ppint. 29th Mar 2024 | | BookMark Clifton - When They Come From Space (1963) | dennis dobson first printing, first uk edition
cover (d-j) art unsigned
cover (d-j) price 15/-
184pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
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ppint. 29th Mar 2024 | | BookMark Clifton - When They Come From Space (1963) | macfadden books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first p/b edition
cover art by richard powers (signed, signature partly visible, uncredited)
cover price 40¢
144pp. 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 established nor liable to be. month of publication not given, taken from second printing
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ppint. 29th Mar 2024 | | BookMark Clifton - When They Come From Space (1964) | serialised in amazing vol.36 #1, #2; 1/1962, 2/1962 as ''pawn of the black fleet''†
each episode with two b+w illustrations by virgil finlay (and b+w back cover art by him (?))
† - republished under this title as half an armchair fiction "double" tp/b (2011), q.v.
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ppint. 29th Mar 2024 | | BookRoger Elwood - Demon Kind (1973) | thank-you jimess.
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ppint. 29th Mar 2024 | | BookRoger Elwood - Demon Kind (1973) | contents:
introduction (nf) roger elwood
linkage (short story) barry n. malzberg
mud violet (novelette) r. a. lafferty (a ''the men who knew too much'' story)
bettyann's children (ss) kris neville (''bettyann'' series #3)
child (ss) joan c. holly (aka j. hunter holly)
world of gray (ss) norman spinrad
dandy (ss) ted white
a proper santa claus (ss) anne mccaffrey
the marks of painted teeth (ss) jack dann
the eddystone light (ntte) laurence yep
from darkness to darkness (ss) terry carr
monologue (ss) philip josé farmer
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookHarry Turtledove - Videssos Besieged (1998) | the videssos cycle:
the time of troubles #4:
the lost legion #1:
#1: "the misplaced legion" (1987), q.v. for series' listings, and links.
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookHarry Turtledove - Swords Of The Legion (1987) | the videssos cycle:
the lost legion #4:
#1: "the misplaced legion" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookHarry Turtledove - The Legion Of Videssos (1987) | the videssos cycle:
the lost legion #3:
#1: "the misplaced legion" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookHarry Turtledove - An Emperor For The Legion (1987) | the videssos cycle:
the lost legion #2:
#1: "the misplaced legion" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookHarry Turtledove - The Misplaced Legion (1987) | videssos:
the videssos cycle:
the lost legion:
#1: "the misplaced legion" (1987), (this book)
#2: "an emperor for the legion" (1987), q.v.
#3: "the legion of videssos" (1987), q.v.
#4: "swords of the legion" (1987), q.v.
boxed set of #1, #2, #3 & #4:
1#B: "videssos cycle (boxed set)" (1988), q v.
omnibus of #1 & #2, #3 & #4:
1#O1: "videssos cycle volume one" (2013), q v.
1#O2: "videssos cycle volume two" (2013), q.v.
the tale of krispos:
2#1: "krispos rising" (1991), q.v.
2#2: " krispos of videssos" (1991), q.v.
2#3: "krispos the emperor" (1994), q.v.
omnibus of 2#1, #2, & #3:
2#O: "the tale of krispos" (2007), q v.
the time of troubles:
3#1: "the stolen throne" (1995), q.v.
3#2: "hammer and anvil" (1996), q v.
3#3: "the thousand cities" (1997), q v.
3#4: "videssos besieged" (1998), q.v.
omnibus of 3#1 & #2, 3#3 & #4:
3#O1: "time of troubles i" (2005), q v.
3#O2: "time of troubles ii" (2005), q.v.
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookHarry Turtledove - Swords Of The Legion (1987) | random house ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
cover art by romas kukalis (signed, credited as romas)
b+w map by shelly shapiro (signed, credited)
cover price $5.50 canadian-carcased copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
cover price $3.95 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
432pp. (check) including titles, indicia, map etc, end pp. 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 first edition: october 1987
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookHarry Turtledove - The Legion Of Videssos (1987) | random house ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
cover art by romas kukalis (signed, credited as romas)
b+w map by shelly shapiro (signed, credited)
cover price $5.50 canadian-carcased copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
cover price $3.95 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
340pp. (check) including titles, indicia, map etc, end pp. 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 first edition: august 1987
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookHarry Turtledove - An Emperor For The Legion (1987) | random house ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
cover art by romas kukalis (signed, credited as romas)
b+w map by shelly shapiro (signed, credited)
cover price $4.75 canadian-carcased copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
cover price $3.50 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
340pp. (check) including titles, indicia, map etc, end pp. 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 first edition: may 1987
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookHarry Turtledove - The Misplaced Legion (1987) | random house ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
cover art by romas kukalis (signed, credited as romas)
b+w map by shelly shapiro (signed, uncredited)
cover price $3.95 canadian-carcased copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
cover price $2.95 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
336pp. (check) including titles, indicia, map etc, end pp. 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 first edition: february 1987
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookL. Sprague De Camp - The Wheels Of If (1990) | half tom doherty associates tor books mmpb first printing, first edition
half a "tor double" format mmpb with one front cover, contents printed the same way up
tor sf double series #20, the first to drop the two front covers (the same way up) format
cover art by joe burleson (unsigned, credited)
cover price in u.s. $3.50 (in canada $4.50)
186pp. (check) including titles, indicia, etc.
doubled with "the pugnacious peacemaker" harry turtledove (1990), q.v.,
the authorised sequel
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookHarry Turtledove - The Pugnacious Peacemaker (1990) | half tom doherty associates tor books mmpb first printing, first edition
half a "tor double" format mmpb with one front cover, the contents printed the same way up
tor sf double series #20, the first to drop the two front covers (the same way up) format
cover art by joe burleson (unsigned, credited)
cover price in u.s. $3.50 (in canada $4.50)
186pp. (check) including titles, indicia, etc.
doubled with "the wheels of if" l. sprague de camp (1976), q.v.,
to which it is an (so far, the) authorised sequel.
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookL. Sprague De Camp - The Wheels Of If And Other Science-Fiction (1970) | "the wheels of if" was also published as half a popular library double mmpb, "the virgin & the wheels" (1976), q.v.
and again, as half a tor books "tor double" series mmpb (1990) together with
"the pugnacious peacemaker", an authorised sequel novella by harry turtledove, q.v.
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookL. Sprague De Camp - The Wheels Of If And Other Science-Fiction (1970) | contents:
preface (nf) l. sprague de camp (original to the collection)
the wheels of if (novella) unknown worlds vol. iv #2, 10/1940
the best-laid schemes (short story) astounding vol. xxvi #6, 2/1941, a b+w illustration by ed cartier
the warrior race (ss) astounding vol. xxvi #2, 10/1940
hyperpelosity (ss) astounding vol. xxvi #2, 4/1938 as "hyperpilosity"
the merman (ss) astounding vol. xxii #4, 12/1938, the cover story, art & a b+w illustration by charles schneeman
the contraband cow (ss) astounding vol. xxix #5, 7/1942, a b+w illustration by william augustin kolliker
the gnarly man (novelette) unknown worlds vol. i #4, 6/1939, a b+w illustration by ed cartier
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookL. Sprague De Camp - The Virgin & The Wheels (1976) | viagens interplanetarias series #5:
#1: "cosmic manhunt" (1954), q.v. for series listing, and links
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookL. Sprague De Camp - The Hostage Of Zir (1982) | viagens interplanetarias series #4
#1: "cosmic manhunt" (1954), q.v. for series listing, and links
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookL. Sprague De Camp - The Hostage Of Zir (1982) | berkley publishing group ace books mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition
cover art by paul alexander (unsigned, uncredited; he provided the cover art for all this ace mmpb set of (five books in) the viagens interplanetarias series)
cover price $2.50
216pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookL. Sprague De Camp - The Hostage Of Zir (1978) | viagens interplanetarias series #4
#1: "cosmic manhunt" (1954), q.v. for series listing, and links
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookH. Montgomery Hyde - Room 3603 (1964) | and another reviewer might've disagreed, and assessed it to be "a bomb" -
- which wouldn't mean that it should be bookcatted as category "non-fiction/munitions/explosive"
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookStephen R. George - Torment (1994) | image 2575679 is of the zebra imprint merkin mmpb, priced in ($ canadian) & $ merkin, not in romanian leu (?lei for plural?) and should^W probably^W has been deleted.
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ppint. 27th Mar 2024 | | BookStephen R. George - Dark Reunion (1990) | kensington publishing corps. zebra books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by joe devito
cover price (canada $4.95) u.s. $3.95
320pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 26th Mar 2024 | | BookL. Sprague De Camp - The Hand Of Zei (1990) | combines viagens interplanetarias series #2 & #3:
one novel previously published in two parts:
#1: "cosmic manhunt" (1954), q.v. for series listing, and links
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ppint. 26th Mar 2024 | | BookL. Sprague De Camp - The Hand Of Zei (1963) | viagens interplanetarias series (#2 (&) #3: ~one novel in two parts:
#1: "cosmic manhunt" (1954), q.v. for series listing, and links
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ppint. 26th Mar 2024 | | BookL. Sprague De Camp - The Search For Zei (1962) | viagens interplanetarias series #2 (& #3): ~one novel in two parts:
#1: "cosmic manhunt" (1954), q.v. for series listing, and links
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ppint. 26th Mar 2024 | | BookJohn Glasby - The Mulberry Project (1957) | category "thriller" is wrong and should^W has been deleted
"thriller" is/was a wholesalers' and publishers' fiction category; this is a non-sensationally-written non-fiction book that would ideally be sub-categorised "history" and "warfare" or "war" (or vv.) - not a thriller in any normal sense, though a popularisation of the nf subjectmatter, not full of the finer technical detail.
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ppint. 26th Mar 2024 | | BookRodney Matthews - In Search Of Forever (1991) | (excavate & check which printing is in the impossible corner. . .)
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