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Member	Item		Review/Comment
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
ppint. 28th Feb 2023		Book Groff Conklin - Twisted (1965)	uk four square p/b edition contents: introduction (nf) groff conklin (1962) the playground (short story) ray bradbury, in ''the illustrated man'' bradbury (rupert hart-davis 1952 & ff., in ballantine h/cvr & p/b and simon & schuster 1967 merkin editions of ''fahrenheit 451'' the other hand (ss) george langelaan f&sf vol.21 #4, 10/1961, f&sf bre vol. iii #3, 2/1962, argosy uk 11/1962 (translation of ''l'autre main'' ) 1961/2 the thing in the cellar (ss) david h. keller, weird tales vol. xix #3, 3/1932 the diary of a madman (ss) guy de maupassant (1903 uncredited translation of ''un fou'' le gaulois 2/9/1885) the upturned face (non-fantasy ss) stephen crane, ainslee's magazine 5/3/1900 the little man who wasn't quite (ss) william w. stuart, galaxy vol.20 #2, 12/1961 night drive (ss) murray leinster as will f. jenkins, today's woman 3/1950 the song of marya (novelette) walter m. miller, venture vol.1 #2, 3/1957 as ''vengeance for nikolai'' mrs. manifold (ss) august derleth as by stephen grendon, in ''the girl with the hungry eyes and other stories'' ed. anonymously by donald a. wollheim (1949), q.v. a holy terror (ss) ambrose bierce, the wasp (san francisco, usa) 23/12/1882 impulse (ss) eric frank russell astounding vol. xxii #1, 9/1938, with a b+w illustration by elliot dold brenda (ss) margaret st. clair, weird tales vol. 46 #1, 3/1954, with a b+w illustration by hannes bok the tell-tale heart (ss) edgar allen poe, the pioneer vol.1 #1, 1/1843 the shunned house (ntte) h. p. lovecraft (chapbook privately 1928), weird tales vol.30 #4, 10/1937 with a b+w illustration by virgil finlay the world well lost (ss) theodore sturgeon, universe sf #1, 6/1953, in ''e pluribus unicorn'' sturgeon (1953), q.v.
ppint. 28th Feb 2023		Book Groff Conklin - Twisted (1962)	author field should^W has been varied to editor
ppint. 28th Feb 2023		Book Groff Conklin - Twisted (1967)	author field should^W has been varied to editor
ppint. 28th Feb 2023		Book Groff Conklin - Twisted (1967)	belmont publications belmont mmpb simultaneous near-identical undated° second printings reprint anthology of thirteen short stories (one non-fantasy) and two novelettes, introduction by groff conklin cover art unsigned, uncredited; re-used from belmont publications mmpb first printing cover price 50¢ 192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc. refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, neither state printing nor publication date ° - which was determined by interpolation of cat# in sequence of belmont cat#s and confirmed by comparison of cover prices
ppint. 28th Feb 2023		Book Groff Conklin - Twisted (1962)	belmont publications belmont imprint mmpb first printing, first edition reprint anthology of thirteen short stories (one non-fantasy) and two novelettes, introduction by groff conklin cover art cover price 40¢ 192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc.
ppint. 28th Feb 2023		Book Groff Conklin - Twisted (1963)	horwitz publications horwitz p/b first printing, first australian edition derivative reprint anthology of nine short stories (one not fantasy) and a novelette, introduction by groff conklin, dropping the lovecraft novelette and the bierce, poe, st. clair, & sturgeon stories from the full reprint anthology. cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 4'- 128pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc.
ppint. 28th Feb 2023		Book Groff Conklin - Twisted (1963)	author field should^W has been varied to editor
ppint. 28th Feb 2023		Book Edgar Rice Burroughs - Tarzan The Magnificent (1961)	horwitz publications horwitz p/b first printing, possibly first australian edition (?) cover art ''after edward mortelmans'' in the sense of someone's having redrawn his four square books art cover price 4/6 192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc. cat# is scratched and could easily be FH16

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