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ppint. 28th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - The Robot Who Looked Like Me (1978)	thomson books ltd. sphere books p/b first printing, first edition reprint collection of ten short stories and three novelettes (one a collaboration with harlan ellison) cover art by peter goodfellow cover price 85p, 93½p republic of ireland, 85c malta, $2.75 australia, $2.75 new zealand 192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 28th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Crompton Divided (1978)	the publisher is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to holt, rinehart & winston.
ppint. 28th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Crompton Divided (1978)	the isbn13 is^W still^W was wrong and should^W has still^W now been deleted isbn13ses didn't exist yet for over two decades.
ppint. 28th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? (1973)	j. m. dent & sons readers union the science fiction book club first printing, not first uk h/cvr edition for sale on an opt-out basis to members of the sfbc, and then as an optional extra, including to members of other readers union book clubs. not for public distribution nor sale by way bob the news or book trades cover (d-j) art monochrome purple(ish) with orange typography on white of paper cover (d-j) price 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards was renumbered 5078 in the great renumbering by david & charles, so stock remained at that date; but as sfaiaa neither cat# was borne by the book, this need not bother anyone overmuch.
ppint. 28th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - The People Trap And Other Pitfalls, Snares, Devices And Delusions, Including Two Sniggles And A Contrivance (1969)	victor gollancz first printing, first h/cvr edition n.b. the title is as given above: there is no separate sub-title. dedication: to arthur greenberger cover (d-j) art none, typographical cover in magenta and black upon a ''gollancz yellow'' field cover (d-j) price (? check: i've two prices noted, 18/- & 21/-, and no post-decimalisation price) 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 28th Oct 2023		Book Douglas R. Mason - Android Planet (1976)	space: 1999 year one series #8: #1: ''breakaway'' e. c. tubb (1975), q.v. for series' listings, and links.
ppint. 28th Oct 2023		Book E. C. Tubb - Rogue Planet (1977)	space: 1999 year one series #9: #1: ''breakaway'' e. c. tubb (1975), q.v. for series' listings, and links.
ppint. 28th Oct 2023		Book E. C. Tubb - Earthfall (1977)	space: 1999 year one series #10 (uk only): #1: ''breakaway'' (1975), q.v. for series' listings, and links.
ppint. 27th Oct 2023		Book R. A. Lafferty - Fourth Mansions (1988)	yr hmbl srppnt. stocked this and a few other bart books p/bs, but bart didn't last long - just a couple of years - and i've no idea who it was that was behind bart books - not, one presumes, bart simpson. . .
ppint. 27th Oct 2023		Book R. A. Lafferty - Fourth Mansions (1988)	bart books mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition cover art (signed indecipherably, uncredited) cover price $3.50 us/$4.50 can(ada) 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 27th Oct 2023		Book R. A. Lafferty - Fourth Mansions (1972)	dennis dobson first printing, first h/cvr edition, first uk edition cover (d-j) art by richard weaver cover (d-j) price £2.10 (re-check) 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 27th Oct 2023		Book R. A. Lafferty - Fourth Mansions (1969)	ace books mmpb first printing, first edition ace science fiction special (first series) cover art by diane dillon, leo dillon (unsigned, credited to the dillons on back cover) cover price 75¢ 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 27th Oct 2023		Book R. A. Lafferty - The Reefs Of Earth (1977)	berkley publishing group berkley medallion mmpb second printing° with new cover art by richard powers (signed powers laz/org) cover price $1.50 184pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° with the type reset, from the increased pagination
ppint. 27th Oct 2023		Book R. A. Lafferty - The Reefs Of Earth (1970)	dennis dobson first printing, first uk edition, first h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art by richard weaver cover (d-j) price 21/- 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 27th Oct 2023		Book Ernest Hill - Pity About Earth (1968)	robert hale first printing, first uk edition, first h/cvr edition possibly the first edition - but prob'ly bought in from ace books, inc. cover (d-j) art (unsigned photographic, including possibly a close-up of part of a diorama) cover (d-j) price 18/- (check) 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 27th Oct 2023		Book Ernest Hill - Pity About Earth (1968)	ace books mmpb first printing, probably first edition half a classic ''ace double'' with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other cover art by (frank) kelly freas (unsigned sfaics, credited), as is the interior b+w illustration cover price 60¢ ½ 256pp. including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising in-between the double's halves
ppint. 27th Oct 2023		Book R. A. Lafferty - Space Chantey (1976)	dennis dobson first printing, first uk edition, first h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art by richard weaver eight interior b+w illustrations by vaughn bodé cover (d-j) price 2.75 128pp. (recheck) including titles, indicia, illustrations etc, end pp. bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 26th Oct 2023		Book E. C. Tubb - Veruchia (1977)	dumarest of terra #8: #1: ''the winds of gath'' e. c. tubb (1967), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 26th Oct 2023		Book E. C. Tubb - The Winds Of Gath (1967)	ace books mmpb first printing, first edition half a classic ''ace double'' with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other cover art by (frank) kelly freas (signed with his initials in a circle, uncredited) b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed with his jg digraph, uncredited) cover price 60¢ ½ 256pp. including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising in-between the double's halves the number-string on the spine, 020-08027-060, is not an sbn nor an isbn of any kind. sfaik it is an abn - an american book number - which was a system incompatible with the sbn and its later further developments - and which lacked any checksum digit, with the cover price in cents in three digits appended doubled with ''crisis on cheiron'' juanita coulson (1967), q.v.
ppint. 26th Oct 2023		Book E. C. Tubb - Moon Base (1964)	herbert jenkins first printing, possibly first edition cover (d-j) art cover (d-j) price 12/6 176pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 26th Oct 2023		Book E. C. Tubb - Moon Base (1964)	ace books mmpb first printing, possibly first edition cover art unsigned, uncredited; attributed to ed valigursky in the ace image library b+w interior art by jack gaughan (signed with his jg digraph, uncredited) cover price 40¢ 192p. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising later copyright date taken as year of publication
ppint. 26th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Journey Beyond Tomorrow (1987)	victor gollancz b-format p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition gollancz classic sf series #15 cover art by stuart robertson (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £3.50 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp.. advertising month of publication not given; taken from locus
ppint. 26th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Journey Of Joenes (1978)	aka ''the journey of joenes'', aka ''journey beyond tomorrow''
ppint. 26th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Journey Of Joenes (1978)	thomson books ltd. sphere books first printing, not first uk p/b edition cover art by terry oakes (unsigned, uncredited; attribution from a once commercially available poster) cover price 85p, 93½p republic of ireland, 90c malta, $2.75 australia, $2.75 new zealand 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
ppint. 26th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Journey Beyond Tomorrow (1964)	victor gollancz first printing, first h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art none; magenta and black typography on a classic ''gollancz yellow'' field with b+w zigzags cover (d-j) price 15/- 192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 26th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Kaliber .50 (1965)	english title is^W was still wrong and should^W still^W has been corrected to ''calibre .50'' as per the 1961 bantam books mmpb already entered as a bookcat item whereupon bookcat will automagically sort the two together correctly.,
ppint. 26th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Store Of Infinity (1970)	contents: the prize of peril (short story) f&sf vol.14 #5, 5/1958; the cover story, art by ed emshwiller the humours (novelette) galaxy vol.17 #2, 12/1958 as ''join now'' as by ''finn o'donnevan'' with three b+w illustrations by ''goodman''; galaxy strato bre #71, 2/1959 as by ''finn o'donnevan'', with two of the three b+w illustrations triplication (ss) playboy 5/1959 (three ultra-short shorts) the minimum man (ntte) galaxy vol.16 #3, 6/1958; galaxy strato bre #65, 8/1958; both: with three b+w illustrations by dick francis if the red slayer (ss) amazing vol.33 #7, 7/1959, with a b+w illustration by leo summers the store of the worlds (ss) playboy 9/1959 the gun without a bang (ss) galaxy vol.16 #3, 6/1958 as by ''finn o'donnevan'', a b+w illustration by dick francis; galaxy strato bre #76, 11/1959 as by ''finn o'donnevan'', with same illustration the deaths of ben baxter (ntte) galaxy vol.14 #3 , 7/1957; galaxy strato bre #54 9/1957; both: three b+w illustrations by dick francis
ppint. 26th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - The Status Civilization (1986)	serialised as ''omega!'' by robert sheckley in amazing vol.34 #8, #9; 8/1960, 9/1960 part one is the cover story, art by leo summers; each part has a b+w illustration by ''grayam''
ppint. 26th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - The Status Civilization (1986)	abp methuen london first printing, not first uk p/b edition cover art by peter elson (signed with his initials in a line-drawn box, credited on back cover) cover price £2.25 144pp. (recheck) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising month of publication not given; taken from locus
ppint. 26th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - The Status Civilization (1979)	penguin books first printing, not first uk p/b edition cover art by adrian chesterman (unsigned sfaics, credited on back cover) cover price 75p, $2.50 australia recommended 144pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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