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ppint.
24th Sep 2024
Book
A. Bertram Chandler - The Far Traveler (1983)
daw books mmpb simultaneous near-identical undated° third and fourth printings sharing merkin-printed covers

cover art & b+w frontispiece by don maitz (both signed, cover credited, retained from first printings)
near-meaningless daw books collectors no.327 (retained from first printing)
cover price (canada $2.75) • u.s. $2.25
176pp. including titles, indicia etc.

refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed.
no priority in date of publication established nor liable to be, both undated: both state first printing, february 1979 followed immediately by their respective printing number-string:
wholly merkin-printed copies bear /3456789 identifying them as the third printing,
canadian-carcassed copies bear /456789 identifying them as the fourth printing

° - publication dates not given in the indicia, taken from sheldon jaffery's "future and fantastic worlds" comprehensive daw books retrospective covering 1972-1987

ppint.
24th Sep 2024
Book
A. Bertram Chandler - The Far Traveler (1979)
rim worlds: john grimes #8:

rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for john grimes, rim worlds listings, and links.

ppint.
24th Sep 2024
Book
A. Bertram Chandler - The Far Traveller (1977)
robert hale h/cvr first printing, first edition

cover (d-j) art by graham tucker (unsigned, credited on d-j flap)
cover d-j price £3.75
192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards

ppint.
24th Sep 2024
Book
Ivan Howard - Novelets Of Science Fiction (1963)
author field should^W has been varied to editor.

ppint.
24th Sep 2024
Book
Ivan Howard - Novelets Of Science Fiction (1967)
contents:

ultrasonic god (novelette) l. sprague de camp, future comb. with science fiction stories vol.2 #2, 7/1951
the chapter ends (ntte) poul anderson, dynamic science fiction (?vol.1 #6?) 1/1954 (a polesotechnic league story)
"a" as in android (short story) milton lesser, future comb. with science fiction stories vol.2 #1, 5/1951; thorpe & porter bre #4, (6/1952?)
...and the truth shall make you free (ss) clifford d. simak, future vol.4 #2, 3/1953; thorpe & porter bre #9, 5/1953
night fear (ss) frank belknap long, dynamic science fiction vol.1 #5, 10/1953 as "night-fear"
i am tomorrow (ntte) lester del rey, dynamic science fiction (?vol.1 #1?) 12/1952
testament of andros (ss) james blish, future science fiction vol.3 #5, 1/1953
the possessed (ss) arthur c. clarke, dynamic science fiction (?vol.1 #2?) 3/1953

ppint.
24th Sep 2024
Book
Ivan Howard - Novelets Of Science Fiction (1963)
contents:

ultrasonic god (novelette) l. sprague de camp, future comb. with science fiction stories vol.2 #2, 7/1951
the chapter ends (ntte) poul anderson, dynamic science fiction (?vol.1 #6?) 1/1954 (a polesotechnic league story)
"a" as in android (short story) milton lesser, future comb. with science fiction stories vol.2 #1, 5/1951; thorpe & porter bre #4, (6/1952?)
...and the truth shall make you free (ss) clifford d. simak, future vol.4 #2, 3/1953; thorpe & porter bre #9, 5/1953
night fear (ss) frank belknap long, dynamic science fiction vol.1 #5, 10/1953 as "night-fear"
i am tomorrow (ntte) lester del rey, dynamic science fiction (?vol.1 #1?) 12/1952
testament of andros (ss) james blish, future science fiction vol.3 #5, 1/1953
the possessed (ss) arthur c. clarke, dynamic science fiction (?vol.1 #2?) 3/1953

ppint.
24th Sep 2024
Book
Ivan Howard - Novelets Of Science Fiction (1967)
belmont productions belmont books mmpb undated° second printing

reprint anthology of five short stories and three novelettes

cover art by robert maguire (unsigned, uncredited, retained from first edition)
cover price 50¢
176pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising

° - date of publication presumedly taken from donald h. tuck

cover is identical to that of the first edition save for the cutting out of the original cat# and its replacement on similar colour background.

ppint.
24th Sep 2024
Book
Ivan Howard - Novelets Of Science Fiction (1963)
belmont productions belmont books mmpb first printing, first edition

reprint anthology of five short stories and three novelettes

cover art by robert maguire (unsigned, uncredited; his website has disappeared since his death in 2005)
cover price 50¢
176pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising

ppint.
24th Sep 2024
Book
Ivan Howard - Escape To Earth (1963)
contents:

escape to earth (novelette) manly banister; science fiction quarterly vol.5 #2, 11/1952, three b+w illustrations, one by peter poulton, one by ed emshwiller (''emsh''), one unsigned
we are alone (short story) robert sheckley; future vol.3 #4, 11/1952, one b+w illustration unsigned
doomsday's color-press (ntte) raymond f. jones; future vol.3 #4, 11/1952,
the cover story, art by a. leslie ross, one b+w illustration by paul orban
a big man with the girls (ss) james macreigh (frederik pohl), judith merril; future vol.4 #2, 3/1953; bre #9; both: one b+w illustration by milton luros
temple of despair (ntte) m. c. pease; dynamic (vol.1 #5) 10/1953, one b+w illustration by don sibley
''if the court pleases'' (ntte) noel loomis; dynamic science fiction (vol.1 #3) 6/1953, one b+w illustration by c. a. murphy

ppint.
24th Sep 2024
Book
Ivan Howard - The Weird Ones (1962)
thank-you jimess.

ppint.
23rd Sep 2024
Book
A. Bertram Chandler - Star Courier (1983)
rim worlds: john grimes #9:

rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for john grimes, rim world series listings, and links.

ppint.
23rd Sep 2024
Book
A. Bertram Chandler - Star Courier (1983)
daw books undated (6/1983°) simultaneous third & fourth printings sharing merkin-printed covers drop the first printings' near-meaningless daw books collectors number, retain the

cover art by ray feibush (unsigned, credited)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed with his digraph)
cover prices differ:
cover price $1.95 wholly merkin-printed copies, number-string 3456789, for general distribution
cover price $2.25 canadadian-printed carcass, number-string 456789, intended for distribution north of the parallel (price change not reflected in second letter of cat#)

° - date taken from "future and fantastic worlds: a bibliographical retrospective of daw books (1972-1987)" sheldon jaffery (1987), q.v.

ppint.
23rd Sep 2024
Book
A. Bertram Chandler - The Way Back (1981)
rim worlds; john grimes #23:

rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for rim worlds, john grimes etc. series & links.

ppint.
21st Sep 2024
Book
Jack L. Chalker - Medusa (1991)
the four lords of the diamond tetralogy #4:

#1: "lilith: a snake in the grass" (1981), q.v. for series listing, and links.

ppint.
21st Sep 2024
Book
Jack L. Chalker - Charon (1991)
the four lords of the diamond tetralogy #3:

#1: "lilith: a snake in the grass" (1981), q.v. for series listing, and links.

ppint.
21st Sep 2024
Book
Jack L. Chalker - Lilith (1990)
the four lords of the diamond tetralogy #1:

#1: "lilith: a snake in the grass" (1981), q.v. for series listing, and links.

ppint.
21st Sep 2024
Book
Jack L. Chalker - Cerberus (1990)
the four lords of the diamond tetralogy #2:

#1: "lilith: a snake in the grass" (1981), q.v. for series listing, and links.

ppint.
21st Sep 2024
Book
Jack L. Chalker - Medusa (1991)
penguin books p/b first printing, first uk edition

cover art by alan craddock
cover price £3.99, $15.95 new zealand
304pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

somewhat oddly, the typography of the book's title on the front cover emboldens (emphasises) the subtitle and the primary title is de-emphasised. this was evidently a design policy decision by the great penguin's art director, as it's true of all four of the penguin p/bs in this tetralogy.

month of publication not given in indicia, taken from locus

ppint.
21st Sep 2024
Book
Jack L. Chalker - Cerberus (1990)
penguin books p/b first printing°, first uk edition

cover art by alan craddock
cover price £3.99 (kiwiiiian price?)
256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

somewhat oddly, the typography of the book's title on the front cover emboldens (emphasises) the subtitle and the primary title is de-emphasised. this was evidently a design policy decision by the great penguin's art director, as it's true of all four of the penguin p/bs in this tetralogy.

° - publication date of the penguin uk p/b edition may have been delayed 'til february 1991, the publication date given in locus; the penguin p/bs of books three and four follow in april and june 1991.

ppint.
21st Sep 2024
Book
Jack L. Chalker - Lilith (1990)
penguin books p/b first printing, first uk edition

cover art by alan craddock
cover price £3.99 (kiwiiian price?)
256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

somewhat oddly, the typography of the book's title on the front cover emboldens (emphasises) the subtitle and the primary title is de-emphasised. this was evidently a design policy decision by the great penguin's art director, as it's true of all four of the penguin p/bs in this tetralogy.

month of publication not given in the indicia: taken from locus

ppint.
21st Sep 2024
Book
Jack L. Chalker - Charon (1991)
penguin books p/b first printing, first uk edition

cover art by alan craddock
cover price £3.99 (kiwiiian price?)
304pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

somewhat oddly, the typography of the book's title on the front cover emboldens (emphasises) the subtitle and the primary title is de-emphasised. this was evidently a design policy decision by the great penguin's art director, as it's true of all four of the penguin p/bs in this tetralogy.

month of publication not given in indicia, taken from locus

ppint.
21st Sep 2024
Book
A. Bertram Chandler - The Broken Cycle (1975)
robert hale first printing, first h/cvr & first uk edition, possibly first edition

cover d-j art (not noted)
cover d-j price £2.10
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards

ppint.
21st Sep 2024
Book
A. Bertram Chandler - The Broken Cycle (1979)
rim worlds: john grimes #4:

rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for john grimes, rim world series listings, and links.

ppint.
20th Sep 2024
Book
A. Bertram Chandler - The Big Black Mark (1982)
rim worlds: john grimes #7:

rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for john grimes, rim worlds series listings, and links.

ppint.
20th Sep 2024
Book
A. Bertram Chandler - Catch The Star Winds (1969)
rim worlds: john grimes #16:

rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for john grimes, rim worlds series listings, and links.

ppint.
20th Sep 2024
Book
Ian Watson - Pictures At An Exhibition (1981)
i've read that a number of copies of the greystoke mowbray edition p/bs or collected signatures were bound up in hardcover by/for borgo press (california, usa) and given the isbn 0809561077, but i've not actually seen any of these copies.

ppint.
19th Sep 2024
Book
Patricia Fanthorpe - The Black Lion (1979)
greystoke mowbray p/b first printing, first edition

cover art by kevin kingstone walker (signed kw, credited)
cover price 95p, $2.95 australia, $2.95 new zealand, $1.95 usa
160pp. including titles, indicia, etc.

ppint.
19th Sep 2024
Book
Ian Watson - Pictures At An Exhibition (1981)
author field should^W has been varied to editor

ppint.
19th Sep 2024
Book
Ian Watson - Pictures At An Exhibition (1981)
contents:

introduction (nf) ian watson
second chance (short story) brian stableford
a spy in the domain of arnheim (novelette) michael bishop
transcends all wit (ss) david langford
brief lives (ntte) chris morgan
the sacrament of the last supper (ss) roger campbell
the cry (ntte) richard downes
et in arcadia ego (ss) lionel fanthorpe, patricia fanthorpe
the mystic marriage of salome (ss) ian watson

ppint.
19th Sep 2024
Book
Ian Watson - Pictures At An Exhibition (1981)
greystoke mowbray p/b first printing, first edition

themed original anthology of five short stories and three novelettes, introduction by the editor

cover art by pete lyon (peter michael lyon) (signed, credited)
interior illustrations (details of the exhibition paintings "re-realised") by pete lyon (unsigned, credited)
cover price £1.25, $3.50 australia, $3.50 new zealand
168pp. including titles, indicia, etc.


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