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ppint. 13th Dec 2023		Book Ivan Howard - Time Untamed (1972)	belmont tower mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition printed from the 1967 belmont mmpb typesetting, suitably modified, by the successor corporation reprint anthology of four novelettes and four short stories cover art by george alvara (signed alvara, but unreadable as overlaid by ''de camp''; uncredited) cover price 75¢ 176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
ppint. 13th Dec 2023		Book Various Authors - Time Untamed (1967)	various authors should be emended to edited by ivan howard this is one of ten reprint anthologies edited for belmont productions/publications by ivan howard the five star p/b and the belmont tower mmpb editions of this are already bookcat items
ppint. 13th Dec 2023		Book Fredric Brown - What Mad Universe (1950)	jimess thank-you.
ppint. 12th Dec 2023		Book Fredric Brown - The Screaming Mimi (1950)	t. v. boardman first printing, first uk h/cvr edition cover (d-j) unsigned, uncredited cover (d-j) price 8/6d 248pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 12th Dec 2023		Book L. R. Martin - They Who Trespass (1979)	l. r. martin may have been a real person, but the odds are high that this book was actually written by john s. glasby - and also that ''l. r. martin'' is/was a john spencer & co. / badger books house name. - dave r. langford, esq, meeter of aliens and transcriber of accounts of the same, may know for certain. ° ° - no, tablettything, *not* ''for cretin''. . .
ppint. 12th Dec 2023		Book L. R. Martin - They Who Trespass (1979)	as the novel is set in the prelude to, and the days of the battle of britain, the cover is wildly inappropriate.
ppint. 12th Dec 2023		Book L. R. Martin - They Who Trespass (1979)	unknown publisher trojan publications trojan books imprint undated° p/b first printing, not first p/b edition cover art unsigned, uncredited: is of an avro lancaster diving above and across a messerschmitt Me110 or 210 night fighter going down with port engine on fire, above an orange-red and yellow flame glare-lit night sky cover price £1.95, $6.50 aus.(tralia), $6.95 n.(ew) z.(ealand), $4.95 can(ada) c. 160-176pp. (check) unpaginated, including titles, indicia (ha!) etc, no additional end pp. ° - entered year date of publication is late seventies, because that's when this probably pirate publisher's mystery imprint un-cat#ed and probably criminally illegal p/bs appeared, and towards the end of the period these appeared, to tie in with the rising uk cover prices printed upon them.
ppint. 12th Dec 2023		Book L. R. Martin - They Who Trespass (1959)	john spencer & co. badger books imprint p/b first printing, first edition world war two series of war novels ''l. r. martin'' is probably a john spencer / badger books house name this novel was probably written by john s. glasby cover art cover price 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, 2 end pp. advertising
ppint. 12th Dec 2023		Book L. R. Martin - They Who Trespass	not non-fiction: this misclassification should^W has been deleted.
ppint. 12th Dec 2023		Book C. J. Cherryh - Exile's Gate (1989)	morgaine trilogy - 'til now - #4: #1: ''gate of ivrel'' (1976), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 12th Dec 2023		Book C. J. Cherryh - Exile's Gate (1989)	hamlyn / octopus publishing group methuen-mandarin transitional imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by john higgins (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £3.99 (possible overseas territories prices ? - check) 420pp. (check) including titles, indicia, b+w map etc, end pp. advertising refer to title page as well as indicia publishing history to distinguish from the mandarin imprint second uk p/b printing over-all, which adds to the publishing history line, ''reprinted 1989'' and removes most or all references to methuen (possibly not from the end pp. advertising), on the same isbn and retaining the cover art by john higgins cover price £3.99, $9.95 australia, 12.95 new zealand
ppint. 12th Dec 2023		Book C. J. Cherryh - Exile's Gate (1988)	daw books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by michael whelan (signed with his sigil - incorporated as element in the painting, credited) b+w map (unsigned, uncredited) cover price ($4.95 canada) • $3.95 u.s. near-meaningless daw books collector no.731 424pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history printing number line to distinguish from undated third printing; the existence of this third printing implies the existence of a canadadian-carcassed variant of the first edition, retrospectively deemed to've been the second printing - or indicated second printing by printing number line - or of a bona fide, wholly merkin-printed second printing, albeit undated, distributed between the known first and third printings; but no such second printing has been seen by yr hmbl srppnt., nor seen reported - not as yet.
ppint. 11th Dec 2023		Book Sarban - Ringstones (1961)	first book publication in ''ringstones and other curious tales'' sarban (peter davies 1951), q.v.
ppint. 11th Dec 2023		Book Sarban - Ringstones (1961)	ballantine books mmpb first printing, first stand-alone edition cover art by bob (robert) blanchard (signed blanchard, uncredited) cover price 35¢ 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 11th Dec 2023		Book Sarban - The Doll Maker (1967)	ballantine books bal-hi trade p/b though standard p/b format first printing cover art cover price 50¢ 144pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc.
ppint. 11th Dec 2023		Book Sarban - The Doll Maker (1962)	first book publication in ''the doll maker and other tales of the uncanny'' sarban (peter davies 1953), q.v.
ppint. 11th Dec 2023		Book Sarban - The Doll Maker (1962)	world distributors (manchester) consul books imprint p/b first printing, first stand-alone uk edition cover art cover price 2'6 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 11th Dec 2023		Book Sarban - The Doll Maker (1960)	ballantine books mmpb first printing, first stand-alone edition cover art cover price 35¢ 144pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc.
ppint. 11th Dec 2023		Book Jules Verne - A Journey To The Center Of The Earth (1965)	@oldmod67 yes, although it's not a special secret merkin code; it's the printer's printing job date. earlier airmont reprintings use the n-nn or nn-nn format - the initial ''19'' of the year is implicit - and the last of the airmont reprintings i've seen (c. 1978) do not bear a printer's date thus at all.
ppint. 11th Dec 2023		Book John E. Muller - Micro Infinity (1962)	john spencer & co. badger books imprint p/b first printing, first edition! hidden behind this house name lies the entertaining raconteur, the sometime reverend lionel fanthorpe, mbis, notoriously far too shy, ever to step out from behind the veil! cover art by henry fox! (signed!, uncredited!) cover price 2'6! 160pp! including titles!, indicia! etc!, end! pp! advertising!
ppint. 11th Dec 2023		Book Harlan Ellison - A Touch Of Infinity (1959)	evidently the ppowers at bbookcat bbelieve tthis bbook was ppublished the yyear bbefore it was ppublished. or that it was ffirst ppublished the yyear after it was ppublished. or - ... - ?
ppint. 11th Dec 2023		Book Terry Pratchett - A Stroke Of The Pen (2023)	contents: the stories by terry published in the western daily press under the pseudonym, patrick kearns: foreword (nf) neil gaiman introduction (nf) colin smythe how it all began . . . the fossil beach the real wild west how scrooge saw the spectral light (ho! ho! ho!) and went happily back to humbug wanted: a fat, jolly man with a red woolly hat a partridge in a post box the new father christmas the great blackbury pie how good king wenceslas went pop for the dj's feast of stephen dragon quest the gnomes from home from the horse's mouth blackbury weather the blackbury jungle the haunted steamroller the money tree the blackbury thing mr brown's holiday accident pilgarlic towers the quest for the keys the quest for the keys (nf) pat & jan harkin
ppint. 10th Dec 2023		Book Michael Moorcock - Phoenix In Obsidian (1987)	wm collins sons grafton imprint p/b first printing, still from suitably emended mayflower books typesetting, seventh printing over-all, with new cover art by mark salwowski (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £2.50, $7.95 australia, $9.95 new zealand, $5.95 canada 128pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical 1988 grafton p/b second printing, eighth printing over-all from the mayflower books typesetting
ppint. 10th Dec 2023		Book Michael Moorcock - Phoenix In Obsidian (1984)	wm collins sons granada imprint p/b still printed from suitably emended mayflower books p/b typesetting, of which it's the sixth printing over-all iicc cover art by bob haberfield (unsigned, miscredited to bob ''habberfield'' on back cover) cover price £1.95, $6.95 new zealand 128pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 10th Dec 2023		Book Michael Moorcock - Phoenix In Obsidian (1979)	wm collins sons/granada publishing (check) granada imprint p/b may still retain mentions of mayflower books as is printed from the same typesetting, suitably emended, fifth printing over-all if i've counted correctly cover art by bob haberfield cover price £1.25, $4.95 australia, $5.25 new zealand 128pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 10th Dec 2023		Book Michael Moorcock - The Silver Warriors (1985)	berkley publishing group berkley imprint mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition cover art by robert gould (unsigned, credited) cover price ($3.50 canada) • $2.95 u.s. 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 10th Dec 2023		Book Michael Moorcock - Phoenix In Obsidian (1970)	granada publishing mayflower books imprint p/b first printing, first edition cover art by bob haberfield (unsigned, uncredited; formerly on the artist's website) cover price 5/- (25p), 80c australia, 80c new zealand, 95c canada sbn 583118003 128pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising the sbn of nine digits including checksum digit is arithmetically equivalent to the isbn of ten digits which was derived from it by prefixing with a ''0'' when the isbn system was developed from the sbn system, and is compatible with it. there is no known reason to exclude sbns from the isbn10 field as the prepending of a ''0'' has no effect upon the calculation of the checksum digit, so the sbn is compatible with the isbn10.
ppint. 10th Dec 2023		Book Michael Moorcock - The Silver Warriors (1977)	aka and originally ''phoenix in obsidian'' (1970), q.v.
ppint. 10th Dec 2023		Book Michael Moorcock - The Silver Warriors (1977)	dell mmpb second edition, dell mmpb third printing over-all, with new cat# and new isbn cover art by frank frazetta (signed, retained from first two dell mmpb printings) cover price $1.50 224p. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia to distinguish from near-identical 11/1978 dell mmpb second edition second printing, fourth dell mmpb printing over-all indicia publishing history adds line stating second printing---november 1978
ppint. 10th Dec 2023		Book Michael Moorcock - The Silver Warriors (1973)	dell publishing co. dell imprint mmpb first printing, first merkin edition cover art by frank frazetta (signed frazetta, uncredited) cover price 95¢ 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical 1974 second printing, which differs: printing history adds line: second printing---january 1974

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