ppint. 17th Apr 2024 | | BookAnn Maxwell - Dancer's Illusion (1996) | kensington publishing corp. pinnacle imprint mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition
cover art none: typographical cover
cover price (no prices visible on front cover) (canada $5.99) u.s. $5.99
256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
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ppint. 17th Apr 2024 | | BookAnn Maxwell - Dancer's Luck (1995) | kensington publishing corp. pinnacle imprint mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition
cover art none: typographical cover
cover price (no prices visible on front cover) (canada $5.99) u.s. $5.99
288pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 17th Apr 2024 | | BookAnn Maxwell - Fire Dancer (1995) | kensington publishing corp. pinnacle imprint mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition
cover art none: typographical cover
cover price (canada $5.99) u.s. $5.99
288pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
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ppint. 17th Apr 2024 | | BookAnn Maxwell - Name Of A Shadow (1980) | the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by alex ebel (signed, uncredited)
cover price $2.25
288pp. (check) including unnumbered pages titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 17th Apr 2024 | | BookAnn Maxwell - A Dead God Dancing (1979) | the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by alex ebel (signed, uncredited)
cover price $2.25
288pp. (check) including unnumbered pages titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 16th Apr 2024 | | BookL. Sprague De Camp - Land Of Unreason (1972) | tom stacey h/cvr first printing, first uk edition
cover (d-j) art by david l. fletcher (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap)
cover (d-j) price £1.80
268pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards
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ppint. 16th Apr 2024 | | BookMartin H. Greenberg - Fantasy Gone Wrong (2006) | author field should^W has been varied to editor and co-author field to co-editor
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ppint. 16th Apr 2024 | | BookMartin H. Greenberg - Fantasy Gone Wrong (2006) | contents:
introduction (nf) brittiany a. koren
the poisoned chalice (novelette) brian stableford
battle of wits (short story) mickey zucker reichert
the hero of killorglin (ntte) fiona patton
goblin lullaby (ss) jim c. hines
crumbs (ntte) esther m. friesner
fellow traveller (ss) donald j. bingle
food fight (ss) alan dean foster
moonlighting (ss) devon monk
the rose, the farmboy and the gnome (ntte) phaedra m. weldon
a day at the unicorn races (ss) christina af. york
dragonslayer: being the true and terrible tale of a fearsome meeting between a man and a monster (ntte) jana paniccia
the murder of mr. wolf (ss) josepha sherman
new yorke snow (ntte) susan sizemore
meet the madfeet (ss) michael jasper
finder's keeper (ss) janny wurts
is this real enough (ntte) lisanne norman
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ppint. 16th Apr 2024 | | BookMartin H. Greenberg - Fantasy Gone Wrong (2006) | daw books mmpb first printing, first edition
original anthology of nine short stories and seven novelettes, introduction by brittiany a. koren
dedication: for robert j. ambrose, when my reality wasn't always what i expected, and my fantasies were far from coming true, you were there to listen. thanks, dad, for always knowing.
---b.a.k.
cover art unsigned, uncredited (of two determined-looking women carrying a garden gnome-model dwarf-in-a-red-conical-hat slung from a pole that's bowing under his weight uphill)
near-meaningless daw books collectors no. 1377
no separate cat# on cover, nor within (would've been UE2380 if there were one)
cover price 7.99 u.s. (10.99 can)(ada)
320pp. including (i-)viii pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc., 2pp. nf introduction, 3 end pp. advertising
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ppint. 16th Apr 2024 | | BookMarion Zimmer Bradley - The Heirs Of Hammerfell (1989) | daw books h/cvr first printing, first edition
dedication: for betsy, a chip off the old block.
cover (d-j) art by richard hescox (signed stylized hescox, dated, credited also on d-j back flap), jacket design by susan bissett (credited on d-j back flap)
cover (d-j) price u.s. $18.95, canada $22.95
near-meaningless daw books collector no. 800
304pp. including eight pages (2pp. reader's guide to darkover°) titles, indicia etc, four blank end pp. quarter-bound with light blue endpapers between light blue paper-covered boards in dark blue cloth, with title, author, daw logo in silver on spine cloth
° - separation of darkovan history into six outlined ages, with daw-published titles listed after each age's synopsis, plus listing of the six darkover anthologies published thus far; ace-published novels not listed
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ppint. 16th Apr 2024 | | BookMarion Zimmer Bradley - The Heritage Of Hastur (1979) | london weekend television hutchinson & co. arrow p/b first printing, first uk edition
"the seven domains of darkover in the fortieth year of the regency of danvan hastur" (b+w map) "thrym berger (copy)" by jack gaughan; "thrym berger" is a fictional darkovan cartographer
cover art by melvyn grant (signed melvyn, uncredited)
cover price £1.25, $4.15 australia, $3.95 new zealand
388pp. (check °) including titles, indicia, b+w map etc, end pp. advertising
° - pagination starts at "13", but this is not preceded by twelve unnumbered pages - only four...†
† - "publishers!"
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ppint. 15th Apr 2024 | | BookAnn Maxwell - Fire Danceer (1987) | fire dancer trilogy #1:
novels of the concord:
#1: "fire dancer" (1982), (this novel)
#2: "dancer's luck" (1983), q.v..
#3: "dancer's illusion" (1983), q.v.
and "a tangential sequel of sorts", in the author's words, to the fire dancer trilogy:
#a: "timeshadow rider" (1986), q.v.
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ppint. 15th Apr 2024 | | BookAnn Maxwell - Dancer's Luck (1988) | fire dancer trilogy #2:
#1: "fire dancer" (1982), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 15th Apr 2024 | | BookAnn Maxwell - Dancer's Illusion (1988) | fire dancer trilogy #3:
#1: "fire dancer" (1982), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 15th Apr 2024 | | BookAnn Maxwell - Dancer's Illusion (1988) | macdonald & co. futura books first p/b printing, first uk edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited; sfaik as-yet unattributed
cover price £2.99, (check: $8.95 australia, $11.99 new zealand)
192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 15th Apr 2024 | | BookAnn Maxwell - Dancer's Luck (1988) | macdonald & co. futura books first p/b printing, first uk edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited; sfaik as-yet unattributed
cover price £2.50, (check: $8.95 australia, $11.99 new zealand)
176pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 15th Apr 2024 | | BookAnn Maxwell - Fire Danceer (1987) | macdonald & co. futura books first p/b printing, first uk edition
cover art signed s(over horizontal line, over)b, uncredited; sfaik as-yet unattributed°
cover price £2.50, $8.95 australia, $11.99 new zealand
208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
° - possibly brian salmon; but n.b. this is a suggestion, definitely not "an attribution"
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ppint. 15th Apr 2024 | | BookAnn Maxwell - Dancer's Illusion (1983) | new american library signed mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited; still sfaik as-yet unattributed
cover price $2.95 canadian-carcased copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
cover price $2.50 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed
no priority in publication date established nor liable to be, but printing number line of canadian-carcased copies drops the first digit, "1", formally identifying them as the second printing; this was new american library's standard operating procedure for mmpbs they produced with separately-printed merkin and canadian carcases ~10/1980 through ~10/1987
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ppint. 15th Apr 2024 | | BookAnn Maxwell - Dancer's Luck (1983) | new american library signed mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited; full painting is evidently signed; still sfaik as-yet unattributed
cat# AE2253
cover price $2.95 canadian-carcased copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
cover price $2.50 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
176pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed
no priority in publication date established nor liable to be, but printing number line of canadian-carcased copies drops the first digit, "1", formally identifying them as the second printing; this was new american library's standard operating procedure for mmpbs they produced with separately-printed merkin and canadian carcases ~10/1980 through ~10/1987
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ppint. 15th Apr 2024 | | BookAnn Maxwell - Fire Dancer (1982) | thank-you, jimess.
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ppint. 15th Apr 2024 | | BookAnn Maxwell - Fire Dancer (1982) | new american library signed mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited; still sfaik as-yet unattributed
cover price $2.95 canadian-carcased copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
cover price $2.50 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed
no priority in publication date established nor liable to be, but printing number line of canadian-carcased copies drops the first digit, "1", formally identifying them as the second printing; this was new american library's standard operating procedure for mmpbs they produced with separately-printed merkin and canadian carcases ~10/1980 through ~10/1987
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ppint. 14th Apr 2024 | | BookMarion Zimmer Bradley - Thendara House (1987) | random house uk, century, century hutchinson or arrow books (check) legend books pb first printing, second arrow books printing over-all, new legend sf & fantasy series which became an imprint
cover art by peter andrew "paj" jones (signed paj, credited on back cover )
cover price £3.50
416pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 14th Apr 2024 | | BookMarion Zimmer Bradley - Thendara House (1983) | daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
cover art by hannah m. g. shapero (unsigned, credited)
near-meaningless daw books collector no. 544
cover price (canada $4.50) u.s. $3.50
416pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. includes "the oath of the free amazon's" and joining the free amazons of darkover (fan club)
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed
no priority in publication date established, but the first digit, "1", is dropped from the printing number line of canadian-carcased copies, formally identifying them as the second printing
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ppint. 14th Apr 2024 | | BookAlberto Moravia - Conjugal Love (1958) | Reviewa novel of a relationship under pressure as a couple decide to abstain from sex during a countryside stay as the rich, dilletante husband attempts to write a novel; things are complicated when the wife reveals that her husband's barber has tried to molest her sexually...
- definitely not ''a romance category'' novel in the mills & boon/harlequin romance tradition.
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ppint. 13th Apr 2024 | | BookMarion Zimmer Bradley - The Bloody Sun (Revised) (1979) | grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb first printing of the revised edition
plus "to keep the oath" (a new darkover novelette) marion zimmer bradley (5/1979), and with new
cover art by michael whelan (signed with cartouched m/w above central figure's left shoulder, credited)
cover price $2.25
416pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, revised edition of novel, original novelette, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 13th Apr 2024 | | BookMarion Zimmer Bradley - The Bloody Sun (1978) | grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb undated° third printing, fourth ace books mmpb printing over-all
cover art by michael whelan (signed with his monogram)
b+w interior illustration by jack gaughan (signed with his jg digraph)
cover price $1.75
192pp. including titles, indicia etc.
° - no date of publication/printing given, only copyright date(late 1977-1978 by mzb re-issue programme, (very late 1977-) 1978 by cover price)
after which ace books published a greatly revised and extended edition, which further adds the original darkover novelette, "to keep the oath" to the book, and bears new cover art by michael whelan:
cat# 06854-5, isbn 0-441-06854-5 $2.25 (5/1979) with reprints, q.v.
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ppint. 13th Apr 2024 | | BookMarion Zimmer Bradley - The Bloody Sun (1976) | grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb undated° second printing, third ace books mmpb printing over-all
cover art by michael whelan (signed with his monogram)
b+w interior illustration by jack gaughan (signed with his jg digraph)
cover price $1.50
192pp. including titles, indicia etc.
° - no date of publication/printing given, only copyright date; c. 1-5/1976 by end p. advertising)
the next ace books mmpb printing shares the cover art by michael whelan (art signed with his monogram) & cover design whilst retaining jack gaughan's b+w art, is 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, and is also undated other than with the 1964 copyright date:
cat# 06853-7, isbn 0-441-06853-7 $1.75 (late 1977-1978 by mzb re-issue programme, (very late 1977-) 1978 by cover price)
after which ace books published a greatly revised and extended edition, which further adds the original darkover novelette, "to keep the oath" to the book, and bears new cover art by michael whelan:
cat# 06854-5, isbn 0-441-06854-5 $2.25 (5/1979) with reprints, q.v.
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ppint. 13th Apr 2024 | | BookMarion Zimmer Bradley - The Bloody Sun (1975) | grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb undated° first printing, second ace books mmpb printing over-all
cover art by michael whelan (signed with his monogram)
b+w interior illustration by jack gaughan (signed with his jg digraph)
cover price $1.25
192pp. including titles, indicia etc.
° - no date of publication/printing given, only copyright date; publication date taken from locus 190, 30/6/1976
the two next known ace books mmpb printings all share new cover art by michael whelan (art signed with his monogram) & cover design whilst retaining jack gaughan's b+w art, are 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, and are also undated other than with the 1964 copyright date:
cat# 06852 $1.50 (c. 1-5/1976 by end p. advertising)
cat# 06853-7, isbn 0-441-06853-7 $1.75 (late 1977-1978 by mzb re-issue programme, (very late 1977-) 1978 by cover price)
after which ace books published a greatly revised and extended edition, which further adds the original darkover novelette, "to keep the oath" to the book, and bears new cover art by michael whelan:
cat# 06854-5, isbn 0-441-06854-5 $2.25 (5/1979) with reprints, q.v.
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ppint. 13th Apr 2024 | | BookDavid Karp - One (1960) | penguin books first printing, first uk p/b edition!
cover art (none) (cover design with two orange bars to either side° of typography colour coded fiction)!
cover price 2'6!
224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising!
° - later above and below, with line-drawn art allowed! & later, alan lane permitted spot colouring of this!
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ppint. 13th Apr 2024 | | BookMarshall Laurens - The Z Effect (1974) | it is 671-78357-2 - the sbn - with (-125) - the cover price in cents - on the spine - and in the indicia;
notes: section is wrong and should be corrected, presumably to "spine number string 671-78357-2-195"
n.b. sbn is arithmetically compatible with isbn10ses - the isbn system was deliberately developed from, and to be backwardly compatible with, the sbn system.
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