ppint. 25th Jan 2024 | | BookTim Powers - The Stress Of Her Regard (1993) | harpercollinspublishers grafton imprint first general uk p/b edition with new
cover art (unsigned; pull out & check if credited on back cover)
cover price £5.99 (check for any overseas territories prices)
608pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
fwiw the (i)sbn is in the panther books ltd. (0-)586- prefix id-ed block.
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ppint. 25th Jan 2024 | | BookTim Powers - The Stress Of Her Regard (1991) | harpercollinspublishers grafton imprint yp/b first printing simultaneous first uk edition
simultaneous with h/cvr bind-up of the same signatures
cover art by mark salwowski (shared with d-j art of grafton h/cvr edition)
cover price £8.99
432pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, blank end pp.
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ppint. 25th Jan 2024 | | BookTim Powers - The Stress Of Her Regard (1991) | harpercollinspublishers grafton imprint h/cvr first printing, simultaneous first uk edition
simultaneous with yp/b card bind-up of the same signatures
cover (d-j) art by mark salwowski (shared with grafton yp/b cover art)
cover (d-j) price £13.99
432pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
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ppint. 24th Jan 2024 | | BookLarry Niven - Crashlander (1994) | contents:
ghost
neutron star (novelette) if vol.16 #10, 10/1966, b+w illustration by adkins
ghost (continued)
at the core (ntte) if vol.16 #11, 11/1966, b+w illustration by adkins
ghost (continued)
flatlander (ntte) if vol.17 #3, 3/1967, b+w illustration by jack gaughan
ghost (continued)
grendel (ntte) in ''neutron star'' larry niven (1968), q.v.
ghost (continued)
the borderland of sol (ntte) analog vol. xciv #5, 1/1975, the cover story, art & 2 b+w illustrations by john schoenherr
ghost (continued)
procrustes (novella) in ''bridging the galaxies'' larry niven (1993), q.v., collection published at & for ''confrancisco'', the 51st worldcon, san francisco, usa (9/1993)
ghost (concluded)
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ppint. 24th Jan 2024 | | BookLarry Niven - Crashlander (1994) | random house group ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings, first edition
reprint collection of five beowulf shaeffer known space novelettes and a novella, with new-written for this assemblage, the framing novelette, ''ghost'' (1994)
cover art by don dixon (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price ($6.99 canada) $4.99 u.s.
288pp. (fish out and check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents? etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish betwixt the two first printings, one canadadian-carcassed intended for distribution north of the parallel, one wholly merkin-printed for general distribution,
and further merkin and canadadian-printed reprintings, at least ten merkin and at least two canadian, stated as such; cover prices slowly rise to $7.99 u.s. ($9.99 canada) by the fourteenth printing
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ppint. 23rd Jan 2024 | | BookDavid Jarrett - Witherwing (1979) | warner books mmpb first printing, first merkin edition
cover art by frank frazetta (unsigned, credited)
b+w map unsigned, uncredited
cover price $1.95
240pp. (check) including titles, indicia, b+w map etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 23rd Jan 2024 | | BookDavid 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
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ppint. 23rd Jan 2024 | | BookCharles 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
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ppint. 23rd Jan 2024 | | BookCharles 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
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ppint. 22nd Jan 2024 | | BookSimon 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
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ppint. 22nd Jan 2024 | | BookSimon 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
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ppint. 22nd Jan 2024 | | BookSimon 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
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ppint. 21st Jan 2024 | | BookLois 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.)
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ppint. 21st Jan 2024 | | BookLois 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
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ppint. 21st Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Reluctant Sorcerer (1992) | the reluctant sorcerer full series listing done, with details and all links to & fro fettled & tested ok.
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ppint. 21st Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Ambivalent Magician (1996) | the reluctant sorcerer trilogy #3:
#1: ''the reluctant sorcerer'' (1992), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 21st Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Inadequate Adept (1993) | the reluctant sorcerer trilogy #2:
#1: ''the reluctant sorcerer'' (1992), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 21st Jan 2024 | | BookSimon 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.
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ppint. 21st Jan 2024 | | BookSimon 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#
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ppint. 21st Jan 2024 | | BookSimon 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
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ppint. 21st Jan 2024 | | BookSimon 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
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ppint. 21st Jan 2024 | | BookSimon 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
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ppint. 21st Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Shapechanger Scenario (1988) | psychodrome series #2:
#1: ''psychodrome'' (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 21st Jan 2024 | | BookSimon 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
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ppint. 21st Jan 2024 | | BookSimon 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.
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ppint. 21st Jan 2024 | | BookSimon 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
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ppint. 20th Jan 2024 | | BookFritz 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.
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ppint. 20th Jan 2024 | | BookFritz 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.
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ppint. 20th Jan 2024 | | BookTim 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
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ppint. 20th Jan 2024 | | BookTim 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
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