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ppint. 14th Oct 2023		Book E. C. Tubb - Death Is A Dream (1967)	rupert hart-davis h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by ken reilly cover (d-j) price 21/- 176pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 14th Oct 2023		Book E. C. Tubb - Death Is A Dream (1967)	ace books mmpb first printing, first merkin edition half a classic ''ace double'' with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other cover art by rob howard (signed, uncredited) b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed with his jg digraph, uncredited) cover price 60¢ 145pp; ½ 256pp. including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising in-between the double's halves month of publication not given, presumédly taken from the indicia of the second mmpb printing of ''computer war'', ace 11650.
ppint. 13th Oct 2023		Book Damon Knight - Towards Infinity (1973)	author field should^W has been varied to editor
ppint. 13th Oct 2023		Book Damon Knight - World Without Children (1970)	lancer books mmpb first printing, first thus cover art by george ziel (unsigned, uncredited; attributed in the george ziel checklist, q.v. cover price 75¢ ½ 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. doubled with ''the earth quarter'' (aka ''the sun saboteurs'' (½ ace double 1961), q.v.) (1970), q.v.
ppint. 13th Oct 2023		Book Damon Knight - The Earth Quarter (1970)	lancer books mmpb first printing, first thus half a double format mmpb with one front cover, contents the same way up as each other cover art by george ziel unsigned, uncredited; attributed in george ziel checklist, q.v. cover price 75¢ ½ 192pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia etc, end pp. doubled with short novel/novella, ''world without children'' damon knight (1951, anthtologised 1958), q.v.
ppint. 13th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Dramocles (1983)	the isbn13 is^W was wrong and should^W has been deleted the isbn13 was not invented for a bit under two decades yet
ppint. 12th Oct 2023		Book Douglas R. Mason - One Is One (1968)	dennis dobson h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by richard weaver cover (d-j) price c.18/- (check) 176pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 12th Oct 2023		Book Douglas R. Mason - Interstellar Two-five (1966)	dennis dobson h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by richard weaver cover (d-j) price 18/- 188pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p., bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 11th Oct 2023		Book Lester Del Rey - Space Science Fiction (1953)	this is an issue of a digest format magazine, space science fiction, and specifically of the british reprint version published by the archer press, uk; hence it bears volume number and issue number; and there are other issues of the magazine with different combinations of volume & issue numbers, some of which are also mistakenly added to ''bookcat'' instead of to ''magazinecat''; it is not a book written by lester del rey. nor is it an anthology edited by lester del rey.
ppint. 11th Oct 2023		Book Lester Del Rey - The Best Of Lester Del Rey (1978)	contents: the magnificent (nf introduction) frederik pohl helen o'loy (short story) astounding vol. xxii #4, 12/1938 the day is done (ss) astounding vol. xxiii #3, 5/1939 the coppersmith (ss) unknown vol. ii #1, 9/1939; unknown atlas bre vol. iv #2 winter/1948 hereafter, inc. (ss) unknown vol. v #4, 12/1941; unknown atlas bre vol. iv #3, spring/1949 the wings of night (ss) astounding vol. xxix #1, 3/1942 into thy hands (ss) astounding vol. xxxv #6, 8/1945 and it comes out here (ss) galaxy vol. 1 #5, 2/1951 the monster (ss) argosy, 6/1951 the years draw nigh (ss) astounding vol. xlviii #2, 10/1951 instinct (ss) astounding vol. xxxxviii #5, 1/1952 superstition (novelette) astounding vol. lvi #6, 8/1954; astounding atlas bre vol. xi #1, 1/1955 for i am a jealous people! (novella) in ''star short novels'' ed. frederik pohl (1954), q.v. the keepers of the house (ss) fantastic universe vol.4 #6, 1/1956; new worlds #73, 7/1958 little jimmy (ss) venture vol.1 #4, 7/1957 the seat of judgment (ntte) f&sf vol.12 #4, 4/1957; science fantasy #30, 8/1958 vengeance is mine (ntte) galaxy vol.23 #2, 12/1964 as ''to avenge man'' author's afterword (nf) lester del rey
ppint. 11th Oct 2023		Book Larry T. Shaw - Great Science Fiction Adventures (1968)	lancer books mmpb simultaneous second printings sharing merkin-printed covers cover art by (frank) kelly freas (unsigned, uncredited, retained from 1963 first printing) cover price 75¢ 288pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of the copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state only a lancer book • 1968
ppint. 11th Oct 2023		Book Lester Del Rey - Early Del Rey (1975)	contents: divided into two books, also published separately in mmpbs as ''the early del rey: volume 1'' (1976), q.v. and ''the early del rey: volume 2'' (1976), q.v. whence the contents of the h/cvr edition may be obtained by combination of the two mmpbs' contents
ppint. 11th Oct 2023		Book Lester Del Rey - Early Del Rey (1975)	doubleday & co. h/cvr first printing, first edition so stated in the indicia reprint collection of eight novelettes and sixteen short stories, introduction by the author cover (d-j) art by peter rauch (unsigned, credited on d-j back flap) cover (d-j) price $7.95 428 tall pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards printer's gutter code Q1 on p.424 distinguish from near-identical doubleday science fiction book club edition, which differs: first edition not stated in the indicia sfbc cat# 1197 (no isbn) cover (d-j) price (none, says book club edition, iirc) 544pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards printer's gutter code is on p. 531 (varies: more than one gutter code used, as more than one printing)
ppint. 11th Oct 2023		Book Lester Del Rey - The Early Del Rey (1976)	contents: introduction (nf) lester del rey the faithful (short story) astounding vol. xxii #2, 4/1938, two b+w illustrations by charles schneeman cross of fire (ss) weird tales vol.33 #5, 5/1939; the magazine of horror vol.5 #6, 12/1969 anything (ss) unknown vol. ii #2, 10/1939 as by ''philip st. john'' habit (ss) astounding vol. xxiv #3, 11/1939 the smallest god (novelette) astounding vol. xxiv #5, 1/1940 the stars look down (ntte) astounding vol. xxv #6, 8/1940 doubled in brass (ss) unknown vol. ii #5, 1/1940 (an ellowan coppersmith story) reincarnate (ntte) astounding vol. xxv #2, 4/1940 carillon of skulls (ss) unknown vol. iv #5, 2/1941; unknown bre vol.4 #5, ?/1949, by james h. beard, lester del rey, as by ''philip james done without eagles (ss) astounding vol. xxv #6, 8/1940 as by ''philip st. john'' my name is legion (ntte) astounding vol. xxix #4, 6/1942 though poppies grow (ntte) unknown vol. vi #2, 8/1942
ppint. 11th Oct 2023		Book Lester Del Rey - The Early Del Rey (1976)	contents: lunar landing (novelette) astounding vol. xxx #2, 10/1942, cover story, art by a. von munchhausen (hmmm...), three b+w illustrations by william augustin kolliker fifth freedom (short story) astounding vol. xxxi #3, 5/1943, as by ''john alvarez'' whom the gods love (ss) astounding vol. xxxi #4, 6/1943 though dreamers die (ntte) astounding vol. xxxii #6, 2/1944 fool's errand (ss) science fiction quarterly vol.1 #3, 11/1951 the one-eyed man (ss) astounding vol. xxxiv #3, 5/1945, as by ''philip st. john'' and the darkness (ss) out of this world adventures vol.1 #1, 7/1950 as ''omega and the wolf-girl'' shadows of empire (ss) future combined with science fiction stories vol.1 #2, 7-8/1950 unreasonable facsimile (ss) future combined with science fiction stories vol. 1 #1, 5-6/1950, as ''imitation of death'' conditioned reflex (ss) future combined with science fiction stories vol. 2 #1, 5/1951; bre #4, 6/1952 over the top (ss) astounding vol. xxxxiv #3, 11/1949 wind between the worlds (ntte) galaxy vol.1 #6, 3/1951 (as ''the...''), cover story, art & three b+w illustrations by don sibley appendix: the fantasy and science fiction of the early years (nf bibliography) uncredited
ppint. 11th Oct 2023		Book Lester Del Rey - The Early Del Rey (1976)	random house group ballantine books imprint mmpb first printings, first thus second half of the h/cvr reprint collection, ''early del rey'' (1975), q.v. cover art by greg hildebrandt, tim hildebrandt (signed hildebrandt, credited as the brothers hildebrandt) cover price $1.95 340pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first printing, september 1976 low thousands of copies imported and distributed in the british isles (plus at least immediate western eurrp) by futura publications bearing a peelable white label on the back with a uk cover price (? 80p?)
ppint. 11th Oct 2023		Book Lester Del Rey - Gods And Golems (1973)	contents: vengeance is mine (novelette) galaxy vol.12 #4, 2/1964 as ''to avenge man'', the cover story, art by richard mckenna (not the author), two b+w illustrations by gray morrow superstition (ntte) astounding vol. lii #6, 8/1954, four b+w illustrations by (frank kelly) freas; astounding atlas bre vol.11 #1, 1/1955 no illustrations life watch (ntte) fantastic universe vol.2 #2, 9/1954 as ''the life watch'' for i am a jealous people! (novella) in ''star short novels'' ed. frederik pohl (1954), q.v. pursuit (ntte) space sf vol.1 #1, 5/1952; space sf bre vol.2 #3 (bre of vol.1 #1 complete) 1953
ppint. 11th Oct 2023		Book Lester Del Rey - ... And Some Were Human (1961)	first published date is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to 1948 first edition published in h/cvr by prime press in 1948
ppint. 11th Oct 2023		Book Lester Del Rey - Robots And Changelings (1957)	ballantine books mmpb first printing, first edition reprint collection of ten short stories and a novelette cover art by richard powers (signed, uncredited) cover price 35¢ 176pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p. advertising
ppint. 10th Oct 2023		Book Beverley Nichols - The Mountain Of Magic (1950)	sequel to ''the stream that stood still'' (1948), q.v.
ppint. 10th Oct 2023		Book Beverley Nichols - The Mountain Of Magic (1950)	jonathan cape h/cvr first printing, first edition thirty bedford square london dedicated to my young friend rob stuart in the fond hope that he will always take after his mother and the happy assurance that he already takes after his grand-father cover (d-j) art (prob'ly by or from drawing by peggy fortnum; but °i don't have the d-j) colour frontispiece, b+w interior illustrations (both full-page and c. quarter-page chapter-headings) from drawings by peggy fortnum (unsigned, credited) cover (d-j) price (nyk°) 304pp. including ten pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, 2 blank end pp, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards, title, symbol, author & jonathan cape logo blocked in silver on spine
ppint. 10th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Immortality, Inc. (1978)	penguin books peacock books imprint first printing, first solo uk p/b edition previously published in ''the robert sheckley omnibus'' (uk 1973, uk p/b 1975), q.v. cover art by peter goodfellow (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price 75p, $2.25 australia 192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 10th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Immortality, Inc. (1959)	filmed as ''freejack'' (1992), q.v.
ppint. 9th Oct 2023		Book Spencer Shew - Hands Of The Ripper (1971)	author of ''a companion to murder'' (1960) and ''a second companion to murder'' (1961), qq.v.!!
ppint. 9th Oct 2023		Book Spencer Shew - Hands Of The Ripper (1971)	thomson books ltd. sphere books p/b first printing, first edition! cover art unsigned from film still or press/pr image! cover price (6/-) 30p, 7/25 east africa, 75c south africa, 1.00c australia, 1.00c new zealand!° 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp! ° - printed cover prices for australia and new zealand may not have been those intended!
ppint. 9th Oct 2023		Book John Brunner - The Whole Man (1973)	random house group ballantine books mmpb third printing cover art by charles moll (signed with stylised cm, credited) cover price $1.25 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 8th Oct 2023		Book Mack Reynolds - After Some Tomorrow (1967)	belmont publications belmont imprint mmpb simultaneous first printings, first edition cover art unsigned, uncredited photographic cover price 50¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state a belmont book---november 1967
ppint. 8th Oct 2023		Book Mack Reynolds - Dawnman Planet (1967)	serialised as ''beehive'' in analog vol. lxxxvi #4, #5; 12/1965, 1/1966, q.v. each part with two b+w illustrations by (frank) kelly freas
ppint. 8th Oct 2023		Book Mack Reynolds - Space Pioneer (1966)	serialised in analog vol. lxxvi #1, #2, #3; 9, 10, 11/1965, with two, two, & three b+w illustrations by (frank) kelly freas
ppint. 7th Oct 2023		Book Philip José Farmer - A Private Cosmos (1973)	the xxxxian and kiwiiiian prices given are as printed, but just possibly are not *quite* the prices intended. . .

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