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ppint. 19th Sep 2024		Book John E. Muller - Out Of The Night (1965)	the john spencer & co. house name, john e. muller, here draws its veil in protection of the notorious modesty of the remarkable - and sometimes reverend - robert lionel fanthorpe, m.b.i.s.
ppint. 19th Sep 2024		Book John E. Muller - Out Of The Night (1965)	john spencer & co. (publishers) badger books p/b undated° first printing, first edition supernatural specials sub-series of/spin-off from supernatural stories magazine cover art unsigned, uncredited° cover price 3'6 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising ° - source(s) of entered publication date and ascription of artist not stated by o.p.† († - very possibly taken from william contento and/or peter nicholls, whether directly or no)
ppint. 19th Sep 2024		Book Jack L. Chalker - Medusa (1983)	the four lords of the diamond tetralogy #4: #1: "lilith: a snake in the grass" (1981), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 19th Sep 2024		Book Jack L. Chalker - Charon (1982)	the four lords of the diamond tetralogy #3: #1: "lilith: a snake in the grass" (1981), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 19th Sep 2024		Book Jack L. Chalker - Cerberus (1982)	the four lords of the diamond tetralogy #2: #1: "lilith: a snake in the grass" (1981), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 19th Sep 2024		Book Jack L. Chalker - Lilith (1981)	the four lords of the diamond tetralogy #1: #1: "lilith: a snake in the grass" (1981), (this book) #2: "cerberus: a wolf in the fold" (1982), q.v. #3: "charon: a dragon at the gate" (1982), q.v. #4: "medusa: a tiger by the tail" (1983), q.v. omnibus edition of #1, #2, #3 & #4: produced by the merkin science fiction book club: #O: "the four lords of the diamond" (1983), q.v.
ppint. 18th Sep 2024		Book Jack L. Chalker - Medusa (1983)	random house group ballantine books near-identical mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers del rey series cover art by david b. mattingly (unsigned, credited) cover price $3.75 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel) cover price $2.95 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution) 304pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc., end pp. advertising refer also to indicia to check if carcass of copy held was merkin- or canadadian- printed. no priority established nor liable to be check also for additional printing history line stating second printing: april 1983 cover price $2.95
ppint. 18th Sep 2024		Book Jack L. Chalker - Charon (1982)	random house group ballantine books near-identical mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers del rey series cover art by david b. mattingly (unsigned, credited) cover price $3.75 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel) cover price $2.95 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution) 304pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc., end pp. advertising refer also to indicia to check if carcass of copy held was merkin- or canadadian- printed. no priority established nor liable to be check also for additional printing history line stating second printing: june 1983 cover price $2.95 ... ... ... ... 1/1983 sixth printing retains cover art, cat#, isbn, increases cover price sixth printing: january 1983 cover price $3.50
ppint. 18th Sep 2024		Book Jack L. Chalker - Cerberus (1982)	random house group ballantine books near-identical mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers del rey series cover art by david b. mattingly (signed, credited) cover price $2.95 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel) cover price $2.50 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution) 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc., end pp. advertising refer also to indicia to check if carcass of copy held was merkin- or canadadian- printed. no priority established nor liable to be check also for additional printing history line stating second printing: january 1983 cover price $2.50 4/1983 third printing increases cover price and bears new isbn 0345311221 cat# 31122 third printing: april 1983 cover price $2.75 ?/198n? fourth printing not seen/not seen recorded by yr hmbl srppnt. 6/1985 near-identical fifth printing differs: isbn 0-345-32948-1 cat# 32948 cover price $2.95 ?/1986? sixth printing not seen/not seen recorded by yr hmbl srppnt. 7/1987 seventh printing differs: isbn 0345352475 cat# 35247 cover price $3.50
ppint. 17th Sep 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - The Dark Dimensions (1971)	rim worlds: john grimes #22: rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for john grimes, rim worlds series, and links.
ppint. 17th Sep 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - Alternate Orbits (1971)	contents: hall of fame (novelette) galaxy vol.28 #5, 7/1969 as "the kinsolving's planet irregulars" the sister ships (ntte) galaxy vol.32 #2, 9-10/1971 sans the "the" the man who sailed the sky (ntte) apparently original to this collection the rub (ntte) galaxy vol.31 #1, 4/1970, universal-tandem bre 5/1970, both with a b+w illustration by jack gaughan
ppint. 17th Sep 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - The Commodore At Sea (1981)	grosset & dunlap charter communications, inc. ace mmpb undated° second printing thus by number line half a double, but sharing a single front cover; i.e. not a classic "ace double" format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other reprint collection of four novelettes cover art by paul alexander retained isbn 0-441-11556-X (on spine) (incorrectly given as 0-441-11556-3 on back cover) cat# 11556 cover price $2.75 indicia printing history number line 2 4 6 8 0 9 7 5 3 376pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (adverts may differ) ° - 9/1981 from locus #249 10/1981 doubled with "spartan planet" (1968 as "false fatherland", q.v.) 1979 q.v.
ppint. 17th Sep 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - The Commodore At Sea (1979)	grosset & dunlap charter communications, inc. ace mmpb first printing thus° half a double, but with single front cover; i.e. not a classic "ace double" with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other reprint collection of four novelettes cover art by paul alexander (signed "alexander", credited) isbn 0-441-11555-1 cat# 11555 cover price $2.25 indicia printing history number line 2 4 6 8 0 9 7 5 3 1 376pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. ° - first edition of this pairing: "the commodore at sea" (1971 as "alternate orbits", q.v.) with "spartan planet" (1968 as "false fatherland", q.v.) the first is this reprint collection containing four novelettes; the second, a novel.
ppint. 17th Sep 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - Spartan Planet (1979)	grosset & dunlap charter communications, inc. ace mmpb first printing thus° half a double, but with single front cover; i.e. not a classic "ace double" with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other cover art by paul alexander (signed "alexander", also credited) isbn 0-441-11555-1 cat# 11555 cover price $2.25 indicia printing history number line 2 4 6 8 0 9 7 5 3 1 376pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. ° - first edition of this pairing, "the commodore at sea" (aka "alternate orbits", q.v.) with "spartan planet" (aka "false fatherland", q.v.) the first is a reprint collection containing four novelettes; the second, a novel.
ppint. 17th Sep 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - False Fatherland (1968)	serialised in fantastic vol.17 #4 & #5, 3/1968 & 5/1968 as "spartan planet", each installment with one piece of b+w illustration by jeff jones.
ppint. 16th Sep 2024		Book Jack L. Chalker - Lilith (1981)	random house group ballantine books near-identical mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers del rey series cover art by david b. mattingly (signed, credited) cover price $2.95 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel) cover price $2.50 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution) 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc., end pp. advertising refer also to indicia to check if carcass of copy held was merkin- or canadadian- printed. no priority established nor liable to be check also for additional printing history line stating second printing: october 1982 and for further possible addition: third printing (june 1983 - possibly so stated) both of these reprintings cover price $2.50 ?/198n? fourth printing not seen/not seen recorded by yr hmbl srppnt. 10/1986 near-identical fifth printing differs: isbn 0-345-34420-0 cat# 34420 cover price $3.50
ppint. 15th Sep 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Tritonian Ring (1968)	"serialized" in two complete science-adventure books vol.1 #4, winter (10-12)/1951 interior b+w illustrations by herman vestal
ppint. 15th Sep 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Tritonian Ring (1968)	first stand-alone book publication; this was the title novel in 1953 twayne publishers h/cvr collection, "the tritonian ring and other pusadian tales", which included two short stories and a novelelette, all pusadian pieces. - leaving four other pusadian novelelettes remaining to be pu(r)saded^W hunted down: the hungry hercynian universe #3, 12/1953 ka, the appalling fantastic universe vol. 10 #2, 8/1958 the rug and the bull "flashing swords 2" ed. lin carter (1973), q.v. the stone of the witch-queen weirdbook #12, 1977
ppint. 15th Sep 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Carnelian Cube (1970)	lancer books mmpb undated° second printing (not so stated) cover art by (frank) kelly freas (signed, shot down considerably from the first printing, uncredited) cat# 74646 cover price 75¢ 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising 9/1970 publication date ex "lancer checklist" william j. denholm science fiction collector/megavore #10
ppint. 15th Sep 2024		Book Jack L. Chalker - A Jungle Of Stars (1976)	random house group ballantine books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by h. r. van dongen (signed at bottom edge and may be guillotined off, credited) cover price $1.50 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 15th Sep 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - The Hard Way Up (1978)	contents: with good intentions (short story) ©1972 apparently original to this collection the subtracter (novelette) galaxy vol.28 (as vol.128) #6, 8/1969; universal-tandem bre 9/1969, as "the minus effect", both with a b+w illustration by jack gaughan the tin messiah (ss) galaxy vol.29 (as vol.129) #2, 10/1969; universal-tandem bre 11/1969, as "the soul machine", both with a b+w illustration by jack gaughan sleeping beauty (ntte) galaxy vol.29 #5, 2/1970; universal-tandem bre 3/1970, both with a b+w illustration by jack gaughan the wandering buoy (ss) analog vol. lxxxvi #1, 9/ 1970 the mountain movers (ntte) galaxy vol.34 #4, 3/1971 what you know (ntte) galaxy vol.31 #2, 1/1971, with a b+w illustration by jack gaughan
ppint. 14th Sep 2024		Book Algis Budrys - Who? (1987)	popular library mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition questar series cover art by james gurney (signed gurney, credited) cover price $3.50 u.s.a. ($4.50 can(ada)) 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising indicia publishing history states first popular library printing: february, 1987 and gives full first printing number line, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
ppint. 14th Sep 2024		Book Jack L. Chalker - Quest For The Well Of Souls (1978)	random house group ballantine books simultaneous near-identical mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition del rey series cover art by darrell k. sweet (signed, credited) cover price $2.25 (canadadian printing) cover price $1.95 (u.s. printing) 320pp. (check) including pages (i-) xiii titles, indicia, introduction, two b+w maps etc, 27 end pp: two nf-within-f appendices, advertising refer also to indicia to check if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed. no priority established nor liable to be. both state first edition: november 1978 darrel sweet's cover art retained through (at least) the twelfth (1991) printings: author's name on front cover now in black, rather than in white, and underlined in the orangey-red of title: second printing: may 1980; cover price $2.25, isbn 0345293371, cat# 29337 thrid printing: november 1980; cover price $2.25, isbn 0345293371, cat# 29337 some copies of third printing distributed north of the parallel bearing ballantine's label in canada $2.75 fourth printing: october 1981; cover price $2.25, isbn 0345293371, cat# 29337 fifth printing: (?march 1983?); cover price $2.50, isbn 0345311205, cat# 31120 (3/1983 date is not from locus, only from an amazon entry, so not exactly excessively reliable-upon) sixth printing: december 1984; cover price $2.95, isbn 0345342501, cat# 34250 ... ... ... ... ... ... author's name on front cover in orangey-red as per title, front cover sports a black-outlined white band across near top bearing three-line puff-line leading up to the del Rey series roundel; cat# is still stated to be ballantine: twelfth printing: 11/1991; (canada $6.50) u.s. $4.95, isbn 0345324501, cat# 32450 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 twelfth printing: november 1991
ppint. 14th Sep 2024		Book Jack Vance - Slaves Of The Klau (1958)	thank-you, jimess.
ppint. 14th Sep 2024		Book Jack Vance - Big Planet (1958)	thank-you, jimess
ppint. 13th Sep 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - A Gun For Dinosaur And Other Imaginative Tales (1974)	contents: a gun for dinosaur (novelette) galaxy vol.11 #5, 3/1956, three b+w illustrations by ed emshwiller; galaxy strato bre #38, 5/1956, 2 of the 3 illustrations aristotle and the gun (ntte) astounding vol. lx #6, 2/1958, four b+w illustrations by frank kelly freas; astounding atlas bre vol. xiv #5, 5/1958, all 4 illustrations the guided man (ntte) startling stories vol.27 #3, 10/1952, a b+w illustration by alex schomburg internal combustion (short story) infinity vol.1 #2, 2/1956, a b+w illustration by robert engle cornzan the mighty (ss) future science fiction #28, 12/1955 as "cornzan, the mighty", a b+w illustration by virgil finlay throwback (ntte) astounding vol. xxxxiii #1, 3,/1949, three b+w illustrations by ed cartier; astounding atlas bre vol? #?, 1/1950 judgment day (ss) astounding vol. lvi #6, 8/1955, two b+w illustrations by frank kelly freas; astounding atlas bre vol. did i #1, 1/1956, both illustrations gratitude (ntte) (?where?) ©1955 a thing of custom (ss) fantastic universe vol.7 #1, 1/1957 the egg (ss) satellite vol.1 #1, 10/1956 let's have fun (ss) science fiction quarterly vol.5 #1, 5/1957 impractical joke (ntte) future science fiction #29, 4/1956, a b+w illustration by ed emshwiller in-group (ss) marvel science fiction vol.3 #6, 5/1952 new arcadia (ntte) future science fiction #30, 8/1956, a b+w illustration by frank kelly freas
ppint. 13th Sep 2024		Book Gene Wolfe - The Island Of Doctor Death And Other Stories And Other Stories (1984)	hutchinson publishing group arrow books second printing (may still be owned by london weekend television, or just bought from them by century books; check) reprint collection of five novellas, two novelettes and seven short stories cover art by bruce pennington (unsigned, uncredited; in "ultraterranium" bruce pennington (1991/2), q.v.) cover price £2.25, $6.95 australia 416pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 12th Sep 2024		Book A. E. Van Vogt - Supermind (1977)	daw books simultaneous near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition fix-up/rewrite of three novellas, with new material cover art by vincent difate (signed, credited) b+w frontispiece (unsigned, uncredited) cover price $1.25 near-meaningless daw books collector no.224 176pp. including titles, indicia etc. refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both stating first daw printing, january 1977 and both bearing full first printing history number-string 123456789
ppint. 12th Sep 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - Divide And Rule (1964)	contents: "divide and rule" serialised in unknown vol.1 #2, vol.1 #3, 4/1939, 5/1939, as "divide and rule!" "the stolen dormouse" in astounding vol.27 #2, vol.27 #3, 4/1941, 5/1941 both installments of both novellas with b+w illustrations by hubert rogers.
ppint. 12th Sep 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - Star Loot (1980)	rim worlds: john grimes #12: rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for rim worlds, john grimes series listings, and links.

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