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ppint. 27th Jan 2023		Book Fredric Brown - What Mad Universe? (1987)	wm. collins sons grafton books imprint p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition cover art unsigned, uncredited (& awful - not surprising no-one's confessed to having perpetrated this) cover price £2.95, $8.95 australia (recommended), $12.95 new zealand rrp inc. gst 240pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising claimed to be a grafton uk original, which is just as much rubbish as is the cover - if not more!
ppint. 27th Jan 2023		Book Fredric Brown - What Mad Universe (1954)	t.v. boardman p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by edward pagram (my attribution: cover is signed ''pagram'' and matches edward pagram's signature on attributed paintings sold by auction houses) cover price 2/- 192pp. including titles, indicia etc.
ppint. 27th Jan 2023		Book Fredric Brown - What Mad Universe (1951)	t. v. (thomas volney) boardman h/cvr first printing, first uk edition cover (d-j) art by denis mcloughlin (signed d. mcloughlin, i don't know if credited on d-j) cover (d-j) price 8/6 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 27th Jan 2023		Book Fredric Brown - What Mad Universe (1950)	bantam books mmpb first printing 10/1950, first p/b edition 11/1950 cover art by herman e. bischoff (signed bischoff, uncredited) cover price (unpriced: in this era, all mmpbs were 25¢ unless elsewise stated) 200pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p.
ppint. 27th Jan 2023		Book Fredric Brown - What Mad Universe (1949)	e. p. dutton & co. h/cvr first printing 9/1949, first edition; refer to indicia to distinguish from: near-identical second printing also 9/1949 (i.e. before publication date) cover (d-j) art unsigned, uncredited restricted palette (black, blue on white paper) cover (d-j) price $2.50 256pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p., bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 27th Jan 2023		Book Clifford D. Simak - Strangers In The Universe (1963)	publisher should^W still^W has at last been corrected to berkley medallion as per cover image
ppint. 27th Jan 2023		Book Cliff Lawton - A Book Of Weird Tales (1960)	author field should be varied to editor edit 28/2/2023: and has now been.
ppint. 26th Jan 2023		Book Hugo Gernsback - Ralph 124C 41+ (1952)	thank-you mickdoom67
ppint. 26th Jan 2023		Book Lois McMaster Bujold - Young Miles (2010)	baen publishing enterprises baen books mmpb fourth printing, since first such with new cover art by gary ruddell (miscredited to larry dixon), (shot down and heavily cropped with black ''starry'' borders from that for baen h/cvr & yp/b first edition where credited correctly) cover price $7.99/$9.50 can(ada) 848pp. including titles, indicia, etc. (breakdown details as for 2003 first mmpb printing, q.v.) the two novels retain their dedications by lois mcmaster bujold, each on the page before their text starts
ppint. 26th Jan 2023		Book Lois McMaster Bujold - Young Miles (2003)	baen publishing enterprises baen books mmpb first printing, not first p/b edition cover art by larry dixon (unsigned i think - unless illegibly on metal frame in picture, credited)° cover price $7.99, $11.99 canada 848pp. including eight unpaginated pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents, b+w map etc, numbering starts at ''3'; 15 end pp: 1 blank p, 10pp. ''author's afterword'' (nf) (1997), 3¼pp. commented timeline placing novels, novellas, novelettes and short stories in this universe in their chronological setting ° - yr hmbl srppnt. does not yet know with which reprinting this cover art was replaced, but by 2/2010
ppint. 25th Jan 2023		Book Fredric Brown - Space On My Hands (1980)	contents: introduction (nf) fredric brown something green (short story) (appears to be original to this collection) crisis, 1999 (ss) ellery queen's mystery magazine 8/1949 pi in the sky (novelette) thrilling wonder stories vol. xxvi #3, winter/1949 (2/1949 stated internally) knock (ss) thrilling wonder stories vol. xxxiii #2, 8/1948 all good bems (ss) thrilling wonder stories vol. xxxiv #1, 4/1949 daymare (ntte) thrilling wonder stories vol. xxiv #4, fall/1943 (11/1943 taken from mike ashley) nothing sirius (ss) captain future vol.6 #2, spring (3)/1944 star mouse (ntte) planet stories vol.1 #10, spring (2)/1942, as ''the star mouse'', with 4 b+w illustrations by don lynch; the mouse (disney) objected to fredric brown's revised original title, ''mitkey mouse'' come and go mad (ntte) weird tales vol.xli #5, 7/1949
ppint. 25th Jan 2023		Book Fredric Brown - Space On My Hands (1980)	this edition lists a unicorn mystery book club - presumably h/cvr - edition for 12/1952 in its publishing history, which i've never seen: does any bookcatter out there possess such an exotic beastimal? (it's quite likely to exist - fredric brown was a major mystery writer, as well as a master of his unique, somewhat eccentric, many and various viewpoints or takes in sf & fantasy; but it may be a variant binding of the shasta edition - and there again, it may not. . .)
ppint. 25th Jan 2023		Book Fredric Brown - Space On My Hands (1980)	bantam doubleday dell bantam books imprint mmpb, third bantam mmpb printing tall (~standard uk p/b) format mmpb almost entirely reprint collection of four novelettes and five short stories (one ss is original) cover art by john holmes (unsigned, uncredited; attributed in ''the encyclopedia of fantasy & science fiction art techniques'' simon bisley (1997), q.v.) cover price $1.95 240pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 25th Jan 2023		Book Fredric Brown - Space On My Hands (1953)	transworld publishers corgi books imprint small pocketbook format p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by charles binger (signed binger, shared from sister company bantam books first mmpb) cover price 2'- 240pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p. advertising
ppint. 25th Jan 2023		Book Fredric Brown - Space On My Hands (1953)	bantam books small pocketbook format mmpb first printing, first p/b edition (may have been officially simultaneous with the corgi books uk p/b edition) cover art by charles binger (signed binger, uncredited) cover price (25¢ not printed on cover, but given in end p. advertising) 240pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p. advertising printed 12/1952, stated in indicia publishing history; reprinted before publication/during month of publication, distinguish by reference to indicia publishing history, which is noted in the 1980 third printing by the line: 2nd printing ...... january 1953
ppint. 25th Jan 2023		Book Fredric Brown - Space On My Hands (1951)	shasta publishers h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by malcolm smith (unsigned, credited on d-j rear flap) cover (d-j) price $2.50 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards month of publication not given: taken from bantam mmpb editions
ppint. 25th Jan 2023		Book Lois McMaster Bujold - Diplomatic Immunity (2003)	simon & schuster uk earthlight imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by steve stone (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £6.99 380pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 25th Jan 2023		Book Lois McMaster Bujold - Diplomatic Immunity (2002)	baen publishing enterprises baen books imprint h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by stephen hickman (unsigned sfaics, credited, also credited on d-j rear flap) cover price $25.00, $38.00 canada 320pp. (re-check) including titles, indicia etc, 12 end pp. including ''miles vorkosigan/naismith, his universe and time'' (nf + timeline) michael bernadi, lois mcmaster bujold, end p. bound with endpapers between covered boards distinguish from near-identical second printing before publication date by reference to the indicia publishing history number line which drops the digit ''1'', leaving ''2'' as the lowest remaining digit distinguish also from the merkin science fiction book club edition, which bears the sfbc cat# 50454 on the back (d-j) cover
ppint. 24th Jan 2023		Book Paul Capon - Into The Tenth Millenium (1965)	brown, watson ltd. p/b first printing, first p/b edition cover art by sam peffer (signed peff, uncredited) cover price 3'6 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 24th Jan 2023		Book Robert Ray - No Stars For Us (1964)	brown, watson ltd. (not digit imprint on cover - check title page) p/b first printing, first edition cover art (signed henrichSI, uncredited; seems to be a variation of enrich, i.e. enrich torres-prat) cover price 2'6 160pp. including titles, indicia etc. cat# is in brown, watson's digit books imprint sequence, even if not a digit imprint p/b
ppint. 24th Jan 2023		Book J. T. McIntosh - The Noman Way (1964)	serialised in new worlds #16, #17, #18; 7, 9, 11/1952 as ''the esp worlds'' with respectively two, three and three b+w interior illustrations by gerard quinn
ppint. 24th Jan 2023		Book J. T. McIntosh - The Noman Way (1964)	brown, watson ltd. (? digit imprint - not on cover; check title page) p/b first printing, first edition cover art (signed michel or perhaps michael, uncredited; not sfaik as-yet further identified) cover price 2'6 160pp. including titles, indicia etc. cat# is in brown, watson's digit books p/b series numbering, though no longer a digit book
ppint. 24th Jan 2023		Book A. Merritt - The Fox Woman (1949)	and the isbn entered does not in fact identify this book, but ''the siege of silent henry'' by lynn hall: it does appear, erroneously, in the indicia of the completely different - and much later - 1977 mmpb of approximately this title, whose correct isbn is printed on the 8/1977 mmpb's spine; a completely different cat# is borne on the front cover, as was that book's publisher's customary practice in the late 70s. this entry is at best a chimera made up of parts of three different books, and should be deleted.
ppint. 24th Jan 2023		Book A. Merritt - The Fox Woman (1949)	a 1949 possibly digest format p/b - or an mmpb - or a trade p/b - or any edition book - with an isbn? - ''shurely shone mistake!'' - ™ whistling bill deedes.
ppint. 22nd Jan 2023		Book Douglas R. Mason - The Fletcher Chronicles (2003)	contents: introduction (nf) douglas r. mason as john rankine (27/10/2002) two's company (short story) in ''new writings in sf-1'' ed. john carnell (1964) fail unsafe (ss) in ''the blockade of sinitron'' douglas r. mason as by john rankine (1966) maiden voyage (novelette) in ''new writings in sf-2'' ed. john carnell (1964) worm in the bud (ss) in ''new writings in sf-12'' ed. john carnell (1968) gone to earth (ss) in ''the blockade of sinitron'' (1966) limited gain (ss) in ''the blockade of sinitron'' (1966) image of destruction (ntte) in ''new writings in sf-10'' ed. john carnell (1967) the heart of the flame (ss) first publication in this collection (2003)
ppint. 22nd Jan 2023		Book Douglas R. Mason - The Fletcher Chronicles (2003)	golden apple, wallasey tp/b first printing, first edition almost entirely reprint collection of two novelettes and six short stories, nf introduction by the author as john rankine cover art unsigned, uncredited isbn 1-904073-26-x cover price (none printed) 198pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents, introduction, 1 blank end p.
ppint. 22nd Jan 2023		Book John Brunner - The Jagged Orbit (1977)	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb third printing° (including ace books and previous grosset & dunlap printings) cover art by josh kirby (unsigned, retained from second printing slightly blown up, so no visible signature) cover price $1.95 400pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising including three books known to be 12/1976 titles ° - only the copyright year date is given, no details of reprinting: but the five-digit system cat# is increased by 1 from the dated 1972 second printing, and the advertised books' publication date takes this into 1977.
ppint. 22nd Jan 2023		Book John Brunner - The Jagged Orbit (1972)	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb second printing, with new cover art by josh kirby (signed, often guillotined off edge, uncredited) cat# 38121 given on front cover as 381210 cover price $1.25 400pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising this printing was fairly commonly available as a remainder somewhat later in england, possibly through the whole of the yuk-of-gb-&-ni; but i've not seen it turn up much since the eighties.
ppint. 22nd Jan 2023		Book John Brunner - The Jagged Orbit (1970)	sidgwick & jackson h/cvr first printing, first trade h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art (none: typographical in dark blue with like border around edge of front, on silver ground cover (d-j) price £1.75 400pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 22nd Jan 2023		Book John Brunner - The Jagged Orbit (1969)	(charter communications, inc. by now?) ace books mmpb first printing, first edition ace science fiction special (original, first series) cover art by diane dillon, leo dillon (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price 95¢ 400pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising copyright year taken as year of publication; see also locus; month of publication not given, taken from ''john brunner'' jad smith (2013), q.v.

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