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ppint. 15th Jan 2024		Book Ernest Bramah - Max Carrados (1943)	penguin books p/b first printing, probably first p/b edition collection of four novelettes and three short stories featuring max carrados, the blind detective cover art none cover price 6d. 192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising likely issued with near-identical d-j carrying cover price, as card cover bears none ''penguin-with-stomach-ache dancing to its left'' logo
ppint. 15th Jan 2024		Book Keith Roberts - The Road To Paradise (1988)	kerosina books h/cvr first printing, first edition, limited to 750 copies simultaneous with 250 copies of this in a collectors' edition slipcase with ''irish encounters'' (nf travel essays) isbn 0-948893-32-X retail price £37.50 80pp. h/cvr kerosina books (1988) cover (d-j) art by keith roberts cover (d-j) price £13.95 228pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards month of publication not given, taken from locus
ppint. 15th Jan 2024		Book Keith Roberts - Winterwood And Other Hauntings (1989)	contents: susan (short story) science fantasy #71, 4/1965 the scarlet lady (novelette) (sf) impulse #6, 8/1966, as by alistair bevan the eastern windows (ss) in ''the devil his due'' ed. douglas hill (1967), q.v. winterwood (ss) cornhill magazine spring/1974 mrs cibber (ntte) apparently original to this collection the snake princess (ntte) cornhill magazine summer/1973 everything in the garden (ntte) argosy (no individual issue data known). 1973
ppint. 15th Jan 2024		Book Keith Roberts - Winterwood And Other Hauntings (1989)	morrigan publications h/cvr first printing, first edition mostly reprint collection of four novelettes and three short stories, each with introduction and illustration by the author cover (d-j) art b+w photograph of the ginnel at the back of the lamb and flag pub, covent garden, london, by peter pearce b+w interior illustrations by keith roberts cover (d-j) price £13.95 182pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents, nf introduction by robert holdstock, etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards month of publication not given, taken from locus
ppint. 15th Jan 2024		Book Keith Roberts - Gráinne (1987)	kerosina books h/cvr first printing, first edition, limited to 1,026 copies (26 lettered not for sale), simultaneous collectors' edition pairs this with ''a heron caught in weeds'' 46pp. poetry collection by keith roberts (kerosina h/cvr), in cloth-covered slip-case isbn 0-948893-06-0 retail price £35.00, 250 copies cover (d-j) art and interior art by keith roberts cover (d-j): price £12.50 176pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp., bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards month of publication not given, taken from locus
ppint. 14th Jan 2024		Book Ernest Bramah - The Wallet Of Kai Lung (1936)	kai lung series #1: #1: ''the wallet of kai lung'' (1900), (this collection) #2: ''kai lung's golden hours'' (1922), q.v. #3: ''kai lung unrolls his mat'' (1928), q.v. #4: ''the moon of much gladness'' (1932), q.v. #5: ''kai lung beneath the mulberry tree'' (1940), q.v. #6: ''kai lung raises his voice'' (2010), q.v. omnibus edition of #1, #2 & #3: #O1: ''the kai lung omnibus'' (1936), q.v. there are some further titles that collect a limited number of kai lung stories from the above collections, sometimes as few as two stories; #6 incorporates all of the six stories collected in the very limited edition ''kai lung: six'' (1974), plus many more - all° - of the previously uncollected stories (° - iiuc).
ppint. 14th Jan 2024		Book Ernest Bramah - The Wallet Of Kai Lung (1936)	penguin books first printing, first p/b edition, issued in matching paper d-j cover (& d-j) art none cover (d-j) price 6d. 256pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 14th Jan 2024		Book Ernest Bramah - The Moon Of Much Gladness (1932)	kai lung #4: #1: ''the wallet of kai lung'' (1900), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 14th Jan 2024		Book Ernest Bramah - The Moon Of Much Gladness (1932)	cassel & co. h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art unsigned cover (d-j) price 7/6d 320pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc., bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards distinguish from second(?) edition 1934 cover (d-j) price 2/6d indicia publishing history adds line stating date of this cheaper edition
ppint. 14th Jan 2024		Book Ernest Bramah - Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat (1949)	penguin books p/b third printing, 1949; so this bookcat item should^W has been re-dated 1949
ppint. 14th Jan 2024		Book Ernest Bramah - Kai Lung's Golden Hours (1938)	penguin books p/b first printing, first general p/b edition, possibly first p/b edition with preface by hilaire belloc retained from grant richards h/cvr first edition (1922) cover (& d-j) art none cover (d-j) price 6d 286pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising distinguish from near-identical reprintings by reference to the indicia publishing history which progressively adds lines stating reprinting date third printing 1940 eventually d-j is dropped and cover price is printed on front card cover; cover price starts rising also
ppint. 14th Jan 2024		Book Keith Roberts - The Lordly Ones (1986)	contents: the lordly ones (novelette) f&sf vol.58 #3, 3/1980 (comfort station) ariadne potts (ntte) f&sf vol.54 #4, 4/1978 sphairistike (ntte) f&sf vol.66 #2, 2/1984 the checkout (short story) f&sf vol.60 #2, 2/1981 (an anita story) the comfort station (ss) f&sf vol.58 #5, 5/1980 the castle on the hoop (ss) 1986 diva (ntte) 1986
ppint. 14th Jan 2024		Book Keith Roberts - The Lordly Ones (1986)	victor gollancz h/cvr first printing, first edition mostly reprint collection of four novelettes and three short stories (one of each original to the collection) cover (d-j) art none, typographical in black on ''gollancz yellow'' field cover (d-j) price £8.95 160pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards month of publication not given, taken from locus
ppint. 14th Jan 2024		Book Keith Roberts - Ladies From Hell (1979)	contents: introduction (nf) keith roberts our lady of desperation (original to this collection) the shack at great cross halt, in ''new writings in sf 30'' ed. ken bulmer (1977 or 1978), q.v. the ministry of children, in ''new worlds 9'' ed. hilary bailey (1975), q.v. the big fans f&sf vol.52 #5, 5/1977 (an alex boulter story) missa privata, in ''new worlds 10'' ed. hilary bailey (1976), q.v.
ppint. 14th Jan 2024		Book Keith Roberts - Ladies From Hell (1979)	victor gollancz h/cvr first printing, first edition mostly reprint collection of five novelettes (one original to this collection), introduction by the author cover (d-j) art none, typographical black and magenta of field of ''gollancz yellow'' cover (d-j) price £5.95 200pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents introduction, etc. bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 14th Jan 2024		Book Keith Roberts - The Grain Kings (1977)	contents: weihnachtsabend (novelette) in ''new worlds quarterly 2'' ed. michael moorcock (1972) (as ''weihnachtabend'') the white boat (ntte) new worlds #169, 12/1966 (a ''pavane'' story, included in some editions thereof) the passing of the dragons (ntte) in ''new writings in sf 21'' ed. john carnell (1972), q.v. the trustee tree (short story) in ''new worlds (quarterly) 5'' ed. michael moorcock (1973), q.v.(xerxes) the lake of tuonela (ntte) in ''new writings in sf 23'' ed. ken bulmer (1973), q.v. (xerxes) the grain kings (novella) in ''new worlds quarterly 3'' ed. michael moorcock (1972), q.v. i lose medea (ss) in ''new worlds quarterly 3'' (ibid.) 1973
ppint. 14th Jan 2024		Book Keith Roberts - The Grain Kings (1977)	granada publishing group panther books imprint first printing, first p/b edition reprint collection of two short stories, four novelettes and a novella cover art by chris foss (signed f-in-a-line-drawn-box, credited on back cover, shared from h/cvr d-j art) cover price 65p, $1.90 australia, $1.95 new zealand, $1.95 canada 208pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 14th Jan 2024		Book Keith Roberts - The Grain Kings (1977)	readers union group science fiction book club edition first printing, not first h/cvr edition for sale only to members of the book club on an opt out subscription basis, and subsequently as an option to members of the readers union group of book clubs cover (d-j) art by chris foss (a yellow and blue reduction of the main image from the first edition d-j art) cover (d-j) price 208pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, perfectbound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 14th Jan 2024		Book Keith Roberts - The Grain Kings (1976)	london weekend television hutchinson publishing group hutchinson h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by chris foss (signed with his f-in-a-line-drawn-box, credited?) cover (d-j) price £3.95 208pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 14th Jan 2024		Book Keith Roberts - Machines And Men (1974)	contents: manipulation (novelette) in ''new writings in sf 5'' ed. john carnell (1965), q.v. escapism (ntte) science fantasy #67, 9-10/1964 boulter's canaries (short story) in ''new writings in sf 3'' ed. john carnell (1965), q.v. sub-lim (ntte) in ''new writings in sf 4'' ed. john carnell (1965), q.v. breakdown (ss) s f impulse #8, 10!1966 therapy 2000 (ss) in ''new writings in sf 15'' ed. john carnell (1969), q.v. the deeps (ss) in ''orbit 1'' ed. damon knight (1966), q.v. manscarer (ntte) in ''new writings in sf 7'' ed. john carnell (1966), q.v. synth (ntte) in ''new writings in sf 8'' ed. john carnell (1966), q.v. the pace that kills (ntte) impulse #3, 5/1966
ppint. 13th Jan 2024		Book Keith Roberts - Machines And Men (1974)	granada publishing group panther books imprint p/b first printing, first p/b edition reprint collection of six novelettes and four short stories cover art by anthony (tony) roberts (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price 50p, $1.50 australia, $1.50 new zealand, $1.95 canada 240pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 13th Jan 2024		Book Keith Roberts - Machines And Men (1973)	hutchinson & co. h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art cover (d-j) price 288pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 13th Jan 2024		Book Keith Roberts - The Boat Of Fate (1975)	hodder & stoughton coronet books first printing, first p/b edition cover art (unsigned, uncredited) cover price 60p 356pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 13th Jan 2024		Book Keith Roberts - The Boat Of Fate (1971)	hutchinson & co. h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art (seen reported to be by bill botten) cover (d-j) price 356pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 13th Jan 2024		Book Keith Roberts - Kiteworld (1988)	berkley publishing group ace imprint mmpb first printing, first merkin p/b edition cover art by blas gallego (apparently unsigned, credited as ''blas'') cover price $3.50 296pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 13th Jan 2024		Book Keith Roberts - Kiteworld (1988)	penguin books b-format p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition classic science fiction series second penguin p/b over-all, text shot up from a-format p/b, not re-set cover art by david o'connor (unsigned, credited on back cover, re-used from a-format penguin p/b) cover price £3.95, $12.95 australia, $14.99 new zealand, $9.95 canada 288pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 13th Jan 2024		Book Keith Roberts - Kiteworld (1986)	penguin books first printing, first p/b edition cover art by david o'connor (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £2.95, $6.95 australia, $9.95 new zealand, $5.95 canada 288pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 13th Jan 2024		Book Keith Roberts - Molly Zero (1985)	penguin imprint first printing, first p/b edition cover art by david o'connor (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £2.50, $5.95 australia, $10.95 new zealand, $4.95 canada 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 13th Jan 2024		Book Keith Roberts - The Furies (1966)	berkley publishing group berkley medallion mmpb first printing, possibly first edition cover art by paul lehr (unsigned, uncredited; my attribution from his very distinctive style) cover price 50¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising cover puff-line states first publication anywhere which isn't true, but may be first book edition
ppint. 13th Jan 2024		Book Keith Roberts - The Furies (1969)	serialised in science fantasy #74, #75, #76; 7, 8, 9!1965 part one cover story, art by k..(keith) roberts, the author & artist

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