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ppint. 23rd Jan 2024		Book David Jarrett - Witherwing (1979)	thomson books ltd. sphere books p/b first printing, first edition cover art by nick fox (pseudonym of nick bantock) (signed fox, uncredited) cover price 85p, 93½p eire, 90c malta, $2.75 australia, $2.75 new zealand, $1.95 canada 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 23rd Jan 2024		Book Charles Eric Maine - The Darkest Of Nights (1964)	the science fiction book club first printing, not first h/cvr edition, for sale to club members by mail-order on an opt-out subscription basis not for sale nor distribution by way of the book or news trade to the general public cover (d-j) art by john griffiths (typography & small variant of his blob, in blue on white (unprinted) field) cover (d-j) price 6/- plus postage 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 23rd Jan 2024		Book Charles Eric Maine - The Darkest Of Nights (1962)	hodder & stoughton h/cvr first printing, first edition cover d-j) art (wrapper design by john woodcock, credited on d-j) cover (d-j) price 15/- 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 22nd Jan 2024		Book Simon Hawke - Sons Of Glory: Call To Battle (1993)	berkley publishing group jove imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art none, really: predominantly typographical cover partly obscuring ''supporting'' sabre and semi-automatic rifle, design repeated from #1 but red background changed to blue cover price ($6.99 canada) • $5.50 u.s. 352pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 22nd Jan 2024		Book Simon Hawke - Sons Of Glory (1992)	berkley publishing group jove imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art none, really: predominantly typographical cover partly obscuring ''supporting'' sabre and semi-automatic rifle, on a deep red field cover price ($5.99 canada) • $4.99 u.s. 352pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 22nd Jan 2024		Book Simon Hawke - The Whims Of Creation (1995)	warner books mmpb aspect imprint first printing, first edition cover art by pamela lee (signed, credited) cover price $5.50 u.s. ($6.99 can(ada)) 332pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 21st Jan 2024		Book Lois McMaster Bujold - Ethan Of Athos (1997)	baen publishing enterprises baen books mmpb 7/1997 fourth printing with new cover art by gary ruddell (signed, credited) cover price (can(ada) $7.99) u.s. $5.99 248pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical further reprintings which differ: baen books mmpb (?/1998-89?) fifth printing not as-yet seen/seen reported cover price presumably $5.99 in u.s. baen books mmpb 3/2001 sixth printing cover price $5.99 (u.s.)
ppint. 21st Jan 2024		Book Lois McMaster Bujold - Ethan Of Athos (1986)	baen publishing enterprises baen books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by alan gutierrez (signed, credited) cover price $2.95 244pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising some copies have the cover price overprinted with a black rectangle and simultaneously the new cover price $3.95 printed below (with reference to alignment of printed cat# and original cover price); these copies intended for distribution north of ''the parallel'' (i.e. in canada) distinguish from near-identical reprintings: baen books mmpb 1/1992 second printing which differs: cover price (can(ada) $5.99) u.s. $4.99 cat# retained, but now reads vertically upwards followed by the cover prices) indicia publishing history adds line second printing, january 1992 baen books mmpb 4/1994 third printing which differs: cover price $5.99 cat# retained, with cover price reading vertically upwards to new baen dragon/spaceship logo indicia publishing history adds line third printing, april 1994
ppint. 21st Jan 2024		Book Simon Hawke - The Reluctant Sorcerer (1992)	the reluctant sorcerer full series listing done, with details and all links to & fro fettled & tested ok.
ppint. 21st Jan 2024		Book Simon Hawke - The Ambivalent Magician (1996)	the reluctant sorcerer trilogy #3: #1: ''the reluctant sorcerer'' (1992), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 21st Jan 2024		Book Simon Hawke - The Inadequate Adept (1993)	the reluctant sorcerer trilogy #2: #1: ''the reluctant sorcerer'' (1992), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 21st Jan 2024		Book Simon Hawke - The Reluctant Sorcerer (1992)	the reluctant sorcerer trilogy #1: #1: ''the reluctant sorcerer'' (1992), (this book) #2: ''the inadequate adept'' (1993), q.v. #3: ''the ambivalent magician'' (1996), q.v.
ppint. 21st Jan 2024		Book Simon Hawke - The Reluctant Sorcerer (1992)	bar-code number truncated by too-small field: 070993 00499 6 36260 the final element of which is the only part uniquely identifying this item in the primary distributing wholesaler's then-current catalogue, being the specific mmpb's cat#
ppint. 21st Jan 2024		Book Simon Hawke - The Ambivalent Magician (1996)	warner books aspect imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by jody a. lee (unsigned, credited) cover price $5.99 u.s. ($6.99 can(ada)) 234pp..(check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 21st Jan 2024		Book Simon Hawke - The Inadequate Adept (1993)	warner books mmpb first printing, first edition questar series cover art by david (b.) mattingly (signed, credited) cover price $4.99 u.s. ($5.99 can(ada)) 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 21st Jan 2024		Book Simon Hawke - The Reluctant Sorcerer (1992)	warner books mmpb first printing, first edition questar series cover art by dave (david b.) mattingly (signed, credited) cover price $4.99 u.s. ($5.99 can(ada)) 208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 21st Jan 2024		Book Simon Hawke - The Shapechanger Scenario (1988)	psychodrome series #2: #1: ''psychodrome'' (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 21st Jan 2024		Book Simon Hawke - The Shapechanger Scenario (1988)	berkley publishing group ace books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by neal mcpheeters (signed, credited) cover price ($4.75 canada) • $3.50 u.s. 208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 21st Jan 2024		Book Simon Hawke - Psychodrome (1987)	announced on cover as #1 in the exciting new series, berkley/ace published only one more in this, ah, ''rollerball-influenced'' sports space opera series: #1: ''psychodrome'' (1987), (this book) #2: ''the shapechanger scenario'' (1988), q.v. #3: ''the invasion'' (2020), q.v.
ppint. 21st Jan 2024		Book Simon Hawke - Psychodrome (1987)	berkley publishing group ace books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by neal mcpheeters (signed,) cover price ($3.95 canada) • $2.95 u.s. 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 20th Jan 2024		Book Fritz Leiber - Conjure Wife (1991)	tor books mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition, first thus half tor sf double #36 double format mmpb with single front cover, contents one way up cover art by wayne barlowe (unsigned, credited) cover price $4.99 u.s. ($5.99 can(ada)) ½ 352pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history printing number line to distinguish from near-identical undated second printing, which drops the digit ''1'' leaving 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 doubled with ''our lady of darkness'' fritz leiber (1977), q.v.
ppint. 20th Jan 2024		Book Fritz Leiber - Our Lady Of Darkness (1991)	tor books imprint mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition half tor sf double #36 with single front cover, contents printed the one way up cover art by wayne barlowe (unsigned, credited) cover price $4.99 u.s. ($5.99 can(ada)) ½ 352pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history printing number line to distinguish from undated second printing which drops the digit ''1'' leaving 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 doubled with ''conjure wife'' fritz leiber (1953), q.v.
ppint. 20th Jan 2024		Book Tim Powers - The Drawing Of The Dark (2002)	orion publishing group gollancz imprint b-format p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition fantasy masterworks #34, indicated #33 in error cover art unsigned detail from the battle of arbelles / of issus, jan breughel the elder, 1602 cover price £6.99 332pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 20th Jan 2024		Book Tim Powers - The Drawing Of The Dark (1987)	wm collins sons grafton books imprint p/b first printing, reprinting granada books p/b first uk edition suitably emended, second uk p/b printing over-all cover art by gino d'achille (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £3.50, $9.95 australia, $14.95 new zealand 384pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising still on the same mayflower books block isbn
ppint. 20th Jan 2024		Book Tim Powers - The Drawing Of The Dark (1981)	granada publishing group granada imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by gino d'achille (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £1.95 (check for overseas territories prices) 384pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising n.b. isbn is a mayflower books imprint block number
ppint. 20th Jan 2024		Book Tim Powers - The Drawing Of The Dark (1979)	random house group ballantine books del rey series (logo on cover only) mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by doug beekman (unsigned, credited) cover price $1.95 336pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 20th Jan 2024		Book Lord Dunsany - Beyond The Fields We Know (1972)	intext publisher ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings, possibly sharing merkin-printed covers°, first edition cover art by gervasio gallardo (signed reversed left-right on back cover) cover price $1.25 320pp..(check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. including ''the naming of names'' (nf article) lin carter, advertising ° - refer to indicia publishing history to see if canadadian-carcassed copy intended for distribution north of the parallel, or wholly merkin-printed copy for general distribution is held. yr hmbl srppnt. knoweth not whether merkin-printed covers were shared by the canadadian variant or no; should a bookcatter or other browser discover that they hold such a copy, it would be appreciated if they were to report upon the matter, including the precise phraseology used by ballantine books, inc. in the indicia, in their comment, to advise, inform and educate. . .
ppint. 20th Jan 2024		Book Steve Holland - The Mushroom Jungle (1993)	zeon books, an associate company of zardoz books, tp/b first printing, first edition 20 whitecroft, dilton marsh, westbury, wilts ba13-4dj cover art by f.t. (signed, uncredited) cover price £14.95 212pp. including xii pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents, 6pp. nf introduction by brian stableford, etc, 16 end pp. including 2pp. select general bibliography, 2p. about the author & bibliography, 2pp. index, 8pp. b+w reproductions of p/b publishers' logos, some front covers, 1p. advertising for paperback, pulp and comic collector magazine
ppint. 20th Jan 2024		Book Lois McMaster Bujold - Borders Of Infinity (1994)	pan macmillan pan books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by keith scaife (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £4.99 (check for overseas territories prices) 320pp. including titles, indicia (no table-of-contents) etc, 3 end pp. miles vorkosigan/naismith his universe and times (uncredited nf annotated timeline)
ppint. 20th Jan 2024		Book Lois McMaster Bujold - Borders Of Infinity (1999)	refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish betwixt the at least first three near-identical printings: 10/1989 baen books first mmpb printing, first edition dedication: for john cover art by gary ruddell (unsigned, credited) isbn 0-671-69841-9 cat# 69841 cover price $3.95 320pp. including six unpaginated pp. titles, indicia, no table-of-contents (stated a novel in indicia), 3 unpaginated end pp. ''miles vorkosigan/naismith his lifecand times'' (nf within f annotated timeline) uncredited front cover bears puff-line ''by the author of falling free'' above cover price 12/1989 baen books second mmpb printing (details to come) differs: indicia publishing history adds line: second printing, december (1989) 10/1991 baen books third mmpb printing cover art by gary ruddell retained isbn 0-671-72093-7 bar-code number 0 76714 00499 3 72093 cat# 72093 cover price (can $5.99) u.s. $4.99 320pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia, no table-of-contents (stated a novel in indicia), 3 end pp. timeline front cover bears red pinked-edge bezant declaring ''hugo and nebula winning author'' in black above cover prices

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