ppint. 6th Jul 2024 | | BookLarry Niven - Fleet Of Worlds (2008) | known space collaborative spin-off series #1:
by larry niven, edward m. lerner:
2#1: "fleet of worlds" (2007), (this novel)
2#2: "juggler of worlds" (2008), q.v.
2#3: "destroyer of worlds" (2009), q.v.
2#4: "betrayer of worlds" (2010), q.v.
2#5: "fate of worlds: return from the ringworld" (2012), q.v.
see known space core collection for full series listing, and links:
#C1: "neutron star" (1969), q.v.
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ppint. 6th Jul 2024 | | BookLarry Niven - Fleet Of Worlds (2008) | thomas doherty associates tor imprint mmpb first printing, first p/b edition
cover art by stephen martiniere (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price $7.99 ($9.99 can(adian))
320pp. including eight unpaginated pp. titles, indicia etc, 3 end pp; 1p. advertising between 2 blank pp.
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ppint. 5th Jul 2024 | | BookErskine Childers - The Riddle Of The Sands (2009) | grove atlantic ltd. atlantic books imprint b format p/b first printing
crime classics series
cover art by gradiate (unsigned line-drawn representation of a chart detail, credited on back cover)
cover price £7.99
368pp. including twenty unpaginated pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents (chapters), 8 pp. four b+w maps etc, 25 end pp: 1 p. blank, 15pp. case notes (nf) professor robert giddings, 9 blank pp.
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ppint. 4th Jul 2024 | | BookNancy 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.
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ppint. 4th Jul 2024 | | BookRobert 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
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ppint. 4th Jul 2024 | | BookRobert 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
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ppint. 4th Jul 2024 | | BookCharles Williams - The Concrete Flamingo (1967) | aka and originally "all the way" dell mmpb (1958), q.v.
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ppint. 4th Jul 2024 | | BookCharles 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
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ppint. 3rd Jul 2024 | | BookNancy 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
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ppint. 3rd Jul 2024 | | BookNancy 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
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ppint. 3rd Jul 2024 | | BookDuncan 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.
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ppint. 3rd Jul 2024 | | BookRobert 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
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ppint. 3rd Jul 2024 | | BookGerald 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.
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ppint. 2nd Jul 2024 | | BookDonna Leon - Venezianisches Finale (1995) | english title is^W was slightly wrong and should^W has been corrected to "death at la fenice"
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ppint. 2nd Jul 2024 | | BookDonna Leon - Fatal Remedies (2000) | commissario brunetti series #8
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ppint. 2nd Jul 2024 | | BookDonna 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
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ppint. 2nd Jul 2024 | | BookEdward 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
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ppint. 1st Jul 2024 | | BookFrederik 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
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ppint. 1st Jul 2024 | | BookJudith 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
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ppint. 1st Jul 2024 | | BookAgatha Christie - Murder On The Orient Express (2013) | a hercule poirot mystery
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ppint. 1st Jul 2024 | | BookAgatha 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.
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ppint. 30th Jun 2024 | | BookC. 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
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ppint. 30th Jun 2024 | | BookC. 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
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ppint. 30th Jun 2024 | | BookC. 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
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ppint. 30th Jun 2024 | | BookC. 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
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ppint. 30th Jun 2024 | | BookC. 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.
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ppint. 30th Jun 2024 | | BookC. 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.
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ppint. 30th Jun 2024 | | BookC. 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
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ppint. 30th Jun 2024 | | BookC. 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)
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ppint. 30th Jun 2024 | | BookC. 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.
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