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Member	Item		Review/Comment
ppint. 16th Jul 2024		Book Larry Niven - The Ringworld Throne (1997)	little, brown group (warner books uk) orbit books imprint p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by barclay shaw (unsigned, re-used from del rey merkin h/cvr & p/b editions) cover price £5.99, $14.95 australia 384pp. (check) titles, indicia etc, 6 end pp: 2pp. glossary, 1p. ringworld parameters, 3pp. cast of characters month of publication not given in indicia publishing history; taken from locus
ppint. 15th Jul 2024		Book Jack Vance - City Of The Chasch (1975)	dennis dobson first printing, first h/cvr edition, not first uk edition (preceded by mayflower p/b edition) cover (d-j) art by richard weaver (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap) cover (d-j) price £2.75 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 15th Jul 2024		Book Jack Vance - Servants Of The Wankh (1975)	dennis dobson first printing, first h/cvr edition, may have been preceded by the mayflower uk p/b edition cover (d-j) art by richard weaver (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap) cover (d-j) price £2.75 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 15th Jul 2024		Book Jack Vance - The Dirdir (1975)	dennis dobson first printing, first h/cvr edition, first uk edition (preceded the mayflower p/b edition, just) cover (d-j) art by richard weaver (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap) cover (d-j) price £2.75 192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 15th Jul 2024		Book Jack Vance - The Pnume (1975)	dennis dobson first printing, first h/cvr edition, first uk edition (preceded the mayflower p/b by a year) cover (d-j) art by richard weaver (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap) cover (d-j) price £2.75 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 15th Jul 2024		Book Jack Vance - The Pnume (1979)	daw books mmpb near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers cover art by h. r. van dongen (signed, credited) b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed, uncredited) near-meaningless daw books collector no.347 cover price $1.95 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel) cover price $1.75 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution) 160pp. including titles, indicia, etc. refer to indicia publishing history to see if the carcass of the copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first daw printing, august 1979/123456789
ppint. 15th Jul 2024		Book Jack Vance - The Dirdir (1979)	daw books mmpb near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers cover art by h. r. van dongen (signed, credited) b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed, uncredited) 2pp. b+w map of tschai (unsigned, uncredited: reprinted from the ace books mmpb edition) near-meaningless daw books collector no.347 cover price $1.95 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel) cover price $1.75 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution) 160pp. including titles, indicia , b+w map etc. refer to indicia publishing history to see if the carcass of the copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first daw printing, july 1979/123456789
ppint. 15th Jul 2024		Book Jack Vance - Servants Of The Wankh (1979)	daw books mmpb near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers cover art by h. r. van dongen (signed, credited) b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed, uncredited) 2pp. b+w map of tschai (unsigned, uncredited: reprinted from the ace books mmpb edition) near-meaningless daw books collector no.342 cover price $1.95 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel) cover price $1.75 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution) 160pp. including titles, indicia , b+w map etc. refer to indicia publishing history to see if the carcass of the copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first daw printing, june 1979/123456789
ppint. 14th Jul 2024		Book S. M. Stirling - Snowbrother (1985)	the first novel in the fifth millennium setting or (loose?) series by various authors and collaborations: #1: "snowbrother" s. m. stirling (1985), (this book) #1a: "snowbrother (revised)" s. m. stirling (1992), q.v. #2: "the sharpest edge" s. m. stirling, shirley meier (1986), q.v. #2a: "saber and shadow" (1992), q.v. (revised, also adds nf-within-f appendices) #3: "the cage" s. m. stirling, shirley meier (1989), q.v. #4: "shadow's son" s. m. stirling, shirley meier, karen wehrstein (1991), q.v. #5: "shadow's daughter" shirley meier (1991), q.v. #6: "lion's heart" karen wehrstein (1991), q.v. #7: "lion's soul" karen wehrstein (1991), q.v.
ppint. 14th Jul 2024		Book S. M. Stirling - Snowbrother (1985)	cover art by ken w. kelly, signed and credited - which should be no surprise, as this variant shares the merkin-printed colour card covers of the merkin mmpb first printing (and the first edition).
ppint. 14th Jul 2024		Book S. M. Stirling - Snowbrother (1985)	this canadian-carcassed variant mmpb is the second printing, not the first printing - the indicia publishing history printing number line starts with the digit "2", identifying it as the second printing
ppint. 14th Jul 2024		Book S. M. Stirling - Snowbrother (1985)	new american library signet books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by ken w. kelly (signed, credited) cover price (canada $3.50) * u.s. $2.95 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising distinguish from canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel by reference to the indicia publishing history printing number line which drops the digit "1", formally identifying the canadian as being the second printing
ppint. 14th Jul 2024		Book S. M. Stirling - Drakon (2000)	draka series (originally a trilogy) #4: #1: ''marching through georgia'' (1988), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 14th Jul 2024		Book S. M. Stirling - Under The Yoke (1989)	draka trilogy #3: #1: ''marching through georgia'' (1988), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 14th Jul 2024		Book S. M. Stirling - The Stone Dogs (1990)	draka series (originally a trilogy) #3: #1: ''marching through georgia'' (1988), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 14th Jul 2024		Book Lesley Grant-Adamson - Lipstick And Lies (1998)	hodder headline plc hodder & stoughton h/cvr first printing, first edition dedication: for alisoun gort cover (d-j) art (unsigned monochrome red & black photographic, uncredited in indicia) cover (d-j) price £16.99 272pp. (check, reference copy has library part-laminated boards incorporating the d-j) including six unpaginated pp. titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between red cloth-covered boards
ppint. 10th Jul 2024		Book Jack Vance - City Of The Chasch (1979)	daw books mmpb near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers cover art by h. r. van dongen (signed, credited) b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed, uncredited) 2pp. b+w map of tschai (unsigned, uncredited: reprinted from the ace books mmpb edition) near-meaningless daw books collector no.339 cover price $1.95 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel) cover price $1.75 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution) 160pp. including titles, indicia , b+w map etc. refer to indicia publishing history to see if the carcass of the copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first daw printing, may 1979/123456789 and to distinguish from the undated near-identical third printing, which drops the first two digits from the printing number line, was wholly merkin-printed, and bears cover price (? not as yet seen/seen reported: probably $1.75) some copies of this bear a lengthways oval white sticker printed in black stating $1.95 price in canada
ppint. 9th Jul 2024		Book Jack Vance - The Pnume (1976)	planet of adventure or tschai tetralogy #4: #1: "city of the chasch" (1968), q.v. for series listing and links.
ppint. 9th Jul 2024		Book Jack Vance - Servants Of The Wankh (1975)	planet of adventure #2: aka "wankh", aka "the wannek", qq.v. #1: "city of the chasch" (1968), q.v. for series listing and links.
ppint. 7th Jul 2024		Book Jack Vance - Trullion: Alastor 2262 (1973)	alastor cluster #1, a novel of the gaean reach: #1: ''trullion: alastor 2262'' (1973), (this book) #2: "marune: alastor 933" (1975), q.v. #3: "wyst: alastor 1716" (1978), q.v.
ppint. 7th Jul 2024		Book Jack Vance - Trullion: Alastor 2262 (1981)	alastor cluster #1: #1: "trullion: alastor 2262" (1973), q.v. for series listing and links.
ppint. 7th Jul 2024		Book Jack Vance - Wyst: Alastor 1716 (1978)	alastor cluster #3: #1: "trullion: alastor 2262" (1973), q.v. for series listing and links.
ppint. 7th Jul 2024		Book Jack Vance - City Of The Chasch (1974)	the planet of adventure, aka "tschai", aka "tschai, the planet of adventure" tetralogy #1: #1: "city of the chasch" (this novel), aka "(the) chasch" (1986), q.v. #2: "servants of the wankh" (1969), q.v., aka "wankh" (1986), aka "the wannek" (2006), qq.v. #3: "the dirdir" (1969), q.v. #4: "the pnume" (1970), q.v. omnibus edition of the tetralogy: #O: "planet of adventure" (1985 uk), q.v.
ppint. 7th Jul 2024		Book Jack Vance - The Dirdir (1975)	planet of adventure #3: #1: "city of the chasch" (1968), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 7th Jul 2024		Book John Wyndham - The Outward Urge (1961)	contents: the space-station: A.D. 1994 (novelette) new worlds #70, 4/1958 as ''for all the night''; fantastic vol.7 #11, 11/1958 as ''the troons of space'' the moon: A.D. 2044 (ntte) new worlds #72, 6/1958 as ''idiot's delight''; fantastic vol.7 #12, 12/1958 as ''the troons of space - A.D. 2044'' mars: A.D. 2094 (ntte) new worlds #73, 7/1958 as ''the thin gnat-voices''; fantastic vol. 8 #1, 1/1959 as ''the troons of space - mars A.D. 2094'' venus: A.D. 2144 (ntte) new worlds #75, 9/1958 as ''space is a province of brazil''; fantastic vol. 8 #2, 2/1959 as ''the troops of space - venus A.D. 2144'' the emptiness of space: the asteroids A.D. 2194 (short story) new worlds #100, 11/1960; amazing vol.35 #1, 1/1961 ''the emptiness of space'' had the date added in amazing and ''the asteroids'' added for book publication
ppint. 7th Jul 2024		Book Nancy Springer - Wings Of Flame (1986)	arrow books p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art unsigned, uncredited sfair cover price £2.95 (overseas territories prices) 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 7th Jul 2024		Book Nancy Springer - Godbond (1990)	sea king trilogy #3: #1: "madbond" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 7th Jul 2024		Book Nancy Springer - Mindbond (1989)	sea king trilogy #2: #1: "madbond" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 7th Jul 2024		Book Nancy Springer - Godbond (1990)	macdonald & co. (publishers) futura publications p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price £3.50, ($? australia, $? new zealand - scratched out) 288pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 7th Jul 2024		Book Nancy Springer - Mindbond (1989)	macdonald & co. (publishers) futura publications p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price £3.50, ($? australia, $? new zealand - scratched out) 240pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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