ppint. 11th Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Zenda Vendetta (1988) | time wars series #4:
#1: ''the ivanhoe gambit'' (1984), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 11th Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Zenda Vendetta (1988) | headline books p/b first printing, first uk edition
dedication: for robert m. powers with friendship and respect
''illegitimi non carborundum''
cover art by mark harrison (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £2.99, $9.95 australia, $12.99 inc. g.s.t. new zealand
240pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 11th Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Zenda Vendetta (1985) | berkley publishing group ace imprint mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by david (b.) mattingly (signed, credited)
cover price ($3.50 canada) • $2.95 u.s.
240pp. (check) including titles, indicia, two nf-within-f pieces etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 11th Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Pimpernel Plot (1988) | time wars series #3:
#1: ''the ivanhoe gambit'' (1984), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 11th Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Pimpernel Plot (1988) | headline books p/b first printing, first uk edition
cover art by mark harrison
cover price £2.50, ($8.95 australia, $12.99 new zealand - check both)
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
month of publication not given, taken from locus
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ppint. 11th Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Pimpernel Plot (1984) | the berkley publishing group ace imprint mmpb first printing, first edition
dedication: for rob, pete and dellne siegel, with friendship and gratitude
cover art by david (b.) mattingly (signed, credited)
cover price ($2.95) • $2.75 u.s.
224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical reprintings;
the cat# and isbn of the first of which correctly increments by one, but the next does not:
1/1985 second printing differs:
cat# 66410
isbn 0-441-66410-5
cover price ($3.50 canada) • $2.95 u.s.
indicia publishing history adds line:
second printing / january 1985
bar-code number 0 72742 00295 66410
3/1986 third printing retains cover prices, cat#, isbn & bar-code number of second printing, differs:
indicia publishing history adds line:
third printing march 1986
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ppint. 11th Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Timekeeper Conspiracy (1987) | time wars series #2:
#1: ''the ivanhoe gambit'' (1984), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 11th Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Timekeeper Conspiracy (1987) | headline books p/b first printing, first uk edition
cover art by mark harrison
cover price £2.50, $8.95 australia, $12.99 new zealand
216pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 11th Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Timekeeper Conspiracy (1984) | the berkley publishing group ace imprint mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by david (b.) mattingly (signed mattingly, credited)
cover price ($2.95 canada) $2.75 u.s.
224p. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical reprintings, whose cat#s and therefore isbns do not initially increment by one:
9/1984 second printing differs:
indicia publishing history adds line:
second printing / september 1984
1/1986 third printing
cat# 81137
isbn 0-441-81137-X
cover price ($3.75 canada) • $2.95 u.s.
indicia publishing history adds line:
third printing / january 1986
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ppint. 11th Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Ivanhoe Gambit (1987) | time wars series #1:
#1: ''the ivanhoe gambit'' (1984), (this novel)
#2: ''the timekeeper conspiracy'' (1984), q.v.
#3: ''the pimpernel plot'' (1984), q.v.
#4: ''the zenda vendetta'' (1985), q.v.
#5: ''the nautilus sanction'' (1985), q.v.
#6: ''the khyber connection'' (1986), q.v.
#7: ''the argonaut affair'' (1987), q.v.
#8: ''the dracula caper'' (1988), q.v.
#9: ''the lilliput legion'' (1989), q.v.
#10: ''the hellfire rebellion'' (1990), q.v.
#11: ''the cleopatra crisis'' (1990), q.v.
#12: ''the six-gun solution'' (1991), q.v.
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ppint. 11th Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Ivanhoe Gambit (1987) | headline books p/b first printing, first uk edition
cover art mark harrison (unsigned, in ''mark harrison's dreamlands'' mark harrison, lisa tuttle (1990), q.v.)
cover price £2.50, $8.95 australia, $12.99 new zealand
216pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 11th Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Ivanhoe Gambit (1984) | berkley publishing group ace imprint mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by david (b.) mattingly (signed, credited)
cover price $2.75
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
distinguish from near-identical reprintings with cat#s correctly incrementing by one, isbns likewise:
4/1984 second printing differs:
cat# 37763
isbn 0-441-37763-7
cover price ($2.95 canada) • $2.75 u.s.
indicia publishing history adds line:
second printing / april 1984
1985/6 incompletely reported presumed third printing differs:
cat# 37764
isbn 0-441-37764-5
cover price (? canada) • $2.95 u.s.
8/1986 fourth printing differs:
cat# 37765
isbn 0-441-37765-3
cover price ($3.95 canada) • $2.95 u.s.
indicia publishing history adds line:
fourth printing august 1986
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ppint. 11th Jan 2024 | | BookTim Powers - On Stranger Tides (1989) | wm collins sons grafton books imprint general p/b first printing
author's dedication: to jim and viki blaylock
cover art by richard clifton-dey (credited on back cover, shared with grafton books h/cvr & yp/b editions)
cover price £3.99
400pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 11th Jan 2024 | | BookTim Powers - On Stranger Tides (1988) | wm collins sons grafton books imprint yp/b first printing, simultaneous first uk edition
card bind-up of the same signatures as the grafton books h/cvr edition
author's dedication: to jim and viki blaylock
cover art by richard clifton-dey (shared with grafton books h/cvr d-j and general p/b editions)
cover price £6.95
352pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc.
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ppint. 11th Jan 2024 | | BookTim Powers - On Stranger Tides (1988) | wm collins sons grafton books imprint h/cvr first printing, simultaneous first uk edition
h/cvr edition from the same signatures as the grafton yp/b first printing
author's dedication: to jim and viki blaylock
cover (d-j) art by richard clifton-dey (shared with grafton's yp/b and general p/b editions)
cover (d-j) price £11.95
352pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
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ppint. 11th Jan 2024 | | BookTim Powers - On Stranger Tides (1987) | putnam berkley ace imprint h/cvr first printing, first edition
cover (d-j) art by james gurney (unsigned, credited on d-j back flap)
cover (d-j) price $16.95
332pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
distinguish from near-identical science fiction book club h/cvr edition (12/1988) which differs:
sfbc cat# 12005 on d-j back cover near bottom
316pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
$6.98 (plus postage) for sale to sfbc (& associated) club members only
data for sfbc edition taken from locus
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ppint. 9th Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Nine Lives Of Catseye Gomez (1992) | the wizard of ~ series spin-off novel #a:
#1: ''the wizard of 4th street'' (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 9th Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Nine Lives Of Catseye Gomez (1992) | warner books imprint questar series mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by david (b.) mattingly (signed mattingly, credited)
cover price $4.99 u.s.a. ($5.99 can(ada))
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 9th Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Last Wizard (1997) | the wizard of ~ series #9:
#1: ''the wizard of 4th street'' (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 9th Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Last Wizard (1997) | warner books imprint aspect series mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by donato giancola (signed donato, credited to donato)
cover price $5.99 ($6.99 canada)
240pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 9th Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Wizard Of Camelot (1993) | the wizard of ~ series #7:
#1: ''the wizard of 4th street'' (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 9th Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Wizard Of Camelot (1993) | warner books imprint questar series mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by david (b.) mattingly (signed, credited)
cover price $4.99 u.s.a. ($5.99 can(ada))
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 9th Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Wizard Of Lovecraft's Cafe (1993) | the wizard of ~ series #8:
#1: ''the wizard of 4th street'' (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 9th Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Wizard Of Lovecraft's Cafe (1993) | warner books imprint questar series mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by david (b.) mattingly (unsigned, credited); embossed
cover price $4.99 u.s.a. ($5.99 can(ada))
216pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 9th Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Wizard Of Santa Fe (1991) | the wizard of ~ series #6:
#1: ''the wizard of 4th street'' (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 9th Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Wizard Of Santa Fe (1991) | warner books imprint questar series mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by dave (david b.) mattingly (signed, credited on back cover)
cover price $4.50 u.s.a. ($5.99 can(ada))
256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 9th Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Samurai Wizard (1991) | the wizard of ~ series #5:
#1: ''the wizard of 4th street'' (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 9th Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Samurai Wizard (1991) | warner books popular library imprint questar series mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by dave (david b.) mattingly (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price $4.50 u.s.s. ($5.95 can(ada))
220pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history printing number line to distinguish from undated near-identical second printing on same isbn, which differs:
printing number line drops digit ''1'', leaving 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
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ppint. 9th Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Wizard Of Rue Morgue (1990) | the wizard of ~ series #4:
#1: ''the wizard of 4th street'' (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 9th Jan 2024 | | BookSimon Hawke - The Wizard Of Rue Morgue (1990) | warner books popular library imprint questar series mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by dave (david b.) mattingly (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price $4.50 u.s.a. ($5.95 can(ada))
208pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia etc, 1 blank end p.
the declared imprint is popular library on the title page, in the indicia etc.
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