editor.
ppint. 29th Mar 2023		Book Brian W. Aldiss - Farewell, Fantastic Venus! (1971)	author field should^W has been varied to editor and co-author field to co-editor.
ppint. 29th Mar 2023		Book Brian W. Aldiss - Farewell, Fantastic Venus! (1968)	author field should^W has been varied to editor and co-author field to co-editor.
ppint. 29th Mar 2023		Book Brian W. Aldiss - Farewell, Fantastic Venus! (1977)	contents: foreword (nf) brian w. aldiss clouded judgments (nf introduction) brian w. aldiss (orig.°) a trip to venus (excerpt) john munro, 1968 the story of the heavens (nf) sir robert ball, 1882 honeymoon in space (excerpt) george griffith, 1968 never-fading flowers (nf) brian w. aldiss (orig.°) the destinies of the stars (nf) translation of ''stjärnornas öden'' svante arrhenius, 1915 ''last and first men'' (excerpt) olaf stapledon (1930), q.v. ''pirates of venus'' (excerpt) edgar rice burroughs (1934), q.v. ''perelandra'' (excerpt) c. s. lewis (1943), q.v. swamp and sand (nf) brian w. aldiss (orig.) alchemy (short story) dorothy de courcy, john de courcy, out of this world adventures vol.1 #2, 12/1950 the man from venus (nf) frank r. paul, fantastic adventures vol.1 #2, 7/1939 a city on venus (nf) anonymous, later credited to ''henry gade'', which appears to be a ziff-davis house name, most of the pieces bearing it still as-yet unattributed unveiling the mystery planet (a ''for your information'' nf article) willy ley, galaxy vol.10 #6, 9/1955; galaxy bre #33, 12/1955; both: cover art article, art by ed emshwiller venus is hell! (nf) brian w. aldiss (orig.) exploring the planets (nf) v. a. firsoff, 1964 (source not identified) the big rain (novella) poul anderson, astounding vol. liv #4, 10/1954, cover story, art & six b+w illustrations by h. r. van dongen; astounding atlas bre vol. xi #3, 3/1955, cover art after van dongen, six b+w interior illustrations by h. r. van dongen intelligent life in the universe (excerpt) (nf) carl sagan, 1966 (source not identified, may be the title of one of his books - check!) big sister (nf) brian w. aldiss (orig.) ''escape to venus'' (excerpt) s. makepeace lott (1956), q.v. sister planet (novella) poul anderson, satellite vol.3 #6, 5/1959 before eden (short story) arthur c. clarke, amazing vol.35 #6, 6/1961, b+w illustration by virgil finlay the open question (nf) brian w. aldiss (orig.) some mysteries of venus resolved (nf) sir bernard lovell, the times, 30/10/1967 dream of distance (nf) anonymous (source not given ?) venus mystery for scientists (nf) john davy, the observer ?/10/1967 scientist says icecaps on venus would make life possible (nf) evert clark, new york times 9/3/1968 bibliography of principal non-fiction works consulted (nf) (unattributed) (orig.) = original to this anthology all dates given are in the year c.e., month/year c.e., or day/month/year c.e. international format
ppint. 29th Mar 2023		Book Brian W. Aldiss - Farewell, Fantastic Venus! (1977)	granada publishing group panther books imprint p/b second panther printing with new cover art by chris foss (signed with his f in a line-drawn box, uncredited) cover price 75p (overseas territories prices?) 272pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p. advertising the sbn entered in the isbn10 field above is as borne on the new front cover: an isbn may lurk on spine, back cover - or in the publishing indicia.
ppint. 29th Mar 2023		Book Brian W. Aldiss - Farewell, Fantastic Venus! (1971)	granada publishing group panther books imprint p/b first printing, first p/b edition of complete book thematic reprint anthology of two short stories, two novellas, six novel excerpts, nf articles, one nf article excerpt, nf bibliography, introduction by brian. cover art unsigned, iirc uncredited, mainly typographical, small circular swirly coloured art(?) low in middle cover price 30p (overseas territories prices?) 272pp. (check) including titles, indica, table-of-contents etc, end p. number entered in isbn field above is the sbn actually borne on the front cover an isbn is trivially derivable from this, but the book covers bear none such.
ppint. 29th Mar 2023		Book Brian W. Aldiss - Farewell, Fantastic Venus! (1968)	macdonald & co. publishers macdonald imprint h/cvr first printing, first edition thematic reprint anthology of two short stories, six novel excerpts, two novellas, sixteen nf articles, one nf article excerpt, and an nf bibliography, with introduction by brian. cover (d-j) art somewhat limited, line drawing keyholed by the large, block letter SF that was the common d-j design of this macdonald sf series cover (d-j) price 30/- the number entered in isbn field is the sbn actually borne on and in this book: an isbn is trivially derivable, but the book bears none such 304pp. (check) including x partly paginated pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p,, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 29th Mar 2023		Book Jassy Davis - Winter Warmers (2020)	do not follow the misleading and often incorrect advice in the comment, ''for 45worlds purposes...'': in many instances of the merkin (mis)usage of the bar-code number, it is only the final element of the bar-code number that identifies the book uniquely, being the only element including the book's cat#, or the numerical part of the cat# that is included as part of the isbn: in all such instances, omitting the final element or block of the bar-code number renders it about as useful as a chocolate teapot.
ppint. 28th Mar 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - Alternating Currents (1966)	n.b. penguin books uk p/b 2452 is this book, and not ''the case against tomorrow'' as is erroneously entered as nc661693us, and which should be deleted as a chimaera.° ° - edit 10/2024 and has been.
ppint. 28th Mar 2023		Book Jassy Davis - Winter Warmers (2020)	bar-code number actually on back cover truncated by too-small field: 9 780008 402006 51499
ppint. 28th Mar 2023		Book Jassy Davis - Winter Warmers (2020)	harpercollinspublishers small format h/cvr first printing, first edition 1 london bridge street, london se1 9gf cover art by sarah ferone (unsigned, credited on back cover) interior colour & b+w illustrations also by sarah ferone (unsigned, credited on front cover, title page, indicia) cover price £9.99, $19.99 can(ada), $14.99 us (why the bar-code of a primarily uk h/cvr should encode the merkin cover price is anyone's guess...) refer to indicia publishing history printing number line to distinguish between at least three near-identical printings
ppint. 28th Mar 2023		Book C. J. Cherryh - Defiance (2023)	''foreigner'' sequence #22: #1: ''foreigner'' c. j. cherryh (1994), q.v. for series listing, and links. not yet published; appearing a year later than it might've, because of an auctorial oversight. date due and other details advised by daw books on their new chinese owners', astra's, website.
ppint. 28th Mar 2023		Book Robert Graves - Hercules, My Shipmate (1945)	creative age press h/cvr first printing, first merkin edition retitling of ''the golden fleece'' (cassel & co. h/cvr 1944, q.v.) cover (d-j) art (signed ''moose'', may be credited; else not sfaiaa further obviously identified) cover (d-j) price $3.00 476pp. (check) including x pp. titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 28th Mar 2023		Book Robert Graves - The Golden Fleece (1944)	cassel & co. h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art cover (d-j): price 12/6 376pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, 1 blank end p, bound with endpapers between covered boards aka (merkin title) ''hercules, my shipmate'' (1945 & ff.)
ppint. 27th Mar 2023		Book Germán Arciniegas - Biografia Caraibelor (1978)	book one.
ppint. 27th Mar 2023		Book Arthur C. Clarke - Earthlight (1974)	pan books or pan macmillan pan imprint p/b seventh printing, with new (since the fifth or sixth printings) cover art by dean ellis (unsigned, uncredited; re-used from the ballantine books mmpb printings from 6/1972 onwards of this novel°) cover price 35p, $1.10 australia, $1.05 new zealand 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - it is credited to dean ellis in the 11/1973 & ff. printing of the ballantine mmpb, but not - apparently - necessarily credited in earlier printings.
ppint. 27th Mar 2023		Book Arthur C. Clarke - Earthlight (1971)	pan books p/b fourth printing with new cover art by chris foss (signed with his f in a line-drawn box, uncredited) cover price 25p, 60c south africa, 80c australia, 80c new zealand 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 26th Mar 2023		Book Andre Norton - Daybreak (1969)	charter communications, inc.(prob'ly) ace books imprint mmpb undated° fifth printing cover art unsigned, uncredited; retained from previous four ace books mmpb printings cover price 60¢ 184pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - date from stuart wells' ace books notebooks compiled whilst he worked there
ppint. 26th Mar 2023		Book Andre Norton - Daybreak (1968)	ace books mmpb undated° fourth printing, including the half ''ace double'' first mmpb p/b edition cover art unsigned, uncredited, retained from the three earlier printings cover price 50¢ 184pp. including titles, indirca etc, end pp. advertising ° - stated third printing iirc, publication year date by interpolation into dates ace cat#s sequence of known dates
ppint. 26th Mar 2023		Book Andre Norton - Daybreak (1965)	ace books mmpb undated° third printing (stated), including the half ''ace double'' mmpb first p/b edition cover art unsigned, uncredited; retained from ace books first & second mmpb printings cover price 40¢ 184pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - date year taken from donald h. tuck's ''encyclopedia of science fiction and fantasy through 1968'' (three volumes, 1974 through 1982), q.v.
ppint. 26th Mar 2023		Book Andre Norton - Daybreak (1961)	ace books mmpb undated° second printing (stated), including the 1954 half ''ace double'' mmpb first p/b edition cover art unsigned, uncredited; retained from the half ''ace double'' first mmpb printing cover price 35¢ 184pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° 1961-2 by interpolation of cat# into sequence of known ace books mmpb publication dates
ppint. 26th Mar 2023		Book Groff Conklin - Selected Stories From Science-Fiction Adventures In Mutation (1965)	berkley publishing group berkley medallion imprint mmpb first printing, first thus derivative reprint anthology of 2 novelettes and 12 short stories drawn from the 14 short stories and 6 novelettes of the vanguard press 1955 h/cvr first edition, ''science-fiction adventures in mutation'', q.v. cover art unsigned, uncredited; sfaiaa still as-yet unattributed cover price 50¢ 176pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 26th Mar 2023		Book Henry Kuttner - Valley Of The Flame (1964)	also published in the omnibus ''the startling worlds of henry kuttner'' henry kuttner (1987), q.v.
ppint. 26th Mar 2023		Book Henry Kuttner - The Dark World (1965)	also published in omnibus ''the startling worlds of henry kuttner'' henry kuttner (1987), q.v.
ppint. 26th Mar 2023		Book Lewis Padgett - Beyond Earth's Gates (1954)	also published in book form as ''the portal in the picture'' as by henry kuttner, c. l. moore, in ''the startling worlds of henry kuttner'' henry kuttner (1987), q.v. and also published in ebook format as ''beyond earth's gates'' by c. l. moore (2012), q.v.
ppint. 26th Mar 2023		Book Lewis Padgett - Beyond Earth's Gates (1954)	half ace books mmpb first printing, first edition a classic ''ace double'' format mmpb with two front covers contents tête-beché to one another cover art by harry barton (unsigned, uncredited; attribution from now-defunct munchkinpress website) cover price 35¢ ½ 320pp. including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves doubled with ''daybreak - 2250 a.d.'' andre norton (1947), q.v.
ppint. 26th Mar 2023		Book Andre Norton - Daybreak (1954)	half ace books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition classic ''ace double'' format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to one another cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 35¢ ½ 320pp. including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves doubled with ''beyond earth's gates'' lewis padgett, c. l. moore (1954), q.v.
ppint. 26th Mar 2023		Book Andre Norton - Star Man's Son (1952)	harcourt, brace and co. h/cvr first printing, first edition - so stated in publishing history cover (d-j) art by nicolas mordvinoff (credited on d-j front), b+w interior illustrations also by him cover (d-j) price $2.75 248pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical further printings, using an alphabetical letter system where b=2nd, c=3rd.. ..g=7th printing, etc.
ppint. 26th Mar 2023		Book Henry Kuttner - The Startling Worlds Of Henry Kuttner (1987)	contents: ''henry kuttner and startling stories (and c. l. moore)'' (nf introduction) baird searles ''the portal in the picture'' henry kuttner, c. l. moore, (as ''beyond earth's gates'' lewis padgett, c. l. moore (1954), q.v., credited to c. l. moore alone in e-book (2012), q.v.) (originally published in startling stories vol.20 #1, 9/1949 as by henry kuttner alone) ''valley of the flame'' henry kuttner (1964), q.v. (startling stories vol.13 #2, 3/1946 as by keith hammond) ''the dark world'' henry kuttner (1965), q.v. (startling stories vol.14 #1, summer (7)/1946) the above publishing history both illustrates the mixed-up mess of confusion into which henry kuttner and c. l. moore's, and henry kuttner's, and c. l. moore's writing is - mostly - from the start of their beginning to collaborate - inextricably knotted; - c. l. moore later attempted to identify those stories she could remember were mostly or entirely his work, and those which were mostly or entirely hers, but she was unable to do this for many more; - and also why it's not possible to state that all stories published as by ''lewis padgett'' were written by kuttner and moore, together - nor, that all were by kuttner writing alone.
ppint. 26th Mar 2023		Book Henry Kuttner - The Startling Worlds Of Henry Kuttner (1987)	popular library questar series mmpb first printing, first edition thus cover art by david b. mattingly (signed dave mattingly, credited) isbn canada 0-445-20329-3 on spine cover price $4.95 canada cover price $3.95 u.s. 368pp. (check) including titles, indicia, ''henry kuttner and startling stories (and c. l. moore)'' nf introduction by baird searles etc, end pp. advertising

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