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Member	Item		Review/Comment
ppint. 11th Mar 2023		Book Captain W. E. Johns - To Worlds Unknown (1960)	hodder & stoughton h/cvr first printing, first edition cover art by stead interior illustrations, plates by stead cover price 8/6 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. bound with endpapers between covered boards stead = leslie stead's most usual by-line or signature
ppint. 11th Mar 2023		Book Captain W. E. Johns - The Quest For The Perfect Planet (1961)	hodder & stoughton h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by l. r. squirrel (signed, uncredited) cover (d-j) price 8/6 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 11th Mar 2023		Book James Patrick Kelly - Look Into The Sun (1990)	unstated, but this is the sequel to ''planet of whispers'' james patrick kelly (bluejay books, usa 1984), q.v.
ppint. 11th Mar 2023		Book James Patrick Kelly - Look Into The Sun (1990)	octopus or reed publishing group mandarin imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition not first edition as pink-flashed across bottom fly corner front cover: first published in 1989 by tor books but was iirc bought/intended to be bought by bluejay books, who ceased publishing before it appeared cover art by richard dunn cover price £3.99 284pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 11th Mar 2023		Book Jack Vance - The Last Castle (1967)	reprinted in the ''ace science fiction reader'' ed. donald a. wollheim (1971), q.v. - the only ''ace triple'' - - re-using the same art, reduced, as ⅓ the cover art.
ppint. 11th Mar 2023		Book Clifford D. Simak - The Trouble With Tycho (1961)	reprinted in the ''ace science fiction reader'' ed. donald a. wollheim (1971), q.v. - the only ''ace triple'' - - re-using the same art, reduced, as ⅓ the cover art.
ppint. 11th Mar 2023		Book Sam Moskowitz - Microcosmic God And Other Stories From Modern Masterpieces Of Science Fiction (1968)	author field should^W has been varied to editor
ppint. 11th Mar 2023		Book Sam Moskowitz - Microcosmic God And Other Stories From Modern Masterpieces Of Science Fiction (1968)	contents: microcosmic god (novelette) theodore sturgeon astounding vol. xxvii #2, 4/1941 night (short story) john w. campbell, jr., astounding vol. xvi #2, 10/1935 as by don a. stuart adaptation (ss) john wyndham, astounding vol. xliii #5, 7/1949 as by john beynon enchanted village (ss) a. e. van vogt, other worlds vol.2 #1, 7/1950 huddling place (ss) clifford d. simak, astounding vol. xxxiii #5, 7/1944 as by clifford simak; a ''city story wake for the living (ss) ray bradbury, dime mystery magazine 9/1947, aka ''the coffin'' mother (novelette) philip josé farmer, thrilling wonder stories vol. xlii #1, 4/1953
ppint. 11th Mar 2023		Book Sam Moskowitz - Microcosmic God And Other Stories From Modern Masterpieces Of Science Fiction (1968)	macfadden books imprint mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first thus: derivative reprint anthology abridged from reprint anthology ''modern masterpieces of science fiction'' ed. sam moskowitz (world merkin h/cvr first edition, 1965), q.v. cover art unsigned, uncredited; still sfaik as-yet unattributed cover price 60¢ 144pp. 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 a macfadden book ... 1968
ppint. 11th Mar 2023		Book James Patrick Kelly - Freedom Beach (1987)	unwin hyman unwin paperbacks imprint first printing, first uk edition dedication: ''for our parents'' cover art by barbara lofthouse (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover design by the pin point design company (also there credited) cover price £2.95 (and no other territories' prices) 272pp. including 8pp. titles, indicia etc, 5 end pp: 3pp. advertising, 1p. advertisement interzone, 1 blank p.
ppint. 10th Mar 2023		Book Roger Zelazny - Lord Of Light (1971)	granada publishing group panther books imprint p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by michael johnson (signed somewhat illegibly, credited on back cover, reproduced on michaeljohnsonartist.blogspot.com/search/label/Panther%20Books) cover price 40p, 95c south africa, $1.25 australia, $1.25 new zealand, $1.25 canada (!)° 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, 5 end pp. advertising ° - it seems a little unlikely faber & faber could grant a p/b licence for canada, given doubleday had already granted these, together with the merkin p/b rights, to avon books in 1969, and avon kept the book pretty solidly in print, reprinting at need, through at least 1987 - and even beyond...
ppint. 10th Mar 2023		Book Roger Zelazny - Lord Of Light (1973)	granada publishing panther books imprint p/b second printing, 1973, with new cover art (unsigned, uncredited; seen suggested to possibly be by bob haberfield, to which yr hmbl srppnt.'d add patrick woodroffe) cover price 40p, $1.35 australia & new zealand cover still bears 9-digit sbn, not an isbn 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, 5 end pp: 1p. blank, 4pp. advertising
ppint. 10th Mar 2023		Book Lloyd Biggle Jr. - The Angry Espers (1968)	robert hale & co. first printing, first h/cvr edition, first uk edition cover (d-j) art by colin andrews (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap) cover (d-j) price 18/- 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 10th Mar 2023		Book Donald A. Wollheim - Trilogy Of The Future (1972)	author field should^W has been varied to editor
ppint. 10th Mar 2023		Book Samuel R. Delany - Empire Star (1966)	reprinted in the ''ace science fiction reader'' ed. donald a. wollheim (1971), q.v. - the only ''ace triple'' - re-using the same cover art, reduced, as ⅓ the cover art.
ppint. 10th Mar 2023		Book Donald A. Wollheim - Trilogy Of The Future (1972)	sidgwick & jackson first printing, first uk edition, first h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art by chris gilbert cover (d-j) price £1.75 256pp. (recheck) including titles, indicia, introduction etc, blank end p, bound with endpapers between covered boards n.b. though this sidgwick & jackson h/cvr is a reprint anthology of three novellas/short novels, it is not one of the bind-ups of excess unbound signatures in the s&j sf specials line and was edited by ace books senior editor, donald a. wollheim, as the ''ace science fiction reader'' (1971) q.v., and not edited anonymously by the sidgwick & jackson editorial director. it retains don wollheim's nf introduction.
ppint. 10th Mar 2023		Book Donald A. Wollheim - Ace Science Fiction Reader (1971)	charter communications, inc. ace books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition aka ''trilogy of the future'' ed. donald a. wollheim (sidgwick & jackson h/cvr 1972), q.v. cover art incorporates three ''ace double'' cover paintings: first by john schoenherr, second & third by jack gaughan, from the ace mmpbs D-517 1961, M-139 1966, H-21 1967 cover design by john volpe (credited) cover price 95¢ 256pp. including titles, indicia, nf introduction etc, 5 end pp. advertising
ppint. 10th Mar 2023		Book Donald A. Wollheim - World's Best Science Fiction (1969)	aka ''world's best science fiction fourth series'' (ace mmpb reissue 1970), q.v. aka ''the world's best sf no.1'' (sphere uk p/b 1971), q.v. (the title as on the sphere p/b's title page; there is no ''no.'' on the cover)
ppint. 9th Mar 2023		Book Clifford D. Simak - Cosmic Engineers (1982)	serialised in astounding vol. xxii #6, vol.xxiii #1, #2; 2/1939, 3/1939, 4/1939, text possibly abridged, with respectively two, three, and two b+w illustrations by h. w. wesso
ppint. 9th Mar 2023		Book Clifford D. Simak - Cosmic Engineers (1985)	severn house publishers first printing, first uk h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art by nigel hills (unsigned, credited on d-j back flap) (design by lamar raine) cover (d-j) price £7.95 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, blank end p., bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 9th Mar 2023		Book Clifford D. Simak - Cosmic Engineers (1988)	abp group / methuen london p/b first printing, second printing of the abp magnum books imprint paperback edition suitably emended, first printing using the new clifford d. simak ''surname logo'' cover art by chris moore (unsigned, credited on back cover, retained from the magnum p/b edition) cover price £2.95 (overseas territories prices?) 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising month of publication not given, taken from locus
ppint. 9th Mar 2023		Book Clifford D. Simak - Cosmic Engineers (1982)	abp group magnum books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by chris moore (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price 75p, $4.95 australia, $6.25 new zealand 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
ppint. 8th Mar 2023		Book Clifford D. Simak - Enchanted Pilgrimage (1990)	octopus / reed publishing group mandarin imprint p/b first printing, second printing iirc of our methuen london edition with appropriate minor changes cover art by peter elson (signed with his initials in a line-drawn box, mostly guillotined off bottom edge, credit removed from back cover (why?)) cover price £3.99, $10.95 australia, $12.95 new zealand 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising month of publication not given in indicia, taken from locus
ppint. 8th Mar 2023		Book Clifford D. Simak - Enchanted Pilgrimage (1985)	abp group / methuen london methuen paperbacks imprint first printing, not first uk p/b edition cover art by peter elson (signed with his initials in a line-drawn box, credited on back cover) cover price £1.95 (overseas territories prices?) 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising the use of a uniform design for clifford d. simak's name (and for that of each of our sf & fantasy list's authors) came out of my discussion with elsbeth, and was created by the methuen london art department, but i don't now remember whether, or more precisely when, i met him to talk about the principle, and the reasons for my recommending it. elsbeth lindner was a really good editor and should have been made editorial director of methuen fiction when the abp conglomerate sold itself off - it's the job she had been doing, without ever being given the title iirc, after all.
ppint. 8th Mar 2023		Book Clifford D. Simak - Enchanted Pilgrimage (1977)	collins group fontana books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition (first uk edition was the 1976 sidgwick & jackson h/cvr, but i don't recall having seen this then) cover art by colin hay (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price 75p, $2.25 australia, $2.25 new zealand, $1.95 canada 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 8th Mar 2023		Book L. Ron Hubbard - Return To Tomorrow (1954)	serialised as ''to the stars'' astounding vol. xliv #6, vol. xlv #1; 2/1960, 3/1960; part one is the cover story, art by hubert rogers, each also has five b+w illustrations by him.
ppint. 8th Mar 2023		Book L. Ron Hubbard - Return To Tomorrow (1954)	ace books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art unsigned, uncredited; attributed to ed valigursky on golden age comics website cover price 25¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 7th Mar 2023		Book Ray Bradbury - A Medicine For Melancholy (1960)	bantam books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 35¢ 186pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 6th Mar 2023		Book John E. Muller - Uranium 235 (1967)	arcadia house first printing, first merkin edition, first h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art unsigned, uncredited cover (d-j) price $3.25 192pp. including titles, indicia etc. credits john spencer, & co. (undated), but claims copyright arcadia house 1967. . .
ppint. 6th Mar 2023		Book John E. Muller - Uranium 235 (1962)	john spencer & co. house name known to've been used on books by john s. glasby, by a. a. glynn, and by r. l. fanthorpe, the last of whom was responsible for this novel. it was e-published in 2014 as by lionel and patricia fanthorpe.

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