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ppint. 24th Feb 2023		Book Spider Robinson - Lady Slings The Booze (1993)	the berkley publishing group ace books imprint mmpb first printing, first p/b edition cover art by richard hescox (signed on back cover under bar-code, credited; retained from h/cvr edition) cover price ($5.99 canada) • $4.99 u.s. 272pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from at least six later near-identical reprintings, same isbn retained, with cover prices eventually rising, digits being dropped progressively from the printing number line, leaving the lowest remaining digit = the printing's ordinal number
ppint. 24th Feb 2023		Book Joanna Russ - Picnic On Paradise (1969)	bpcc/maxwell publishing corporation macdonald & co. (publishers) imprint first printing, first h/cvr edition, first uk edition cover (d-j) unsigned, uncredited line drawing on block letters of macdonald sf series uniform design d-j cover (d-j) price 21/- (£1.05) 160pp. including titles, indicra etc, end pp., bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 24th Feb 2023		Book Lin Carter - The Enchantress Of World's End (1975)	gondwane series #2: #1: ''the warrior of world's end'' (1974), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 24th Feb 2023		Book Charles V. De Vet - Cosmic Checkmate (1962)	an expansion of ''second game'' (novelette) charles v. de vet, katherine maclean, in astounding vol. lxi #1, 3/1958 with three b+w illustrations by martinez; bre vol.14 #6, 6/1958 no illustrations further expanded and published as ''second game'' charles v. de vet, katherine maclean (1981), q.v. ''third game'' (novelette) charles v. de vet, in analog vol. cxi #3, 2/1991 with two b+w illustrations by val lindahn, is a somewhat delayed sequel. . .
ppint. 24th Feb 2023		Book Charles V. De Vet - Cosmic Checkmate (1962)	ace books mmpb first printing, first edition half a classic ''ace double'' mmpb, two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other cover art unsigned, uncredited; attributed to ed valigursky in the ace image library cover price 40¢ ½ 224pp. including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves doubled with ''king of the fourth planet'' robert moore williams (1962), q.v.
ppint. 24th Feb 2023		Book Robert Moore Williams - King Of The Fourth Planet (1962)	ace books mmpb first printing, first edition half classic ''ace double'' format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other cover art unsigned sfaik, uncredited; attributed to ed emshwiller in the ace image library cover price 40¢ ½ 224pp. including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves doubled with ''cosmic checkmate'' charles v. de vet, katherine maclean (1962), q.v.
ppint. 24th Feb 2023		Book Thomas Burnett Swann - The Forest Of Forever (1975)	granada publishing group mayflower books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by brian froud (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price 50p, $1.50 australia, $1.50 new zealand, $1.95 canada 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 24th Feb 2023		Book Thomas Burnett Swann - The Forest Of Forever (1971)	the minotaur trilogy #2: #1: ''cry silver bells'' (1977), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 24th Feb 2023		Book Thomas Burnett Swann - Day Of The Minotaur (1977)	granada publishing group mayflower books imprint p/b undated° undeclared second printing with new cover art by peter andrew jones (signed ''paj'', uncredited) cover price 40p, $1.45 australia, $1.60 new zealand, $1.50 canada 144pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. ° - date estimated from combination of the uk cover price for a uk mayflower p/b of this extent, together with the overseas territories' cover prices given by granada publishing group for this uk pricemark; late 1976 is possible, 1977 is the latest year that fits
ppint. 24th Feb 2023		Book Thomas Burnett Swann - Day Of The Minotaur (1975)	granada publishing group mayflower books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by brian froud (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price 35p, $1.00 australia, $1.00 new zealand, $1.25 canada 144pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 24th Feb 2023		Book Thomas Burnett Swann - Day Of The Minotaur (1978)	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books imprint mmpb second ace books printing cover art by gino d'achille (signed with his monogram, uncredited) cover price $1.50 176pp. including titles, indica, in-fiction for word etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 23rd Feb 2023		Book Thomas Burnett Swann - Cry Silver Bells (1977)	the minotaur trilogy #1: #1: ''cry silver bells'' (1977), (this book) #2: ''the forest of forever'' (1971), q.v. #3: ''day of the minotaur'' (1966), q.v. omnibus editions: omnibus of french translations of #2 & #3 by michel deutsch: #O1: ''la forêt de l'étérnité / au temps du minotaure'' (1974),:q.v. omnibus of the trilogy: #O2: ''the minotaur trilogy'' (1996), q.v. adds ''the dryad'' (nf 1969) thomas burnett swann, two nf articles: foreword by charles de lint, ''thomas burnett swann: a critical introduction'' robert a. collins (1995), international bibliography
ppint. 21st Feb 2023		Book D. Keith Mano - The Bridge (1974)	new american library signet books imprint mmpb simultaneous first printings, first p/b edition cover art unsigned, uncredited; sfaik still as-yet attributed cover price $1.25 cat# Y6144 192pp. 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, november 1974 and give full first printing number line
ppint. 19th Feb 2023		Book Harry Harrison - Tunnel Through The Deeps (1974)	berkley publishing group berkley medallion imprint mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first p/b edition cover art by richard powers (unsigned, uncredited; attributed in ''the art of richard powers'' jane frank (2001), q.v.) cover price 95¢ 176pp. including titles, indicia etc. refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of the copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed priority not established nor liable to be, both state berkley medallion edition, may, 1974
ppint. 19th Feb 2023		Book Peter Haining - Where Nightmares Are (1969)	author field should^W has been varied to editor
ppint. 19th Feb 2023		Book Peter Haining - The Hell Of Mirrors (1965)	contents: °the werewolf (short story) frederick marryat, ch.39 of ''the phantom ship'' serialised in new monthly magazine 1837, first published in book format 1839 ligeia (ss) edgar allen poe, the american museum of science, literature and the arts 9/1838 °the black cat (ss) edgar allen poe, united states saturday post 19/8/1843 young goodman brown (ss) nathaniel hawthorne, new england magazine 4/1835 schalken the painter (novelette) j. sheridan le fanu, dublin university magazine 5/1839 as ''strange event in the life of schalken the painter'', revised 1851, reorinted 1880) °the damned thing (ss) ambrose bierce, town topics 17/12/1893, reprinted s. f. examiner 13/9/1896) the middle toe of the right foot (ss) ambrose bierce, san francisco examiner 17/8!1893 the squaw (ss) bram stoker, holly leaves 2/12/1893 °who knows? (ss) guy de maupassant (translation of ''qui sait?'' (l'echo de paris 6/4/1890)) the drowned man (ss) guy de maupassant (translation of ''le noyé'' (le gaulois 16/8/1888)) °the caterpillar (ss) edogawa rampo (usual pseudonym of tarō hirai) (translation of imomushi 1929) the hell of mirrors (ss) edogawa rampo (translation of kagami-jigoku 1926) °the knocking in the castle (ntte) henry slesar, fantastic vol.13 #11, 11/1964 the fanatic (ss) arthur porges, fantastic vol.13 #12, 12/1964 n.b. the contents of the sidgwick & jackson 1974 h/cvr edition were a major revision, effectively a new anthology, dropping some six stories°, reordering the remainder and interspersing seven others as replacements: the sandman (ntte) e.t.a. hoffmann (translation of der sandman 1816) oh, whistle and i'll come to you, my lad (ntte) m. r. james, 1904 the old man of visions (ss) algernon blackwood, 1907 the nameless city (ss) h. p. lovecraft, 1921 that hellbound train (ss) robert bloch, 1958 the emissary (ss) ray bradbury, 1947 dense macabre (ss) melvyn peake, 1963 its title should be differentiated when it is added, or bookcat will automagically assume they're identical.
ppint. 19th Feb 2023		Book Peter Haining - Where Nightmares Are (1969)	granada publishing group mayflower books imprint, second printing now with isbn, and new cover art by bob lawrie (unsigned, credited for cover design on back cover) cover price 4/- 20p, 50c south africa, 65c australia, 65c new zealand 176pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents, introduction etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 19th Feb 2023		Book Peter Haining - Where Nightmares Are (1966)	contents: moxon's master (short story) ambrose bierce, san francisco examiner 16/4/1899 the body snatcher (ss) robert louis stevenson, pall mall (magazine) christmas extra 13/12/1884 the man that was used up (ss) edgar allen poe, burton's gentleman's magazine 8/1839 night (ss) guy de maupassant (in ''a century of thrillers - second series'' ed. anon. 1935; uncredited translation of ''la nuit'' (gil blas 14/6/1887)) rappaccini's daughter (novelette) nathaniel hawthorne, united states magazine and democratic review 12/1844 what was it? (ss) fitz-james o'brien, harper's magazine 3/1859; at least two abbreviated versions exist (source: jessica amanda salmanson 1988): i do not know which of the edited texts this is. pp. the familiar (ntte) j. sheridan le fanu, ?: traced as far back as in ''in a glass, darkly'' le fanu (r. bentley 1872) the trial for murder (ss) charles dickens, all the year round, christmas number 7/12/1865 as ''to be taken with a grain of salt'' the spectre bridegroom (ss) washington irving, the spectre of geoffrey crayon, gent. vol. iv 10/11/1819 thrawn janet (ss) robert louis stevenson, cornhill magazine 10/1881 the cask of amontillado (ss) edgar allen poe, godey's magazine & lady's book 11/1846 an occurrence at owl creek (ss) ambrose bierce, san francisco examiner 13/7/1890 the white cat of drumgunniol (ss) j. sheridan le fanu, all the way round 2/4/1870 passeur (ss) robert w. chambers, english illustrated magazine vol. xviii 10/1897, b+w illustrations by raymond potter
ppint. 19th Feb 2023		Book Peter Haining - The Midnight People (1970)	author field should^W has been varied to editor
ppint. 19th Feb 2023		Book Peter Haining - The Midnight People (1974)	author field should^W has been varied to editor.
ppint. 19th Feb 2023		Book Peter Haining - The Unspeakable People (1970)	author field should^W has been varied to editor
ppint. 18th Feb 2023		Book C. L. Moore - Black God's Kiss (2007)	contents: all six novelettes first published in weird tales: where no man had gone before (nf introduction) suzy mckee charnas black god's kiss, vol. 24 #4, 10/1934 with a b+w illustration by h. r. hammond black god's shadow, vol.24 #6, 12/1934 with a b+w illustration by h. r. hammond jirel meets magic, vol. 26 #1, 7/1935, with a b+w illustration by jack binder the dark land, vol. 27 #1, 1/1936, with a b+w illustration by c. l. moore hellsgarde, vol. 33 #4, 4/1939, with a b+w illustration by virgil finlay quest of the starstone, by henry kuttner, c. l. moore, vol.30 #5, 11/1937, a b+w illustration by virgil finlay about the author (nf) uncredited
ppint. 18th Feb 2023		Book C. L. Moore - Black God's Kiss (2007)	paizo publishing planet stories imprint trade p/b first printing, first edition reprint anthology of six novelettes, one a collaboration with henry kuttner, introduction by suzy mckee charnas cover art by arnold tsong (signed, credited on back cover) cover price $12.00 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents, introduction etc.
ppint. 18th Feb 2023		Book Groff Conklin - Br-r-r-r! (1959)	contents: introduction (nf) groff conklin it (novelette) theodore sturgeon, unknown vol. iii #6, 8/1940, unknown bre vol. iii #6, 8/1940; both: three b+w illustrations by ed cartier; reprinted argosy uk 1/1947 nursery rhyme (short story) charles beaumont, in ''the hunger and other stories'' charles beaumont (1957) doomsday deferred (ss) will f. jenkins (aka murray leinster), saturday evening post 24/9/1949; argosy uk 3/1950 warm, dark places (ss) horace l. gold (aka h. l. gold), unknown vol. iv #2, 10/1940 legal rites (ntte) isaac asimov, james maccreigh (pseudonym of frederik pohl), weird tales vol.42 #6, 9/1950 an egyptian hornet (ss) algernon blackwood, reedy's mirror 19/3/1915 white goddess (ss) idris seabright (pseudonym of margaret st. clair), f&sf vol.7 #1, 7/1956 the handler (ss) ray bradbury, weird tales vol. 39 #9, 1/1947 the sound machine (ss) roald dahl, the new yorker 17/9/1949 the worm (ss) david h. keller, amazing vol. 3 #12, 3/1929
ppint. 17th Feb 2023		Book Groff Conklin - Br-r-r-r! (1959)	avon books (possibly just before being sold to the hearst corporation) digest format mmpb first printing, first edition reprint anthology of two novelettes and eight short stories, introduction by the editor cover art unsigned, uncredited; in ''the art of richard powers'' jane frank (2001), q.v. cover price 35¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia etc.
ppint. 16th Feb 2023		Book Midori Snyder - Soulstring (1987)	the berkley publishing group ace books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by vicente segrelles (signed iirc, and credited, also as segrelles) cover price ($3.95 canada) $2.95 u.s. 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 16th Feb 2023		Book Midori Snyder - Beldan's Fire (1993)	the queens' quarter trilogy #3: #1: ''new moon'' (1989), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 16th Feb 2023		Book Midori Snyder - Sadar's Keep (1990)	the queens' quarter trilogy #2: #1: ''new moon'' (1989), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 16th Feb 2023		Book Midori Snyder - Sadar's Keep (1990)	unwin hyman unwin paperbacks imprint first printing, apparently the first edition° cover art by mike (mick) posen cover price £3.99 368pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - but this was possibly originated by tor books (after the penguin group (us) declined it as their option book from ''new moon'', having taken over the berkley publishing group); i'm not certain of the detailed typesetting chain, but it seems likely - comparison of the p/bs might reveal this
ppint. 16th Feb 2023		Book Midori Snyder - New Moon (1989)	the queens' quarter trilogy #1: renamed the oran trilogy in 2005 by the author for their republication in firebird books (because everybody insisted on putting the apostrophe in the wrong place - !) #1: ''new moon'' (1989), (this novel) #2: ''sadar's keep'' (1990), q.v. #3: ''beldan's fire'' (1993), q.v.

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