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ppint. 25th Jan 2024		Book Tim 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.
ppint. 25th Jan 2024		Book Tim 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.
ppint. 25th Jan 2024		Book Tim 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
ppint. 24th Jan 2024		Book Larry 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)
ppint. 24th Jan 2024		Book Larry 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
ppint. 23rd Jan 2024		Book David 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
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

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