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ppint. 6th May 2024		Book James P. Fisher - The Great Brain Robbery (1970)	belmont publications belmont mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by jack faragasso (signed faragasso bottom edge or guillotined off, uncredited) cover price 75¢ 160pp. including 4pp. titles, indicia etc, 6 end pp: 2 blank, 3 advertising, 1 mail-order form number-string 505-2072-075 on spine (nor sbn, nor isbn; last 3 digit element is cover price) date of printing nor publication given, copyright date year ©1970 taken as date of publication cover art was for sale (now sold) on ixgallery.com, faragasso's signature is clearly visible
ppint. 5th May 2024		Book G. McDonald Wallis - The Light Of Lilith (1961)	ace books mmpb first printing, first edition half a classic "ace double" format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other cover art by ed emshwiller (signed, uncredited) cover price 40¢ ½ 224pp. (check) including 2 x 4pp. titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves
ppint. 5th May 2024		Book George O. Smith - Fire In The Heavens (1959)	half ace books mmpb first printing, first edition half a classic "ace double" format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other cover art (unsigned, uncredited) cover price 35¢ ½ 256pp. including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves
ppint. 3rd May 2024		Book John Lymington - Froomb! (1970)	macfadden books mmpb second printing, with new cover art by jack faragasso cover price 75¢ 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 2nd May 2024		Book Anthony Powell - Books Do Furnish A Room (1986)	a dance to the music of time duodecology #10: #1: "a question of upbringing" (1951), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 2nd May 2024		Book Anthony Powell - The Valley Of Bones (1975)	a dance to the music of time duodecology #7: #1: "a question of upbringing" (1951), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 2nd May 2024		Book Anthony Powell - The Acceptance World (1965)	a dance to the music of time duodecology #3: #1: "a question of upbringing" (1951), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 2nd May 2024		Book Anthony Powell - A Question Of Upbringing (1965)	a dance to the music of time duodecology #1: #1: "a question of upbringing" (1951), (this novel) #2: "a buyer's market" (1952), q.v. #3: "the acceptance world" (1955), q.v. #4: "at lady molly's" (1957), q.v. #5: "casanova's chinese restaurant" (1960), q.v. #6: "the kindly ones" (1962), q.v. #7: "the valley of bones" (1964), q.v. #8: "the soldier's art" (1966), q.v. #9: "the military philosophers" (1968), q.v. #10: "books do furnish a room" (1971), q.v. #11: "temporary kings" (1973), q.v. #12: "hearing secret harmonies" (1975), q.v.
ppint. 2nd May 2024		Book Dan Jones - Powers And Thrones (2022)	barcode number truncated by too-small field: 978178954354490200
ppint. 2nd May 2024		Book Dan Jones - Powers And Thrones (2022)	bloomsbury publishing plc head of zeus ltd. p/b first printing, first p/b edition head of zeus logo on spine, title page; but stated below title page log:: an apollo book. no other reference to apollo including in the indicia. head of zeus ltd. editorial address: 5-8 hardwick street london ec1r 4rg is distinct from that of the owning bloomsbury publishing plc, which is not given. dedication: for anthony, who thinks of everything cover art (none: typographical cover) b+w maps by jamie whyte (unsigned, credited) cover price £12.99 744pp. including twelve (two unnumbered, ten (i-) x(!)) pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, 69 end pp: 29pp. notes, 17pp. bibliography, 1p. picture credits, 18pp. index, 1p. note on dan jones, 3 blank pp., and three unnumbered, unpaginated eight page colour photographic sections, between pp.180/181, pp.324/325, & pp. 516/51 refer to indicia publishing history to see what number printing is held: 97531(0)2468 = first printing (the 0 is optional), 97532468 = second printing, 9753468 = third printing,975468 = fourth printing, etc, etc
ppint. 1st May 2024		Book Robert Don Hughes - The Faithful Traitor (1992)	barcode number truncated by too-small field: 070999-00399-3-36090
ppint. 1st May 2024		Book Robert Don Hughes - The Forging Of The Dragon (1989)	barcode number truncated by too-small field: 070999-00395-5-33744
ppint. 1st May 2024		Book Robert Don Hughes - The Faithful Traitor (1992)	wizard and dragon trilogy #2: #1: "the forging of the dragon" (1989), q.v. prequel trilogy to the pelman the prophet / pelman the powershaper trilogy #1: "the prophet of lamath" (1979), q.v. for series' listings, and links.
ppint. 1st May 2024		Book Robert Don Hughes - The Forging Of The Dragon (1989)	wizard and dragon trilogy 2#1: 2#2: "the faithful traitor" (1992) q.v. prequel trilogy to the pelman the prophet / pelman the powershaper trilogy 1#1: " the prophet of lamath" (1979) q.v. for series' listings, and links.
ppint. 1st May 2024		Book Robert Don Hughes - The Wizard In Waiting (1987)	pelman the prophet / pelman the powershaper trilogy #2: #1: ''the prophet of lamath'' (1979), q.v. for series listings, and links.
ppint. 1st May 2024		Book Robert Don Hughes - The Power And The Prophet (1987)	pelman the prophet / pelman the powershaper trilogy #3: #1: ''the prophet of lamath'' (1979), q.v. for series listings, and links.
ppint. 1st May 2024		Book Robert Don Hughes - The Power And The Prophet (1987)	wm. collins sons fontana books first printing, first uk edition dedication: for my parents, who pointed me to the power cover art unsigned, uncredited (?geoff taylor, i think, but this is not an attribution) cover price £2.95, australia $9.95, new zealand $12.95 352pp. including 8 unnumbered pp. titles, indicia, map etc, 5 end pp: 1 blank p., 4pp. advertising: 1p. the three books of the winter king's war trilogy by susan dexter, 1p. stephen depressing donaldson's first two interminable trilogies, 1p. national book tokens, 1p. random fontana fiction p/bs barcode number truncated by too-small field: 97800617345800295
ppint. 1st May 2024		Book Robert Don Hughes - The Wizard In Waiting (1987)	wm. collins sons fontana books first printing, first uk edition cover art unsigned, uncredited (?geoff taylor, i think, but this is not an attribution) cover price £2.95, australia $9.95, new zealand $12.95 368pp. (check) including 6 unnumbered pp. titles, indicia, map etc, end pp. advertising barcode number truncated by too-small field: 97800617344100295
ppint. 1st May 2024		Book Robert Don Hughes - The Prophet Of Lamath (1987)	pelman the prophet / pelman the powershaper #1: #1: "the prophet of lamath" (1979) (this novel) #2: "the wizard in waiting" (1982), q.v. #3: "the power and the prophet" (1985), q.v. followed in publication by the prequal wizard and the dragon trilogy: 2#1: "the forging of the dragon" (1989), q.v. 2#2: "the faithful traitor" (1992), q.v. 2#3: "- ? -" (2#3 was completed (very late) by the author, but was rejected by ballantine's by-then del rey fantasy series editor; iirc it was eventually published, or announced as to be published by another publisher in tp/b, but i have not seen this.)
ppint. 1st May 2024		Book George MacDonald Fraser - The Complete Mcauslan (2000)	barcode number truncated by too-small field: 978000651371100999>
ppint. 1st May 2024		Book John Lewis-Stempel - Nightwalking (2022)	doubleday imprint h/cvr first printing, first edition doubleday stated on title page, doubleday logo on d-j spine, spine & title page transworld publishers stated in chief upon indicia page, as a wing of the random penguin group, penguin random house uk stated first published in great britain in 2022 by bantam an imprint of transworld publishers in indicia cover (d-j) art beci kelly/tw (unsigned, credited on d-j back flap) cover (d-j) price £9.99 128pp. including fourteen unnumbered, unpaginated pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, 40 end pp: epilogue: "bright lights, dark skies" 10pp., a nightwalker's glossary 6pp., blank p., credits 2pp., brief note on the author, advertisements for other titles in this series 7pp., 3 blank pages; pefectbound with light blue endpapers between dark blue cloth-covered boards, title, author & doubleday logo on spine in silver
ppint. 1st May 2024		Book John Lewis-Stempel - The Sheep's Tale (2023)	penguin books imprint first printing, first p/b edition penguin books stated on title page, penguin logo on front cover, spine & title page transworld publishers stated in chief upon indicia page, as a wing of the random penguin group, penguin random house uk dedication: this one is for the sheep. every day is better because of them. (as first line upon the acknowledgements page, unnumbered p.179 cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price £9.99 192pp. including ten unnumbered, unpaginated pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, 40 end pp: appendix "some native breeds of sheep..." 18pp., glossary 10pp., bibliography 8pp., acknowledgements, blank p, brief note on the author, advertisement for "nightwalking" by john lewis-stempel
ppint. 1st May 2024		Book H. P. Lovecraft - Dagon & Other Macabre Tales (1965)	contents: introduction (nf) august derleth complete chronology (nf) h. p. lovecraft dagon the tomb polaris beyond the wall of sleep the doom that came to sarnath the white ship arthur jermyn (as "the white ape" 1921) the cats of ulthar celephais (as "celephaïs" 1922) from beyond the temple the tree the moon-bog the nameless city the other gods the quest of iranon herbert west--reanimator (novelette) (serialised as "herbert west: reanimator" 1942-3; serialised in fanzine as "grewsome tales" 1922) the hound hypnos the lurking fear (novelette) the festival the unnamable imprisoned with the pharaohs (novelette) he the horror at red hook (novelette) the strange high house in the mist in the walls of eryx (novelette; written with kenneth sterling) the evil clergyman early tales (nf) august derleth: the beast in the cave the alchemist poetry and the gods (written with anna helen crofts) the street the transition of juan romero four fragments (nf) august derleth: azathoth the descendant the book the thing in the moonlight supernatural horror in literature (nf) h. p. lovecraft (27/10/2021: original publication details of the stories to follow in some dim, distant and twisted year...)
ppint. 1st May 2024		Book H. P. Lovecraft - Dagon & Other Macabre Tales (1965)	title is^W was slightly but significantly wrong and should^W has at last been corrected: the first word in the title should^W be^W now is "dagon" (and not " dragon ") - as per the title of the very first story contained therein. . .
ppint. 1st May 2024		Book Andre Norton - The Beast Master (1961)	ace books mmpb first printing, first thus: ace books' abridged edition of this novel half a classic "ace double" format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other cover art by ed valigursky (unsigned, uncredited; attribution from ace image library) cover price 35¢ ½ 256pp including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves doubled with "star hunter" also by andré norton (1961), q.v.
ppint. 1st May 2024		Book Christopher Priest - Darkening Island (1974)	manor books first printing, first mmpb edition, not first p/b edition aka and originally "fugue for a darkening island" (1972), q.v. cover art by j. friere (signed, uncredited) cover price $1.25 192pp. including six unnumbered pages titles, indicia etc, 1 end p. advertising
ppint. 1st May 2024		Book John Lymington - The Year Dot (1972)	hodder & stoughton h/cvr first printing, first edition dedication: this small satire is for my sons: the reverend david b.a., priest in the diocese of canterbury; cadet richard, in the royal navy at dartmouth; simon john, at school in cornwall. they all liked the idea, but i hope they never see it happen. john newton chance, sometimes john lymington, cornwall december, 1971 cover (d-j) art by jefferson godwin (unsigned, credited for design on d-j front flap) cover (d-j) price £1.80 (from an abe books seller; obscured on copy seen, at top of front flap) 192pp. including eight unnumbered pages titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 1st May 2024		Book John Lymington - Froomb! (1967)	the acronymphomaniacal title's expansion is "fluid's running out of my brakes!" if fluid is running out of your brakes, you have either just driven a vehicle equipped with brake drum (+ brake shoes) through liquid - hopefully water - deep enough to flood them, in which case it would be highly advisible to wait until it has ceased to flow - - and even then, to drive extremely carefully and defensively, testing and re-testing said brakes fairly frequently for their returning effectiveness, or continued lack thereof - - or else you've just managed to raise the temperature of your vehicle's disc brakes' discs and/or disc pads above the melting point of the steel alloy from which they're made; in which case you should probably evacuate your vehicle fairly soon. . .
ppint. 30th Apr 2024		Book John Lymington - Starseed On Eye Moor (1977)	hodder & stoughton h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by lee noel (attributed in article in "the science fiction encyclopedia" online) cover (d-j) price £3.95 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between blue covered boards, title, author, h&s stylised chess king logo on spine in gold
ppint. 30th Apr 2024		Book Keith Laumer - A Plague Of Demons (1977)	hodder & stoughton coronet books first printing, not first uk p/b edition cover art by lee noel (unsigned, uncredited; attributed in "the tourists guide to transylvania" stewart cowley (1981) entitled "minor demons") cover price 60p, $1.95 australia, $1.95 new zealand 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising

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