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Member	Item		Review/Comment
ppint. 30th Jun 2024		Book Andre Norton - Lord Of Thunder (1968)	first sequel to "the beast master" (1959), q.v., and the only sequel actually written by her
ppint. 29th Jun 2024		Book Henry Brinton - Purple-6 (1963)	avon books mmpb first printing, first merkin p/b edition cover art unsigned or signed unclearly on black field, uncredited cover price 60¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia etc.
ppint. 29th Jun 2024		Book Henry Brinton - Purple-6 (1963)	hutchinson &.co. arrow books p/b first printing, first p/b edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 2'6 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising (check)
ppint. 29th Jun 2024		Book Henry Brinton - Purple-6 (1962)	hutchinson & co. h/cvr first printing, first edition
ppint. 29th Jun 2024		Book Nelson S. Bond - Exiles Of Time (1965)	paperback library mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first p/b edition cover art by jack gaughan (signed with his digraph, uncredited) cover price 50¢ 160pp. including 9pp. titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising 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 printing: may, 1965
ppint. 29th Jun 2024		Book Thomas F. Monteleone - The Time Connection (1976)	popular library mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price $1.25 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. 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 november 1976
ppint. 29th Jun 2024		Book Anne McCaffrey - The Survivors (1984)	variously entitled: ''dinosaur planet survivors'' (1984), q.v. ''the survivors (dinosaur planet II)'' (uk & canadian p/b 1984) ''survivors'' (uk h/cvr 1997)
ppint. 29th Jun 2024		Book Robert Tralins - Android Armageddon (1974)	paramount imprint uk p/b first printing, first uk edition produced as a slight variant run-on of the pinnacle books merkin mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by vincent di fate (signed vdifate, uncredited) cover price 50p 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising seems to've been distributed primarily to accounts of david gold & sons news wholesalers
ppint. 29th Jun 2024		Book Robert Tralins - Android Armageddon (1974)	pinnacle books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by vincent di fate (signed vdifate, uncredited) cover price $1.25 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 29th Jun 2024		Book Michael Elder - Nowhere On Earth (1973)	pinnacle books mmpb first printing, first merkin edition originally published by robert hale in h/cvr (london 1972)
ppint. 29th Jun 2024		Book Agatha Christie - The A.B.C. Murders (1936)	william collins & sons "crime club"° h/cvr first printing, first edition ° - this was the publisher's publishing category series name, not a book club offering cheaper editions to subscribed customers; this usage was quite common in both uk & british empire/commonwealth and the merkin publishing markets for some decades.
ppint. 27th Jun 2024		Book P. D. James - Death Comes To Pemberley (2011)	faber & faber h/cvr first printing, first or simultaneous first edition typeset by faber & faber ltd. dedication: to joyce mclennan friend and personal assistant who has typed my novels for thirty-five years with affection and gratitude cover (d-j) art monochrome vignette by neil gower (unsigned, credited on d-j back flap) cover (d-j) price £18.99 320pp. including (i -) x pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, perfectbound onto a flexible strip with deep red endpapers between black paper-covered boards, with title, author & faber & faber logo on spine in gold
ppint. 27th Jun 2024		Book Derek Tangye - Went The Day Well (1995)	author field should^W has been varied to "editor"
ppint. 27th Jun 2024		Book Derek Tangye - Went The Day Well (1995)	"went the day well? we died and never knew. but, well or ill, freedom, we died for you."
ppint. 27th Jun 2024		Book Derek Tangye - Went The Day Well (1995)	the penguin group ltd. michael joseph imprint reissue first printing adds new 1p. foreword by the editor cover (d-j) art photographic banner in chief by courtesy of the trustees of the imperial war museum cover (d-j) price £14.99, $35.00 canada 256pp. including (i -) x pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, 2 blank end pp, perfectbound onto a flexible strip with endpapers between black cloth-covered boards, title, author & publisher below publisher's logo on spine in gold all royalties to the star & garter home for disabled sailors, soldiers & airmen registered charity number 210119
ppint. 27th Jun 2024		Book Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders (1965)	it matters on bookcat because the various editions of the same book are listed as different editions of different books if the form of the title differs - - unless the "english title" field is used to combine them; which ordinary mortals can't achieve other than by submitting a correction, once an edition's been added.
ppint. 26th Jun 2024		Book Agatha Christie - The A B C Murders (2018)	a hercule poirot detective fiction story that turns into a railway race against time before the perpetrator commits his fourth murder, which he has evidently already time-tabled - to the minute. . .
ppint. 26th Jun 2024		Book Agatha Christie - The A B C Murders (2018)	harpercollinspublishers b format p/b first printing, definitely not first uk p/b edition refer to indicia printing number to distinguish between printings: it's immediately below the line "this paperback edition 2018" but is not dated, nor actually stated to be the printing number; highest printing number of this edition i've seen so far is 4 cover art photographic composition by charlie grey, ben blackall (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £8.99 272pp. including (i -) vi pp. titles, indicia nf-within-f foreword overtly by captain arthur hastings, o. b. e., etc.
ppint. 26th Jun 2024		Book Richard Ingrams - The Best Of 'Dear Bill' (1986)	collecting the 'dear bill' fortnightly letters bottled chateau st. denis 18 may 1979 - 1 june 1985
ppint. 26th Jun 2024		Book Richard Ingrams - The Best Of 'Dear Bill' (1986)	andre deutsch/private eye h/cvr first printing, first edition sub-title appears on front cover only cover art photographic by john lawrence jones of fluck and law's "spitting image" denis thatcher puppet b+w illustrations by brian bagnall cover price £7.95 272pp. including 5pp. titles, indicia etc, 2 blank end pp, perfectbound onto a flexible strip with endpapers, between laminated boards
ppint. 26th Jun 2024		Book George Herbert - A Choice Of George Herbert's Verse (1967)	george herbert 4/1593 - 1633
ppint. 26th Jun 2024		Book George Herbert - A Choice Of George Herbert's Verse (1967)	faber & faber (though there was only ever the one) tp/b first printing, first edition reprinted 1969, 1972, 1979 and 1981 69 poems by george herbert selected and introduced by r. s. thomas cover art unsigned, uncredited reproduction in red on white of an engraving presumably of the author cover price £1.95 96pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents, 10½pp. introduction etc, 4 end pp: 3pp. index of first lines 1 blank page
ppint. 25th Jun 2024		Book Roy Lewis - What We Did To Father (1960)	aka "the evolution man" (penguin p/b 1963), q.v., (corgi p/b 1989, adds introduction by terry pratchett), q.v., aka "once upon an ice age" (berkley mmpb c.1968 iirc), q.v: p/b editions lack the embellishments by hewison :( translated at least once each into french, german, italian, and spanish, under various titles.
ppint. 24th Jun 2024		Book Laurence M. Janifer - The Final Fear (1974)	starbooks publications star books p/b cover art unsigned cover price 65¢, 25p uk (mayn't've seen uk trade distribution) 144pp. including titles, indicia etc.
ppint. 24th Jun 2024		Book Jean Vernon - The Secret Lives Of Garden Bees (2020)	pen and sword books ltd. white owl imprint large format pb first printing, simultaneous first edition simultaneous with h/cvr bind-up of the same signatures, isbn 1 52671 186 1 this book is dedicated to my wonderful mum, berry, who shared her love of nature and the beauty of all small things. dearly missed, but never forgotten. cover art by jon wilkinson (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £16.99 (u.s.$29.95) 192pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia, forward by brigit strowbridge howard 8/2020) etc, 1 blank end page
ppint. 24th Jun 2024		Book Patricia Wentworth - The Alington Inheritance (1979)	a miss silver mystery
ppint. 24th Jun 2024		Book Patricia Wentworth - The Alington Inheritance (1979)	hodder & stoughton hodder paperbacks division coronet books imprint first printing 1979 third impression 1981 first edition hodder & stoughton h/cvr 1960 cover art unsigned, uncredited photographic close-up of part of revolver, very old key on red rope cover price £1.10 224pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia etc, 2 end pp. advertising
ppint. 22nd Jun 2024		Book Harlan Ellison - Over The Edge (1972)	thank-you, jimess.
ppint. 13th Jun 2024		Book C. J. Cherryh - Defiance (2023)	astra publishing house daw books imprint h/cvr first printing, first edition to you, our readers, to our excellent surgeons and doctors, and to our very patient publisher and editor°, we respectfully dedicate this book, and a very special dedication to jane's brother, allen "chip" fancher, pilot extraordinaire, our technical advisor - clear skies forever, chip! ---c. j. cherryh ° - betsy wollheim cover (d-j) art by todd lockwood (signed © lockwood, credited & credited on d-j back flap) cover (d-j) price $28.00 usa \| $37.99 can(ada) near-meaningless daw books collector no.1697 368pp. including ten unnumbered pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents (chapters), two b+w maps (one line-drawn, one grayscale), 1 blank p; 3 end pp. appendix; perfectbound onto backing strip with endpapers between bright blue paper-covered boards; title, authors, daw logo in gold on spine
ppint. 9th Jun 2024		Book George MacDonald - The Princess And The Goblin (1967)	image 2292987: this is *still* not the 1967 first airmont books printing claimed in the notes: section: this is the second or a further subsequent airmont classics printing.

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