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ppint. 29th Mar 2024		Book Mark 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
ppint. 29th Mar 2024		Book Mark 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
ppint. 29th Mar 2024		Book Mark 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.
ppint. 29th Mar 2024		Book Roger Elwood - Demon Kind (1973)	thank-you jimess.
ppint. 29th Mar 2024		Book Roger 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
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book Harry 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.
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book Harry 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.
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book Harry 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.
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book Harry 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.
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book Harry 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.
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book Harry 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
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book Harry 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
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book Harry 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
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book Harry 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
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book L. 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
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book Harry 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.
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book L. 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.
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book L. 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
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Virgin & The Wheels (1976)	viagens interplanetarias series #5: #1: "cosmic manhunt" (1954), q.v. for series listing, and links
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Hostage Of Zir (1982)	viagens interplanetarias series #4 #1: "cosmic manhunt" (1954), q.v. for series listing, and links
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book L. 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 $2.50 216pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Hostage Of Zir (1978)	viagens interplanetarias series #4 #1: "cosmic manhunt" (1954), q.v. for series listing, and links
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book H. Montgomery Hyde - Room 3603 (1964)	and another reviewer might've disagreed, and assessed it to be "a bomb" - - which wouldn't mean that it should be bookcatted as category "non-fiction/munitions/explosive"
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book Stephen R. George - Torment (1994)	image 2575679 is of the zebra imprint merkin mmpb, priced in ($ canadian) & $ merkin, not in romanian leu (?lei for plural?) and should^W probably^W has been deleted.
ppint. 27th Mar 2024		Book Stephen 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
ppint. 26th Mar 2024		Book L. 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
ppint. 26th Mar 2024		Book L. 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
ppint. 26th Mar 2024		Book L. 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
ppint. 26th Mar 2024		Book John 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.
ppint. 26th Mar 2024		Book Rodney Matthews - In Search Of Forever (1991)	(excavate & check which printing is in the impossible corner. . .)

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