ppint. 29th Oct 2023 | | BookMurray 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
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ppint. 29th Oct 2023 | | BookJohn 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
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ppint. 28th Oct 2023 | | BookTed White - Android Avenger (1965) | sequel is ''the spawn of the death machine'' (1968), q.v.
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ppint. 28th Oct 2023 | | BookTed 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
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ppint. 28th Oct 2023 | | BookTed 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
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ppint. 28th Oct 2023 | | BookGlenda 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
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ppint. 28th Oct 2023 | | BookRobert 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
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ppint. 28th Oct 2023 | | BookRobert 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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ppint. 28th Oct 2023 | | BookRobert 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
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ppint. 28th Oct 2023 | | BookRobert Sheckley - Crompton Divided (1978) | the publisher is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to holt, rinehart & winston.
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ppint. 28th Oct 2023 | | BookRobert 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.
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ppint. 28th Oct 2023 | | BookRobert 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.
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ppint. 28th Oct 2023 | | BookRobert 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
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ppint. 28th Oct 2023 | | BookDouglas R. Mason - Android Planet (1976) | space: 1999 year one series #8:
#1: ''breakaway'' e. c. tubb (1975), q.v. for series' listings, and links.
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ppint. 28th Oct 2023 | | BookE. C. Tubb - Rogue Planet (1977) | space: 1999 year one series #9:
#1: ''breakaway'' e. c. tubb (1975), q.v. for series' listings, and links.
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ppint. 28th Oct 2023 | | BookE. C. Tubb - Earthfall (1977) | space: 1999 year one series #10 (uk only):
#1: ''breakaway'' (1975), q.v. for series' listings, and links.
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ppint. 27th Oct 2023 | | BookR. 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. . .
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ppint. 27th Oct 2023 | | BookR. 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
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ppint. 27th Oct 2023 | | BookR. 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
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ppint. 27th Oct 2023 | | BookR. 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
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ppint. 27th Oct 2023 | | BookR. 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
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ppint. 27th Oct 2023 | | BookR. 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
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ppint. 27th Oct 2023 | | BookErnest 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
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ppint. 27th Oct 2023 | | BookErnest 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
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ppint. 27th Oct 2023 | | BookR. 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
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ppint. 26th Oct 2023 | | BookE. C. Tubb - Veruchia (1977) | dumarest of terra #8:
#1: ''the winds of gath'' e. c. tubb (1967), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 26th Oct 2023 | | BookE. 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.
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ppint. 26th Oct 2023 | | BookE. 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
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ppint. 26th Oct 2023 | | BookE. 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
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ppint. 26th Oct 2023 | | BookRobert 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
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