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ppint. 5th Nov 2023		Book Fritz Leiber - The Green Millenium (1964)	icon books limited first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by bernard carey cover price 3/6 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 4th Nov 2023		Book E. C. Tubb - Derai (1968)	ace books mmpb first printing, first edition half a classic ''ace double'' format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other cover art by jeff jones (signed, credited) b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed with his digraph) ½ 256pp. including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves number-string on spine, 020-08077 (-060) is likely the book's abn; the 020- publisher prefix and the checksum digit-less abn system item number are wholly incompatible with the sbn, later developed into the isbn book numbering system. month of publication not given, taken from the second ace double printing's publishing history
ppint. 4th Nov 2023		Book E. C. Tubb - C.O.D. Mars (1968)	aka ''fear of strangers'' e. c. tubb (linford mystery library/ulverscroft (large print books) 2007), q.v.
ppint. 3rd Nov 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Crompton Divided (1979)	aka and originally ''the alchemical marriage of alistair crompton'' robert sheckley (uk 28/3/1978), q.v.
ppint. 3rd Nov 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Crompton Divided (1978)	holt, rinehart & winston first printing, first merkin h/cvr edition, *not* the first edition cover (d-j) art by carl lundgren (no visible signature°, credited on d-j front flap) cover (d-j) price $8.95 236pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards ° - the whole painting is liable to bear his formalised signature in a line-drawn box, but i've not seen this
ppint. 2nd Nov 2023		Book Damon Knight - A Century Of Science Fiction (1963)	author field should^W has been varied to editor.
ppint. 2nd Nov 2023		Book Damon Knight - A Century Of Science Fiction (1963)	contents: i robots: the ideal (short excerpt) stanley g. weinbaum (1935), q.v. moxon's master (short story) ambrose bierce, the san francisco examiner, ?/1899 as ''a night at moxon's'' reason (ss) isaac asimov, astounding vol. xxvii #2, 4/1941 (a positronic robot story) who can replace a man? (ss) brian w. aldiss, infinity vol.3 #5, 6/1958 as ''but who can replace a man?'' ii time travel: short excerpt from ''the time machine'' h. g. wells (1894-5), q.v. of time and third avenue (ss) alfred bester, f&sf vol.2 #5, 10/1951 sail on! sail on! (ss) philip josé farmer, startling vol.28 #2, 12/1952; startling pembertons bre (#2) short excerpt from ''worlds of the imperium'' keith laumer (1962), q.v. the business, as usual (ss) mack reynolds, f&sf vol.3 #3, 6/1952 iii space: what's it like out there? (novelette) edmond hamilton, thrilling wonder stories vol. xli #2, 12/1952; thrilling wonder stories atlas bre vol.1 #10, summer/1953 sky lift (ss) robert a. heinlein, imagination vol.4 #10, 11/1953; rogue 8/1958 the star (ss) arthur c. clarke, infinity vol. 1 #1, 11/1955 iv other worlds and people: the crystal egg (ss) h. g. wells, the new review, 5/1897 the wind people (ss) marion zimmer bradley, if vol.9 #2, 2/1959 unhuman sacrifice (ntte) katherine maclean astounding vol. lxii #3, 11/1958, astounding atlas bre vol. xv #2, 2/1959; both: three b+w illustrations by john schoenherr v aliens among us: what was it? a mystery (ss) fitz-james o'brien, harpers 3/1859; weird tales vol.6 #6, 12/1925 the first days of may (ss) claude veillot, fiction #78, 5/1960 as ''les premiers jours de mai''; f&sf vol.21 #6, 12/1961; f&sf atlas bre vol. iii #5, 4/1962; both: the cover story, art by ed emshwiller days of succession (ss) theodore l. thomas, astounding vol. lxiii (but misnumbered vol. lxiv) #6, 8/1959; astounding atlas bre vol. xv #11, 1/1960 angel's egg (ntte) edgar pangborn, galaxy vol.2 #3, 6/1951 vi superman: another world (ntte) j. h. rosny ainé, a revue de paris 9-10/1895 as ''une autre monde'' translated by damon knight short excerpt from ''odd john'' olaf stapledon (1935), q.v. call me joe (ntte) poul anderson, astounding vol lix #2, 4/1957; astounding atlas bre vol. xiii #8, 8/1957; both: the cover story, art by (frank) kelly freas, also four b+w illustrations by freas vii marvellous inventions: from the ''london times'' of 1904 (ss) mark twain, the century magazine 11/1898 short excerpt from ''20,000 leagues under the sea'' jules verne (? which translation ?), originally as ''vingt mille lieues sous les mers'' (1869-1870 in two volumes), q.v. you are with it! (ss) will stanton, f&sf vol.21 #6, 12/1961; f&sf atlas bre vol. iii #5, 4/1962 cease fire (ss) frank herbert, astounding vol. lx #5, 1/1958; astounding atlas bre xvi #4, 10/1960
ppint. 2nd Nov 2023		Book Damon Knight - A Century Of Science Fiction (1963)	victor gollancz h/cvr first printing, first uk edition reprint anthology of seventeen short stories, four novel excerpts and five novelettes, with anthology & individual items' introductions by the editor, uncredited extensive suggested reading bibliography cover (d-j) art none, typographical cover in black and magenta on ''gollancz yellow'' field, with the anthology's seven sections listed in-between the lines of a rounded-cornered twin black line-drawn vertical rectangular frame around the main typography cover (d-j) price 21/- 352pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents, nf introduction by the editor, end pp. nf bibliography, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
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.

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