ppint. 12th Mar 2024 | | BookSara Paretsky - Fire Sale (2006) | hodder headline hodder & stoughton h/cvr first printing, first uk edition
simultaneous with yp/b card-covered bind-up of the same signatures isbn 0340-83909-0
dedication: for rachel, phoebe, eva, samantha, and maia
--- my own hope for change in the world
cover (d-j) art (none really)
cover (d-j) price £12.99
414pp. including ten pages titles, indicia, table-of-contents (chapters) etc, 2 blank end pp, perfectbound with endpapers between black cloth-covered boards, title, author, publisher under H logo in metallic red on spine
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ppint. 11th Mar 2024 | | BookJohn W. Campbell Jr. - Analog 1 (1964) | paperback library mmpb first printing, first p/b edition
reprint anthology of five short stories and three novelettes, introduction by john w. campbell jr.
cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price 50¢
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
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ppint. 11th Mar 2024 | | BookJohn W. Campbell Jr. - Analog 1 (1963) | title is still wrong and should still be corrected to "analog 1" (and not " analog I ")
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ppint. 11th Mar 2024 | | BookJohn W. Campbell Jr. - Analog 4 (1967) | contents:
introduction (nf) john w. campbell, jr.
subjectivity (short story) norman spinrad (vol.lxxii #5, 1/1964)
the permanent implosion (novelelette) dean mclaughlin (vol.lxxii #6, 2/1964)
sunjammer (ntte) poul anderson (vol.lxxii #2, 4/1964) as by winston p. sanders) aka the rogue (flying mountains series)
a day in the life of kelvin throop (ss) r. a. j. phillips (vol.lxxiii #5, 7/1964)
genus traitor (ntte) mack reynolds (vol.lxxiii #6, 8/1964)
a case of identity (novella) randall garrett (vol.lxxiv #1, 9/1964) (a lord darcy story)
the mary celeste move (ss) frank herbert (vol.lxxiv, #2, 10/1964)
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ppint. 11th Mar 2024 | | BookJohn W. Campbell Jr. - Analog 5 (1968) | contents:
"scientists are stupid!" (introduction nf) john w. campbell, jr.
computers don't argue (short story) gordon r. dickson (vol.lxxvi #1, 9/1965)
the adventure of the extraterrestrial (novelette) mack reynolds (vol.lxxv #5, 7/1965)
fighting division (ss) randall garrett (vol.lxxv #6, 8/1965)
mission "red clash" (novella) joe poyer (vol.lxxvi #4, 12/1965)
countercommandment (ss) patrick meadows (vol.lxxvi #4, 12/1965)
coincidence day (ss) john brunner (vol.lxxiv #6, 2/1965)
balanced ecology (ss) james h. schmitz (vol.lxxv #1, 3/1965) (the hub) aka "the diamondwood trees"
overproof (ntte) randall garrett (vol.lxxvi #2, 10/1965 as by jonathan blake mackenzie)
say it with flowers (ss) poul anderson (vol.lxxvi #1, 9/1965 as by winston p. sanders) (flying mountains series)
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ppint. 11th Mar 2024 | | BookJohn W. Campbell Jr. - The Thing From Another World (1952) | contents:
who goes there? (novella) astounding vol.21 #6, 8/1938
blindness (short story) vol.13 #1, 3/1935
frictional losses (novelette) vol.17 #6, 7/1936
dead knowledge (ntte) vol.20 #5, 1/1938
elimination (ss) vol.17 #3, 5/1936
twilight (ntte) vol.14 #3, 11/1934
night (ss) vol.16 #2, 10/1935 (the sequel to ''twilight'')
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ppint. 11th Mar 2024 | | BookEgon Friedell - The Return Of The Time Machine (1972) | daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first english language edition
nf introduction by donald a. wollheim
cover art by karel thole (unsigned, credited), as are the
b+w frontispiece and three interior b+w illustrations
cover price 95¢
near-meaningless daw books collector number 22
128pp. (check) including titles, indicia, frontispiece & illustrations, introduction, etc, end p. 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 stage first printing, 1972
distinguish from undated° unknown ordinality daw books c.4/1982° mmpb printing which differs:
cat# UJ1727
isbn 0-87997-727-2
near-meaningless daw books collector number dropped from front cover, position taken by new cat#
refer also to indicia publishing history to note that this reprinting is not stated
cover price $1.95
° date taken from locus #257, 6/1982
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ppint. 11th Mar 2024 | | BookMichael Avallone - Devil, Devil (1976) | satan sleuth series #3:
re-numbered #2 in uk by mews books/new english library who skipped #2: "the werewolf walks tonight"
#1: "fallen angel" michael avallone (11/1974), q.v.
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ppint. 11th Mar 2024 | | BookDavid Brin - The Uplift War (1987) | uplift series 1 #3
1#1: "sundiver" (1983), q.v. for both series listings, and links.
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ppint. 11th Mar 2024 | | BookDavid Brin - The Uplift War (1987) | transworld publishers bantam books imprint first printing, first uk edition
cover art by tony (anthony) roberts (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £3.50
660pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
bantam books second printing (1988)) near identical save:
cover price £3.99
refer to also indicia which adds note of its reprinting
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ppint. 11th Mar 2024 | | BookDouglas Baber - The Guarded Years (1957) | and the alternate cover art was cleverly sourced by the previous publisher! -
- before that for this edition was painted! -
- and from a different artist, too!
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ppint. 11th Mar 2024 | | BookFritz Leiber - The Big Time (1961) | first book publication of the main change-war (short) novel.
winner of the hugo award for best sf novel of the year.
serialised in galaxy 3, 4/1958 (galaxy uk #62, 63))
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ppint. 11th Mar 2024 | | BookDonald A. Wollheim - The Earth In Peril (1957) | contents:
things pass by (novelette) murray leinster; thrilling wonder stories vol. xxvii #2, summer/1945;
(the cover story, art by earle bergey)
letter from the stars (short story) a. e. van vogt; the arkham sampler, winter/1949 as "dear pen pal"; nebula vol.1 #1, 10/1952
the silly season (ss) c. m. kornbluth; f&sf vol.1 #4, fall/1950
the plant revolt (ntte) edmond hamilton; weird tales vol. xv #4, 4/1930
mary anonymous (ss) bryce walton; planet story vol.6 #7, summer/1954 one b+w illustration by ed emshwiller
the star (ss) h. g. wells; the graphic, christmas 1897
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ppint. 11th Mar 2024 | | BookJohn Shirley - The Brigade (1981) | cover art by grote (signed)
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ppint. 11th Mar 2024 | | BookJohn Shirley - Bioshock: Rapture (2012) | and from the bram stoker award-winning author, too!
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ppint. 11th Mar 2024 | | BookJohn Shirley - City Come A-walkin' (1980) | thank-you jimess: it's a good one, isn't it - both striking, and distinctive, as well as appropriate.
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ppint. 10th Mar 2024 | | BookTerry Carr - Universe 1 (1971) | author field should^W has been varied to editor
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ppint. 10th Mar 2024 | | BookTerry Carr - Universe One (1975) | author field should^W has been varied to editor
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ppint. 10th Mar 2024 | | BookTerry Carr - Universe 2 (1972) | author field should^W has been varied to editor
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ppint. 10th Mar 2024 | | BookTerry Carr - Universe Two (1976) | author field should^W has been varied to editor
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ppint. 10th Mar 2024 | | BookTerry Carr - Universe 3 (1975) | author field should^W has been varied to editor
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ppint. 10th Mar 2024 | | BookTerry Carr - Universe Three (1977) | author field should^W has been varied to editor
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ppint. 10th Mar 2024 | | BookTerry Carr - Universe 4 (1975) | author field should^W has been varied to editor
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ppint. 10th Mar 2024 | | BookTerry Carr - Universe Four (1977) | author field should^W has been varied to editor
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ppint. 10th Mar 2024 | | BookTerry Carr - Universe Five (1978) | author field should^W has been varied to editor
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ppint. 10th Mar 2024 | | BookTerry Carr - Universe 6 (1977) | author field should^W has been varied to editor
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ppint. 10th Mar 2024 | | BookTerry Carr - Universe Six (1978) | author field should^W has been varied to editor
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ppint. 10th Mar 2024 | | BookTerry Carr - Universe Seven (1979) | author field should^W has been varied to editor
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ppint. 10th Mar 2024 | | BookTerry Carr - Universe 7 (1978) | author field should^W has been varied to editor
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ppint. 10th Mar 2024 | | BookTerry Carr - Universe 8 (1979) | author field should^W has been varied to editor
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