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ppint. 25th Sep 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - The Rim Of Space (1962)	concerning bookcat's cataloguing of ace books - yes, it's a mess: or possibly several superimposed messes: ace - 1302 "bookcat items" ace books - 191 items ace charter - 11 items ace fantasy books - 7 items ace science fiction - 16 items ace star - 4 items charter - 22 items charter communications, inc. - 3 items sunridge press - 3 items, a charter communications imprint appears quite closely associated with ace mason/charter - 2 items, may or may not be connected charter uk - 1 item, rather murky background; may be an entirely illegal publication. it bears an 0-425- berkley block isbn, a uk price on the front cover, one copy only known, apparently, bought in texas. (excluding ace books ltd. which was an unconnected uk publisher, and the ace/stoneshire imprint whose origins, existence and disappearance are, to put it mildly, shadowy - but appear to be british.) (also excluding new infinities books, gary gygax's publishing co. whose mmpbs were distributed by ace / the berkley publishing group and bore 0-441- ace, ace charter, charter block isbns, also excluding the iron crown tolkienquest/merpquest gamebooks distributed by ace/berkley, and definitely excluding prestige & ace/prestige titles, which are a whole other complication, being part of the extremely messy collapse and bankruptcy of lancer books and its aftermath.) ace books, later the ace imprint, timeline: 1953 - 1969/70 ace books set up & owned by a. a. wynn, ace books inc. 1969/70 - ?1971? ace books, charter communications, inc. who also publish charter books, ace/charter books, and own other imprints and possibly also own other publishers. charter communications, inc. run out of cash, and ran out of any credibility with authors and agents. ?1971? - 1983 publishers grosset & dunlap, inc. buy charter communications, inc. and ace books, possibly simultaneously (likeliest), eventually straighten out certain accounting problems that have come to light, turn it around, continue ace books as a profitable and properly-run publishers 1983 the berkley publishing group (or putnam-berkley publishing group) buy ace books or grosset & dunlap publishing including the ace imprint 1996 penguin or random penguin buy the putnam / berkley publishing group, including the ace imprint 2013 random house and penguin merge to become random penguin or similar, which since some time in 2020 has been wholly owned by the bertelsmann multinationalmegaconglomerate.
ppint. 25th Sep 2024		Book Leigh Brackett - The Sword Of Rhiannon (1955)	Rated 10/10 this is the edition first read by yr hmbl srppnt. sometime in the early-to-mid sixties, when my elder bother° borrowed it from church end public library, and the sub-teenage me glommed onto it, devoured it, and has never forgotten it since - despite having only had time to read it the once before he returned it - and couldn't remember the author, its title - nor even having read the book from my memory of the key word, ''rhiannon'', detailed description of the set-up, and the bones of the story! ° - the russian for ''brother'' is ''brat'' - and rightly so! a superb, technically "sub-burroughsian", "planet stories"-style exotic science fiction adventure story, a true gem of its kind, with the accent almost as heavily upon the powerfully exotic setting, as upon the adventure that pits matthew carse, a low-life chancer of a man, a would-be tomb-robber, against an actual, veritable god - and against the cruel, conscienceless saurian race that rules their thalassocracy on mars of yore - exercising their dominion over all other races - including lowly humanity - upon the planet through their fawning worship of this god, and their apparent obedience of him, and his kin, and studying his technological teachings, and wielding the great powers they gain thereby without any shred of compassion, no achilles heel of any inclination towards mercy - thousands of years before our would-be tomb-robber was born. . . - against such inhuman and uncaring, overbearing and unfeelingly callously cruel overlords, what chance does one, very far from heroic - let alone perfect - and utterly out of his depth chancer-on-the-run have ? - this gripped the young ppint.'s imagination, as it has enthralled so many readers in the decades since first it saw the light of day. 1 person found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
ppint. 25th Sep 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - The Rim Of Space (1962)	jimess: well spotted; as to the month of publication - that "may" should be "march" (source: jad smith's john brunner bibliography); correction submitted.
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.

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