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ppint.
14th Oct 2023
Book
Robert Sheckley - Hunter/Victim (1988)
abp methuen london p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition

cover art by peter elson (signed pe in line-drawn box, shared from methuen london h/cvr d-j)
cover price £3.50
240pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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14th Oct 2023
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Robert Sheckley - Hunter/Victim (1988)
abp methuen london h/cvr first printing, first h/cvr edition
(we didn't manage to get the h/cvr out before the signet mmpb though, so not the first edition)

cover (d-j) art by peter elson (signed pe in line-drawn box, credited)
cover (d-j) price £10.95
240pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards

ppint.
14th Oct 2023
Book
Robert Sheckley - Victim Prime (1987)
abp methuen london p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition

cover art by peter elson (signed pe in line-drawn box, shared from first edition h/cvr d-j, in borders)
cover price £2.50
208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

ppint.
14th Oct 2023
Book
Robert Sheckley - Victim Prime (1987)
abp methuen london h/cvr first printing, first edition

cover (d-j) art by peter elson (signed pe in line-drawn box, credited on d-j back flap)
cover (d-j) price £9.95
208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards

ppint.
14th Oct 2023
Book
Robert Sheckley - The Tenth Victim (1969)
granada publishing mayflower books imprint p/b third printing over-all, with new

cover art (collage; from film stills/press/pr images (?))
cover price 4/- (20p), 50c south africa, 65c australia, 65c new zealand
112pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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14th Oct 2023
Book
Robert Sheckley - The Tenth Victim (1966)
ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition

novelisation by robert sheckley of the joseph e. levine film, ''la decima vittima'' (elio petri) based upon ''the seventh victim'' robert sheckley (galaxy vol.6 #1, 4/1953);
ballantine books did not publish their edition as a science fiction category novel.

cover art (composed from two images from the film/press/pr stills)
cover price 60¢
168pp. including titles, indicia etc, eight unnumbered pp. photographs from film, 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 edition, december, 1965
but ballantine books' inlaid review slip state publication date of 3rd january, 1966 (source: lloyd currey)

ppint.
14th Oct 2023
Book
Robert Sheckley - The Robert Sheckley Omnibus (1973)
contents:

introduction (nf) robert conquest (editor, as in the selecter of the stories included herein)
''immortality, inc.'' (1959), q.v.
specialist (short story) galaxy vol. 6 #2, 5/1953, b+w illustration by callé
bad medicine (ss) galaxy vol.12 #3, 7/1956, strato bre #42, 9/1956, both: as by finn o'donnevan, three b+w illustrations by cavat
pilgrimage to earth (ss) playboy 9/1956, f&sf vol.12 #6, 6/1957, both: as ''love, incorporated''
ask a foolish question (ss) science fiction stories #1, (6/)1953
a ticket to tranai (novelette) galaxy vol.11 #1, 10/1955; strato bre #34, 1/1956 both: three b+w illustrations by cavat
the battle (ss) if vol.4 #1 9/1954, one b+w illustration by virgil finlay
hands off (ntte) galaxy vol. 8 #1, 4/1954, three b+w illustrations by kossin, strato bre #18, 9/1954, two of the three
the prize of peril (ss) f&sf vol.14 #5, 5/1958, the cover story, art by ed emshwiller
hunting problem (ss) galaxy vol. 10 #6, 9/1955, strato bre #33, 12/1955, both: a b+w illustration by hunter
ghost v (ss) galaxy vol.9 #1, 10/1954, a b+w illustration by sanford kossin (an aaa ace story)
something for nothing (ss) galaxy vol. 8 #3, 6/1954, strato bre #26, 5/1955, both: a b+w illustration by dick francis
the store of the worlds (ss) playboy, 9/1959

ppint.
14th Oct 2023
Book
Robert Sheckley - The Robert Sheckley Omnibus (1973)
victor gollancz h/cvr first printing, first edition

reprint collection of ten short stories, two novelettes and one novel, nf introduction by robert conquest

cover (d-j) art none, typographical d-j in black and magenta on ''gollancz yellow'' field
cover (d-j) price
320pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards

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


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