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ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - The Shining Ones (1991)	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing(?s sharing merkin-printed covers?), first edition cover art by jim burns (unsigned, credited) cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95 interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover 288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, 16pp. separately-numbered diagrams section on finer quality paper a byron preiss book - packaged for avon books by this book packager refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed, and also to distinguish from undated° second (and possible further printings) by noting the progressive dropping of digits from printing number line: first printing number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 second printing number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 ° - other than statement of first printing publication date
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - The Diamond Moon (1990)	two near-identical variants both identified as first printings in the indicia: one definitely bears the printing history number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 the first with printing number line has the diagrams/plans section bound between pp. 155/156, t'other between pp. 122/123; these may be the near-identical canadian-carcassed and wholly merkin-printed variations, but this is currently uncertain.
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - The Diamond Moon (1990)	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing(?s sharing merkin-printed covers?), first edition cover art by jim burns (unsigned (looks as though signature obscured by art department), credited) cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95 interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover 304pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, 16pp. separately-numbered diagrams section on finer quality paper a byron preiss book - packaged for avon books by this book packager refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed, and also to distinguish between possible further printings by progressive dropping of digits from printing number line; first printing line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - The Medusa Encounter (1990)	two near-identical variants both identified as first printings in the indicia: one bears the printing history number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 t'other reportedly bears none: the first with printing number line has the diagrams/plans section bound between pp. 122/123, t'other between pp. 155/156; these may be the near-identical canadian-carcassed and wholly merkin-printed variations, but this is currently uncertain.
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - The Medusa Encounter (1990)	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing(?s sharing merkin-printed covers?), first edition cover art by jim burns (signed, credited) cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95 interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover 304pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, 16pp. separately-numbered diagrams section on finer quality paper a byron preiss book - packaged for avon books by this book packager refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed, and also to distinguish between possible further printings by progressive dropping of digits from printing number line; first printing line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - Hide And Seek (1989)	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing(?s sharing merkin-printed covers?), first edition cover art by jim burns (signed, credited) cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95 interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover 304pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, 16pp. separately-numbered diagrams section on finer quality paper a byron preiss book - packaged for avon books by this book packager refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed, and also to distinguish between possible further printings by progressive dropping of digits from printing number line; first printing line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - Maelstrom (1988)	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing(?s sharing merkin-printed covers?), first edition cover art by jim burns (signed, credited) cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95 interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover 288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, 16pp. separately-numbered diagrams section on finer quality paper a byron preiss book - packaged for avon books by this book packager refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed, and also to distinguish between possible further printings by progressive dropping of digits from printing number line; first printing line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - Breaking Strain (1990)	pan macmillan pan p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by david bergen (unsigned, credited on back cover; miscredited to jim burns in indicia) cover price £3.99, $10.99 australia, $14.99 new zealand (not for sale in canada) interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover 288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, diagrams section between pp.90 & 91 first printing number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; i have not seen a second printing, which would be indicated by dropping the "1" from the printing number line (and so, on. . .) month of publication not given; taken from locus originally packaged for avon books by byron preiss, inc. book packager
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - Breaking Strain (1987)	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition cover art by jim burns (signed, credited) cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95 interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover 288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, 16pp. separately-numbered diagrams section on finer quality paper a byron preiss book - packaged for avon books by this book packager refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed, and also to distinguish between at least five printings by progressive dropping of digits from printing number line; first printing line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
ppint. 31st Oct 2024		Book Alan Burt Akers - Talons Of Scorpio (1983)	dray prescot sword'n'sf series by ken bulmer writing as "alan burt akers" #30: #1: "transit to scorpio" (1972), q.v. for series listing and links.
ppint. 29th Oct 2024		Book Edwin A. Abbott - Flatland (1992)	distributed in the yuk-of-gb-&-ni by constable.
ppint. 29th Oct 2024		Book Hans Holbein - Holbein Portrait Drawings (1985)	distrbuted in the yuk-of-gb-&-ni by constable iirc.
ppint. 29th Oct 2024		Book Hans Holbein - Holbein Portrait Drawings (1985)	dover publications large format p/b first printing, first edition cover art anna bollein queen by hans holbein cover price $3.95 48pp. including 4 unnumbered pp. titles, indicia , publisher's note etc.
ppint. 23rd Oct 2024		Book Barrington J. Bayley - The Soul Of The Robot (1978)	condor publications first printing, seemingly first mmpb edition, not first p/b edition cover art by a. echevarria (signed, uncredited) cover price $2.25 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 23rd Oct 2024		Book Bob Shaw - Night Walk (1975)	victor gollancz vgsf imprint first printing, not first uk p/b edition cover art by peter gudynas cover price £2.50 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 23rd Oct 2024		Book John Maddox Roberts - The Cingulum (1985)	the cingulum #1: #1: "the cingulum" (1985), (this book) #2: "cloak of illusion" (1985), q.v. #3: "the sword, the jewel and the mirror" (1988), q.v.
ppint. 23rd Oct 2024		Book John Maddox Roberts - The Cingulum (1985)	tom doherty asociates/st. martin's press tor books imprint p/b first printing, first edition cover art by vicente segrelles (unsigned sfaics°, miscredited to "norma segrelles") isbn 0-812-55200-8 usa cat# 55200 usa cover price $2.95 usa isbn 0-812-55201-6 canada cat# 55201 canada cover price $3.50 canada 288pp. including 6 unnumbered pp. titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - the original artwork is probably signed with a (?year-dated?) stylised "segrelles"; the cover is reproduced on vicente segrelles' website
ppint. 22nd Oct 2024		Book Captain W. E. Johns - Worrals Flies Again (1943)	the author's name should be emended to "captain w. e. johns" - as upon the image of the book d-j - - as this was by far and away his most-frequently used by-line; - and bookcat already has 61 books listed under this, his preferred form of his name - - plus a further 3 under the abbreviation, "capt. w. e. johns". (and there are a further 23 books by him listed under the by-line "w. e. johns", iirc all scandawegian translations.) captain w. e. johns did not, so far as yr hmbl srppnt. is aware, see any of his books published as by "william earl johnson" - and nor have they been so by-lined when reprinted/republished since his death. it is established bookcat practice to list all of an author's books under their most commonly-used, preferred by-line: e.g. books by george orwell, books by j. r. r. tolkien, books by andre norton, books by lord dunsany - etc, etc. - noting variations and pseudonyms, where employed (excluding only house names), as pen-names in the field provided.
ppint. 21st Oct 2024		Book Andre Norton - Forerunner Foray (1975)	grosset dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition cover art by charles mikolaycak (signed, shared from the viking press h/cvr first edition) cover price $1.50 288pp. (check) including titles, indicia, nf preface by andre norton etc, end pp. advertising publication date not given in the indicia; taken from locus 175, 24/6/1975
ppint. 21st Oct 2024		Book Andre Norton - Forerunner Foray (1974)	forerunner (warlock) series #3: #1: ''storm over warlock'' (1960), q.v. for series listings, and links.
ppint. 21st Oct 2024		Book Andre Norton - Ordeal In Otherwhere (1965)	this ace books mmpb first printing bears only the 1964 copyright date; ace F-320 is known to've been published as a 2/1965 title, and F-337 is known to've been published 6/1965: (they were the respective original novels' first editions); so ace F-325 was first published from 2/1965 to 6/1965, and not in 1964.
ppint. 21st Oct 2024		Book Andre Norton - Ordeal In Otherwhere (1982)	forerunner (planet warlock) series #2: #1: "storm over warlock" (1960), q.v. for series listing and links.
ppint. 21st Oct 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - The Wild Ones (1985)	published posthumously, this was a. bertram chandler's last novel: he died 6/6/1984.
ppint. 20th Oct 2024		Book Arsen Darnay - The Siege Of Faltara (1978)	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by boris vallejo (unsigned, though the full painting probably is, credited as boris) cover price $1.95 240pp. (check) including (i-)ix pages titles, indicia, prolog, etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 20th Oct 2024		Book Arsen Darnay - Karma (1980)	tbl (thomson books ltd.) sphere books p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by jim burns (signed, obscured by logo; collected in "lightship" jim burns, chtlris evans (1985) q.v.) cover price £1.75 (check for overseas territories prices) 388 pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 20th Oct 2024		Book Arsen Darnay - A Hostage For Hinterland (1976)	serialized in earlier (?possibly abridged?°) form as "helium" in galaxy vol.36 #4, #5, #6; 4-5, 6, 7/1975; episode #1: cover story, art and a b+w illustratio; episode #2: two b+w illustrations; episode #3: three b+w illustrations, all by jack gaughan "uk edition" numbers #28, #29, #30 were printed on the original merkin issues' covers iirc, and these were distributed (ha!) in the uk-of-gb(?'n'norniron?) by tandem books, but these were not distinct british reprint editions ("bre"s). ° - i've not compared the two versions in any way; in fact, i'm not even certain i read the ballantine mmpb - things were happening in single step that demanded a lot of attention, and i wasn't then aware that the texts differed.
ppint. 20th Oct 2024		Book Arsen Darnay - A Hostage For Hinterland (1976)	random house group ballantine books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by boris vallejo (unsigned, though the full artwork probably is, credited) cover price $1.50 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 20th Oct 2024		Book Arsen Darnay - The Splendid Freedom (1980)	"plutonium" was later expanded by arsen darnay into the novel, "karma" (1978), aka "the karma affair" (1979), q.v.
ppint. 20th Oct 2024		Book Arsen Darnay - The Splendid Freedom (1980)	contents: the splendid freedom (novelette) galaxy vol. 36 #9, 9/1974, universal-tandem bre 21st edition (!), both: a b+w illustration by stephen fabian the eastcoast confinement (novella) galaxy vol.35 #10, 10/1974, universal-tandem bre 22nd edition (!), both: a b+w stephen fabian illustration plutonium (novella) galaxy vol.37 #3, 5/1976, cover story, art + 3 b+w illustrations by stephen fabian
ppint. 20th Oct 2024		Book Arsen Darnay - The Splendid Freedom (1980)	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb first printing, first edition reprint collection of a novelette and two novellas forming a series or debatably a "non-fix-up novel" cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price $2.25 cat# 77796 256pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising

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