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ppint. 28th Feb 2023		Book Robert Bateman - The Hands Of Orlac (1962)	horwitz publications horwitz p/b first printing, presumed first australian edition cover art unsigned photographic, possibly film tie-in as cover puff-line references it & mel farrer cover price 4'- 128pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc.
ppint. 28th Feb 2023		Book Hank Searls - The Big X (1962)	horwitz publications horwitz p/b first printing, first australian edition presumed cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 5/- 224pp. including titles, indicia etc. cat# is scratched and could be F1122; but there is at least one other horwitz p/b with an FH prefixed cat#, FH24 ''the hands of orlac'' robert bateman (1961), q.v.
ppint. 27th Feb 2023		Book Gordon R. Dickson - Naked To The Stars (1978)	thomson books group sphere books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by peter elson (signed with his initials in a line-drawn box, uncredited) cover price 75p, 82½p eire, 80c malta, $2.50 australia, $2.50 new zealand, $1.75 canada 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 27th Feb 2023		Book Gordon R. Dickson - Naked To The Stars (1977)	daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, not first mmpb edition cover art by paul lehr (unsigned, credited) interior b+w illustration by jack gaughan (signed with his digraph, uncredited) cover price $1.50 near-meaningless daw books collector no. 227 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. 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 daw printing, january 1977/123456789 and also to distinguish from the 1/1978 near-identical third daw mmpb printing, which differs: cat# UW1278 moved into the yellow daw logo box top fly corner front cover, the near-meaningless daw books collector number being dropped from the cover; indicia publishing history now states first daw printing, january 1977/3456789 (which retrospectawigglily accounts one of the two first printings to've been the second printing: this is generally taken by merkin dealers, collectors, etc. to've been the canadadian-carcassed printing)
ppint. 27th Feb 2023		Book Gordon R. Dickson - Naked To The Stars (1970)	lancer books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, not first p/b edition cover art unsigned, uncredited (suggested by denholm to be by armand watson, vid.sub.) cover price $1.25 176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history (ha!) to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, neither gives date of publication nor printing, only copyright date date taken from a checklist to lancer books sf by william j. denholm iii, megavore/sf collector #10, 1980
ppint. 27th Feb 2023		Book Gordon R. Dickson - Naked To The Stars (1961)	almat publishing corps. pyramid books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by ed emshwiller (unsigned sfaics, credited as emsh on back cover) cover price 40¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
ppint. 27th Feb 2023		Book Thomas Burnett Swann - Green Phoenix (1972)	latium trilogy #2: #1: ''queens walk in the dust'' (1977), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 27th Feb 2023		Book Thomas Burnett Swann - Lady Of The Bees (1976)	latium trilogy #3: #1: ''queens walk in the dust'' (1977) q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 26th Feb 2023		Book Robert Silverberg - The Crystal Ship (1977)	pocket books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers°, first p/b edition original anthology of three novellas, with introduction by the editor, robert silverberg cover art by norman adams (signed adams, uncredited) cover price $1.50 192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. ° copies intended for distribution north of the parallel bear a white maple leaf symbol bearing the legend ''published in canada''; i do not know whether it advised in the indicia publishing history if the carcass (or ''book'') was printed in canada, or no.
ppint. 26th Feb 2023		Book Harry Turtledove - Fox And Empire (1998)	baen publishing enterprises baen books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by darrell k. sweet (possibly signed, credited) cover price $6.99, $8.99 canada 456pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 26th Feb 2023		Book Harry Turtledove - Prince Of The North (1994)	baen publishing enterprises baen books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by larry elmore (signed, credited) cover price (can. $7.50) u.s. $5.99 464pp. (check) including titles, indicia, b+w map by eleanor kostyk (unsigned, credited) etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 26th Feb 2023		Book Harry Turtledove - King Of The North (1996)	baen publishing enterprises baen books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by ken tunell (possibly signed, credited) cover price $5.99, $7.99 canada 452pp? (check) including titles, indicia, b+w map by eleanor kostyk (unsigned, credited) etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 26th Feb 2023		Book Harry Turtledove - Werenight (Revised) (1994)	gerin the fox / empire of elabon tetralogy #1: #1: ''werenight (revised)'' (1994), (this novel; a comprehensive rewrite & expansion of 1a & 1b:) #1a: ''wereblood'' as by eric iverson (1979), q.v. #1b: ''werenight'' as by eric iverson (1979), q.v. #2: ''prince of the north'' (1994), q.v. #3: ''king of the north'' (1996), q.v. #4: ''fox and empire'' (1998), q.v. omnibus editions: #O1: ''wisdom of the fox'' (1999), q.v. #O2: ''tale of the fox'' (2000), q.v.
ppint. 26th Feb 2023		Book Harry Turtledove - Werenight (Revised) (1994)	baen publishing enterprises baen books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition thus (completely revised and considerably enlarged from the text of the two short novels previously published in mmpb by belmont tower as ''wereblood'' and ''werenight'' as by eric iverson (1979), q.v. cover art by larry elmore (signed, credited) b+w map by eleanor kostyk (unsigned, uncredited, attributed in later baen mmpbs in the series) cover price (can. $6.50) * u.s. $4.99 284pp. (check) including titles, indicia, map etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 26th Feb 2023		Book Harry Turtledove - Werenight (1979)	belmont tower mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by romas kukalis (signed romas, signature mostly obscured under ''eric'', uncredited: visible on the original painting) cover price $1.50 144pp. (re-check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 26th Feb 2023		Book Harry Turtledove - Werenight (1979)	author's name should^W has been varied to harry turtledove eric iverson was his pseudonym for his first couple of books as a believable, nordic-sounding pen-name was considered essential by the publisher.
ppint. 26th Feb 2023		Book Harry Turtledove - Wereblood (1979)	unknown publisher trojan publications trojan books imprint undated p/b first printing, first uk edition probapossibly unauthorised by the author, harry turtledove, or his agent, and possibly by belmont tower, whose mmpb typesetting it copies - with minor adjustments - down to mis-spelling the author's pseudonym's first name as ''erik'' on the title page. cover art by boris vallejo (signed, uncredited; re-used from dell books mmpb of ''the ice schooner'' michael moorcock (1978), q.v.) cover price £1.50, R 2.75 south africa, $5.95 australia, $4.50 canada 144pp. (check) including titles, indicia (ha!) etc, end pp. no cat#, no (i)sbn, no printing nor publication date given in indica publication date taken from steven h. silver at stevenhsilver.com/elabon.html i know of no reason to suppose that this edition was ever circulated through the uk book trade as a new title for sale at the printed cover price, rather than as an instant remainder - nor in any of the overseas territories for which it further bears purported prices
ppint. 26th Feb 2023		Book Harry Turtledove - Wereblood (1979)	belmont tower mmpb first printing, first edition cover art unsigned, uncredited (probably by romas kukalis, but this is *not* an attribution) cover price $1.50 144pp. (re-check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising author's pseudonym is mis-spelled on the title page
ppint. 26th Feb 2023		Book Harry Turtledove - Wereblood (1979)	author's name should^W has been varied to ''harry turtledove'' harry turtledove returned to this world and the character of gerin the fox in 1994 after jim baen collected the two short novels published under this pseudonym in one omnibus mmpb published under his real name; the editor at belmont tower had decided this name would be unbelievable to the sf & fantasy buyers at the news wholesalers and mmpb distributors, and required him to come up with a nordic-sounding pen-name. . .
ppint. 25th Feb 2023		Book Craig Shaw Gardner - The Lost Boys (1988)	transworld publishers bantam books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition based on a screenplay by janice fischer & james jeremias and jeffrey boam story by janice fischer & james jeremias cover art unsigned, probably from the film/pr flyer cover price £1.95 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 25th Feb 2023		Book Craig Shaw Gardner - Batman Returns (1992)	octopus publishing group mandarin imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition; may be simultaneous first edition together with warner books, inc. mmpb first printing cover art unsigned, appears to be from a film still/pr flyer cover price £3.99 252pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 25th Feb 2023		Book Edgar Rice Burroughs - Tarzan Of The Apes (1950)	w. h. allen p/b third printing (1952), after two 1951 printings, cover price 1/6d. mark goulden was the chairman of the board at w. h. allen & co. ltd. for thirty-six years
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.

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