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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
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

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