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ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Book Robert Silverberg - Triax (1977)	contents: molly zero (novella) keith roberts (later extended by keith into a fine novel, victor gollancz (1985) q.v.) if i forget thee... (nlla) james (e.) gunn (later included in his "the dreamers" (1981) retitled "the volunteer") freitzke's turn (nlla) jack vance (a miro hetzel story, the second-published) (the two novellas later collected and published as "galactic effectuator" (1980 & ff.), q.v.
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Book Robert Silverberg - Triax (1977)	pinnacle books mmpb first printing, first edition pinnacle/ futorian science fiction series original anthology of three novellas with introduction by robert silverberg cover art by randy weidner (unsigned, credited) cover price $1.95 224pp. (check) including (i-viii) titles, indicia, etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Book Robert Silverberg - Up The Line (1975)	serialised in amazing stories vol.43 #2, #3; 7, 9/1969 each part with one b+w illustration by dan adkins
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Book R. A. Lafferty - Apocalypses (1977)	pinnacle / futorian science fiction was a brief pinnacle books series edited by roger elwood from end 1977-mid 1978; his somewhat restrictive version of christianity may have contributed to its brevity. pinnacle books' manglement may've intended to extend their "futorian" series into the sub-imprint for all of their sf titles, but this did not happen - and roger elwood's career as the most active original sf anthologist of his time also collapsed, with some established sf (& fantasy) editors taking over the work on a number of his then uncompleted projects already sold to various publishers.
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Book Raymond F. Jones - Weeping May Tarry (1978)	pinnacle's rather brief - five titles - futorian science fiction series did not evolve into an imprint. this may have had a little - or somewhat more than a little - to do with roger elwood's christian beliefs.
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Book Raymond F. Jones - Weeping May Tarry (1978)	pinnacle books mmpb first printing, first edition pinnacle/ futorian science fiction series cover art by carl lundgren (signed in his signature square, credited) cover price $1.75 192pp. (check) including unpaginated titles, indicia, etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Book Raymond F. Jones - The Non-statistical Man (1968)	the number string on the spine, 500-00820-050 is not an sbn of any variety it may be this edition's abn. the last three digits are the cover price in cents.
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Book Raymond F. Jones - The Non-statistical Man (1968)	belmont publications mmpb simultaneous second printings sharing merkin-printed covers reprint collection of two short stories, a novelette and a novella cover art unsigned, uncredited, retained from first printing cover price 50¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state / second printing may 1968
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Book Raymond F. Jones - The Non-statistical Man (1965)	contents: the non-statistical man (novella) (the original) science fiction stories vol.6 #6, 5/1956, with two b+w illustrations by (frank) kelly freas the moon is death (short story) future science fiction vol.4 #2, 3/1953; future science fiction thorpe & porter bre #9, 5/1953, both: the cover story, art by milton luros, a b+w illustration by c. a. murphy the gardener (ss) (the original) science fiction stories vol.8 #1, 7/1957, a b+w illustration by paul orban intermission time (novelette) science fiction quarterly vol.2 #3, 5/1953, with a b+w illustration by paul orban; science fiction quarterly thorpe & porter bre #6, ?/1954, probably no b+w illustration
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Book Raymond F. Jones - The Non-statistical Man (1965)	brown, watson p/b first printing, first uk edition reprint collection of two short stories, a novelette and a novella cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 3'6 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p.
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Book Raymond F. Jones - The Non-statistical Man (1964)	belmont publications belmont mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition reprint collection of two short stories, a novelette and a novella cover art unsigned, uncredited (it looks as though it could be by richard powers, but this is not "an attribution) cover price 50¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state a belmont book --- may 1964
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Book Raymond F. Jones - Syn (1969)	number string 505-01018-060 on spine is not an sbn of any variety; it might be this edition's abn. the last three digits are the price in cents.
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Book Raymond F. Jones - Syn (1969)	belmont publications belmont mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition cover art unsigned, uncredited; it looks like a slightly treated enlarged photographic detail cover price 60¢ 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state a belmont book --- june 1969
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Book Raymond F. Jones - The Cybernetic Brains (1969)	number string 610-63036-060 on spine is not an sbn of any variety; it may be the edition's abn. the last three digits are the price in cents.
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Book Raymond F. Jones - The Cybernetic Brains (1969)	coronet communications paperback library mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first p/b edition cover art by jerome podwil (top(s) of signature visible on bottom edge some copies, uncredited) cover price 60¢ 128pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first printing: march 1969
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Book Raymond F. Jones - The Cybernetic Brains (1962)	bouregy & curl avalon books h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by ed emshwiller (signed emsh, credited on d-j front flap) cover (d-j) price $2.95 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p., bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Book Raymond F. Jones - The Secret People (1956)	bouregy & curl avalon books h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by ed emshwiller (signed emsh, credited on d-j front flap) cover (d-j) price $2.50 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Book Raymond F. Jones - This Island Earth (1991)	fix-up of: the alien machine (novelettes) thrilling wonder stories vol. xxxiv #2, 6/1949 the shroud of secrecy (ntte) thrilling wonder stories vol. xxxv #2, 12/1949; tws bre vol. 1 #2, 5/1950 the greater conflict (ntte) thrilling wonder stories vol. xxxv #3, 2/1950
ppint. 10th Aug 2024		Book Raymond F. Jones - This Island Earth (1991)	wm. collins & sons grafton books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition fix-up novel of the series cover art by bill donohue (doing a fossoid cover - down to a non-imitative "f", perhaps in recognition; unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £3.50, $9.95 australia, $14.95 new zealand 192pp. including 6 unnumbered pp. titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
ppint. 9th Aug 2024		Book J. M. Walsh - Vanguard To Neptune (1952)	"serialized'' in wonder stories quarterly spring 1932 as ''the vanguard to neptune'' cover art story with art and eight b+w illustrations by frank r. paul (seven signed ''paul'')
ppint. 9th Aug 2024		Book L. Ron Hubbard - Typewriter In The Sky (1952)	serialised in unknown vol. iv #3, #4, 11/1940, 12/1940 listed in street & smith's archive as being by l. ron hubbard & robert p. toombs: hubbard appears to have rewritten robert p. toombs' submission, ''prisoners of the brain''.
ppint. 9th Aug 2024		Book Richard Matheson - The Shrinking Man (1969)	aka ''the incredible shrinking man'' q.v., under which title this novel was also filmed.
ppint. 9th Aug 2024		Book Richard Matheson - The Shrinking Man (1962)	indicia publishing history states second printing, march 1962
ppint. 9th Aug 2024		Book Harlan Ellison - Rockabilly (1961)	fawcett publications gold medal imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by mitchell hooks (signed m. hooks, uncredited) cover price 35¢ 176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p.
ppint. 9th Aug 2024		Book Harlan Ellison - The Deadly Streets (1958)	first published date is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to 1958 first published by ace books in mmpb in 1958 - this edition!
ppint. 9th Aug 2024		Book Harlan Ellison - The Deadly Streets (1959)	first published date is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to 1958 first published by ace books in mmpb in 1958
ppint. 9th Aug 2024		Book Ramsey Campbell - The Influence (1993)	only known address i've been able to find: 26 york road, twickenham, london; a limited liability company incorporated 1985, apparently dissolved before december 1999.
ppint. 7th Aug 2024		Book Ramsey Campbell - The Influence (1993)	the sheridan book company would not appear to possess an address, nor a distributor - with or without an address - but this isn't a criminally illegal edition as the printer's name and sufficient address is given on the indicia page for the relevant authorities to make contact: cox & wyman ltd, reading, berkshire
ppint. 7th Aug 2024		Book Ramsey Campbell - The Influence (1993)	the sheridan book company first printing, not first uk p/b edition logo just above the base of the spine is a black, seriffed s above a black squiggle, in a white rectangle: this is repeated nowhere else on or in this edition. title page bears "the sheridan book company" above a horizontally stretched iteration of the like squiggle dedication: for catherine and j. k. potter who lit up more of the dark for me "the last dream tells the truth. . ." guilda kent cover art unsigned, uncredited from merged photographs split vertically of woman's face & head, skull cover price £4.99, $10.95 aus(tralia) 304pp. including six unpaginated pages titles, indicia etc, 2 blank end pp.
ppint. 7th Aug 2024		Book J. K. Rowling - Career Of Evil (2016)	cormoran strike #3: private eye crime and detection mysteries series #1: "the cuckoo's calling" (2013), q.v. (eventually for series listing, and links).

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