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ppint. 17th Feb 2024		Book Robert A. Heinlein - Tunnel In The Sky (1965)	victor gollancz h/cvr first printing, first uk edition cover (d-j) art by alan breese cover (d-j) price 15/-(?) (this mayn't be the original price°) 276pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards ° - victor gollancz ran what was in effect a separate junior library-aimed sf line of titles often merkin-published as category sf, or as general fiction line, as adult fiction; but they also picked up uk & british commonwealth (usually excluding canada) volume rights to titles published as children's books for this. exceptionally for victor gollancz science fiction h/cvrs throughout this period, the books they published for this bore illustrated restricted-palette dust-jackets, usually single-colour (and black) on white paper.
ppint. 17th Feb 2024		Book Philip José Farmer - To Your Scattered Bodies Go (1973)	the riverworld series #1: fix-up of two novellas: "the day of the great shout" worlds of tomorrow vol.2 #5 (whole no.11), 1/1965, q.v. and "the suicide express" worlds of tomorrow vol.3 #6 (whole no.18), 3/1966, q.v.
ppint. 17th Feb 2024		Book Philip José Farmer - To Your Scattered Bodies Go (1973)	andre deutsch rapp & whiting first printing, first uk h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art by beverley lebarrow (unsigned, credited for jacket design, first name misspelled beverly) cover (d-j) price £2.25 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 17th Feb 2024		Book Philip José Farmer - To Your Scattered Bodies Go (1974)	the riverworld series #1: fix-up of two novellas: "the day of the great shout" worlds of tomorrow vol.2 #5 (whole no.11), 1/1965, q.v. and "the suicide express" worlds of tomorrow vol.3 #6 (whole no.18), 3/1966, q.v.
ppint. 17th Feb 2024		Book Philip José Farmer - To Your Scattered Bodies Go (1974)	granada publishing panther books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by patrick woodroffe (unsigned, collected in ''mythopoeikon'' patrick woodroffe (1976), q.v.) sbn 586-03939-2 cover price 40p, $1.20 australia, $1.20 new zealand, $1.50 canada 208pp. including 4pp. titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 17th Feb 2024		Book Philip José Farmer - The Fabulous Riverboat (1975)	riverworld series #2: #1: "to your scattered bodies go" (1971), q.v. for series listing and links. fix-up of "the felled star" from if vol.17 #7, 7/1967 q.v., #8, 8/1967 q.v. part one is the cover story, and both parts have a b+w illustration, all by jack gaughan and "the fabulous riverboat" from if vol.20 #11, 5+6/1971 q.v., #12, 7+8/1971 q.v. both parts have a b+w illustration by jack gaughan
ppint. 17th Feb 2024		Book Philip José Farmer - The Fabulous Riverboat (1975)	granada publishing panther books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by peter andrew ''paj'' jones (unsigned, credited on back cover) sbn 586039899 cover price 60p, $1.80 australia, $1.80 new zealand, $2.50 canada 256pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia etc, 4 end pp. advertising distinguish from near-identical reprintings: second printing 1978 which differs: isbn 0586039899 cover price 85p, $2.95 australia, $2.75 new zealand, $2.50 canada third printing 1979 which differs: isbn 0586039899 cover price 95p, £1.04½ republic of ireland, $3.25 australia, $2.95 new zealand granada panther fourth printing 1980 which differs: front cover titles new typography larger, swirled isbn 0586039899 cover price £1.25, $4.95 australia, $5.25 new zealand indicia publishing history lists three printings, last 1979 granada panther fifth printing 1980 which differs: front cover titles retain swirled typography isbn 0586039899 cover price £1.25, $4.95 australia, $5.25 new zealand indicia publishing history lists four printings, last 1980 granada panther sixth printing ,1982 which differs: front cover retains swirled typography isbn 0586039899 cover price £1.50 (overseas territories?) indicia publishing history lists four printings, last two 1979, 1982 - i.e. omits both 1980 printings granada panther seventh printing, 1983 which differs: front cover retains swirled typography isbn 0586039899 cover price £1.95, $5.95 australia, $5.95 new zealand indicia publishing history lists five printings, last three 1979, 1982, 1983 (omits both 1980 printings) granada panther eighth printing, 1985 which differs: front cover retains swirled typography isbn 0586039899 cover price £1.95, $5.95 australia, $7.95 new zealand indicia publishing history lists six printings, last four 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985 (omits both 1980 printings) wm. collins sons grafton books imprint, first grafton imprint 1986, ninth over-all, which further differs: front cover retains panther science fiction and swirled typography of title isbn 0586039899 cover price £2.50, $6.95 australia, $9.95 new zealand indicia publishing history claims first published by grafton 1975, and reprinted 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986 - still omits the two 1980 printings wm. collins sons grafton books second printing 1988, tenth printing over-all, differs: front cover drops the panther science fiction line, retains swirled typography isbn 0586039899 cover price £2.99, $8.95 australia, $12.95 new zealand indicia publishing history line: reprinted 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988 - still omits the two 1980 printings harpercollinspublishers first printing 12/1993, eleventh printing over-all, bears new cover art by keith scaife isbn 0586039899 cover price £4.99 first published by grafton 1975. reprinted ten times this paperback edition 1993. 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2
ppint. 17th Feb 2024		Book Philip José Farmer - The Fabulous Riverboat (1981)	riverworld series #2: #1: "to your scattered bodies go" (1971), q.v. for series listing and links. fix-up of "the felled star" from if vol.17 #7, 7/1967 q.v., #8, 8/1967 q.v. part one is the cover story, and both parts have a b+w illustration, all by jack gaughan and "the fabulous riverboat" from if vol.20 #11, 5+6/1971 q.v., #12, 7+8/1971 q.v. both parts have a b+w illustration by jack gaughan
ppint. 17th Feb 2024		Book Philip José Farmer - The Fabulous Riverboat (1974)	riverworld series #2: #1: "to your scattered bodies go" (1971), q.v. for series listing and links. fix-up of "the felled star" from if vol.17 #7, 7/1967 q.v., #8, 8/1967 q.v. part one is the cover story, and both parts have a b+w illustration, all by jack gaughan and "the fabulous riverboat" from if vol.20 #11, 5+6/1971 q.v., #12, 7+8/1971 q.v. both parts have a b+w illustration by jack gaughan
ppint. 17th Feb 2024		Book Philip José Farmer - The Fabulous Riverboat (1974)	andre deutsch rapp & whiting h/cvr first printing, first uk edition cover (d-j) art by beverley lebarrow (photographic, unsigned, credited on d-j back flap) cover (d-j) price £2.50 256pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia etc, 3 end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 17th Feb 2024		Book Stephen Booth - The Murder Road (2016)	hachette uk little, brown book group sphere imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition dedication: for lesley, as always cover shutterstock cover price £7.99, $15.95 canada 496pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia etc, 2 end pp: 1p. blank, 1p. advertising
ppint. 16th Feb 2024		Book Jack Vance - Showboat World (1989)	i sold the omnibus giant-size (?or anabas large?) poster of ''ether stream'', the painting, in IMT lancaster
ppint. 16th Feb 2024		Book Jack Vance - Showboat World (1989)	thomas doherty associates tor books mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition cover art is ''the ether stream'' by rodney matthews (was a poster; print/giclée was available: his website) isbn 0-812-50092-X can(ada) cover price can(ada) $4.95 cover price u.s. $3.95 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising month of publication not given, taken from locus
ppint. 16th Feb 2024		Book Jack Vance - Showboat World (1982)	complete bar-code number truncated by too-small field: 9 780340 212523 90125
ppint. 16th Feb 2024		Book Jack Vance - Showboat World (1981)	daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings, not first mmpb edition, sharing merkin-printed covers° cover art by david b. mattingly (signed, credited) b+w frontispiece also by mattingly (signed with his initials) near-meaningless daw books collector no.453 ° 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 192pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia, frontispiece, b+w map etc, end pp. advertising refer also to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority in publication date established nor liable to be, but printing line drops the first digit, ''1'' leaving /23456789 formally identifying this as the second printing
ppint. 16th Feb 2024		Book Chelsea Quinn Yarbro - A Flame In Byzantium (1988)	atta olivia clemens series #1: prequel series to le comte de saint-germain series, q.v. #1: ''a flame in byzantium'' (1987), (this novel) #2: ''crusader's torch'' (1988), q.v. #3: ''a candle for d'artagnan'' (1989), q.v.
ppint. 16th Feb 2024		Book Chelsea Quinn Yarbro - A Flame In Byzantium (1988)	thomas doherty associates tor books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition cover art by manuel pérez-santjulián ''sanjulian'' clemente (signed sanjulian, credited as san julian) isbn can(ada) 0-812-52805-0 cover price can(ada) $5.50 cover price u.s. $4.50 476pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 16th Feb 2024		Book Chelsea Quinn Yarbro - The Palace (1988)	thomas doherty associates tor books mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition cover art by mariano pérez clemente (signed maren, may be guillotined off bottom edge) isbn can(ada) 0-812-52803-4 cover price u.s. $3.95 can(ada) $4.95 472pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 16th Feb 2024		Book Chelsea Quinn Yarbro - Blood Games (1989)	thomas doherty associates tor books mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition cover art by mariano ''maren'' pérez clemente (signed maren? check) isbn canada 0-812-520..-. (fish out & fill in) cover price u.s. $4.95 canada $5.95 472pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 16th Feb 2024		Book Chelsea Quinn Yarbro - Hotel Transylvania (1981)	le comte de saint-germain series #1 #1: "hotel transylvania" (1978), (this novel) #2: "the palace" (1979), q.v. #3: "blood games" (1979), q.v. #4: "path of the eclipse" (1981), q.v. #5: "tempting fate" (1982), q.v. C#1: "the saint-germain chronicles" (collection) (1983) q.v. .. #6 & ff... (i believe about twenty further titles were published in h/cvr and/or yp/b from 1993 onwards, but have seen no general p/b editions as yet) atta olivia clemens series: the prequel series to the above: 0#1: ''a flame in byzantium'' (1987), q.v. 0#2: ''crusader's torch'' (1988), q.v. 0#3: ''a candle for d'artagnan'' (1989), q.v.
ppint. 16th Feb 2024		Book Chelsea Quinn Yarbro - Hotel Transylvania (1981)	times mirror new english library p/b first printing, first uk edition there appears to've been no further uk dead tree edition since.
ppint. 15th Feb 2024		Book Booth Mooney - Here Is My Body (1959)	l. (lionel) miller & co. red seal imprint p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition (possibly first uk edition) cover art unsigned, uncredited (re-used from gold medal mmpb cat# 218 (1952) first printing) cover price 2/-
ppint. 15th Feb 2024		Book John Brunner - Catch A Falling Star (1982)	random house group ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers cover art by darrell k. sweet (unsigned, sfaics, credited) cover price $3.50 canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel cover price $2.75 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer also to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first ballantine books edition october 1982
ppint. 15th Feb 2024		Book John Brunner - Catch A Falling Star (1977)	possibly an early michael whelan cover painting (has the style & tones of some of his work)? - try and work out a way of tracking this down
ppint. 15th Feb 2024		Book Neil R. Jones - The Planet Of The Double Sun (1967)	ace books, inc.'s professor jameson series listing & details completed, links to & fro likewise, and tested there's a more recent re-collection - but only of thirteen of these novelettes - in merkin tp/b: does anyone still read these creaky classics, these days - or are the shiny, new, expensive editions being bought primarily as an exercise in ''collector's completism'', and/or nostalgia?
ppint. 15th Feb 2024		Book Leo P. Kelley - The Counterfeits (1967)	the author's given name is leo patrick kelley, and his by-line leo p. kelley: the ''f'' here was the publisher's mistake.
ppint. 15th Feb 2024		Book Arthur C. Clarke - Master Of Space (1961)	the original english title, ''prelude to space'', should^W has been added in the english title field bookcat will then^W sort this book correctly together with the other editions of this book
ppint. 15th Feb 2024		Book Kevin Randle - Seeds Of War (1986)	Review unremarkable milsf; there's a reliable market for ''the merkin army in space'' fiction. 1 person found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
ppint. 14th Feb 2024		Book Terry Carr - The Best Science Fiction Of The Year #1 (1976)	author field should^W has been varied to editor
ppint. 14th Feb 2024		Book Terry Carr - The Best Science Fiction Of The Year #1 (1976)	random house group ballantine books mmpb second printing reprint anthology of one novella, six novelettes and four short stories, introduction by terry carr cover art none, typographical cover on deep blue field cover price $1.95 352pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising

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