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Member	Item		Review/Comment
ppint. 4th Jul 2024		Book Nancy Springer - Madbond (1988)	sea king trilogy #1: #1: "madbond" (1987), this novel #2: "mindbond" (1987), q.v. #3: "godbond" (1988), q.v. omnibus of #1, #2 & #3: #O: "sea king trilogy" (2018), q.v.
ppint. 4th Jul 2024		Book Robert Foster - A Guide To Middle Earth (1971)	mirage press limited edition 1250 unnumbered tp/b 1971 card-covered edition of the h/cvr sewn signatures anthem series cover (d-j) art by tim kirk (signed, credited on d-j back flap) cover(d-j) price $3.75 320pp. (i-) xiii titles, introduction, concordance° etc, 1 blank p, 13 end pp: 1p. statement of limitation, statement of printing & publication of trade p/b bind-up, blank pp; sewn in signatures and bound with endpapers between card covers ° - identifies and correlates page references in the ballantine mmpb and the houghton miflin revised h/cvr merkin editions of the three separately-published volumes
ppint. 4th Jul 2024		Book Robert Foster - A Guide To Middle Earth (1971)	mirage press limited edition 1500 numbered h/cvrs published in two batches of 750, 4 & 11/1971 voyager series cover (d-j) art by tim kirk (signed, credited on d-j back flap) cover(d-j) price $6.95 320pp. (i-) xiii titles, introduction, concordance° etc, 1 blank p, 13 end pp: 1p. statement of limitation, limited edition copy number, statement of printing & publication of trade p/b bind-up, six blank pp; sewn in signatures and bound with endpapers between black cloth-covered boards, title , author & publisher blocked in gold on spine ° - identifies and correlates page references in the ballantine mmpb and the houghton miflin revised h/cvr merkin editions of the three separately-published volumes
ppint. 4th Jul 2024		Book Charles Williams - The Concrete Flamingo (1967)	aka and originally "all the way" dell mmpb (1958), q.v.
ppint. 4th Jul 2024		Book Charles Williams - Dead Calm (1965)	first published by viking (h/cvr 1963) so first publication year is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to 1963
ppint. 3rd Jul 2024		Book Nancy Springer - Madbond (1988)	macdonald & co. (publishers) futura publications p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price £2.99, $9.95 australia, $12.99 new zealand 216pp. including 8pp. titles, indicia etc, 5 end pp: 3pp. glossary, 1p. mail-order data, 1p. advertisement for interzone
ppint. 3rd Jul 2024		Book Nancy Springer - Chains Of Gold (1988)	macdonald & co. futura publications p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition first uk publication in h/cvr by macdonald & co. (publishers) (1987), q.v. cover art unsigned, uncredited (possibly geoff taylor, on stylistic grounds; *not* "an attribution") cover price £2.95, $9.95 australia, $14.99 new zealand 240pp. including four unpaginated pp. titles, indicia etc, 6 end pp. advertising
ppint. 3rd Jul 2024		Book Duncan Kyle - Terror's Cradle (1986)	fontana/collins p/b seventh impression so stated first published in h/cvr by collins (1975), q.v. first published in fontana p/b edition 1976 dedication: this one for robert with my thanks cover art by peter elson (signed with his pe in a line-drawn box, uncredited) cover price £1.95 224pp. including 4pp. titles, indicia etc, 2 end pp. advertising © 1974 robert crew ltd.
ppint. 3rd Jul 2024		Book Robert Tralins - The Cosmozoids (1969)	tower books mmpb simultaneous first printings, stated second printing as accounting included the belmont mmpb first edition, tower publications having taken over belmont publications a big t science fiction cover art unsigned, uncredited (possibly by jack faragasso?) cover price 60¢ 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. 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 (p) 1966, 1969
ppint. 3rd Jul 2024		Book Gerald Griffin - The Collegians (2008)	grove atlantic ltd. atlantic books imprint b format p/b first printing crime classics series cover art by sean freeman (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £7.99 496pp. including ten unpaginated pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents (chapters) etc, 18 end pp: 11pp. case notes (nf) professor robert giddings, 7 blank pp.
ppint. 2nd Jul 2024		Book Donna Leon - Venezianisches Finale (1995)	english title is^W was slightly wrong and should^W has been corrected to "death at la fenice"
ppint. 2nd Jul 2024		Book Donna Leon - Fatal Remedies (2000)	commissario brunetti series #8
ppint. 2nd Jul 2024		Book Donna Leon - Fatal Remedies (2000)	random house group ltd. arrow books first printing, first uk p/b edition check undated, unexplained printing number on third line in indicia: highest i've seen is 10 dedication: for william douglas cover art photographic credited to getty images cover price £6.99 320pp. including ten unpaginated pp. titles, indicia etc, 7 end pp. advertising
ppint. 2nd Jul 2024		Book Edward Countryman - The American Revolution (1991)	the penguin group penguin books imprint b format p/b first printing, not penguin books first p/b edition was a penguin group pelican books imprint p/b (1987) dedication: for alfred young with admiration and thanks cover art unsigned detail from a cartoon celebrating the repral of the stamp act, reproduced by courtesy of the library of congress, washington (merkia) cover price £6.99, $27.95 new zealand (incl. gst) 288pp. including eight unpaginated pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents (chapters) etc, 35 end pp: 29pp. bibliographic essay, 5pp. index
ppint. 1st Jul 2024		Book Frederik Pohl - The Age Of Pussyfoot (1979)	slight error in the art department... the retitling was accidental, and corrected by the removal° of front & back covers, a year or two later. ° - and replacement with new covers, bearing new art and new uk, xxxxian & kiwiiiian cover prices
ppint. 1st Jul 2024		Book Judith Kerr - When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (2008)	harpercollinspublishers harpercollins childrens books b format p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition essentialmodernclassics (sic) series adds 3pp. "why you'll love this book" (nf introduction) michael morpurgo (2008) dedication: for my parents julia and alfred kerr cover art b+w interior illustrations by judith kerr (unsigned, credited) cover price £6.99 272pp. including 8pp. introduction, titles, indicia etc, 24 end pp: 2 blank pp, 18pp. "more than a story" section including 6pp. note by the author, 15pp. historical background information, 2pp. advertising
ppint. 1st Jul 2024		Book Agatha Christie - Murder On The Orient Express (2013)	a hercule poirot mystery
ppint. 1st Jul 2024		Book Agatha Christie - Murder On The Orient Express (2013)	harpercollinspublishers harper imprint b format p/b first printing not first uk p/b edition printed and bound in great britain by clays ltd. check indicia publishing history for the undated, unexplained printing number below the statement this paperback edition 2013; the highest printing number i've so far seen is "5" dedication: to m.e.l.m. arpachiyah, 1933 cover photographic, photograph by colin garratt; cover design by ghost design (unsigned, these credited on back cover) cover price £7.99 288pp. including eight unpaginated pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents (chapters) etc, 6 blank end pp.
ppint. 30th Jun 2024		Book C. L. Moore - The Best Of C. L. Moore (1976)	random house group ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers cover art by greg hildebrandt, tim hildebrandt (signed hildebrandt, credited as the brothers hildebrandt) cover price $1.95 384pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. 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 edition: march 1976
ppint. 30th Jun 2024		Book C. L. Moore - Shambleau And Others (1953)	contents: weird tales (volume number issue number, month/year) black god's kiss (vol.24 #4, 10/1934) jirel of joiry shambleau (vol.22 #5, 11/1933) northwest smith black god's shadow (vol.24 #6, 12/1934) jirel of joiry black thirst (vol.23 #4, 4/1934) northwest smith the tree of life (vol.28 #3, 10/1936) northwest smith jirel meets magic (vol.26 #1, 7/1935) jirel of joiry scarlet dream (vol.23 #5, 5/1934) northwest smith
ppint. 30th Jun 2024		Book C. L. Moore - Shambleau And Others (1953)	gnome press h/cvr first printing, first edition (& stated so on indicia page) reprint collection of three jirel of joiry and four northwest smith novelettes cover (d-j) art by ric binkley (signed binkley, credited on dj back flap) cover (d-j) price $3.00 224pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 30th Jun 2024		Book C. L. Moore - Shambleau (1976)	contents: weird tales (volume number issue number, month/year) black god's kiss (vol.24 #4, 10/1934) jirel of joiry shambleau (vol.22 #5, 11/1933) northwest smith black god's shadow (vol.24 #6, 12/1934) jirel of joiry black thirst (vol.23 #4, 4/1934) northwest smith the tree of life (vol.28 #3, 10/1936) northwest smith scarlet dream (vol.23 #5, 5/1934) northwest smith
ppint. 30th Jun 2024		Book C. L. Moore - Shambleau (1976)	tbl (thomson books ltd.) sphere books p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition reprint collection of two jirel of joiry and four northwest smith novelettes cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 60p, 64p eire, $1.95 australia & new zealand 176pp. (check) including titles, indicia (no table-of-contents) etc, end pp.
ppint. 30th Jun 2024		Book C. L. Moore - Shambleau (1961)	world distributors (manchester) ltd. consul books imprint first printing, first edition/first thus logo on front cover is the world distributors logo with those two words replaced by "consul books" reprint collection of two jirel of joiry and four northwest smith novelettes cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 2'6 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. c. l. moore is tyopped "c. e. moore" on the cover, but given correctly on the title page etc.
ppint. 30th Jun 2024		Book C. L. Moore - Judgment Night (1965)	paperback library mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first p/b edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 50¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. 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: October, 1965
ppint. 30th Jun 2024		Book C. L. Moore - Northwest Of Earth (2008)	contents: novelelettes save the two elsewise indicated: published in weird tales unless elsewise indicated: teaching the world to dream (original nf introduction) c. j. cherryh shambleau (vol.22 #5, 11/1933) black thirst (vol.23 #4, 4/1934) scarlet dreams (vol.23 #5, 5/1934) dust of gods (vol.24 #2, 8/1934) julhi (vol.25 #3, 3/1925) nymph of darkness (short story co-written with forrest j. ackerman) (vol.34 #6, 12/1939) the cold gray god (vol.26 #4, 10/1935) yvala (vol.27 #2, 2/1936) lost paradise (vol.28 #1, 7/1936) the tree of life (vol.28 #3, 10/1936) quest of the starstone (novelette co-written with henry kuttner; also a jirel story) (vol.30 #5, 11/1937) werewoman (fanzine/semi-prozine leaves #2, winter 1938) song in a minor key (short story) (fanzine scienti-snaps vol.3 #1, 2/1940) (fantastic universe vol.7 #1, 1/1957) about the author (nf, uncredited)
ppint. 30th Jun 2024		Book C. L. Moore - Jirel Of Joiry (1969)	reprint collection of five novelettes featuring jirel, but n.b. not all six of them: omitted is "quest of the starstone" weird tales vol.30 no.5, 11/1937, q.v. by c. l. moore and henry kuttner, featuring both of c. l. moore's main heroes, jirel of joiry and northwest smith.
ppint. 30th Jun 2024		Book Peter Robinson - All The Colours Of Darkness (2009)	inspector banks series #18
ppint. 30th Jun 2024		Book Peter Robinson - All The Colours Of Darkness (2009)	hachette livre uk hodder & stoughton hodder imprint first printing, first general p/b edition refer to indicia publishing history page to distinguish from near-identical reprints by the otherwise unexplained, undated printing number below the statement "first published in paperback in 2009" highest printing number i've seen so far is: 5 dedication: to dad and averil, 'although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.' ---helen keller cover art photographic credited to getty images on back cover cover price £6.99 538pp. including 12 unpaginated pp. titles, indicia, 2pp. b+w map, etc, 9 end pp: 1p. acknowledgements, 4pp. insp. banks file, 2pp. advertising & 2 blank pp.
ppint. 30th Jun 2024		Book Andre Norton - The Beast Master (1987)	the beast master/hosteen storm series #1 #1: "the beast master" (1959), #1a: "the beast master" (abridged) (1961), (this edition) #2: "lord of thunder" (1962), q.v. omnibus of #1 & #2: #O1: "beast master's planet" (2005), q.v. written by lyn mcconchie, credited to andre norton & lyn mcconchie: #3: "beast master's ark" (2002), q.v. #4: "beast master's circus" (2004), q.v. #5: "beast master's quest" (2006), q.v. omnibus of #3 & #4: #O2: "beast master's team" (2004), q.v.

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