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ppint. 19th Dec 2023		Book Arthur C. Clarke - Expedition To Earth (1999)	little, brown & co. (uk) group (= warner books uk group) orbit books general p/b first printing, not first uk general p/b edition cover art by fred gambino (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £5.99, $16.95 australia (recommended) 192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents, nf preface by the author, etc, end pp. advertising month of publication not given, taken from locus
ppint. 19th Dec 2023		Book Arthur C. Clarke - Expedition To Earth (1999)	and the uk edition gains a table-of-contents! and includes an nf preface by arthur c. clarke © 1998
ppint. 19th Dec 2023		Book Arthur C. Clarke - Expedition To Earth (1999)	little, brown & co. (uk) group (= warner books uk group) orbit books first printing, first yp/b edition reprint collection of nine short stories and two novelettes, with nf preface by the author dedication: to walter gillings, who must share much of the blame cover art by fred gambino cover price £9.99, $24.95 aus(tralia) 192pp. (xii + 180) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. bar-code number is not truncated; there is no bar-code second element
ppint. 19th Dec 2023		Book Arthur C. Clarke - Expedition To Earth (1987)	sidgwick & jackson p/b fourth printing (declared in publishing history)°, may be fifth, with new cover art by danny flynn (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £1.95 (no overseas territories prices) 176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising bar-code number truncated by too-small field: 9780283986239 90195 still stated internally to be published by sidgwick & jackson †, still with the sidgwick & jackson isbn (and now with sidgwick & jackson bar-code number etc.) but almost entirely apparently a nel p/b externally. sidgwick & jackson ltd. was/were bought by pan macmillan, and the ''published by/in co-operation with'' arrangements presumably determined - or, at least, ceased to be operated - after this printing. ° - amazonuk list/listed a 1987 fourth printing with the previous cover art by tim white: unless examples of this surface in the real world™ - or a convincing facsimile thereof - this must be regarded as existing only in amazonworld™, and having no concrete existence. ‡ † - published in this edition in 1976 by sidgwick & jackson ltd. reprinted 1980, 1983, 1987 ‡ - and a bookcatter discovers such a rare and currently presumédly mythological beast, please would they/you be so good as to closely examine it, and to report in comment on this page: the isbn, bar-code number (if any), cover price(s), the title page logo, and the indicia publishing history in the wording used upon the indicia page on the reverse of the title page. - thanking you/them in advance, - happy christmice!/god yol!/illuminated eid/hannukah/festive non-denominational winterval, riotous yule!/io saturnalia! - love, ppint.
ppint. 19th Dec 2023		Book John Christopher - The Little People (1979)	tbl group sphere books p/b second printing, with new isbn cover art (unsigned, retained from first printing) cover price £1.00, £1.00 malta, $3.50 australia 240pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 19th Dec 2023		Book John Christopher - The Little People (1968)	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers cover art by hector garrido (unsigned, credited) cover price 75¢ 224pp. 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 avon printing, august, 1968
ppint. 19th Dec 2023		Book John Christopher - The Little People (1967)	hodder & stoughton h/cvr first printing, probably first edition cover (d-j) art (unsigned, may be credited on d-j) cover (d-j) price 18/- 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 19th Dec 2023		Book Fritz Leiber - Gather, Darkness! (1979)	new english library p/b first printing ,second printing over-all including the four square p/b, with new cover art by tim white (unsigned, check if credited; reproduced sans typography in "the science fiction and fantasy world of tim whitee" tim white (1981), q.v.) cover price 95p (check for other territories prices) 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 19th Dec 2023		Book Fritz Leiber - Gather, Darkness! (1950)	pellegrini & cudahy h/cvr first printing, first edition (published 1950/4/3 by copyright filing date) cover (d-j) art unsigned cover (d-j) price $2.75 240pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards)
ppint. 19th Dec 2023		Book Fritz Leiber - Gather, Darkness! (1975)	serialised in astounding vol. xxxi #3, #4, #5; 5/1943, 6/1943, 7/1943 part one is the cover story, art by william timmins as "timmins", each part has its own three b+w illustrations by f. (frank) kramer
ppint. 18th Dec 2023		Book Arthur C. Clarke - Expedition To Earth (1980)	sidgwick & jackson p/b second printing, drops the cat# from the spine, bears new isbn, and new typography on cover art by tim white (unsigned, likely credited in tiny print on back cover by spine (check)) cover price 95p, $2.45 new zealand isbn 0-283-98623-9 176pp. including titles, indicia etc, 2 end pp. advertising still/again distributed by nel/new english library and bears nel logo on cover indicia publishing history adds line: reprinted february 1980 sidgwick & jackson p/b near-identical 1983 thrid printing differs: cover price £1.50 (any overseas territories prices?) indicia publishing history adds line: reprinted february 1983
ppint. 18th Dec 2023		Book Arthur C. Clarke - Expedition To Earth (1976)	sidgwick & jackson p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition distributed by nel (new english library) and cover bears distributor nel's logo but declares published by sidgwick & jackson in association with new english library; title page bears sidgwick & jackson; indicia states published in this edition in 1976 by sidgwick and jackson limited cover art by tim white (unsigned, uncredited; reproduced sans typography in ''the science fiction and fantasy world of tim white'' tim white (1981), q.v.) cover price 70p, 77p rep.(ublic) of ireland, pts 185 spain, 75p gibraltar, 75c malta, 750 mils cyprus, $1.95 australia, $2.00 new zealand, $4.20 trinidad (w.i.) 176pp. including titles, indicia etc, 2 end pp. advertising
ppint. 18th Dec 2023		Book Arthur C. Clarke - Expedition To Earth (1973)	tbl group sphere books p/b fifth (check) printing with new isbn, new cover art by david a. hardy cover price 30p, 7/25 east africa, $1.00 australia, $1.00 new zealand, $1.25 canada 176pp. including titles, indicia etc, 2 end pp. advertising
ppint. 18th Dec 2023		Book Arthur C. Clarke - Expedition To Earth (1972)	tbl group sphere books p/b fourth printing, with new cat#, new cover art unsigned, uncredited, of spacewalking space-suited human tethered to spaceship broadside-on behind them, with small second spacewalking astronaut in distance cover price 30p, 7/25 east africa, $1.00 australia, $1.00 new zealand 176p. including titles, indicia etc, 2 end pp. advertising first sphere books edition 1968; indicia gives printing history: reprinted july 1968, july 1970, june 1972
ppint. 18th Dec 2023		Book Arthur C. Clarke - Expedition To Earth (1968)	tbl (thomson books ltd.) group sphere books p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition cover art by robert mccall (unsigned, uncredited; re-used from new american library h/cvr d-j rotated clockwise 90° (1968), q.v.) cover price 5/-, 6/00s east africa, r0.60 south africa, 80c australia, 65c new zealand 176pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, 2 end pp. advertising mail order service and oversea agencies distributing sphere books worldwide
ppint. 18th Dec 2023		Book Clifford D. Simak - Destiny Doll (1982)	daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, not first mmpb edition cover art by (frank) kelly freas (unsigned, attributed) cover price $2.95 canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel cover price $2.50 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution 208pp. (check°) including titles, indicia etc, (° may not include:) end pp. advertising refer also to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed canadian-carcassed variant drops the first digit, ''1'', from the printing number line, formally identifying these as the simultaneous second printing
ppint. 18th Dec 2023		Book Clifford D. Simak - Destiny Doll (1972)	berkley publishing group berkley medallion imprint simultaneous first mmpb printings, first p/b edition cover art (unsigned, uncredited; still as-yet unattributed sfaik) cover price 75¢ sbn 425-02103-3 in indicia is arithmetically identical to the simply derivable isbn10 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state berkley medallion edition, january, 1972 refer also to indicia publishing history to distinguish from undated near-identical mmpb second printing, which is stated
ppint. 18th Dec 2023		Book Clifford D. Simak - Destiny Doll (1975)	''serialized'' as ''reality doll'' in worlds of fantasy vol.1 #4, spring (3)/1971 with one b+w illustration by jack gaughan
ppint. 18th Dec 2023		Book The Editors Of Galaxy Magazine - The Best From Galaxy Volume II (1974)	the macfarlane, sheckley and taves are the novelettes.
ppint. 17th Dec 2023		Book Clifford D. Simak - Destiny Doll (1972)	unbound signatures of this edition of ''destiny doll'' collected together with those of ''the dreaming earth'' john brunner (1963), q.v. and those of ''nightwings'' robert silverberg (1969), q.v. and published in the omnibus h/cvr bind-up, ''science fiction special 10'' (1974), q.v.
ppint. 17th Dec 2023		Book Robert Silverberg - Nightwings (1972)	unbound signatures of this edition of ''nightwings'' collected together with those of ''the dreaming earth'' john brunner (1963), q.v. and ''destiny doll'' clifford d. simak (1971), q.v. in the omnibus h/cvr bind-up, ''science fiction special 10'' (1974), q.v.
ppint. 17th Dec 2023		Book Robert Silverberg - Nightwings (1972)	sidgwick & jackson h/cvr first printing, first uk edition cover (d-j) art restricted palate (blue & green on unprinted white ground) by chris gilbert cover (d-j) price £1.60 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 17th Dec 2023		Book Clifford D. Simak - Destiny Doll (1972)	sidgwick & jackson h/cvr first printing, first h/cvr edition, first uk edition cover (d-j) art by (unsigned, possibly credited on d-j flap?; some spot blue on b+w photographic of a doll on non-metallic ''silver'' ground) cover (d-j) price £1.60 (re-check) 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 17th Dec 2023		Book John Brunner - The Dreaming Earth (1972)	unbound signatures of this edition of ''the dreaming earth'' were collected together with those of ''nightwings'' robert silverberg (1969), q.v. and ''destiny doll'' clifford d. simak (1971), q.v., in the omnibus h/cvr bind-up, ''science fiction special 10'' sidgwick & jackson h/cvr (1974), q.v.
ppint. 16th Dec 2023		Book Various Authors - The Secret (1982)	non-fiction: a bestiary of mythological animals and monsters, their circumstances and the non-human races associated with them; plus an account of the designing and creation of the twelve ''treasures'' and the clues to finding the twelve places in the u.s.a. where they were hidden/buried. refer to ''masquerade'' kit williams (1979), q.v. for the likely major inspiration for this book, the creation of modern treasures and their burial, & the treasure hunt clues.
ppint. 16th Dec 2023		Book Various Authors - The Secret (1982)	sculptress of the ''treasures'': joellen trilling, photographer: ben asen book packager & book packager editor: byron preiss
ppint. 16th Dec 2023		Book Various Authors - The Secret (1982)	bantam doubleday dell bantam books imprint tp/b first printing, first edition cover art by john jude palencar (unsigned, credited) cover price $9.95, $10.95 canada interior illustrations by overton loyd (?lloyd?), john jude palencar, john pierard 224pp. including titles, indicia, interior illustrations etc.
ppint. 16th Dec 2023		Book Jacqueline Lichtenberg - First Channel (1981)	the full sime~gen series to date listed, and all the mmpb editions i've sold/read/seen listed, and all the links to & fro made & tested; i've also seen & held two or three of the doubleday h/cvr first editions, but didn't record which, let alone the vital statisticia of these, and i don't yet know the contents of ''fear and courage'', the 2015 anthology.
ppint. 16th Dec 2023		Book Jacqueline Lichtenberg - First Channel (1986)	berkley publishing group berkley books imprint mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition cover art by paul alexander (signed, now on spine; retained from playboy press first mmpb edition) cover price ($3.75 canada) • $2.95 u.s. 376pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 15th Dec 2023		Book Jacqueline Lichtenberg - Mahogany Trinose (1986)	berkley publishing group berkley books imprint mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition cover art by kirk reinert (signed, retained from the playboy press paperbacks mmpb) cover price ($3.75 canada) • $2.95 u.s. 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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