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ppint. 3rd Feb 2024		Book A. E. Van Vogt - The Proxy Intelligence And Other Mindbenders (1971)	contents: the proxy intelligence (novella) if vol.18 #10, 10/1968 the problem professor (novelette) , thrilling wonder stories vol. xxxiv #3, 8/1949; thrilling wonder stories bre 12/1949; both: as ''project spaceship'' rebirth: earth (ntte) astounding vol. xxx #4, 12/1942 as ''the flight that failed'' by e. mayne hull the gryb (ntte) astounding vol. xxv #2, 4/1940 as ''repetition'' (a rull series story) the invisibility gambit (ntte) astounding vol. xxxiv #2, 4/1943 as ''abdication'' by e. mayne hull (an artur blord series story) the star-saint (ntte) planet stories vol.4 #11, 3/1951
ppint. 3rd Feb 2024		Book Edmond Hamilton - The Star Kings (1981)	warner books mmpb second printing, accounted fourth printing as the earlier paperback library mmpb printings are included in the accounting cover art by FmA (?FmΔ?) (signed, retained from previous warner books printing; in new cover design) cover price $2.25 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising check indicia publishing history printing details: i do not know of a canadian-carcassed variant of this printing, but it's possible one exists.
ppint. 3rd Feb 2024		Book Edmond Hamilton - The Star Kings (1975)	warner books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, accounted the third printings as warner books included the two previous paperback library mmpb printings in the accounting cover art by ''FmA'' (?FmΔ?) (signed, uncredited; not sfaik as-yet further identified) cover price $1.25 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer 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 third printing: september 1975
ppint. 3rd Feb 2024		Book Edmond Hamilton - The Star Kings (1970)	coronet communications/warner group paperback library mmpb second printing with new cover art (unsigned, uncredited; sfaik still as-yet unattributed) cover price 75¢ 192pp. including 4pp. titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 3rd Feb 2024		Book Felix Mendelsohn Jr. - Superbaby (1970)	coronet communications paperback library mmpb first printing, first p/b edition cover art unsigned, uncredited; sfaik still as-yet unattributed cover price 75¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 3rd Feb 2024		Book Hughes Cooper - Sexmax (1970)	new english library p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by robert (bob) foster (re-used from paperback library mmpb first edition) cover price 6/- 30p, pts 75 spain, $1.00 australia, 85c new zealand 128pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising chosen by-line of george hughes cooper, jr; later changed his name to george hill leonard
ppint. 3rd Feb 2024		Book Hughes Cooper - Sexmax (1969)	coronet communications paperback library mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by robert (bob) foster (unsigned, uncredited; credit from science fiction monthly vol.1 #3, 3/1974 where tyopped c. foster) cover price 75¢ 176pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 3rd Feb 2024		Book John Brunner - The Squares Of The City (1965)	ballantine books mmpb first printing(s) sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition° cover art by robert (bob) foster (signed bfoster, uncredited) cover price 75¢ 320pp. (check) including (i)-viii pp. titles, indicia, nf introduction by edward lasker, nf foreword by the author, etc; 5 end pp. including author's note, and ''the pieces'' (annotated dramatis personae) by john brunner, end p. advertising iirc (check) ° - apparently simultaneous from its indicia, the near-identical first canadian-carcassed printing is in later printings identified as having been printed 2/1966: distinguish by reference to the indicia publishing history where it is stated printed in canada, referring to the carcase
ppint. 3rd Feb 2024		Book David Gerrold - Alternities (1974)	dell mmpb likely simultaneous first printings, first edition original anthology of fifteen short stories and a novelette, nf introduction by david gerrold dedication: for judy-lynn and lester del rey, about whom i care very much, and this is just my way of saying so cover art by robert (bob) foster (unsigned, uncredited; attributed on sciencefictionruminations.com/2012/02/27/adventures-in-science-fiction-cover-art-the-art-of-robert-foster) cover price 95¢ 176pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p. advertising indicia publishing history states the book was printed in the u.s. unqualifiedly stephen goldin is credited as associate editor only
ppint. 2nd Feb 2024		Book John Brunner - The Squares Of The City (1977)	wm collins sons fontana books imprint p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition cover art by peter goodfellow (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price 80p, $2.25 australia, $2.40 australia, $1.95 canada 320pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 2nd Feb 2024		Book John Brunner - The Squares Of The City (1969)	penguin books p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by franco grignani (unsigned, credited on back cover (for ''cover design'')) cover price 6/- 30p, R0.75 south africa, $1.00 australia, $0.85 new zealand 320pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. including author's note (nf) & ''the pieces'' (annotated dramatis personae) (nf) john brunner; advertising
ppint. 2nd Feb 2024		Book Michael Moorcock - The Traps Of Time (1979)	''author'' field should^W has been varied to ''editor''
ppint. 2nd Feb 2024		Book Michael Moorcock - The Traps Of Time (1979)	penguin books p/b second printing with new: cover art by adrian chesterman (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price 85p, $2.75 australia (recommended), $1.95 canada isbn given on spine & back cover in two rows as isbn 0-14/00.2868-4 (i s'spect no-one now knows why penguin used the '.' between the 00 & original, and certainly not in any totally _new_, 00.wxyz-(checksum digit cat#s)) 208pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p. advertising (end p. advertising may (very likely does) differ from that in first printing)
ppint. 2nd Feb 2024		Book Frederik Pohl - Starchild (1970)	one of sixteen covers by grignani commissioned for penguin books by art director, david pelham.
ppint. 2nd Feb 2024		Book Ray Bradbury - The Day It Rained Forever (1969)	one of sixteen covers by grignani commissioned for penguin books by art director, david pelham.
ppint. 2nd Feb 2024		Book Ray Bradbury - The Day It Rained Forever (1969)	penguin books p/b fourth printing with new cover art by franco grignani (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price 25p 5/-, R0.60 south africa, $0.85 australia, $0.75 new zealand 236pp? (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 2nd Feb 2024		Book Philip K. Dick - The Penultimate Truth (1970)	one of sixteen covers by grignani commissioned for penguin books by art director, david pelham.
ppint. 2nd Feb 2024		Book Philip K. Dick - The Penultimate Truth (1970)	penguin books first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by franco grignani cover price 6/- 30p, (check & enter overseas territories prices) 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp advertising
ppint. 2nd Feb 2024		Book Philip K. Dick - The Penultimate Truth (1967)	jonathan cape first printing, first h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art by bill botten cover (d-j) price 25/- 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 2nd Feb 2024		Book Frederik Pohl - Starchild (1970)	penguin books first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by franco grignani (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price 5/- 25p, R0.60 south africa, $0.85 australia, $0.75 new zealand 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 2nd Feb 2024		Book Frederik Pohl - Starchild (1966)	dennis dobson first printing, first h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art by richard weaver cover (d-j) price 18/- 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 2nd Feb 2024		Book Philip K. Dick - Time Out Of Joint (1969)	one of sixteen covers by grignani commissioned for penguin books by art director, david pelham.
ppint. 2nd Feb 2024		Book Michael Moorcock - The Traps Of Time (1970)	one of sixteen covers by grignani commissioned for penguin books by art director, david pelham.
ppint. 2nd Feb 2024		Book Harry Harrison - Bill, The Galactic Hero (1969)	one of sixteen covers by grignani commissioned for penguin books by art director, david pelham.
ppint. 2nd Feb 2024		Book Frederik Pohl - Search The Sky (1970)	one of sixteen covers by grignani commissioned for penguin books by art director, david pelham.
ppint. 2nd Feb 2024		Book Frederik Pohl - The Reefs Of Space (1969)	one of sixteen covers by grignani commissioned for penguin books by art director, david pelham.
ppint. 2nd Feb 2024		Book Fritz Leiber - Conjure Wife (1969)	one of sixteen covers by grignani commissioned for penguin books by art director, david pelham.
ppint. 2nd Feb 2024		Book John Brunner - The Squares Of The City (1969)	one of sixteen covers by grignani commissioned for penguin books by art director, david pelham.
ppint. 2nd Feb 2024		Book Fred Saberhagen - Berserker (1970)	one of sixteen covers by grignani commissioned for penguin books by art director, david pelham.
ppint. 2nd Feb 2024		Book Edgar Pangborn - Davy (1969)	one of sixteen covers by grignani commissioned for penguin books by art director, david pelham.

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