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ppint. 4th Mar 2023		Book Zach Hughes - America 2040 (1986)	bertelsmann bantam doubleday dell bantam books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art unsigned mostly typographical, band of tv political soap series-style posturings in chief cover price $3.95, $4.50 canada 348pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 3rd Mar 2023		Book Roger Zelazny - Lord Of Light (1968)	faber & faber (though there was only ever the one) h/cvr first printing, first uk edition dedication: to dannie plachta / of friendship, wisdom, soma cover (d-j) art is ''radha and krishna in the grove'' c.1780 ce; anon. the punjab, india; in the victoria & albert museum, london cover (d-j) price 21/- 260pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, blank end p., bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards (check sewn in signatures, colour of cloth; copy out zelazny's dedication)
ppint. 3rd Mar 2023		Book Roger Zelazny - Lord Of Light (1977)	granada publishing ltd. panther books imprint p/b 1977 third printing, now with isbn, new cover art by peter goodfellow (unsigned, credited on back cover; rather poor of an eye in a cloudy red sky above a ruined rocky red ?desert?scape, clashing badly with the pinked-edged yellow bezant emblazoned ''the hugo award-winning novel'') cover price 75p, $2.15 australia, $2.35 new zealand, $2.25 canada 256pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia etc, 5 end pp: 1p blank, 4pp. advertising dedication as in h/cvr
ppint. 3rd Mar 2023		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Reluctant Shaman And Other Fantastic Tales (1970)	contents: the reluctant shaman (short story) thrilling wonder vol.xxx #1, 4/1947 the hardwood pile (novelette) unknown vol.iv #1, 9/1940 with two b+w illustrations by r. (pagislang rey) isip nothing in the rules (ntte) unknown vol.i #5, 7/1939 the ghosts of melvyn pye (ss) thrilling wonder vol.xxix #2, 12/1946 the wisdom of the east (ss) unknown vol.vi #2, 8/1942 two b+w illustrations by ed cartier; unknown bre vol.iii #6, winter/1945 no illustrations mr. arson (ntte) unknown vol.v #4, 12/1941 three b+w illustrations by orban; unknown bre vol.iv #3, spring 1949 no illustrations ka the appalling (ntte) fantastic universe vol.10 #2, 8/1958
ppint. 2nd Mar 2023		Book Zach Hughes - Seed Of The Gods (1974)	yellow lengthways oval splash reads ''the novel of von däniken's universe'' - - and i put it back immediately. maybe i shouldn't've: it could've been truly spectacular. . .
ppint. 2nd Mar 2023		Book Zach Hughes - Seed Of The Gods (1974)	berkley publishing group berkley medallion imprint mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers cover art by vincent difate (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price 95¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. 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 berkley medallion edition, august, 1974
ppint. 2nd Mar 2023		Book Zach Hughes - Tiger In The Stars (1976)	harlequin enterprises laser books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by (frank) kelly freas (credited) cover price $1.25 laser books collector no. 49 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 2nd Mar 2023		Book Zach Hughes - The Omnificence Factor (1994)	daw books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by martin andrews (signed andrews, credited) cover price (canada $5.99) • u.s. $4.99 near-meaningless daw books collector no.939 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 2nd Mar 2023		Book Zach Hughes - Deep Freeze (1992)	daw books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by nicholas jainschigg (unsigned, credited) cover price (canada $5.99) • u.s. $4.99 near-meaningless daw books collector no.896 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 2nd Mar 2023		Book Zach Hughes - Mother Lode (1991)	daw books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by nicholas jainschigg (unsigned, credited) cover price (canada $5.99) • u.s. $4.99 near-meaningless daw books collector no.868 208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc.
ppint. 2nd Mar 2023		Book Zach Hughes - For Texas And Zed (1976)	zach hughes is (was) zachary hughes' most commonly-employed by-line, either a form of his name or a pseudonym, depending on how he regarded it. he used ''evan innes'' as his pen-name on the ''america 2040'' series, and ''peter kanto'' and ''pablo kane'' (and possibly others(?)) on the pornographic fiction published by ophelia press and in bee-line books where he was first able to find sales for his work.
ppint. 2nd Mar 2023		Book Zach Hughes - Life Force (1988)	daw books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by richard hescox (signed, credited) cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95 near-meaningless daw books collector no. 757 272pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 2nd Mar 2023		Book Zach Hughes - The Dark Side (1987)	penguin group signet books imprint mmpb simultaneous first printings, first edition cover art unsigned, part (three characters' upper halves) looks unlike the main space battle in style cover price (canada $3.95) • u.s. $2.95 208pp. (check) including titles, indica etc, end p. advertising refer to indica publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority in publication date established nor liable to be, but canadian-carcassed copies drop the printing number line first digit leaving 23456789, formally identifying them as the second printing
ppint. 2nd Mar 2023		Book Zach Hughes - Sundrinker (1987)	daw books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by jill bauman (signed jill, credited) near-meaningless daw books collector no. 781 cover price (canada $4.50) • u.s. $3.50 272pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc. (i do not know if there is also a canadian-carcassed variant for distribution north of the parallel; should you possess or discover one such,, please post a comment here giving the wording used to identify this and the number-string, and i'll add it in here.)
ppint. 2nd Mar 2023		Book Zach Hughes - Closed System (1986)	new american library signet books imprint mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition cover art by john harris (unsigned, uncredited; used on ''zones of thought'' vernor vinge (gollancz/orion uk 2010) d-j, where artist is credited on back) cover price (canada $3.95) • u.s. $2.95 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia to see if carcass (or ''book'') of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority in publication date established nor liable to be, but canadian-carcassed copies drop the first digit from the printing number line leaving 23456789, formally identifying them as the second printing
ppint. 2nd Mar 2023		Book Zach Hughes - Gold Star (1983)	new american library signet books imprint mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition cover art by david mattingly (signed) cover price (canada $2.75) • u.s. $2.25 176pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising refer to indica publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority in publication date established nor liable to be, but canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel drop the first digit from the full first printing number line leaving 23456789, formally identifying it as the second printing
ppint. 2nd Mar 2023		Book Zach Hughes - The Stork Factor (1975)	tablettything's automiscorrectafterpostingtheitem/comment/etc. bu^W *feature* has been at work insisting that zach hughes must naturally truly be zack of this ilk... many thanks to the relevant semi-divine being for correcting this systemic automagicalmiscorrection. (a mystery to me: yr hmbl srppnt.'s never knowingly been unders^W^W been acquainted with a ''zack''...)
ppint. 2nd Mar 2023		Book Zach Hughes - Killbird (1980)	new american library signet books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by ken w. kelly (signed with his stylised ks which are vertically struck-through cs) cover price $1.75 176pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 2nd Mar 2023		Book Zach Hughes - For Texas And Zed (1976)	popular library mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition cover art by paul rivoche (signed privoche, stylised, uncredited) cover price $1.25 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising see the publishing history to see if carcass (or ''book'') of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state popular library edition may, 1976
ppint. 2nd Mar 2023		Book Zach Hughes - The Stork Factor (1975)	berkley publishing group berkley medallion imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by richard powers (signed powers laz/org, uncredited) cover price 95¢ 160pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc., end pp.
ppint. 2nd Mar 2023		Book Zach Hughes - Tide (1975)	berkley publishing group berkley medallion imprint mmpb first printing, first p/b edition cover art unsigned, uncredited (sfaik still as-yet unattributed) cover price 95¢ 160pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc. cover art is prob'ly shared from the berkley putnam h/cvr d-j, where it's likely credited: but i've not seen this.
ppint. 2nd Mar 2023		Book Zach Hughes - The Legend Of Miaree (1974)	random house group ballantine books imprint mmpb simultaneous first printings, first edition cover art by gene szafran (signed szafran, credited) cover price $1.25 192pp. (check) 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 printing: april, 1974
ppint. 2nd Mar 2023		Book Zach Hughes - The Book Of Rack The Healer (1973)	serialised in if vol.21 #6, 7-8/1972, vol.21 #7, 9-10/1972; if tandem bre No.2° (7-8/1972), No.3° (9-10/1972) the first installment is the cover story, art (and one b+w illustration) by jack gaughan ° - the cover numbering of the universal tandem/ tandem books bre issues of if (and galaxy) are a nightmare: go by the merkin internal masthead indica which is coherent and intelligible - even on the occasions it went wrong(!)
ppint. 2nd Mar 2023		Book Zach Hughes - Thunderworld (1982)	new american library signet books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by paul alexander cover price $2.50 (near-identical second printing; indicia publishing history may state carcass (or ''book'') printed in canada: needs checking°) © 1981 hugh zachary cover price $2.25 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - the apparent second printing does not bear a new publication nor new printing date. and it were a new merkin printing for general distribution, it would normally bear a new price-letter indicating the new higher cover price (this system was breaking down/being abandoned as the cover price of wholly merkin-printed new american library group mmpbs rose above u.s. $2.25), and definitely a new numerical cat# also; since it does not, i suspect it is a near-identical, canadadian-carcassed printing published simultaneously with the first printing, intended for distribution north of the parallel.
ppint. 2nd Mar 2023		Book Zach Hughes - The Book Of Rack The Healer (1973)	upd (universal publishing & distribution) award books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by jack gaughan (re-used from if vol.21 #6, 7-8/1972; if bre #6, 7-8/1972, where it is credited) ©1973 zach hughes cover price 95¢ 192pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 2nd Mar 2023		Book Leo Margulies - 3 From Out There (1960)	contents: mother earth (novelette) isaac asimov, astounding vol. xliii #3, 5/1949 (lije bailey, r. daniel olivaw) double meaning (novella) damon knight, startling stories vol.28 #3, 1/1953, two b+w virgil finlay son of two worlds (nlla) edmond hamilton, thrilling wonder stories vol. xx #3, 8/1941, cover story art by rudolph belarski, three b+w illustrations by virgil finlay ''double meaning'' was expanded as ''the rithian terror'' damon knight (1965), q.v.
ppint. 2nd Mar 2023		Book Leo Margulies - 3 From Out There (1959)	fawcett publications crest imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by richard powers (signed powers on back cover, uncredited) cover price 35¢ cat# s282 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 1st Mar 2023		Book Harry Turtledove - Werenight (Revised) (1994)	well spotted - thank-you for correcting my mistake.
ppint. 28th Feb 2023		Book Harry Turtledove - Werenight (Revised) (1994)	72209
ppint. 28th Feb 2023		Book John Brunner - Catch A Falling Star (1977)	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books imprint second ace mmpb printing (or third mmpb printing, including the considerably shorter half ace double mmpb, ''the hundredth millennium'' (1959), q.v.) cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price $1.50 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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