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ppint. 2nd Oct 2024		Book Peter Valentine Timlett - The Seedbearers (1976)	the seedbearers trilogy #1 #1: ''the seed bearers'' (1974), q.v.; for series listing, and links.
ppint. 2nd Oct 2024		Book Peter Valentine Timlett - The Seed Bearers (1974)	#1 of the seedbearers trilogy: #1: ''the seed bearers'' (1974) (this novel) aka ''the seedbearers'' (1974, 1976), q.v. #2: "the power of the serpent" (1976), q.v.; #3: "the twilight of the serpent" (1977), q.v. omnibus of #1, #2 & #3: #0: ''the seedbearers saga'' (2002), q.v.
ppint. 1st Oct 2024		Book Lin Carter - Dragonrouge (1984)	terra magical series #2: #1: "kesrick" (1982), q.v. for series listing and links.
ppint. 30th Sep 2024		Book Clifford D. Simak - City [complete] (1991)	octopus publishing group mandarin imprint p/b first printing, octopus having engulfed abp, essentially the second printing of the abp/methuen london 1988 edition, with new cover art (unsigned, uncredited) cover price £3.99 276pp. (check); including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising month of publication not given in the indicia; taken from locus.
ppint. 30th Sep 2024		Book Clifford D. Simak - City [complete] (1988)	abp/methuen london first complete uk edition°, first printing thus cover art by nick rodgers (unsigned, credited on back cover as nick rogers) cover price £3.50 276pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. month of publication not given in the indicia; taken from locus. ° - includes "epilog" (short story) in "the john w. campbell memorial anthology" eds. harry harrison, brian aldiss (1973) plus clifford simak's musing notes concerning the wisdom - or otherwise - of returning to a greatly loved series after so long a time.
ppint. 30th Sep 2024		Book Clifford D. Simak - Out Of Their Minds (1987)	abp/methuen london first printing, not first uk p/b edition cover art by chris moore (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £2.50 176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising month of publication not given in the indicia; taken from locus. chris moore's covers art is not a copy of frank kelly freas' art for the daw mmpb, but would seem to owe at least a little to it, for the appealig/appalling figure. . .
ppint. 28th Sep 2024		Book Clifford D. Simak - Out Of Their Minds (1983)	daw books simultaneous near-identical first printings, not first mmpb edition cover art by frank kelly freas (signed, credited) near-meaningless daw books collector no.514 cover price $2.50 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution, printing number line 123456789 cover price $2.95° canadian-carcased variant intended for distribution north of the parallel,; though published simultaneously, the indicia printing number line first printing, november 1980/23456789 identifies them as the second printing ° - the second letter of the cat# is not varied to reflect the different cover price
ppint. 28th Sep 2024		Book Clifford D. Simak - Out Of Their Minds (1975)	may be the berkley medallion mmpb fourth printing, as an earlier printing is also stated to be the third.
ppint. 28th Sep 2024		Book Joan D. Vinge - Eyes Of Amber And Other Stories (1981)	contents: eyes of amber (novelette) analog vol. xcvii #6, 6/1977; cover story, art by john schoenherr to bell the cat (ntte) iamsf vol.1 #2, summer/1977 view from a height (short story) analog vol. xcvii #6, 6/1978; cover story, art by ron miller media man (novella) analog vol. xcv #10, 10/1976; cover story, art by vincent difate, also two b+w difate illustrations the crystal ship (nlla) "the crystal ship" ed. robert silverberg (1976) tin soldier (nlla) "orbit 14" ed. damon knight (1974)
ppint. 28th Sep 2024		Book Clifford D. Simak - Out Of Their Minds (1973)	dent/david & charles readers union science fiction book club first printing, not first uk h/cvr edition cover d-j art (unsigned, uncredited yellow & black composition including partial view of a human eye) cover d-j price (none, though the £1.60 price of the 1972 sidgwick & jackson uk h/cvr is noted) 188 pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, perfect bound (check) with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 28th Sep 2024		Book Clifford D. Simak - Out Of Their Minds (1970)	the berkley publishing group berkley medallion mmpb first printing, first p/b edition cover art by herbert norton rogoff (signed, uncredited) cover price 75¢ 192 pp. including 4 unnumbered pages titles, indicia etc. refer also to indicia publishing history to distinguish from the undated near-identical third printing° which differs: adds line stating third printing° ° - this statement may have been erroneous, whether through the expected or actual appearance of a near-identical second printing, or the presumption of the existence of a canadian-carcased variant first printing, later accounted the second - or simple publishing office/printer's mistake; the berkley medallion 11/1975 mmpb cat# Z2997, q.v., bearing new cover art by richard powers is also stated to be the third berkley medallion mmpb in its indicia
ppint. 27th Sep 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - Star Loot (1981)	rim worlds: john grimes #12: rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for rim worlds, john grimes series listings, and links.
ppint. 27th Sep 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - Star Loot (1981)	robert hale first printing, first uk edition, first h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art by jim cambridge (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap) cover (d-j) price £6.25 176pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 27th Sep 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - Matilda's Stepchildren (1983)	rim worlds; john grimes #11: rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for rim worlds, john grimes etc. series listings & links.
ppint. 27th Sep 2024		Book Tanith Lee - The Silver Metal Lover (1982)	daw books mmpb simultaneous near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, and hence also isbn, cat# and cover art by don maitz (signed, credited) b+w frontispiece by tanith lee (unsigned, credited) near-meaningless daw books collectors no.476 cover price $2.75 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution, printing history line first daw printing, april 1982, number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 includes digit "1" cover price $2.95 canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel, indicia printing history line first daw printing, april 1982/23456789 244pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc., end pp. advertising though published simultaneously, the printing number line formally identifies the canadadian-carcassed variant as the second printing refer also to indicia to check where carcass of the copy held was printed
ppint. 27th Sep 2024		Book Tanith Lee - The Silver Metal Lover (1986)	unwin paperbacks orion imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by danny flynn (signed "dan", credited on back cover) cover price £2.95 244pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 27th Sep 2024		Book M. John Harrison - The Centauri Device (1986)	unwin paperbacks orion imprint b format p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition cover art by fred gambino (may be signed hidden in-picture as a graffito, credited on back cover) cover price £2.95 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising month of publication not given in the indicia; aken from locus
ppint. 27th Sep 2024		Book M. John Harrison - The Centauri Device (1975)	granada publishing panther books first printing, first uk edition, first p/b edition cover art by peter (paj°) jones (unsigned, uncredited; collected in "solar wind" peter jones (1980), q.v. cover price 50p, $1.50 australia, $1.50 new zealand, $1.95 canada 208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising cover bears the 9-digit sbn; ° - peter jones's signature may well be on the full painting.
ppint. 26th Sep 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - To Keep The Ship (1983)	rim worlds: john grimes #10: rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for john grimes & rim worlds series listings and links.
ppint. 26th Sep 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - To Keep The Ship (1983)	daw books near-identical undated simultaneous 5/1983° third & fourth printings sharing merkin-printed covers cover art by h. r. van dongen (credited) (retained from daw books first edition) b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed with his digraph, uncredited) (also retained) near-meaningless daw books collectors number is dropped from the front cover cover price $2.50 wholly merkin-printed third printing, indicia printing history number-string, first printing, june 1978/3456789 cover price $2.95 canadian-carcased fourth printing intended for distribution north of the parallel, indicia printing history number-string, first printing, june 1978/456789 (second letter of cat# is not changed to reflect different cover price) 176pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising ° - date of publication not given in the indicia, taken from sheldon jaffery, gordon benson & philip stephensen-payne
ppint. 26th Sep 2024		Book Steve Frazee - The Sky Block (1958)	very approximately one to two thousand copies imported by thorpe & porter and distributed in the yuk-of-gb (?'n'norniron?) bearing a small blue teepee 1/9d price label with the figure "2" on the line-drawn teepee - i do not know whether this indicates the month of distribution.
ppint. 26th Sep 2024		Book Steve Frazee - The Sky Block (1964)	the 1955 bodley head h/cvr was apparently the first uk edition, but i've no record of ever having seen it.
ppint. 26th Sep 2024		Book Steve Frazee - The Sky Block (1964)	mayflower books mayflower dell imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art signed indecipherably (vertically upwards near lower fly corner), uncredited; sfaik still as-yet unattributed cover price 2/6 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
ppint. 26th Sep 2024		Book Steve Frazee - The Sky Block (1954)	lion library mmpb first printing, first p/b edition cover art by bob (robert) maguire cover price 35¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 26th Sep 2024		Book Dwight V. Swain - The Transposed Man (1957)	"serialized" in thrilling wonder stories vol. xliii #1, 11/1953, with two b+w illustrations by virgil finlay thrilling wonder stories pembertons bre #102, 1/1954; may not include virgil finlay's illustrations
ppint. 26th Sep 2024		Book Andrew J. Offutt - Conan And The Sorcerer (1978)	grosset & dunlap charter communications sunridge press tp/b first printing, first edition later accounted their first p/b printing in the first mmpb printing over-all by ace°, which is stated to be the second p/b printing cover art by sanjulian (credited) b+w interior illustrations by esteban maroto (credited on back cover) cover price $5.95 (well, actually states u.s.a. 0005.95 canada 0005.95) 192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc. ° - this sunridge press tp/b bears a grosset & dunlap/charter communications isbn, 0-441-11683-3; the cat# is in the ace books five-digit cat# system: so it'd appear sunridge press was a grosset & dunlap group (including ace books after their purchase by grosset & dunlap) imprint, was considered equivalent to being an ace imprint, and which later likely became an putnam / berkley publishing group imprint.
ppint. 25th Sep 2024		Book Edmond Hamilton - The Valley Of Creation (1964)	"serialized" in startling stories vol.17 #3, 7/1948 with four b+w illustrations by virgil finlay
ppint. 25th Sep 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Goblin Tower (1979)	the reluctant king trilogy #1: #1: ''the goblin tower'' (1968), (this novel) #2: "the clocks of iraz" (1971), q.v. #3: "the unbeheaded king" (1983), q.v.
ppint. 25th Sep 2024		Book Terri Windling - Borderland (1992)	#1 in the borderlands original anthology series: #1-#4 edited by terri windling, #1 & #2 with mark alan arnold, #4 with delia sherman: #5 edited by holly black, ellen kushner: #1: "borderlands" (1986), (this anthology) #2: "bordertown" (1986), q.v. #3: "life on the border" (1991), q.v. #4: "the essential bordertown" (1998), q.v. #5: "welcome to bordertown" (2011), q.v.
ppint. 25th Sep 2024		Book Terri Windling - Borderland (1986)	the introduction by farrel din is non-fictional within the fantasy of borderlands - as indeed is farrel din.

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