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ppint. 2nd Nov 2023		Book Damon Knight - A Century Of Science Fiction (1966)	author field should^W has been varied to editor
ppint. 2nd Nov 2023		Book Damon Knight - Far Out (1978)	contents: to serve man (short story) galaxy vol.1 #2, 11/1950 idiot stick (ss) in ''star 4'' ed. frederik pohl (1958), q.v., new worlds #84, 6/1959 thing of beauty (novelette) galaxy vol.16 #5, 9/1958; galaxy strato bre #66, 11/1958 the enemy (ss) venture vol.2 #1, 1/1958; venture atlas bre #16, 12/1964 not with a bang (ss) f&sf vol.1 #2 , winter-spring (1)/1950 babel II (ntte) beyond vol.1 #1, 7/1953 with four b+w illustrations by ed emshwiller; beyond strato bre #1, 1/1954 anachron (ss) if vol.2 #6, 1/1954 special delivery (ss) galaxy vol.8 #1, 4/1954; galaxy strato bre #18, 9/1954 you're another (ntte) f&sf vol.8 #6, 6/1955 time enough (ss) amazing vol.34 #7, 7/1960 extempore (ss) as "the beach where time began" infinity vol.1 #4; 8/1956 cabin boy (ntte) galaxy vol.2 #6, 9/1951 the last word (ss) satellite vol.1 #3, 2/1957
ppint. 2nd Nov 2023		Book Damon Knight - Far Out (1962)	publisher should^W has been corrected to ''berkley medallion'' as bookcat goes by the imprint, rather than the owning publisher/publishing group/conglomerate
ppint. 2nd Nov 2023		Book Vladimir Nabokov - Brisure à Senestre (1978)	''roman'' = ''fiction'', ''novel''; it is not the sub-title, and should^W has been deleted from the subtitle field
ppint. 2nd Nov 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Crompton Divided (1979)	bantam doubleday dell bantam books imprint mmpb first printing, possibly first p/b edition cover art by paul lehr (signed lehr, uncredited) cover price $1.95 192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 2nd Nov 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - The Alchemical Marriage Of Alistair Crompton (1979)	title is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected: the final word is now ''... crompton''
ppint. 2nd Nov 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - The Alchemical Marriage Of Alistair Crompton (1978)	michael joseph h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by peter elson (signed with his pe in a line-drawn box, credited on d-j front flap) cover (d-j) price £4.50 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 2nd Nov 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - The Alchemical Marriage Of Alistair Crompton (1986)	title is^W was slightly wrong and should^W has been corrected: the final word should be ''... crompton''
ppint. 2nd Nov 2023		Book A. M. Homes - The End Of Alice (1997)	publisher should^W has been corrected to anchor books as per cover images of this edition
ppint. 2nd Nov 2023		Book Vladimir Nabokov - Bend Sinister (1962)	publisher should^W has been corrected to corgi as per cover image of this edition
ppint. 2nd Nov 2023		Book Vladimir Nabokov - Lolita (1962)	publisher should^W has been corrected to corgi, as per cover image of this edition
ppint. 2nd Nov 2023		Book Vladimir Nabokov - Lolita (1962)	transworld publishers corgi books imprint p/b
ppint. 2nd Nov 2023		Book Peter Cave - Last Of The Cybernauts (1978)	the new avengers novelisations #5 #1: ''house of cards'' peter cave (1976), q.v.
ppint. 2nd Nov 2023		Book Peter Cave - Last Of The Cybernauts (1978)	weidenfeld & nicolson arthur barker imprint first printing, first h/cvr edition title as per title page; ''the cybernauts'' on d-j front & spine cover (d-j) art unsigned t.v. still/p.r. material cover (d-j) price £3.75 160pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 1st Nov 2023		Book Andre Norton - Space Police (1956)	author field should^W has been varied to editor
ppint. 1st Nov 2023		Book Andre Norton - Space Police (1956)	contents: foreword (nf) andre norton agent of vega (novella) james h. schmitz , astounding vol.xxxxiii #5, 7/1949, five b+w illustrations by quackenbush bait (short story) roy l. cliff, jr. astounding vol. xxxxvii #4, 6/1951, with a b+w illustration by paul orban pax galactica (novelette) ralph williams, astounding vol. l #3 , 11/1952, with three b+w illustrations by orban police operation (ntte) h. beam piper, astounding vol. xxxxi #5, 7/1948, with four b+w illustrations by ed cartier, a paratime story of those who came (ss) francis g. rayer, new worlds #18, 11/1952; fantastic universe vol.1 #1, 6-7/1952 as by george langdon the substandard sardines (ntte) jack vance, startling stories vol.18 #3, 1/1949, one b+w illustration by virgil finlay, a magnus ridolph story the closed door (ss) kendall foster crossen (misspelling of kendell) amazing vol.27 #6, 8-9/1953; amazing strato bre #1, 12/1953 tough old man (ntte) l. ron hubbard, startling stories vol. 22 #2, 11/1950 beep (novella) james blish, galaxy vol.7 #5-A, 2/1954, galaxy strato bre #16, 7/1954, both: with four b+w illustrations by ed emshwiller; but revised by the deletion of all references to drinking alcohol for this anthology order of constituent stories probably not as listed; the nf notes to the stories are also by andre norton
ppint. 1st Nov 2023		Book Andre Norton - Space Police (1956)	world publishing co. h/cvr first printing, first edition reprint anthology of three short stories, five novelettes and a novella, nf introduction by andre norton cover (d-j) art by virgil finlay (signed) cover (d-j) price $2.75 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 1st Nov 2023		Book James Blish - The Quincunx Of Time (1973)	expansion of ''beep'' (novelette) galaxy vol.7 #5-A, 2/1954, galaxy strato bre #16, 7/1954; both with four b+w illustrations by ed emshwiller n.b. the version in the reprint anthology ''space police'' ed. andre norton (1956), q.v. has had all references to the drinking of alcohol deleted.
ppint. 30th Oct 2023		Book Tony Licata - Great Science-Fiction (1965)	thank-you, jimess; yes, it serves as such - and may have been written by the editor. cover art, on second & third thoughts, seems to be signed by one m seltzer; - if only it'd been signed ''a. seltzer''.. .
ppint. 30th Oct 2023		Book Andre Norton - Dread Companion (1972)	date is^W was wrong, should^W be^W now is 2/72 (from stuart wells); h/cvr first edition was 1970.
ppint. 30th Oct 2023		Book Glenda Young - Murder At The Seaview Hotel (2021)	helen dexter (& suki) cosy crime mysteries/seaview hotel series #1: #1: ''murder at the seaview hotel'' (2021), (this novel) #2: ''curtain call at the seaview hotel'' (2022), q.v. #3: ''foul play at the seaview hotel'' (2023), q.v.
ppint. 29th Oct 2023		Book Murray Leinster - Planet Explorer (1989)	one of the two last-published bart books p/bs of which i know, and the only two that bear cover prices of $3.50 us, $3.50 can(ada) (rather than $3.50 us, $4.50 can(ada)); hence my suspicion that the canadian price printed may've been in error.
ppint. 29th Oct 2023		Book Murray Leinster - The Mutant Weapon (1971)	novella originally published, entitled ''med service'', in astounding vol. lix #6, 8/1957; astounding atlas bre vol. xiii #12, 12/1957; both: six b+w illustrations by h. r. van dongen
ppint. 29th Oct 2023		Book John Lymington - A Sword Above The Night (1971)	macfadden books mmpb first printing, first merkin edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 75¢ 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 28th Oct 2023		Book Ted White - Android Avenger (1965)	sequel is ''the spawn of the death machine'' (1968), q.v.
ppint. 28th Oct 2023		Book Ted White - By Furies Possessed (1980)	simon & schuster pocket books mmpb simultaneous first printings (?sharing merkin-printed covers?°), not first mmpb edition cover art unsigned, uncredited, quite individualistically stylised, but sfaik still as-yet unattributed cover price $2.50 canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel cover price $2.25 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution 208pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer also to cover and indicia publishing history to see if carcass (° ?and cover?) of copy held was canadadian- or merkin-printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first pocket books printing november, 1980 and full first printing number line; canadian-carcassed copies covers bear a small black maple leaf symbol in the front cover title block
ppint. 28th Oct 2023		Book Ted White - By Furies Possessed (1970)	signet books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by sanford kossin (signed, uncredited) cover price 75¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 28th Oct 2023		Book Glenda Young - Murder At The Seaview Hotel (2021)	hachette uk headline publishing group headline p/b first printing, undated reprintings° dedication: for grace and alfie may you always know the joy of a family holiday in scarborough cover art photography © by jen bray / evelina leigh / shutterstock cover price £10.99, $17.99 can, $15.99 usa 368pp. including eight unpaginated pp. titles, indicia etc, 4 end pp. advertising ° - at least eight near-identical printings identifiable by reference to the indicia publishing history printing number line
ppint. 28th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Dramocles (1984)	hodder & stoughton new english library imprint h/cvr first printing, first uk edition cover (d-j) art unsigned, uncredited; still unattributed sfaik (- no-one's owned up to it - ?) cover (d-j) price £8.95 208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 28th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - The Robot Who Looked Like Me (1978)	contents: the robot who looked like me (short story) cosmopolitan 8/1973 slaves of time (novelette) in ''nova 4'' ed. harry harrison (1974), q.v. voices (ss) playboy 10/1973 a supplicant in space (ntte) galaxy vol.34 #2 (as numbered, but is incorrect), 11/1973; galaxy bre #11 (bizarrely) masthead vol.34 #2 (also incorrect), both: go by masthead date 11/1973; both: as ''a suppliant in space'' in error sneak previews (ss) penthouse 8/1977 zirn left unguarded, the jenghik palace in flames, jon westerly dead (ss) in ''nova 2'' ed. harry harrison (1972), q.v. welcome to the standard nightmare (ss) in ''nova 3'' ed. harry harrison (1973), q.v. the never-ending western movie (ss) in ''science fiction discoveries'' eds. carol pohl, frederik pohl (1976), q.v. what is life? (ss) playboy 12/1976 i see a man sitting on a chair, and the chair is biting his leg (ntte) f&sf vol.34 #1, 1/1968 robert sheckley, harlan ellison is that what people do? (ss) in ''anticipations'' ed. christopher priest (1978), q.v. silversmith wishes (ss) playboy 5/1977 end city (ss) galaxy vol.33 #5, 5/1974; galaxy bre #14 (mildly bizarrely), go by masthead vol.-no. & date

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