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ppint. 25th Nov 2023		Book Lawrence Block - The Burglar On The Prowl (2004)	bernie rhodenbarr series #10
ppint. 25th Nov 2023		Book Lawrence Block - The Burglar On The Prowl (2004)	no exit press p/b first printing dedication: here's a book for maggie griffin . . . great reader, great fiend, web maven, consigliere, and good right hand cover art none really; typography plus some design work in b+w on a plum field cover price £6.99 320pp. including ten pp. titles, indicia etc, 2 end pp. advertising
ppint. 25th Nov 2023		Book Roger Elwood - Future City (1976)	contents: preface (nf) roger elwood introduction (nf) clifford d. simak in praise of new york (poem) thomas m. disch as by tom disch the sightseers (short story) ben bova meanwhile, we eliminate (ss) andrew j. offut thine alabaster cities gleam (ss) laurence m. janifer culture lock (ss) barry n. malzberg the world as will and wallpaper (ss) r. a. lafferty violation (ss) william f. nolan city nights, city lights (ss) barry n. malzberg as k. m. o'donnell the undercity (ss) dean r. koontz apartment hunting (ss) audrey bilker, harvey bilker as a drop (poem) d. m. price abendländes (poem) virginia kidd the weariest river (novelette) thomas n. scortia death of a city (ss) frank herbert assassins of air (ss) george zebrowski getting across (ntte) robert silverberg in dark places (ss) joe l. hensley revolution (ss) barry n. malzberg as robin schaeffer chicago (ss) thomas f. monteleone the most primitive (ss) ray russell hindsight: 480 seconds (ss) harlan ellison 5,000,000 AD (ss) miriam allen deford afterword (nf) frederik pohl
ppint. 24th Nov 2023		Book Groff Conklin - Elsewhere And Elsewhen (1968)	twin themed reprint anthology of eight novelettes and a short story; contents and their sources listed in the bookcat entries for the two derivative anthologies, qq.v.
ppint. 23rd Nov 2023		Book James Blish - The Night Shapes (1978)	london weekend television hutchinson group arrow books first printing, not first uk p/b edition cover art by chris foss (unsigned, uncredited; attributed in ''hardware: the definitive sf works of chris foss'' (2011), q.v) cover price 80p, $2.50 australia 128pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 23rd Nov 2023		Book James Blish - New Dreams This Morning (1966)	contents: preface (nf) james blish dreaming is a private thing (short story) isaac asimov, expanded from shorter version in the saturday review of literature, 28/5/1955; expansion first published in f&sf vol.9 #6, 12/1955 a work of art (ss) james blish science fiction stories vol.7 #1, 7/1956 the dark night of the soul (ss) james blish, as ''genius heap'' galaxy vol.12 #4, 8/1956 portrait of the artist (ss) harry harrison f&sf vol.27 #5, 11/1964 the country of the kind (ss) damon knight, f&sf vol.10 #2, 2/1956 with these hands (novelette) c. m. kornbluth galaxy vol.3 #3, 12/1951 a master of babylon (ntte) edgar pangborn , as ''the music master of babylon'' galaxy vol.9 #2, 11/1954; galaxy strato bre #25, 4/1955 (set in the same world as that of ''davy'' but unconnected with the novel) a man of talent (ss) robert silverberg , as ''the man with talent'' future science fiction #31, winter/1956; science fantasy #24, 8/1957
ppint. 23rd Nov 2023		Book James Blish - New Dreams This Morning (1966)	ballantine books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by richard powers (signed, signature may be guillotined off cover in production, uncredited) cover price 50¢ 192pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 23rd Nov 2023		Book James Blish - The Best Of James Blish (1979)	random house group ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings, first edition cover art by h. r. van dongen (signed, credited) cover price $2.50 canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel cover price $1.95 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution 384pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, bothe state first edition: august 1979
ppint. 23rd Nov 2023		Book James Blish - The Quincunx Of Time (1973)	dell mmpb first printing, first edition cover art unsigned, uncredited; attributably by paul lehr from the style, my judgment; full painting is likely signed cover price 95¢ cat# 7244 128pp. (check) including titles, indicia, critical preface: to be skipped by friends of fiction (nf) blish, etc.
ppint. 21st Nov 2023		Book Groff Conklin - Science Fiction Elsewhen (1970)	author field should^W has been varied to editor
ppint. 21st Nov 2023		Book Groff Conklin - Science Fiction Elsewhere (1970)	author field should^W has been varied to editor
ppint. 21st Nov 2023		Book Groff Conklin - Science Fiction Elsewhere (1970)	contents: trouble tide (novelette) james h. schmitz (a tale of the hub) analog vol. lxxv #3, 5/1965; cover story art by john schoenherr, also two b+w illustrations by him the book (ntte) michael shaara, galaxy vol. 7 #2, 11/1953, galaxy strato bre #13, 4/1954; both: three b+w illustrations by mel hunter think blue, count two (ntte) cordwainer smith (instrumentality of mankind) galaxy vol.21 #3, 2/1963 turning point (short story) poul anderson, if vol.13 #2, 5/1963, cover story, art + a b+w illustration by john pederson jr. the earthman's burden (ntte) donald e. westlake, galaxy vol. 21 #1, 10/1962, galaxy t&p bre #94
ppint. 21st Nov 2023		Book Groff Conklin - Science Fiction Elsewhere (1970)	andré deutsch rapp & whiting imprint h/cvr first printing, first uk edition, first thus second half of ''elsewhere and elsewhen'' ed. groff conklin (1968), q.v. themed reprint anthology of four novelettes and a short story cover (d-j) art by lawrence edwards (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap; variant of d-j art for first half) cover (d-j) price (? 25s. / £1.25? check) 168pp? (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 21st Nov 2023		Book Groff Conklin - Science Fiction Elsewhen (1970)	contents: introduction (nf) groff conklin (1968) shortstack (novelette) leigh richmond, walt richmond, analog vol. lxxiv #4, 12/1964, a b+w illustration by frank kelly freas how allied (ntte) mark clifton, analog vol. lix #1, 3/1957, three b+w illustrations by frank kelly freas; atlas bre vol. xiii #7, 7/1957, same illustrations the wrong world (ntte) j. t. mcintosh, galaxy vol.19 #2, 12/1960; bre #83, both: three b+w illustrations by virgil finlay world in a bottle (ntte) allen kim lang, galaxy vol.19 #1, 10/1960, bre #82; both: three b+w illustrations by dick francis
ppint. 21st Nov 2023		Book Groff Conklin - Science Fiction Elsewhen (1970)	andré deutsch rapp & whiting imprint h/cvr first printing, first uk edition, first thus the first half of ''elsewhere and elsewhen'' ed. groff conklin (merkin mmpb 1968), q.v. themed reprint anthology of four novelettes with nf introduction by the editor cover (d-j) art by lawrence edwards (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap) cover (d-j) price 25s. / £1.25 152pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 21st Nov 2023		Book Michael Moorcock - The Skrayling Tree (2004)	cover art by robert gould (unsigned, credited; shared from warner h/cvr first edition d-j) cover price $6.99 ($9.99 canada)
ppint. 20th Nov 2023		Book Sandra Mahut - Mug Cakes Chocolate (2015)	hardie grant books (uk) h/cvr first printing, first english language edition° credits hachette livre books (marabout) first edition, title not given, no translator credited cover art and all internal photography by the author cover price £7.99 72pp. including 2pp. titles etc; end p. indicia, bound with printed/decorated endpapers between non-glossy but wipe-clean laminated boards ° - possibly simultaneous with equivalent xxxxian edition - if extant
ppint. 19th Nov 2023		Book A. E. Van Vogt - The Twisted Men (1964)	contents: the twisted men (novelette) super science stories vol.6 #3, 3/1950 as ''rogue ship'' the star saint (ntte) planet stories vol.4 #11, 3/1951 the earth-killers (ntte) super science stories vol. 5 #2, 4/1949
ppint. 18th Nov 2023		Book Lene Knudsen - Mug Cakes (2014)	hardie grant books (uk) h/cvr first printing, first english language edition° credits first publication by hachette livre books (marabout) does not give the original title - if different cover art and all internal photography by richard boutin cover price £7.99 74pp.(!) including 3pp. titles, etc, end p. indicia, inside front & rear endpapers; bound with said endpapers between non-glossy (but tolerably well wipe-clean) laminated boards printed and bound in italy by dea ° - possibly simultaneous (?) with equivalent xxxxian edition (?)
ppint. 17th Nov 2023		Book Hans Hellmut Kirst - No-one Will Escape (1960)	world distributors (manchester) ltd. wdl books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition published in h/cvr by weidenfeld & nicolson uk 1959, as ''the seventh day'' doubleday usa 1959 cover art unsigned cover price 3'6 448pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 17th Nov 2023		Book Gerald Kersh - Men Without Bones (1960)	world distributors (manchester) ltd. wdl books imprint first printing, first p/b edition reprint anthology of twenty-two short stories, about one third fantasy, about half horror cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 2'6 160pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 16th Nov 2023		Book John Christopher - The Year Of The Comet (1983)	thomson books ltd. sphere books p/b second printing with new cover art unsigned, uncredited (multicoloured hands reaching up towards comet in the sky) cover price £1.50, £1.50 malta, $4.95 australia 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 16th Nov 2023		Book Christopher Hodder-Williams - The Main Experiment (1966)	notes: section is^W was wrong: this is not a signet books imprint edition mmpb. this should^W has been substituted.
ppint. 16th Nov 2023		Book Christopher Hodder-Williams - The Main Experiment (1966)	ballantine books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition cover art by robert (bob) foster; unsigned, uncredited; attributed in ''infinite worlds'' vincent di fate (aka difate) (1997), q.v. cover price 75¢ 248pp. (check) including titles indicia, nf introduction by the author, etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 15th Nov 2023		Book Shirley Jackson - The Sundial (1976)	popular library mmpb undated first printing°, not first mmpb edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price $1.50 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising year of publication derived from interpolation into one sequence of popular library mmpb cat#s
ppint. 15th Nov 2023		Book Shirley Jackson - The Sundial (1968)	ace books mmpb second printing with new cover art (may be signed, but apparently as-yet undeciphered, uncredited) cover price 60¢ 192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 15th Nov 2023		Book Shirley Jackson - The Sundial (1963)	ace books mmpb first printing, likely first p/b edition ace star series (seems to be mmpbs cover-priced at a premium for a short while) cover art by richard powers (signed powers) cover price 50¢ 192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 15th Nov 2023		Book Shirley Jackson - The Sundial (1958)	michael joseph h/cvr first printing, first uk edition, possibly simultaneous first edition cover (d-j) art by donald green cover (d-j) price 15/- 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 15th Nov 2023		Book Terry Pratchett - A Stroke Of The Pen (2023)	random penguin group transworld publishers doubleday h/cvr first printing, first edition probapossibly simultaneous with the harper merkin h/cvr first printing; both prob'ly put on-sale as soon as received by retailers cover (d-j) design & illustration by micada alcaino (unsigned, credited on d-j back flap) interior b+w decorations by andrew davidson (unsigned, credited) cover (d-j) price £20.00, can(ada) $42.95 240pp. including (i-) xvi pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents, foreword by neil gaiman; introduction by colin smythe; 13 end pp: 1p blank, nf afterword by pat & jan harkin, text acknowledgments, very brief about the author, 3pp blank; bound with orangey-yellow endpapers between black cloth-covered boards, title, author & doubleday logo blocked in gold on spine
ppint. 13th Nov 2023		Book Shirley Jackson - The Road Through The Wall (1973)	manor books mmpb first printing, re-using macfadden books mmpb typesetting suitably emended cover art unsigned cover price $1.25 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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