ppint. 29th Sep 2023 | | BookDavid Langford - An Account Of A Meeting With Denizens Of Another World, 1871 (1980) | st. martin's press h/cvr first printing, first merkin edition
written by david langford, as by william robert loosley, edited and with commentary by david langford
cover (d-j) art b+w photograph above typography, used from david & charles first edition d-j
cover (d-j) price $7.95
96pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
month of publication not given, taken from locus 232, 4/1980
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ppint. 29th Sep 2023 | | BookDavid Langford - An Account Of A Meeting With Denizens Of Another World, 1871 (1979) | david & charles h/cvr first printing, first edition
written by david langford, as by william robert loosley, edited and with commentary by david langford
cover (d-j) art b+w photograph (bust of a victorian gentleman) above typography in assorted styles
cover (d-j) price £4.50
96pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
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ppint. 29th Sep 2023 | | BookBrian M. Stableford - The Third Millennium (1988) | wm collins sons grafton books paladin imprint b-format p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition (sfaik)
cover art by chris moore (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £4.50, $12.95 australia, $17.95 new zealand
336pp. (check) including (i-)x pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, 4 unnumbered pp. b+w photographs between pp. 158, 159; 14 end pp: 10pp. index, 3pp. advertising
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ppint. 29th Sep 2023 | | BookBrian M. Stableford - The Third Millennium (1985) | random house, inc. alfred a. knopf landscape format h/cvr first printing, first merkin edition
simultaneous with the knopf tp/b first printing, probably sharing collected signatures with this
cover (d-j) art unsigned, uncredited, centered upon a hologram printed on aluminum(?) foil(?)
cover (d-j) price $20.00
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
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ppint. 28th Sep 2023 | | BookBrian M. Stableford - The Third Millennium (1985) | macmillan group sidgwick & jackson landscape format h/cvr first printing, first edition
sfnal history of the developments from 2000 to 3000 ad/ce, as seen from 3000 ad/ce
cover (d-j) art largely typographical upon a blue field, centered upon a hologram
cover (d-j) price £12.95
224pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
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ppint. 28th Sep 2023 | | BookPaul Barnett - Strider's Universe (1998) | the strider chronicles duology #2:
#1: ''strider's galaxy'' (1987), q.v.
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ppint. 28th Sep 2023 | | BookPaul Barnett - Strider's Universe (1998) | little, brown (warner books uk) futura publications p/b first printing, possibly first edition
prepared as a random century arrow books legend imprint title, with assigned isbn
cover art by roger harris (unsigned)
cover price £5.99, $14.95 australia, $8.99 canada
but also states not for sale in the usa or canada°
440pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
° - publishers!
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ppint. 28th Sep 2023 | | BookPaul Barnett - Strider's Universe (1998) | this was prepared for publication by century hutchinson/random century arrow books as a legend imprint p/b, with this isbn, but i'm not certain it was published before the legend imprint was sold to little, brown (warner books uk).
very possibly a 45worlds book ''unicorn''
it certainly appeared as a little, brown group futura publications orbit book p/b in 1998.
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ppint. 28th Sep 2023 | | BookPaul Barnett - Strider's Galaxy (1997) | the strider chronicles duology #1:
#1: ''strider's galaxy'' (1997), (this book)
#2: ''strider's universe'' (1998), q.v.
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ppint. 28th Sep 2023 | | BookPaul Barnett - Strider's Galaxy (1997) | random century arrow books legend imprint p/b first printing, first edition
cover art by nick farmer
cover price £5.99, $14.95 australia, $6.99 canada
372pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 28th Sep 2023 | | BookJohn Brunner - Doppelgänger (1981) | first published date is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to 1969
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ppint. 28th Sep 2023 | | BookJohn Brunner - Doppelgänger (1981) | english title is^W was slightly wrong and should^W has been corrected to ''double, double'',
allowing bookcat to sort all correctly centered editions and translations of the novel together.
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ppint. 28th Sep 2023 | | BookJohn Brunner - The Traveler In Black (1977) | contents:
four thematically-linked novelettes featuring the enigmatic observer, the traveller in black:
imprint of chaos (science fantasy #42, 8/1960; possibly sharing cover art by brian lewis)
break the door of hell (impulse vol.1 #2, 4/1966)
the wager lost by winning (fantastic vol.19 #4, 4/1970, two b+w illustrations by michael kaluta)
dread empire (fantastic vol.20 #4, 4/1971, a b+w illustration by michael (mike) kaluta
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ppint. 28th Sep 2023 | | BookJohn Brunner - Double, Double (1971) | sidgwick & jackson first printing, first uk and first h/cvr edition
cover (d-j) art unsigned
cover (d-j) price £2.50
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
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ppint. 28th Sep 2023 | | BookJohn Brunner - Double, Double (1969) | ballantine books mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited - unsurprisingly unclaimed as rather an off-putting shade of pink
cover price 75¢
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 28th Sep 2023 | | BookJohn Brunner - The Stardroppers (1972) | daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
cover art by jack gaughan (unsigned, credited)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed with his jg digraph, uncredited)
near-meaningless daw books collector no.23
cover price 95¢
144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first printing, 1972
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ppint. 28th Sep 2023 | | BookJohn Brunner - The Stardroppers (1982) | hamlyn paperbacks p/b first printing, first uk edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price £1.10, $3.95 australia
144pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 28th Sep 2023 | | BookJohn Brunner - The Stone That Never Came Down (1978) | new english library p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited; looks like the work of joe petagno
cover price 75p, $1.95 australia, $2.45 new zealand, $2.25 canada
208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
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ppint. 28th Sep 2023 | | BookJohn Brunner - The Stone That Never Came Down (1975) | refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first printing, january, 1975/123456789
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
near-meaningless daw books collector no.133
cover price $1.25
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed, uncredited)
cover art by (frank) kelly freas (credited)
daw books simultaneous near-identical mmpbs sharing merkin-printed covers, first p/b edition
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ppint. 28th Sep 2023 | | BookDavid Bischoff - Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) | over 1,000 avon books mmpbs are already entered here on bookcat as publisher: avon
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ppint. 28th Sep 2023 | | BookTed Morgan - Literary Outlaw (1990) | over 1,000 avon books mmpbs, yp/bs are already entered here on bookcat as publisher: avon
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ppint. 28th Sep 2023 | | BookBrian Jacques - Mossflower (1990) | over 1,000 avon books mmpbs are already entered here on bookcat as publisher ''avon''
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ppint. 28th Sep 2023 | | BookMick Farren - The Texts Of Festival (1975) | over 1,000 avon mmpbs are already entered here on bookcat as publisher: avon
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ppint. 27th Sep 2023 | | BookCharles L. Harness - The Paradox Men (1976) | new english library p/b first printing, not first uk p/b and preceded by the godfrey philips-new english library four square books p/b, q.v.
new english library sf master series / master sf series (spine / front cover declarations differ)
cover art by gordon c. davies (unsigned, uncredited; seen reported by online seller, source: ?)
cover price 60p, 64p rep.(ublic) of ireland, 155pts spain, 65p gibraltar, 65c malta, 650mils cyprus, $1.75 australia, $1.90 new zealand, $2.25 canada, $3.60 trinidad (w.i.)
160pp. (re-check) including titles, indicia, introduction, etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 27th Sep 2023 | | BookCharles L. Harness - The Paradox Men (1965) | (possibly j. m.. dent / readers union group /) the science fiction book club h/cvr first printing, not first uk h/cvr edition, for sale only to club members by mail-order, initially upon an opt-out, near-inertia sales model, then as an orderable option whilst stock remained
includes nf introduction by brian w. aldiss
cover (d-j) art by john griffiths (a variation of ''the blob'')
cover (d-j) price
256pp..(check) including titles, indicia, introduction etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
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ppint. 27th Sep 2023 | | BookCharles L. Harness - The Paradox Men (1964) | faber & faber (though there was only ever the one) h/cvr first printing, first uk edition
adds nf introduction by brian w. aldiss
cover (d-j) art unsigned, uncredited(?) monochrome close-up of alien face, green principle typography
cover (d-j) price 18/-
248pp. (check) including titles, indicia, introduction etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
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ppint. 26th Sep 2023 | | BookDavid Duncan - Occam's Razor (1959) | phoenix house science fiction book club h/cvr edition, not first uk h/cvr°
cover (d-j) art by c. w. bacon in browny-red on ?grey (signed cwb, uncredited)
cover price (5s.6d. plus postage)
200pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
° - the first uk h/cvr edition was by victor gollancz (1958), which may have been the first h/cvr edition (if the ballantine books h/cvr did not appear).
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ppint. 26th Sep 2023 | | BookDavid Duncan - Occam's Razor (1957) | ballantine books mmpb first printing, possibly simultaneous with their h/cvr first printing if this occurred; first edition
cover art by richard powers (looks as though it has part of another powers painting printed towards fly edge (and beyond); unsigned, uncredited; attributed in ''the art of richard powers'' richard powers, jane frank (2001) q.v.)
cover price 35¢
176pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 26th Sep 2023 | | BookDavid Duncan - Beyond Eden (1955) | ballantine books h/cvr first printing, simultaneous with mmpb first printing, first edition
dedication: for emily, margaret, and miranda
cover (d-j) art by richard powers (signed powers, uncredited(?), art shared with ballantine mmpb°)
cover (d-j) price $2.00 (from review copy inlaid slip) (given as $2.50 in mmpb, and by d. h. tuck)
176pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. bound with endpapers between covered boards
° - typography differs: title in white is in chief, with author in white below, at waist level of main figure, plus author of dark dominion on line below; no logo, publisher id, cat# nor aught else in black.
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ppint. 26th Sep 2023 | | BookDavid Duncan - Beyond Eden (1955) | ballantine books mmpb first printing, simultaneous with ballantine books h/cvr first edition
cover art by richard powers (signed powers, uncredited(?); shared with h/cvr first printing)
cover price 35¢
176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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