ppint. 22nd Mar 2024 | | BookRobert Bloch - American Gothic (1987) | tom doherty associates tor books mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition
cover art by david mann
canadian isbn differs: 0-812-51573-0
cover price can(ada) $4.95, u.s. $3.95
256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp advertising
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ppint. 22nd Mar 2024 | | BookRobert Bloch - American Gothic (1975) | fawcett publications fawcett crest imprint mmpb first printing, probably first p/b edition
cover art by harry bennett (signed, uncredited)
cover price $1.25
224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp advertising
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ppint. 22nd Mar 2024 | | BookRobert Bloch - American Gothic (1975) | horror novel of detection into a murders mystery, based upon the real h. h. holmes series of murders at the world's fair, 1893 - the 1893 columbian world's exposition.
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ppint. 22nd Mar 2024 | | BookRobert Bloch - American Gothic (1975) | w. h. allen howard & wyndham star books imprint p/b first printing, probably first uk edition
cover art by peter goodfellow (unsigned, uncredited; from his website)
cover price 60p, $1.90 australia & new zealand, $2.50 canada
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 21st Mar 2024 | | BookDan McGirt - Dirty Work (1993) | new american library roc imprint mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by den beauvais (unsigned, uncredited; in this collected photo on his website)
cover price (canada $5.50) • u.s. $4.50
288pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 21st Mar 2024 | | BookDoris Piserchia - I, Zombie (1982) | author should^W has been varied to doris piserchia, whose pseudonym "curt selby" was/is.
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ppint. 21st Mar 2024 | | BookDoris Piserchia - Blood Country (1981) | author should^W has been varied to doris piserchia, whose pseudonym "curt selby" was/is.
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ppint. 21st Mar 2024 | | BookDoris Piserchia - I, Zombie (1982) | daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
written by doris piserchia, whose pseudonym for her horror novels was/is "curt selby"
cover art by ken w. kelly (signed, credited)
near-meaningless daw books collector no.497
cover price $2.50 canadian-carcased copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
cover price $2.25 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer also to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed
no priority established in date of publication, but the digit "1" is dropped from the indicia printing number line of the canadian-carcased copies, formally identifying them as the second printing
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ppint. 21st Mar 2024 | | BookDoris Piserchia - Blood Country (1981) | daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
written by doris piserchia, whose pseudonym for her horror novels was/is "curt selby"
cover art by ken w. kelly (signed, credited)
near-meaningless daw books collector no.436
cover price $2.50 canadian-carcased copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
cover price $2.25 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer also to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed
no priority established in date of publication, but the digit "1" is dropped from the indicia printing number line of the canadian-carcased copies, formally identifying them as the second printing
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ppint. 21st Mar 2024 | | BookDan McGirt - Jason Cosmo (1990) | jason cosmo non-trilogy #1:
allegedly humorous fantasy (yr hmbl srppnt. has not read these,
and received no feedback from anyone who bought them in IMT):
dan mcgirt's written the three published in mmpb (and in the uk
in pan p/bs) were intended to be the start of an ongoing series,
but a change of policy at new american library suddenly led to
this (amongst other publishing commitments) being abandoned;
he has since begun to self-publish substantially revised versions:
#1: ''jason cosmo'' (1989) (this novel)
(rewritten as ''hero wanted'' (2009), q.v., with different sequel plus ''internal sequel'' e-story set during #1)
#2: ''royal chaos'' (1990), q.v.
(rewritten as "royal crush" (2015) (e-book only, at least so far; now #3, following new #2 "noble cause" (2010) (e-book only, at least so far))
#3: ''dirty work'' (1993), q.v.
((comprehensively rewritten, and diverging even further,) new #4: "dirty deeds" (20??)(e-book yet?)
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ppint. 21st Mar 2024 | | BookDan McGirt - Jason Cosmo (1989) | new american library signet books mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by richard hescox (signed, uncredited)
cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95
240pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 21st Mar 2024 | | BookDan McGirt - Royal Chaos (1990) | jason cosmo trilogy #2:
#1: ''jason cosmo'' (1989), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 21st Mar 2024 | | BookDan McGirt - Royal Chaos (1990) | new american library roc imprint mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by richard hescox (signed)
cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95
240pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
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ppint. 21st Mar 2024 | | BookDan McGirt - Dirty Work (1993) | jason cosmo non-trilogy #3:
#1: ''jason cosmo'' (1989), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 20th Mar 2024 | | BookDoris Piserchia - The Deadly Sky (1983) | daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
cover art by frank kelly freas (signed, credited)
near-meaningless daw books collector no. 515
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 p. advertising
refer also to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed
no priority established nor liable to be, but canadian-carcased copies drop the digit "1" from the indicia publishing history printing number line, formally identifying them as the second printing
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ppint. 20th Mar 2024 | | BookDoris Piserchia - The Dimensioneers (1982) | daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
cover art by (frank) kelly freas (signed, credited)
near-meaningless daw books collector no. 486
cover price $2.50 canadian-carcased copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
cover price $2.25 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
refer also to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin- printed
no priority established in date of publication nor liable to be, but canadian-carcased copies drop the digit "1" from the printing number line, formally identifying them as the second printing
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ppint. 20th Mar 2024 | | BookDoris Piserchia - Earth In Twilight (1981) | daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
cover art by wayne barlowe (signed, credited)
b+w frontispiece by h. r. van dongen (signed, uncredited)
near-meaningless daw books collector no. 458
cover price $2.50 canadian-carcased copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
cover price $2.25 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer also to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin- printed
no priority established in date of publication nor liable to be, but the indicia publishing history drops the digit "1" from the printing number line, formally identifying them as the second printing
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ppint. 20th Mar 2024 | | BookDoris Piserchia - Doomtime (1981) | daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
cover art by h. r. van dongen (signed, credited)
b+w frontispiece also by van dongen (signed, uncredited)
near-meaningless daw books collector no. 435
cover price $2.50 canadian-carcased copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
cover price $2.25 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
176pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer also to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established in date of publication, but canadian-carcased copies drop the digit "1" from the printing number line, formally identifying them as the second printing
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ppint. 20th Mar 2024 | | BookDoris Piserchia - The Fluger (1980) | daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
cover art by h. r. van dongen (unsigned, credited)
near-meaningless daw books collector no. 409
cover price $2.25 canadian-carcased copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
cover price $1.95 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
240pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
refer also 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 daw printing, november 1980/123456789
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ppint. 19th Mar 2024 | | BookDoris Piserchia - The Spinner (1980) | daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
cover art by h. r. van dongen (signed, credited)
near-meaningless daw books collector no.392
cover price $2.25 copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
cover price $1.95 copies for general distribution
oddly, the carcass of neither is stated to be canadian-printed - usually, the higher cover-priced variant would be - and both give the new york street address for daw books; yr hmbl srppnt. may have an idea or two, but does not know what actually happened at new american library and their printers to give rise to this strange state of affairs. both state first printing, july 1980/123456789
(it isn't a normal-for-daw books third (i.e. second merkin) printing, and is definitely the variant intended for canadian distribution, as the price code letter isn't varied to match the higher price - which is a sure identification during the period new american library printed a different cover price on the canadian-distributed, normally canadian-carcased variants' covers.)
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ppint. 19th Mar 2024 | | BookDoris Piserchia - Spaceling (1979) | some wholly merkin-printed copies reported bearing a new american library price sticker raising their price to $1.95 - perhaps the canadian-carcased copies ran out locally - or maybe sold out completely.
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ppint. 19th Mar 2024 | | BookDoris Piserchia - Spaceling (1979) | daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
cover art by george barr (signed, g. barr, credited)
b+w frontispiece also by barr (similarly signed, uncredited)
near-meaningless daw books collector no. 338
cover price $1.95 canadian-carcased copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
cover price $1.75 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
240pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
refer also 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 daw printing, may 1979/123456789
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ppint. 19th Mar 2024 | | BookMary L. Trump - Too Much And Never Enough (2020) | simon & schuster uk ltd. simon & schuster imprint first printing, first uk h/cvr edition
possibly simultaneous with the merkin first edition
dedication: for my daughter, avary, and my dad
cover (d-j) art (none: photographic, as per merkin h/cvr but typography differs)
cover (d-j) price £20
240pp. including twelve unnumbered pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents (chapters etc.) prologue etc, 14 end pp. including 11pp. index, 2 blank pp, brief note about the author, perfectbound onto a flexible backing strip with endpapers between black cloth-covered boards, with author, title, & imprint logo blocked in silver on the spine
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ppint. 19th Mar 2024 | | BookDoris Piserchia - Earthchild (1979) | dennis dobson first printing, first uk edition, first h/cvr edition
cover (d-j) art by richard weaver
b+w interior illustration by jack gaughan signed with his jg digraph, retained from the daw books mmpb
cover (d-j) price £4.25
208pp.(check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
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ppint. 19th Mar 2024 | | BookDoris Piserchia - Earthchild (1977) | daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
cover art by michael whelan (signed with his stylised m/w "sigil", credited)
b+w interior illustrations by jack gaughan (signed with his jg digraph, uncredited)
near-meaningless daw books collector number 241
cover price $1.50
208pp. 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, both state first printing, may 1977/123456789
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ppint. 19th Mar 2024 | | BookDoris Piserchia - Star Rider (1987) | the namara group the women's press p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition
cover art by jenny fox (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £3.95
224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 19th Mar 2024 | | BookDoris Piserchia - Star Rider (1983) | bantam doubleday dell bantam books mmpb second printing with new
cover art by john palencar (unsigned, credited)
cover price $2.75
224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 19th Mar 2024 | | BookDoris Piserchia - A Billion Days Of Earth (1978) | dennis dobson first printing, first uk edition, first h/cvr edition
cover (d-j) art by richard weaver
cover (d-j) price £3.85
216pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
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ppint. 19th Mar 2024 | | BookDoris Piserchia - Star Rider (1974) | bantam doubleday dell bantam books mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by fred pfeiffer (signed pfeiffer, uncredited)
cover price £1.25
224pp (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
some high hundreds to low thousands of copies imported by transworld publishers and distributed with uk price (c. 30p-65p iirc) printed on front (iirc) cover (fish out my copy and check)
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ppint. 18th Mar 2024 | | BookKenneth Bulmer - City Under The Sea (1980) | thank-you jimess.
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