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ppint. 7th Oct 2023		Book Douglas R. Mason - The Phaeton Condition (1974)	@jimess: thank-you.
ppint. 7th Oct 2023		Book Robert Conquest - A World Of Difference (1964)	ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings, first merkin edition, first p/b edition cover art by paul lehr (signed, uncredited) cover price 50¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed priority not established nor liable to be, both state first printing june 1964
ppint. 7th Oct 2023		Book John Brunner - Telepathist (1965)	faber & faber h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art cover (d-j) price 18/- 240pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, endcp, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 7th Oct 2023		Book John Brunner - Telepatul (1994)	is it not stated that this is a romanian translation of the fix-up novel, ''telepathist'', q.v. - rather than of the earlier collection, ''the whole man'' - to which it is currently linked ? - asked, because - whilst i do not know - it seems highly unlikely that john and marjorie, his agent (& wife), would've licenced a translation of the earlier collection any time after he'd revised the three novellas into the fix-up novel.
ppint. 7th Oct 2023		Book James Blish - The Seedling Stars (1983)	new american library signet mmpb simultaneous printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first thus half a signet double with one front cover, contents the same way up cover art by paul lehr (signed, heavily cropped, reduced, from ''galactic cluster'' (signet S1719 1959), q.v.) cover price $3.50 canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel cover price $2.95 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution ½ 336pp. (160pp. & 176pp.) (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. refer also to indicia publishing history printing number line to distinguish canadian-carcassed copies which drop the first digit ''1'' leaving first printing (double science fiction edition), march, 1983/23456789 formally identifying them as the second printing, though not in date of publication doubled with ''galactic cluster'' james blish (1959), q.v.
ppint. 7th Oct 2023		Book James Blish - Galactic Cluster (1983)	new american library signet books mmpb first printings thus half a signet double with one front cover, contents the same way up cover art by paul lehr, (signed, cut down and reduced from ''galactic cluster'' (signet S1719 1959), q.v.) cover price $3.50 canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel cover price $2.95 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution ½ 336pp. (160pp & 176pp.) (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. refer also to indicia publishing history printing number line to distinguish canadian-carcassed copies which drop the first digit ''1'' leaving first printing (double science fiction edition), march, 1983/23456789 formally identifying them as the second printing, though not in date of publication doubled with ''the seedling stars'' (1957), q.v.
ppint. 6th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Pilgrimage To Earth (1959)	contents: pilgrimage to earth (short story) playboy 9/1956; f&sf vol.12 #6, 6/1957, as ''love, incorporated'' all the things you are (ss) galaxy vol.12 #3, 7/1956, galaxy strato bre #42, 9/1956 trap (ss) galaxy vol.11 #4, 2/1956, as by ''finn o'donnevan'' the body (ss) galaxy vol.11 #3, 1/1956, galaxy strato bre #36, 3/1956 early model (ss) galaxy vol.12 #4, 8/1956, with three b+w illustrations by ed emshwiller disposal service (ss) (? where?) 1955 human man's burden (ss) galaxy vol.12 #5, 9/1956; galaxy strato bre #44, 11/1956 fear in the night (ss) today's woman ?/1952; argosy uk 2/1957 bad medicine (ss) galaxy vol.12 #3, 7/1956 as by ''finn o'donnevan''; galaxy strato bre #42, 9/1956, both with four b+w illustrations by cavat protection (ss) galaxy vol.11 #6, 4/1956; galaxy strato bre #39, 6/1956 earth, air, fire and water (ss) astounding vol. lv #5, 7/1955 deadhead (ss) galaxy vol.10 #4, 7/1955 the academy (novelette) if vol.3 #6, 8/1954, if strato bre vol.1 #13, 11/1954 milk run (ss) galaxy vol.8 #1, 9/1954; galaxy strato bre #23, 2/1955 (an AAA ace story) the lifeboat mutiny (ss) galaxy vol.10 #1, 4/1955; with a b+w illustration by sanford kossin (an AAA ace story)
ppint. 6th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Citizen In Space (1978)	this edition° was available in the yuk-of-gb-&-ni for a while as a saw-cut remainder. ° - check indicia publishing history for any indication of a second printing; but i know of only the one
ppint. 6th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Citizen In Space (1978)	contents: the mountain without a name (short story) (apparently original to this collection) the accountant (ss) f&sf vol.7 #1, 7/1954 hunting problem (ss) galaxy vol.10 #6, 9/1965; galaxy strato bre #33 a thief in time (novelette) galaxy vol.8 #4, 7/1954 the luckiest man in the world (ss) fantastic universe vol.3 #1, 2/1955 as ''the fortunate man'' hands off (ntte) galaxy vol.8 #1, 4/1954, three b+w illustrations by sanford kossin; galaxy strato bre #18, 9/1954, one b+w illustration by sanford kossin something for nothing (ss) galaxy vol.8 #3, 6/1954; galaxy strato bre #26, 5/1955 a ticket to tranai (ntte) galaxy vol.11 #1, 10/1955; galaxy strato bre #34, 1/1956 the battle (ss) if vol.4 #1, 9/1954, a b+w illustration by virgil finlay skulking permit (ntte) galaxy vol.9 #3, 12/1954, with three b+w illustrations by mel hunter citizen in space (ss) playboy 9/1955; argosy uk 4/1957 ask a foolish question (ss) science fiction stories #1, 6/1953
ppint. 6th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Citizen In Space (1968)	publisher is^W was somewhat wrong and should^W has been varied to ''ballantine bal-hi'' as bookcat goes by the imprint, not the publisher owning this, nor their ultimate owner.
ppint. 6th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Untouched By Human Hands (1955)	michael joseph first printing, first uk h/cvr edition, arguably ''first thus''° novels of tomorrow series - despite not being a novel - edited by clemence dane reprint collection of nine short stories and a novelette (° - drops two and adds two short stories) cover (d-j) art unsigned cover (d-j) price 12/- 256pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 6th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Dimension Of Miracles (1985)	victor gollancz first printing, first uk h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art none; typographical design in black and magenta on ''gollancz yellow'' field cover (d-j) price £8.95 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 6th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Dimension Of Miracles (1986)	wm collins sons group grafton books imprint p/b first printing, third uk p/b printing over-all retains isbn from the granada publishing panther books p/b edition cover art by poul webb (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £2.50, $7.95 australia, $8.95 new zealand 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (pagination suggests photo off-set from the previous year's victor gollancz h/cvr edition) month of publication not given, taken from locus
ppint. 6th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Dimension Of Miracles (1979)	this edition° was for a while available in the yuk-of-gb-&-ni as a saw-cut remainder. ° - check indicia publishing history for any indication of a second printing; but i know of only the one
ppint. 6th Oct 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Dimension Of Miracles (1979)	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books imprint first printing, not first mmpb edition cover art by rowena morrill (signed rowena, credited) cover price $1.95 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 6th Oct 2023		Book James Blish - Galactic Cluster (1961)	contents: to pay the piper (short story) if vol.6 #2, 2/1956 this earth of hours (ss) f&sf vol.16 #6, 6/1959 common time (ss) science fiction quarterly vol.2 #4, 8/1953; in ''shades of tomorrow'' ed. frederik pohl (1953), q.v.) beep (novelette) galaxy vol.7 #5-A, 2/1954; galaxy strato bre #16, 7/1954, both with four b+w illustrations by ed emshwiller beanstalk (novella) in ''future tense'' ed. kendell foster crossen (1952), q.v.; (original) science fiction stories vol.6 #4, 1/1956 as ''giants in the earth'', with b+w illustration by (frank) kelly freas a work of art (short story) (original) science fiction stories vol.7 #1, 7/1956 as ''art-work''
ppint. 6th Oct 2023		Book James Blish - Galactic Cluster (1961)	the science fiction book club first printing, first thus though not first uk h/cvr edition available to club members only, by mail-order on an opt-out subscription basis, then as an option whilst stock lasted reprint anthology of four short stories, a novelette and a novella contents differ from the faber & faber h/cvr uk first edition by dropping a novelette, adding a short story cover (d-j) art by john griffiths cover (d-j) price 236pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 5th Oct 2023		Book Larry T. Shaw - Terror! (1966)	lancer books mmpb first printing, first edition reprint anthology of thirteen short stories and two novelettes, introduced by larry t. shaw cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 50¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents, introduction etc, end pp.. advertising
ppint. 5th Oct 2023		Book Larry T. Shaw - Great Science Fiction Adventures (1968)	apparently an accidental duplicate/chimera entry by the op, which should accordingly be deleted.
ppint. 5th Oct 2023		Book Larry T. Shaw - Great Science Fiction Adventures (1968)	contents: from three issues of science fiction adventures, whose editor was - larry shaw: the starcombers (novella) edmond hamilton, sfa vol.1 #6, 12/1956, b+w illustration by bowman; science fiction adventures (uk)° #5, 11/1958, with b+w illustration by ed emshwiller hunt the space-witch! (nlla) robert silverberg, as by ivar jorgenson, sfa vol.2 #3, 1/1958, a b+w illustration by bowman the man from the big dark (nlla) john brunner, sfa vol.2 #6, 6/1958 (an interstellar empire story), b+w illustration by ed emshwiller the world otalmi made (novelette) harry harrison, sfa vol.2 #6, 6/1958, a b+w illustration by martinez ° - the uk edition of science fiction adventures started off as a bre (british reprint edition) re-edited by john carnell, as a companion magazine to new worlds & science fantasy, the two other magazines he edited for nova publications; but when the merkin original closed down, instead of closing the bre, john carnell re-launched it as a british original sf magazine, specialising in publishing short sf novels (including novellas) complete in each issue, with short stories to fill the magazines' pages as required.
ppint. 5th Oct 2023		Book Larry T. Shaw - Great Science Fiction Adventures (1968)	lancer books simultaneous second mmpb printings sharing merkin-printed covers reprint anthology of three novellas and a novelette cover art (unsigned, uncredited; reduced major detail of cover art by (frank) kelly freas for ''the end of eternity'' 72-107 (lancer ), q.v.) cover price 75¢ 288pp. (check) 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 only a lancer book • 1968 the card covers' printers seem to've been given inadequate or incorrect instructions - or else to've badly misunderstood lancer books production/art department's directions - and grossly overdone the size of the ''easy eye'' logo, to put it mildly... which didn't leave much room for the major detail of the re-used freas cover art, which had to be considerably over-reduced in consequence. . .
ppint. 5th Oct 2023		Book Larry T. Shaw - Great Science Fiction Adventures (1963)	lancer books mmpb first printing, first edition reprint anthology of three novellas and a novelette cover art by ed emshwiller (signed emsh, uncredited) cover price 59¢ 176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 5th Oct 2023		Book R. D. Farrow - Island Fortress (1956)	john spencer & co. badger books p/b first printing!
ppint. 5th Oct 2023		Book Mack Reynolds - The Jet Set (1964)	monarch books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 40¢ 128pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 5th Oct 2023		Book Mack Reynolds - The Earth War (1965)	four square books p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 3'6 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 5th Oct 2023		Book Mack Reynolds - The Cosmic Eye (1979)	nordon publications leisure imprint mmpb undated° first printing, re-using belmont publications typesetting, third mmpb printing over-all cover art by mike hinge (signed, uncredited) cover price $1.25 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - save for 1969 copyright date; entered publication date presumably taken from locus #221, 5/1979
ppint. 5th Oct 2023		Book Mack Reynolds - The Cosmic Eye (1975)	belmont tower mmpb first printing, re-using the belmont publications typesetting, second mmpb printing over-all cover art by jack faragasso (unsigned, uncredited detail from the belmont first edition's cover art) cover price 95¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 5th Oct 2023		Book Mack Reynolds - The Cosmic Eye (1969)	belmont publications belmont imprint mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition cover art by jack faragasso (unsigned, uncredited; art on artwanted.com website shows his signature) cover price 60¢ 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---september 1969
ppint. 5th Oct 2023		Book John Swenson - The John Lennon Story (1981)	@jpgr&b what leisure books have done is appended the cover price in cents to the isbn (isbn10 by default) - a common trick by some (many) merkin mmpb publishers for quite a while. they - nordon industries/publications, leisure books - also went through a period of inventing fake isbns by taking their legitimate publisher code, 0-8439-, adding the previous three-digit numerical part of the cat#, and then interpolating however many zeroes it took to expand the result up to ten digits, the final digit being the final digit of the previous cat# instead of a checksum digit (before appending the cover price in cents, giving a thirteen digit-long number-string). . . these are almost invariably detectable if you bother to recalculate what the checksum digit *should* have been, comparing this with what they claim: they can only match through sheer chance/chancer's luck. in this particular case, the isbn appears to be legitimate - they did get over the faking period - and the cat# on the cover is 1000 - top fly (right-hand) corner, under the lllogo & ''leisure''.
ppint. 5th Oct 2023		Book Alan Garner - The Moon Of Gomrath (1969)	penguin books ltd. penguin book (title page, under penguin logo) in association with collins published by penguin books (back cover) a puffin book (front cover followed by puffin emblem, on orangey-red band across bottom front cover) drops cat# third printing 1969 introductory quotation: 'and for to passe the tyme thys book shal be plesaunte to rede in, but for to gyve fayth and byleve that al is trewe that is conteyned herein, ye be at your lyberté.' william caxton 31 july 1485 cover art by george adamson (retained from previous puffin/penguin p/bs and first edition h/cvr d-j) cover price 25p, R0.50 south africa, $0.65 australia, $0.65 new zealand, $0.85 canada 176pp. including 12pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents (chapters), introductory quotation, 4pp. two b+w maps, about the author (nf note); 8 end pp: 3pp. notes including bibliography, 1p. blank, 4pp. advertising

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