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11th Sep 2024
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John Brunner - The Jagged Orbit (1969)
thank-you, jimess.

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11th Sep 2024
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Chuck Adams - The Drifter (1963)
cover art by dave dimmock

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11th Sep 2024
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Chuck Adams - The Drifter (1963)
"chuck adams" was/is a john spencer & co./badger books house name, here applied to a novel written by john f. watt.

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11th Sep 2024
Book
Ron Goulart - What's Become Of Screwloose? And Other Inquiries (1971)
sidgwick & jackson h/cvr first printing, first uk edition

cover (d-j) art (unsigned, may be credited on front or back d-j flap (check))
cover (d-j) price £1.75
188pp.(check) including four unpaginated pages titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards

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11th Sep 2024
Book
Ron Goulart - What's Become Of Screwloose? And Other Inquiries (1973)
contents:

what's become of screwloose? (short story) if vol.20 #6, 7-8/1970; if universal-tandem bre 8-9/1970
junior partner (ss) fantastic vol.11 #9, 9/1962; reprinted in science fiction greats #16, winter/1969
hardcastle (ss) ©1971 apparently original in this collection
into the shop (ss) f&sf vol.26 #4, 4/1964
prez (ss) if vol.20 #2, 2/1970; if universal-tandem bre vol.20 #2, 3/1970
confessions (novelette) f&sf vol.39 #2, 8/1970
monte cristo complex (ss) ©1971 apparently original in this collection
the yes-men of venus (ss) amazing vol.37 #7, 7/1963 as the yes men of venus
keeping an eye on janey (ss) in "infinity one" ed. robert hoskins (1970)
hobo jungle (ntte) f&sf vol.38 #6, 6/1970 (a ben jolsen chameleon corps story)

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11th Sep 2024
Book
Jack Vance - The Dying Earth (1977)
dying earth series #1:

see bookcat primary edition for series listing and links.

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11th Sep 2024
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Jack Vance - The Dying Earth (1972)
dying earth series #1:

see bookcat primary edition for series listing and links.

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11th Sep 2024
Book
Jack Vance - Star King (1973)
serialised in galaxy vol.22 #2, #3; 12/1963, 2/1964 q.v.
part one is the cover story, and each part has three b+w illustrations, all by ed emshwiller

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11th Sep 2024
Book
Jack Vance - The Star King (1980)
serialised in galaxy vol.22 #2, #3; 12/1963, 2/1964 q.v.
part one is the cover story, and each part has three b+w illustrations, all by ed emshwiller

ppint.
10th Sep 2024
Book
Jack Vance - Star King (1978)
daw books mmpb undated near-identical third printing (10/1980°) bears same cat#, same isbn:

cover art by gino d'achille (signed, credited)
near-meaningless daw books collectorsl no.305
cover price $1.75 (wholly merkin-printed)
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from the two variant first printings:
the first two digits are dropped from the printing number line, leaving: 3456789

some copies distributed north of the parallel bearing daw or new american library stickers over price on front cover stating "in canada $1.95"

° - publication date taken from locus #239, 11/1980

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10th Sep 2024
Book
Jack Vance - Star King (1978)
daw books mmpb simultaneous near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, not first mmpb edition

cover art by gino d'achille (signed with stylized gd, credited)
near-meaningless daw books collector number 305
cover price $1.95 canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
cover price $1.75 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin-printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first daw printing september, 1978
and both bear full first printing number line: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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10th Sep 2024
Book
Randall Garrett - Starship Death (1982)
w. h. allen star books imprint p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition

cover art by attila hejja (signed, uncredited; reused from "legacy from the stars" john gregory (1979), q.v.)
cover price £1.00 (check for overseas territories prices)
240pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

cover is almost exactly the same as that of the 1982 leisure books mmpb (q.v.); check whether this 1982 uk edition was - or was not - produced as a modified run-on of the leisure books mmpb printing.

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10th Sep 2024
Book
Algis Budrys - Who? (1975)
random house group ballantine books simultaneous near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, not first mmpb edition

cover art by bob (robert) giusti (signed, credited)
cover price $1.50
192pp. including unpaginated pages titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first printing: august, 1975

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10th Sep 2024
Book
Algis Budrys - Who? (1979)
wm collins & sons fontana imprint first printing, not first uk p/b edition
fontana science fiction series

cover art by alun hood (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price 95p, £1.04½ rep(ublic) of ireland, $3.75 australia, $3.25 new zealand, $2.95 canada
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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10th Sep 2024
Book
Randall Garrett - Starship Death (1982)
isbn checksum digit calculated and is valid.†

† - n.b. this should not be taken for granted with nordon / leisure books mmpbs printed claimed isbns, especially when the isbn printed appears to've been formed by using the numerical part of the catalogue number as its final digits, prepended by enough zeroes ("0") to give ten digits starting "08439-" as for a while was commonly the case.

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9th Sep 2024
Book
Randall Garrett - Starship Death (1982)
nordon publications leisure books imprint mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition

adds nf introduction by hank (jean marie) stine

cover art by attila hejja (signed, uncredited; reused from "legacy from the stars" john gregory (1979), q.v.)
cover price $2.50
240pp. (check) including titles, indicia, introduction etc, end pp. advertising

© copyright date given in indicia: mcmlxii
date of publication not given, taken from locus #257, 6/1982

ppint.
9th Sep 2024
Book
Randall Garrett - Murder & Magic (1979)
the first lord darcy series collection:

#1: ''too many magicians'' (1967), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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9th Sep 2024
Book
Randall Garrett - Lord Darcy Investigates (1981)
the second lord darcy series collection:

#1: ''too many magicians'' (1967), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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9th Sep 2024
Book
Randall Garrett - Lord Darcy Investigates (1981)
contents:
four lord darcy alternate historical mystery series stories:

a matter of gravity (novelette) analog vol.xciv #4, 10/1974
the ipswich phial (novelette) analog vol.xcvi #12, 12/1976 (2 b+w illustrations by frank kelly freas)
the sixteen keys (novelette) fantastic vol. 25 #3, 5/1976 (a b+w illustration by richard olsen)
the napoli express (novella) iamsf vol.3 #4, 4/1979 (cover art + 4 b+w illustrations by jack gaughan)

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9th Sep 2024
Book
Randall Garrett - Murder & Magic (1979)
contents:
four lord darcy alternate history mystery stories, three from analog:

the eyes have it (novelette) vol.lxxii #5, 2/1964, 4 b+w illustrations by john schoenherr
a case of identity (novella) vol.lxxiv #1, 9/1964, cover story & 2 b+w illustrations by john schoenherr
the muddle of the woad (novella) vol.lxxv #4, 6/1965, 3 b+w illustrations by john schoenherr
a stretch of the imagination (short story) ''men and malice'' ed. dean dickinsheet (1973), q.v.

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9th Sep 2024
Book
Randall Garrett - Murder & Magic (1979)
9/1981 near-identical second ace books mmpb printing differs:
isbn 0-441-58541-6
cover price $2.50

9/1982 near-identical thrid ace books mmpb printing differs:
isbn 0-441-58542-4
cover price $2.75

1984 near-identical probable fourth ace books mmpb printing differs:
isbn 0-441-58543-2
cover price (not seen/seen reported)

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9th Sep 2024
Book
Randall Garrett - Too Many Magicians (1968)
serialised in analog vol. lxxvii #6, lxxvii #1, #2, #3; 8, 9, 10, 11/1966
part one is the cover story for 8/1966, art by john schoenherr, also
five, two, two, three b+w illustrations by schoenherr in the respective issues.

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9th Sep 2024
Book
Ron Goulart - After Things Fell Apart (1975)
first in a loose series set in a fragmented, balkanised america:

"after things fell apart" (1970) (this novel)
"gadget man" (1971), q.v.
"hawkshaw" (1972), q.v.
"crackpot" (1977), q.v.
"brinkman" (1981), q.v.

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9th Sep 2024
Book
Ron Goulart - Gadget Man (1977)
second in a loose series set in a fragmented, balkanised america:

"after things fell apart" (1970), q.v.
"gadget man" (1971), (this novel)
"hawkshaw" (1972), q.v.
"crackpot" (1977), q.v.
"brinkman" (1981), q.v.

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9th Sep 2024
Book
Ron Goulart - Brinkman (1981)
fifth in a loose series set in a fragmented, balkanised america:

"after things fell apart" (1970), q.v.
"gadget man" (1971), q.v.
"hawkshaw" (1972), q.v.
"crackpot" (1977), q.v.
"brinkman" (1981), (this novel)

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9th Sep 2024
Book
Ron Goulart - Crackpot (1977)
fourth in a loose series set in a fragmented, balkanised america:

"after things fell apart" (1970), q.v.
"gadget man" (1971), q.v.
"hawkshaw" (1972), q.v.
"crackpot" (1977), (this novel)
"brinkman" (1981), q.v.

ppint.
9th Sep 2024
Book
Ron Goulart - Hawkshaw (1974)
third in a loose series set in a fragmented, balkanised america:

"after things fell apart" (1970), q.v.
"gadget man" (1971), q.v.
"hawkshaw" (1972), (this novel)
"crackpot" (1977), q.v.
"brinkman" (1981), q.v.

ppint.
9th Sep 2024
Book
J. Hunter Holly - The Running Man (1963)
monarch books mmpb first printing, first edition

cover art by ralph brillhart (unsigned, credited)
cover price 35¢
144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp.

ppint.
9th Sep 2024
Book
John Russell Fearn - The Grand Illusion (1954)
scion ltd. first printing, first edition

cover art by ron turner
cover price 1'6
128pp. including titles, indicia etc. (and possibly covers as well)

©1953: 1/1954 publication date is likely from "british science fiction paperbacks and magazines, 1949-1956" philip harbottle, stephen holland (1994), as probably is most information on scion ltd.'s titles

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9th Sep 2024
Book
Ron Goulart - The Chameleon Corps And Other Shape Changers (1973)
contents:

man of a thousand faces (nf introduction)
chameleon (short story) f&sf vol.27 #3, 9/1964
rake (ss) f&sf vol.29 #1, 6/1965
copstate (ss) f&sf vol.36 #5, 9/1969
masterpiece (ss) 1972°
sunflower (novelette) f&sf vol.39 #6, 12/1970
ignatz (ss) if vol.10 #1, 3/1960; if strato bre #3, (?3/1960?)
subject to change galaxy (ss) vol.19 #2, 1/1960; thorpe & porter bre #83 (12/1969 ?1/1961?)
please stand by (ss) f&sf vol.22 #1, 1/1962; atlas bre vol. v #2, 1/1964 (a max kearney story)
shandy (ss) if vol.8 #6, 10/1958
change over (ss) 1972°
looking into it (ss) 1972°

° - original publication in this collection


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