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ppint. 30th Sep 2023		Book Stewart Cowley - Starliners (1980)	includes identified retitled reprinted cover art by: peter elson (14) fred gambino (2) david jackson (1) chris moore (10) tony (anthony) roberts (2) it is possible that some of the other pieces are retitled re-uses of previously published art by: nick fox (nick bantock) (1) fred gambino (1) david (a.) hardy (2) prieto muriana (1) jeffrey ridge (1) trevor webb (5
ppint. 30th Sep 2023		Book Stewart Cowley - Starliners (1980)	hamlyn publishing group hamlyn imprint large format h/cvr first printing, first edition terran trade authority series collecting sf art by various artists, mostly reprinted cover art, each with brief science fictional ''nf'' introductory details, comments, etc. by stewart cowley cover (?d-j?°) art by jeffrey ridge cover (d-j?°) price £3.95 96pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound between laminated boards (iirc) ° - iirc all of these tta series books that i looked at had laminated boards with paper dust-jackets, both bearing the identical wrap-around cover art and typography; but i'm not certain i looked at all of the books in the ''terran trade authority'' series
ppint. 30th Sep 2023		Book Henry Kuttner - Robots Have No Tails (1973)	lancer books simultaneous mmpb first printings, first p/b edition lancer science fiction library series cover art by ron walotsky (signed walotsky, uncredited) cover price 95¢ 224pp. including titles, indicia, nf introduction by c. l. moore 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 bear printer's gutter code date 4-73 on p.221
ppint. 30th Sep 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - The World At The End Of Time (1990)	title entered is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to ''the world at the end of time'' as per the title upon the cover image and the title page.
ppint. 29th Sep 2023		Book David Langford - The Dragonhiker's Guide To Battlefield Covenant At Dune's Edge: Odyssey Two (1988)	contents: introduction (possibly not entirely serious) guest introduction by hrln ellsn xanthospia . p*rs anthny (original) tales of the black scriveners . is*c asmv (original) look at it this way (poem) lws crrll (amazing vol.59 #2, 7/1985) the distressing damsel . the brthrs grmm (amazing vol.58 #2, 7/1984); white dwarf #65, 5/1985 duel of words . frnk hrbrt (sfinx #2.2, 1983) (a novacon garland'' 11/1985) the thing in the bedroom . wll*m hp* hdgsn (knave uk 11/1984) the gutting . a. n. horrorauthor (extract from the then unpublished ''guts!'' john grant, dave langford (2001), q.v.) the mad gods' omelette . mchl mrcck (white dwarf #59, 11/1984) jellyfish . dmn rnyn (sfinx #11, 10/1976); (knave ?uk? 1985) lost event horizon . e. e. smth attrib, (imagine #12, 3/1984) outbreak . jms wht* (a novacon garland° 11/1985) ° - title of half a novacon double, saddle-stapled, ''free'' to registered members of novacon 15 ½ 28pp. (? including card covers, titles ?) with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other doubled with ''the interpreters'' (short story) james white, q.v. (original) (a sector general story)
ppint. 29th Sep 2023		Book David Langford - The Dragonhiker's Guide To Battlefield Covenant At Dune's Edge: Odyssey Two (1988)	drunken dragon press ~simultaneous first h/cvr editions sharing collected signatures, first edition (also: a de luxe leather-bound edition limited to 100 copies similar internally, isbn 0-947578-51-X) mixed original and reprint collection of parodies of popular author's stereotypical works: eleven short stories, a poem and two introductions cover (d-j) art none, typographical cover cover (d-j) price £9.95 (the advertised leather-bound limited edition price was £24.95) 144pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp, bound between covered boards
ppint. 29th Sep 2023		Book David Langford - The Space Eater (1982)	lwt/century hutchinson group arrow books p/b first printing, first edition cover art cover price £1.75 304pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 29th Sep 2023		Book David Langford - An Account Of A Meeting With Denizens Of Another World, 1871 (1980)	this was apparently taken seriously as non-fiction and adduced as such by a merkin author.
ppint. 29th Sep 2023		Book David 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
ppint. 29th Sep 2023		Book David 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
ppint. 29th Sep 2023		Book Brian 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
ppint. 29th Sep 2023		Book Brian 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
ppint. 28th Sep 2023		Book Brian 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
ppint. 28th Sep 2023		Book Paul Barnett - Strider's Universe (1998)	the strider chronicles duology #2: #1: ''strider's galaxy'' (1987), q.v.
ppint. 28th Sep 2023		Book Paul 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!
ppint. 28th Sep 2023		Book Paul 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.
ppint. 28th Sep 2023		Book Paul Barnett - Strider's Galaxy (1997)	the strider chronicles duology #1: #1: ''strider's galaxy'' (1997), (this book) #2: ''strider's universe'' (1998), q.v.
ppint. 28th Sep 2023		Book Paul 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
ppint. 28th Sep 2023		Book John Brunner - Doppelgänger (1981)	first published date is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to 1969
ppint. 28th Sep 2023		Book John 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.
ppint. 28th Sep 2023		Book John 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
ppint. 28th Sep 2023		Book John 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
ppint. 28th Sep 2023		Book John 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
ppint. 28th Sep 2023		Book John 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
ppint. 28th Sep 2023		Book John 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
ppint. 28th Sep 2023		Book John 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
ppint. 28th Sep 2023		Book John 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
ppint. 28th Sep 2023		Book David Bischoff - Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)	over 1,000 avon books mmpbs are already entered here on bookcat as publisher: avon
ppint. 28th Sep 2023		Book Ted Morgan - Literary Outlaw (1990)	over 1,000 avon books mmpbs, yp/bs are already entered here on bookcat as publisher: avon
ppint. 28th Sep 2023		Book Brian Jacques - Mossflower (1990)	over 1,000 avon books mmpbs are already entered here on bookcat as publisher ''avon''

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