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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
ppint. 26th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - The Status Civilization (1976)	victor gollancz first printing, first h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art none, cover is typographical, titles with hollow lettering in black shaded from above, on shaped magenta panels, all on ''gollancz yellow'' field cover (d-j) price £3.50 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 26th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - The Status Civilization (1993)	century hutchinson/random century arrow books legend imprint p/b first thus half legend books ''double'' sharing one front cover, contents all one way up cover art by the image bank/eric meola (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £4.99 ½ 304pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising doubled with ''mindswap'' robert sheckley (1966), q.v.
ppint. 26th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Mindswap (1993)	century hutchinson/random century arrow books legend imprint p/b first thus half legend books ''double'' sharing one front cover, contents all same way up cover art by the image bank/eric meola (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £4.99 ½ 304pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising doubled with ''the status civilisation'' robert sheckley (1960), q.v.
ppint. 26th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Mindswap (1973)	pan books first printing, not first uk p/b edition cover art cover price 30p, $1.00 australia, $1.00 new zealand, not for sale in canada 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical 1974 second printing which adds 2nd printing 1974 and further differs: cover price 35p, $1.10 australia, $1.05 new zealand
ppint. 25th Oct 2023		Book Douglas R. Mason - Astral Quest (1976)	simon & schuster pocket books imprint mmpb first printing, first merkin edition cover art unsigned block of one t.v./p.r. still set in pocket books uniform space 1999 cover design cover price $1.50 176pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 25th Oct 2023		Book Douglas R. Mason - Astral Quest (1976)	futura publications p/b first printing, first p/b edition° cover art unsigned block of three t.v./p.r. stills cover price 50p, $1.90 australia, $1.60 new zealand, $1.95 canada 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - believed intended to be simultaneous with the dennis dobson h/cvr edition, but wasn't
ppint. 25th Oct 2023		Book Douglas R. Mason - Astral Quest (1975)	dennis dobson first printing, first h/cvr edition, first edition cover (d-j) art unsigned, design by richard weaver (credited) cover (d-j) price £2.95 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 25th Oct 2023		Book Douglas R. Mason - Lunar Attack (1976)	simon & schuster pocket books mmpb first printing, first merkin edition cover art unsigned block of one tv./p.r. still, set in pocket books uniform space 1999 design cover price $1.50 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 25th Oct 2023		Book Douglas R. Mason - Lunar Attack (1975)	dennis dobson first printing, first h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art unsigned, design by richard weaver (credited on d-j flap), with standard dobson yellow & magenta triangular space 1999 flashed on bottom of d-j spine and front cover cover (d-j) price £2.95 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 25th Oct 2023		Book E. C. Tubb - Collision Course (1976)	simon & schuster pocket books imprint mmpb first printing, first merkin edition cover art unsigned block of one t.v./p.r. still set in pocket books uniform space 1999 design cover price $1.50 160pp. (check: including photos?) including titles, indicia etc, 16pp. b+w photos, end pp. advertising
ppint. 25th Oct 2023		Book E. C. Tubb - Collision Course (1975)	dennis dobson first printing, first h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art unsigned, design by richard weaver (credited on d-j front flap), with standard dobson space triangular yellow & magenta space 1999 flashes on spine and front cover cover (d-j) price £2.95 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 25th Oct 2023		Book Brian N. Ball - The Space Guardians (1975)	simon & schuster pocket books imprint mmpb first printing, first merkin edition cover art unsigned block of one t.v./p.r. still set in pocket books uniform design cover cover price $1.50 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 25th Oct 2023		Book Brian N. Ball - The Space Guardians (1975)	futura publications p/b first printing, first edition cover art unsigned block of three t.v./p.r. stills cover price 40p, $1.50 australia, $1.50 new zealand, $1.50 canada 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 25th Oct 2023		Book Brian N. Ball - The Space Guardians (1975)	dennis dobson first printing, first h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art unsigned, design by richard weaver (credited on d-j flap), spot magenta on b+w design of eagle highlit partly against black & magenta radially striped oval, with centered b+w image of a guardian face, above; standard dobson yellow & magenta space 1999 triangular spine & cover flashes cover (d-j) price £2.95 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 25th Oct 2023		Book Douglas R. Mason - Moon Odyssey (1975)	simon & schuster pocket books imprint mmpb first printing, first merkin edition cover art unsigned block of two t.v./p.r. stills set below & in pocket books uniform design cover cover price $1.50 160pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 25th Oct 2023		Book Douglas R. Mason - Moon Odyssey (1975)	futura publications p/b first printing, first edition cover art unsigned block of three t.v. stills/p.r. images cover price 35p, $1.15 australia, $1.15 new zealand, $1.25 canada 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 25th Oct 2023		Book Douglas R. Mason - Moon Odyssey (1975)	dennis dobson first printing, first h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art unsigned, design by richard weaver (credited on d-j flap), spot magenta and yellow on b+w picture of silhouettes (of command bridge?) looking out over partial view of moon, triangular space 1999 flashes on base of spine and front cover cover (d-j) price £2.95 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 25th Oct 2023		Book Douglas R. Mason - Phoenix Of Megaron (1976)	space: 1999 year one series: #10 (u.s.a. only°) #1: ''breakaway'' e. c. tubb (1975), q.v. for series' listings, and links. ° - futura publications planned and perhaps scheduled a uk p/b of this book, but did not publish it. a completely different, more-or-less original novel eventually appeared as the tenth and last uk space 1999 first series p/b, ''earthfall'' e. c. tubb (1977), q.v.; this did not see a merkin mmpb printing.
ppint. 25th Oct 2023		Book Michael Butterworth - The Edge Of The Infinite (1977)	space 1999 year two series #6: i've no record of a w. h. allen wyndham books star imprint uk p/b edition of this having appeared 2#1: ''planets of peril'' (1977), q.v. space 1999 year one series: #1: ''breakaway'' (1975), q.v.
ppint. 25th Oct 2023		Book Michael Butterworth - The Edge Of The Infinite (1977)	warner books mmpb first printing, apparently first edition cover art unsigned diagonally-divided two t.v.still/pr images presumably from space 1999 episodes cover price $1.50 176pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 23rd Oct 2023		Book Brian W. Aldiss - Comic Inferno (1973)	contents: introduction (nf) brian w. aldiss comic inferno (novelette) galaxy vol.21 #3, 2/1963, with seven b+w illustrations by ed emshwiller the under-privileged (short story) new worlds #130, 5/1963 (sans hyphen) cardiac arrest (ss) fantastic vol.20 #12, 12/1970 in the arena (ss) if vol.13 #3, 7/1963 all the world's tears (ss) nebula #21, 5/1957 amen and out (ss) new worlds #165, 8/1966, with a b+w illustration by james cawthorn the soft predicament (ntte) f&sf vol.37 #4, 10/1969 as for our fatal continuity (ss) in ''new world's quarterly. #3, ed. michael moorcock (1972), q.v. send her victorious (ntte) amazing vol.42 #1, 6/1968 (4/1968 also given internally)
ppint. 23rd Oct 2023		Book Brian W. Aldiss - Comic Inferno (1973)	new english library p/b first printing, first uk edition (title as given on cover; ''the comic inferno'' internally on title page; check indicia) aka and originally published as ''the book of brian aldiss'' (daw books mmpb 1972), q.v. reprint collection of five short stories and four novelettes, nf introduction by brian dedication: to the spirit of captain justice cover art by bruce pennington (unsigned, uncredited; reproduced sans typography in ''ultraterranium'' bruce pennington, nigel suckling (1992), q.v.) cover price 40p, pts 105 spain, 45p gibraltar, 45c malta, 450 mils cyprus, $1.40 australia, $1.40 new zealand, $2.40 trinidad (w.i.) 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising book actually bears the nine-digit sbn, 450016366 both externally and internally, not an isbn as entered

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