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ppint. 25th Dec 2023		Book Marshall Craigmyle - An Illustrated Guide To Perennials (2000)	salamander books tall, non-standard format p/b cover art photographic cover price - none printed 480pp. including 5pp. titles, indicia etc, 22pp. introduction, 409pp. the plant directory (including 1,636 colour photographs, one per perennial listed, 17 end pp: 12pp. appendices, 5pp. index
ppint. 23rd Dec 2023		Book Robert Silverberg - The Second Trip (1981)	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb (simultaneous?°) first printing(s), not first mmpb edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price $2.25 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - there is a high chance of a near-identical simultaneous canadian-carcassed variant sharing merkin-printed covers, isbn, cat# and very possibly also self-declared to be the first printing; but yr hmbl srppnt.'s neither seen this reported, nor seen such; - however, the next known avon books mmpb edition is identified as the third printing by printing number line, and bears a different cover (repeating the image of the first mmpb printing's art, overlapping it downwards, diminishing in size)
ppint. 22nd Dec 2023		Book Robert Silverberg - The Second Trip (1980)	serialised in amazing vol.45 #2, #3; 7/1971, 9/1971 part one is the cover story, with 2, part two with 1, b+w illustrations (respectively) by michael wm. kaluta
ppint. 22nd Dec 2023		Book Robert Silverberg - The Second Trip (1991)	houghton miflin victor gollancz ltd. vgsf imprint p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition cover art unsigned cover price £3.99? (check) 192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 22nd Dec 2023		Book Robert Silverberg - The Second Trip (1979)	victor gollancz first printing, first uk edition, first trade h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art none; typographical cover with black, spot green & red on ''gollancz yellow'' field cover (d-j) price £4.95 188pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 21st Dec 2023		Book Sarban - The Sound Of His Horn (1952)	''sarban'' was the habitual by-line for his fiction (all that i've read could be regarded as dark fantasy, though ''the sound of his horn'' (1952) is equally science fiction) of successful career diplomat, john william wall (6/11/1910 - 11/4/1989)
ppint. 21st Dec 2023		Book Murray Leinster - The Last Space Ship (1952)	after the half decade elapsed, my correction of the incorrect entry has finally been put through - - and the wholly correct replacement deleted instead - yr hmbl srppnt. understands the merkin phrase appropriate to be ''go figure. . .''
ppint. 21st Dec 2023		Book Robert Silverberg - Dark Stars (1971)	i did not note whether the title page and/or the indicia note that ballantine books was an intext publisher; should any bookcatter or visiting browser hold a copy of this edition, please would you be so good as to check this, and post a comment confirming that it does, or, that it does not. thanking you in advance, a ppint. as cannot currently reach the anthology shelves...
ppint. 21st Dec 2023		Book Robert Silverberg - Dark Stars (1971)	author field should^W has been varied to editor
ppint. 21st Dec 2023		Book Robert Silverberg - Dark Stars (1971)	contents: shark ship (novelette) c. m. kornbluth, vanguard vol.1 #1, 6/1958 as ''reap the dark tide'' polity and customs of the camiroi (short story) r. a. lafferty, galaxy vol. 25 #5, 6/1967 coming-of-age day (ss) a. k. jorgensson science fantasy #76, 9/1965 heresies of the huge god (ss) brian w. aldiss, galaxy vol.24 #6, 8/1966; galaxy gsp bre 3-4(/1967) the streets of ashkalon (ss) harry harrison, new worlds #122, 9/1962 aka ''the streets of ashkelon'', aka ''an alien agony'' the totally rich (ntte) john brunner, worlds of tomorrow vol.1 #2, 6/1963 imposter (ss) philip k. dick, astounding vol. li #4, 6/1953 with 2 b+w illustrations by pawelka; astounding atlas bre vol. ix #11, 11/1953 road to nightfall (ntte) robert silverberg, fantastic universe vol. 10 #1, 7/1958 the beast that shouted love at the heart of the world (ss) harlan ellison, galaxy vol. 26 #5, 6!1968; the cover story, art by wenzel; a b+w illustration by jack gaughan psychomosis (ss) david i. masson, new worlds #160, 3/1966, b+w illustration by james cawthorn the cage of sand (ntte) j. g. ballard, new worlds #119, 6/1962 a deskful of girls (ss) fritz leiber, f&sf vol.14 #4, 4/1958 (a changewar story); the cover story, art by (frank) kelly freas; venture atlas bre #21, 5/1965 no cover art on the walls of the lodge (ntte) james blish, virginia kidd, galaxy vol.20 #5, 6/1962; galaxy thorpe & porter bre #92; both: as by james blish, virginia blish masks (ss) damon knight, playboy 7/1968 keepers of the house (ss) lester del rey, fantastic universe vol.4 #6, 1/1956; new worlds #73, 7/1958 journey's end (ss) poul anderson, f&sf vol.12 #2, 2/1957 (without the ''''')
ppint. 21st Dec 2023		Book Robert Silverberg - Dark Stars (1971)	ballantine books uk ltd. p/b first printing, first uk edition; printed in canada reprint anthology of six novelettes and ten short stories, with nf introduction by robert silverberg cover art by ron walotsky (signed, credited as ronald walotsky) cover price 7/- 35p (overseas territories prices?) 312pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 21st Dec 2023		Book Thomas M. Disch - Camp Concentration (1977)	granada publishing panther books imprint p/b third printing, second state, identical with (unsold warehouse stock of) first state except: originally printed cover prices overprinted with a black plasticky ink, obscuring them and bearing new cover price 95p, £1.04½ rep. of ireland, $3.25 australia, $3.25 new zealand
ppint. 21st Dec 2023		Book Thomas M. Disch - Camp Concentration (1977)	granada publishing group panther books imprint p/b third printing, first state, with new cover art by peter goodfellow (unsigned, uncredited; reproduced on his website) cover price 65p, $1.90 australia, $1.95 new zealand, $1.95 canada 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, v2 end pp. advertising
ppint. 21st Dec 2023		Book Thomas M. Disch - Camp Concentration (1973)	granada publishing group panther books imprint p/b second printing with new cover art (unsigned, uncredited sfaicr; jagged two-dimensional pieces of a face against barbed wire n a black field) cover price 30p, 75c south africa, $3.00 singapore, 95c australia & new zealand, 95c canada 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, 2 end pp. advertising
ppint. 21st Dec 2023		Book Fritz Leiber - Swords Against Wizardry (1977)	publisher should^W has been emended from g. k. hall & co. to gregg press when this bookcat item was originally entered, the bookcat doctrine that the imprint should be entered as the publisher, not the publisher owning the imprint, had not been fully evolved, let alone clearly set down in carven stone tablets.
ppint. 21st Dec 2023		Book Thomas M. Disch - Camp Concentration (1969)	serialised in new worlds #173, #174, #175, #176; 7/1967, 8/1967, #9/1967, #10/1968
ppint. 21st Dec 2023		Book Thomas M. Disch - Camp Concentration (1971)	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing, first merkin p/b edition cover art unsigned, uncredited; sfaik as-yet unattributed cover price 75¢ 176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising distinguish from undated° near-identical second printing which differs with new cat# 25015 cover price $1.50 and by reference to the indicia publishing history, which adds line stating it's the second printing ° - prob'ly 10/1974, to tie in with the publication date of the second printing of avon books' mmpb of ''334'' thomas m. disch, q.v. but this is not a definitive dating; the cat# would be a slightly better fit in the run of avon mmpb cat#s issued in 1975
ppint. 21st Dec 2023		Book Thomas M. Disch - Camp Concentration (1969)	granada publishing group panther books imprint first printing, first p/b edition cover art by rickards/vargo (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price 5/- (25p), 60c south africa, 80c australia, 75c new zealand 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 21st Dec 2023		Book Thomas M. Disch - Camp Concentration (1968)	rupert hart-davis h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by ken reilly (unsigned, spot red and black on silver-coloured field) cover price 25/- ~184pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 20th Dec 2023		Book L. W. Currey - Science Fiction And Fantasy Authors (1979)	g. k. hall & co. large format h/cvr first printing, first edition cover art (none; typographical in back with yellow ruled horizontal lines cover price (none printed iirc; $48.00 list price with a low % trade discount) 600pp. (check) including xxix pp. titles, indicia, introduction, key etc., bound with endpapers between light reddish-brown cloth-covered boards; issued without dust-jacket other than of unprinted, very lightly waxed translucent paper
ppint. 20th Dec 2023		Book Homer Eon Flint - The Devolutionist And The Emancipatrix (1965)	ace books mmpb undated° first printing, first edition reprint collection or omnibus of two novellas cover art by jerome podwil (signed jerry podwil, credited as podwil) b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed with his digraph, uncredited) each novella has a small, uncredited b+w illustration on its title page, possibly from its original magazine publication in argosy all-story weekly, respectawigglilly n/7/1921, n/9/1921 ° - year of publication of this ace mmpb publication not given, taken from ''science fiction and fantasy authors: a bibliography of first printings...'' l. w. (lloyd) currey (1979), q.v.
ppint. 20th Dec 2023		Book Laurence James - Confessions Of A Travel Courier (1975)	continuing christopher hovelle wood's nine ''confessions of'' series novels, published as by ''timothy lea'', q.v.; futura publications commissioned a dozen ''confessions of'' series novels from laurence james.
ppint. 20th Dec 2023		Book Robert Silverberg - Nightwings (1987)	last separate uk p/b edition of which yr hmbl srppnt. is aware; ''nightwings'' is/was included in their excellent ''edge of light'' robert silverberg omnibus by harpercollinspublishers (1998), q.v., and then in the 2013 gollancz gateway omnibus, q.v.
ppint. 20th Dec 2023		Book Robert Silverberg - Nightwings (1987)	macdonald futura futura publications p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition orbit/futura series, not yet a fully separate imprint cover art by michael (mick) posen (unsigned, uncredited; original painting is signed) cover price £2.50, $8.95 australia, $11.99 new zealand 192pp. including titles, indicia etc. (check end pp.) month of publication not given, taken from locus
ppint. 20th Dec 2023		Book Robert Silverberg - Nightwings (1983)	tbl group sphere books p/b third printing, with new cover art unsigned, seen attributed to anthony (tony) roberts with no support adduced cover price £1.75, £1.75 malta (other territories prices?) 192pp. including titles, indicia etc. (check end pp.) (check also: isbn in book as well as on back cover)
ppint. 20th Dec 2023		Book Robert Silverberg - Nightwings (1978)	tbl group sphere books p/b second printing with new isbn, new cover art by peter elson (signed pe in line-drawn box, uncredited) cover price 85p, 93½p eire, 90c malta, $2.75 australia, $2.75 new zealand, $1.95 canada 192pp. including titles, indicia etc. (check end pp.)
ppint. 20th Dec 2023		Book Robert Silverberg - Nightwings (1974)	tbl group sphere books first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by dave pether (unsigned, uncredited; original painting is signed) cover price 40p, $1.25 australia, $1.25 new zealand, $1.75 canada 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, (fish out & check end pp.)
ppint. 20th Dec 2023		Book Robert Silverberg - Nightwings (1970)	walker & co. first printing, first h/cvr edition, not first edition preceded by the avon books mmpb simultaneous first printings which are, together, the first edition cover (d-j) art by jack gaughan (unsigned sfaics, credited on d-j front flap) cover (d-j) price $4.95 192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards indicia includes the incorrect statement that ''nightwings'' was ''first published in book form in the united states of america in 1970''
ppint. 19th Dec 2023		Book Murray Leinster - The Last Space Ship (1952)	this bookcat item nc879591uk was entered incorrectly. attempts to get it corrected over ~three years were ignored, and yr hmbl srppnt. eventually entered it correctly (as item nc334537uk). this item nc879591uk has therefore been superseded and should accordingly be deleted.
ppint. 19th Dec 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - The World At The End Of Time (1990)	categorisation as genre fantasy is wrong and should^W has been deleted; there is no detectable fantasy content - - other than in the general philosophical sense that all fiction constitutes fantasy, which is not very useful, save to score points in debates of a philosophical upmanship variety - - this is fairly ''hard'' sf, though not as hard as that of e.g. dr. robert l. forward, q.v.

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