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Member	Item		Review/Comment
ppint. 24th Mar 2023		Book Terry Carr - The Best Science Fiction Of The Year #4 (1975)	random house group ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition reprint anthology of five short stories, four novelettes and a novella, introduction & afterword by the editor, overview by the editor of locus cover art (none; typographical cover unsigned, uncredited) cover price $1.95 320pp. 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, july 1975 and to distinguish also from 10/1976 near-identical ballantine books mmpb second printing on same cat# & sbn, bearing same cover price
ppint. 24th Mar 2023		Book Milton Lesser - Secret Of The Black Planet (1965)	#jimess yes, indeed; yr hmbl srppnt.'d be up for more discussion of the qualities - or lack thereof - of quite a few of bookcat's items, and'd be interested in reading more brief - but coherent! - reviews of items where the reviewers're not inclined to devote thought to a lengthy considered criticism (not all published items're worthy of critical plaudits - or even much analysis); - and i wish i had a scanner, to provide images of the covers, and sometimes interior illustrations, of my books° (and record covers'n'labels). . . (° - a non-leaking roof's a bit higher a priority, though; and the odd new window, too)
ppint. 23rd Mar 2023		Book Kate Wilhelm - The Killing Thing (1972)	granada publishing panther books imprint third printing with new cover art (unsigned, uncredited; style is reminiscent of peter elson but this is not an attribution) cover price 30p, 75c south africa, $3.00 singapore, 95c australia & new zealand, 95c canada 144pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising there is an additional digit, a ''2'', beneath the sbn on the front cover; most or all granada publishing group p/bs of the period bear such a digit; it could indicate the month of publication, but its meaning is not yet known for certain.
ppint. 23rd Mar 2023		Book Kate Wilhelm - The Clone (1968)	robert hale & co. first printing, first uk edition, first h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art by colin andrews cover (d-j) price 18/- 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 23rd Mar 2023		Book Kate Wilhelm - The Clone (1969)	mayflower books imprint p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by david davies cover price 4/- 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
ppint. 23rd Mar 2023		Book Kate Wilhelm - The Clone (1965)	berkley publishing group berkley medallion imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by hoot von zitzewitz (signed hoot, uncredited) cover price 50¢ 144pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 23rd Mar 2023		Book Kate Wilhelm - Abyss (1973)	contents: the plastic abyss (novella) (original to this collection) stranger in the house (nlla) f&sf vol.34 #2, 2/1968, the cover story, the striking art is by ron walotsky
ppint. 23rd Mar 2023		Book Kate Wilhelm - Abyss (1973)	national general group bantam books, inc. bantam imprint mmpb first printing, first p/b edition collection of two novellas/short novels, one original to this collection sub-title is given only on the title page cover art by lou feck (signed, uncredited) cover price 95¢ 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, 2 end pp: 1p. v.v.brief para. ''about the author'', 1p. “out of this world!” short ten-title sf stocklist/mail-order form dated 11/73 publishing history misleadingly credits what is referred to as mercury press edition published 1967, which actually only refers to one of the two novellas, and to its copyright date, not its publication date.
ppint. 23rd Mar 2023		Book Jack Vance - Cugel's Saga (1986)	wm collins sons grafton books imprint p/b first printing, second printing of panther / granada publishing p/b edition suitably emended for the taken-over publisher imprint; though it's stated inside that this was a grafton uk paperback original 1985, it wasn't. cover art by geoff taylor (unsigned, credited on back cover; re-used from panther / granada p/b) of price £2.50, $7.95 australia, $9.95 new zealand 372pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 23rd Mar 2023		Book Colum MacConnell - Tark And The Golden Tide (1977)	cover art by don maitz: unsigned, uncredited, but re-used from ''flashing swords #4: barbarians and black magicians'' ed. lin carter (dell 11/1977; so the trojan publications p/b must be later), where it is signed, and the art is re-used in the ''don maitz fantasy art trading card set'' entitled ''warrior wizard'' (friedlander 1994).
ppint. 23rd Mar 2023		Book Kathleen Sky - Witchdame (1985)	berkley publishing group berkley imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by don maitz (unsigned, credited; reproduced larger, sans typography in ''first maitz'' don maitz (1988), q.v.) cover price ($3.25 canada) • $2.95 u.s. 336pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 23rd Mar 2023		Book Milton Lesser - Secret Of The Black Planet (1965)	thank-you jimess: i promise not to hold you responsible for the cover art images you provide, no matter how poor the cover - or even, how dreadful!
ppint. 23rd Mar 2023		Book Kim Newman - Doctor Who Novellas: Time And Relative (2001)	doctor who novellas (telos publishing series) #1: #1: ''time and relative'' kim newman (2001), (this book) #2: ''citadel of dreams'' dave stone (2002), q.v. #3: ''nightdreamers'' tom arden (2002), q.v. #4: ''ghost ship'' keith topping (2002), q.v. #5: ''foreign devils'' andrew cartmel (2002), q.v. #6: ''rip tide'' louise cooper (2003), q.v. #7: ''wonderland'' mark chadbourn (2003), q.v. #8: ''shell shock'' simon a. forward (2003), q.v. #9: ''the cabinet of light'' daniel o'mahony (2003), q.v. #10: ''fallen gods'' jonathan blum, kate orman (2003), q.v. #11: ''the eye of the tyger'' paul (j.) mcauley (2003), q.v. #12: ''frayed'' stephen cole, as by ''tara samms'' (2003), q.v. #13: ''companion piece'' robert perry, mike tucker (2003), q.v. #14: ''blood and hope'' iain mclaughlin (2004), q.v. #15: ''the dalek factor'' simon clark (2004), q.v.
ppint. 22nd Mar 2023		Book Kim Newman - Doctor Who Novellas: Time And Relative (2001)	contents: in the beginning (nf introduction) justin richards time and relative (novella/short novel) kim newman elemental, my dear susan (nf afterword) justin richards
ppint. 22nd Mar 2023		Book Kim Newman - Doctor Who Novellas: Time And Relative (2001)	telos publishing h/cvr first printing, first edition; near-identical possible second printing cover art (none; cover is typographical) isbn 1-903889-02-2 cover price (none printed; £10?) isbn 1-903889-03-0 (may be separate second printing, 3/2002) cover price $17.95 u.s. (?printed on peelable label with isbn, on back cover ?) 128pp. including titles, indicia, foreword & afterword, etc.
ppint. 22nd Mar 2023		Book Richard Molesworth - Wiped! (2010)	telos publishing tp/b first printing, first edition cover art by lee thompson, barry newbery (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £15.99, $35.00 australia, $31.95 canada, $29.95 u.s. 480pp. including titles, indicia etc.
ppint. 22nd Mar 2023		Book David J. Howe - The Target Book (2007)	telos publishing tp/b first printing, first edition (100-copy h/cvr limited edition bound up from same print run signatures: white cover with titles etc. in gold on spine, large target logo roundel on front, £50.00) cover art by alister pearson cover price £19.99, $49.95 australia & new zealand, $49.95 canada, $39.95 u.s. 176pp. including titles, indicia, etc.
ppint. 22nd Mar 2023		Book Jack Dann - Wandering Stars (1975)	author field should^W has been varied to editor.
ppint. 22nd Mar 2023		Book Jack Dann - Wandering Stars (1975)	see the pocket books mmpb edition for the full contents list.
ppint. 22nd Mar 2023		Book Jack Dann - Wandering Stars (1975)	the woburn press h/cvr first printing, first uk edition, not first h/cvr edition (was harper & row 1974, q.v.) thematic mostly original, partly reprint anthology of three novelettes and ten short stories, introduction by isaac asimov cover (d-j) art (none: d-j is wholly typographical on red field, designed by lawrence edwards) cover (d-j) price £3.50 244pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 22nd Mar 2023		Book Jack Dann - Wandering Stars (1975)	author field should^W has been varied to editor.
ppint. 22nd Mar 2023		Book Jack Dann - Wandering Stars (1975)	contents: why me? (nf introduction) isaac asimov on venus, have we got a rabbi (novelette) william tenn (habitual pseudonym of philip klass) (orig.) the golem (short story) avram davidson, f&sf vol.8 #5, 3/1955 unto the fourth generation (ss) isaac asimov, f&sf vol.16 #4, 4/1959; venture bre #16, 12/1964 look, you think you've got troubles (ss) carol carr, in ''orbit 5'' ed. damon knight (1969), q.v. goslin day (ss) avram davidson, in ''orbit 6'' ed. damon knight (1970), q.v. the dybbuk of mazel tov iv (ss) robert silverberg (orig.) trouble with water (ss) horace l. gold, unknown vol.1 #1, 3/1939 as by ''h. l. gold'' gather blue roses (ss) pamela sargent, f&sf vol.42 #2, 2/1972 the jewbird (ss) bernard malamud, the reporter (new york biweekly magazine) 11/4/1963 paradise lost (ntte) geo. alec effinger (orig.) street of dreams, feet of clay (ss) robert sheckley, galaxy vol.26 #3, 2/1968 with three b+w illustrations by vaughn bodé jachid and jachida (ss) isaac bashevis singer, translation of ''yahid un yehida'' in ''die goldene keyt'' (1964), translation by isaac bashevis singer & elizabeth pollett i'm looking for kadak (ntte) harlan ellison (orig.) ellison's grammatical guide and glossary for goyim (nf) harlan ellison (orig.) evsise, the grouchmoid (cartoon) tim kirk (orig.) (orig.) = publication original to this anthology
ppint. 22nd Mar 2023		Book Jack Dann - Wandering Stars (1975)	pocket books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition thematic anthology of three novelettes and ten short stories, introduction by isaac asimov mostly original, partly reprint anthology cover art by charles moll (signed with stylised ''cm'', credited) cover price $1.50 256pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 21st Mar 2023		Book Thomas M. Disch - The Prisoner (2003)	byron preiss' ibooks imprint mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition cover art unsigned (retained from ibooks tp/b (2002), q.v.) cover price $6.99 u.s. (?canadian price ?c.$8.99?) 256pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. distributed by and manufactured via simon & schuster/pocket books, hence pocket books group isbn
ppint. 21st Mar 2023		Book Thomas M. Disch - The Prisoner (2002)	byron preiss' ibooks imprint first printing, first trade p/b edition, not first merkin p/b edition cover art unsigned, uncredited; cover design by dean motter (credited on back cover) cover price $12.00 u.s., $18.50 can.(ada) 256pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. distributed by, and manufactured via simon & schuster/pocket books, hence pocket books isbn
ppint. 21st Mar 2023		Book Thomas M. Disch - The Prisoner (1979)	dennis dobson first printing, first uk edition, hcvr edition cover (d-j) art by richard weaver (unsigned, credited for jacket design on d-j flap) cover (d-j) price £4.25 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 21st Mar 2023		Book Thomas M. Disch - The Prisoner (1969)	ace books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art unsigned, from a press/pr/still from the t.v. series cover price 60¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 21st Mar 2023		Book Anthony Crockett - Green Beret Red Star (1958)	streamline publications superior books imprint p/b first printing, first p/b edition cover art (signed, but illegible to yr hmbl srppnt. - perhaps, biand ford (blandford?)) cover price 2'- (c. 160pp?)
ppint. 21st Mar 2023		Book Oliver Moxon - Bitter Monsoon (1958)	streamline publications superior books imprint p/b first printing, first p/b edition first published in h/cvr in 1955 by robert hale, london cover art unsigned, uncredited; not sfaiaa as-yet attributed cover price 2'- (c. 160pp?)
ppint. 21st Mar 2023		Book John E. Muller - In The Beginning (1962)	john spencer & co. badger books imprint p/b first printing, first edition john spencer & co. ''john e. muller'' house name here used on a novel by john s. glasby cover art by henry fox (unsigned (well, signature obscured by publisher), uncredited; attribution from signature on vega books re-use of the same art, on which the signature is clearly visible) cover price 2'6 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising

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