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ppint. 28th Sep 2023		Book Mick Farren - The Texts Of Festival (1975)	over 1,000 avon mmpbs are already entered here on bookcat as publisher: avon
ppint. 27th Sep 2023		Book Charles 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
ppint. 27th Sep 2023		Book Charles 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
ppint. 27th Sep 2023		Book Charles 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
ppint. 26th Sep 2023		Book David 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).
ppint. 26th Sep 2023		Book David 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
ppint. 26th Sep 2023		Book David 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.
ppint. 26th Sep 2023		Book David 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
ppint. 26th Sep 2023		Book David Duncan - Dark Dominion (1955)	heinemann h/cvr first printing, first uk edition the poem, ''lucifer by starlight'' by george meredith (1883) is quoted in full on unnumbered p.6 cover (d-j) art by e. b. mudge-marriott (signed mudge-marriott, uncredited) cover (d-j) price 9/6d (some copies possibly (later?) priced 19/6d as per donald h. tuck) 240pp. including titles, indicia, poem, etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 26th Sep 2023		Book C. S. Lewis - The Screwtape Letters & Screwtape Proposes A Toast (1961)	geoffrey bles h/cvr first printing, first omnibus(?) edition/first thus adds the 1959 text of screwtape's extended after-dinner speech to hs thirty-one letters, plus a new nf introduction by the author cover (d-j) art none, typographical cover upon a basic design cover (d-j) price 12/6 160pp. including titles, indicia, introduction, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 26th Sep 2023		Book C. S. Lewis - The Screwtape Letters (1942)	Review thirty-one letters, thirty of advice; one.... not, from a senior devil to his nephew, wormwood, a junior devil, on how best and most easily to tempt the mortal in his charge, ''the patient'', into sin, pitfalls to be avoided along the way that might afford the soul entrusted to his care the chance to avoid eventual eternal damnation, and suggestions for how to recover from setbacks to his shepherding his charge down the slippery slope to hell - with occasional expressions of shock and horror at wormwood's naïvety and/or downright negligence at having allowed his charge to regain some measure of grace. if in the right mood, ''the screwtape letters'' is a good read - the humour is incisive, but mayn't lead to too much self-criticism - as well as at least potentially conducive of self-improvement... though c. s. lewis stated the letters were hard work, not fun to write, and that he was resolved to not write any further such, he did compose a further lengthy essay, ''screwtape proposes a toast'' in the form of an after-dinner speech, that was published in 1959 and appeared in omnibus edition together with the letters, as ''the screwtape letters & screwtape proposes a toast'' in 1961, q.v 1 person found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
ppint. 26th Sep 2023		Book C. S. Lewis - The Screwtape Letters (1942)	geoffrey bles - the centenary press h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art none: typographical cover cover (d-j) price 5/- (source: lloyd currey) 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards distinguish from near-identical(?) reprints: second printing 1942 third printing also 1942; title page states geoffrey bles : the centenary press 37 essex street, strand, london (the founder-owner of the centenary press introduced c. s. lewis to geoffrey bles and vice-versa, so that bles might take over publishing his works - and, presumably, the century press.°) and, quite probapossibly, further reprintings ° - geoffrey bles went on to publish much by c. s. lewis, including all but the last two of the narnia books.
ppint. 26th Sep 2023		Book C. S. Lewis - The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader (1975)	first published date corrected.
ppint. 25th Sep 2023		Book H. G. Wells - The Island Of Doctor Moreau (1958)	ace mmpb first printing, first mmpb edition, not first p/b edition title is ''the island of dr. moreau'' not ''... doctor ..''; which word does not appear in this p/b's title. ''english title'' field should contain ''the island of doctor moreau'' cover art unsigned(?), uncredited cover price 35¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 25th Sep 2023		Book Susanna Gregory - The Butcher Of Smithfield (2008)	first sphere imprint p/b printing is liable to've been 2009, the year after the h/cvr: should be checked.
ppint. 25th Sep 2023		Book Susanna Gregory - The Butcher Of Smithfield (2008)	thomas chaloner #3: #1: ''a conspiracy of violence'' (2006), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 25th Sep 2023		Book Susanna Gregory - The Chelsea Strangler (2016)	thomas chaloner #11: #1: ''a conspiracy of violence'' (2006), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 25th Sep 2023		Book Susanna Gregory - The Executioner Of St. Paul's (2017)	thomas chaloner #12: #1: ''a conspiracy of violence'' (2006), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 24th Sep 2023		Book James Blish - ...and All The Stars A Stage (1975)	serialised in amazing stories vol.34 #6, #7; 6/1960, 7/1960 each part with a b+w illustration by virgil finlay
ppint. 24th Sep 2023		Book James Blish - ...and All The Stars A Stage (1975)	transworld publishers corgi books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by anthony (tony) roberts (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price 40p, $1.30 australia, $1.30 new zealand 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 24th Sep 2023		Book James Blish - ...and All The Stars A Stage (1972)	faber & faber (though there was only ever the one) h/cvr first printing, first uk edition cover (d-j) art by judith ann lawrence cover (d-j) price £1.90 208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 24th Sep 2023		Book Susanna Gregory - A Conspiracy Of Violence (2007)	the title is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected: it should be ''a conspiracy of violence'' and not ''a conpiracy of violence''; there is no such word as ''conpiracy'' in english - not even as an obsolete legal term from the 17th, 18th &/or 19th centuries c.e.
ppint. 24th Sep 2023		Book Susanna Gregory - A Conspiracy Of Violence (2007)	thomas chaloner series #1: in order of publication: #1: ''a conspiracy of violence'' (2006), (this novel) #2: ''blood on the strand'' (2008), q.v. #3: ''the butcher of smithfield'' (2010), q.v. #4: ''the westminster poisoner'' (2010), q.v. #5: ''a murder on london bridge'' (2011), q.v. #6: ''the body in the thames'' (2011), q.v. #7: ''the piccadilly plot'' (2012), q.v. #8: ''death in st. james's park'' (2013), q.v. #9: ''murder on high holborn'' (2014), q.v. #10: ''the cheapside corpse'' (2015), q.v. #11: ''the chelsea strangler'' (2016), q.v. #12: ''the executioner of st. paul's'' (2017), q.v. #13: ''intrigue in covent garden'' (2018), q.v. #14: ''the clerkenwell affair'' (2020), q.v. #15: ''the pudding lane plot'' (2022), q.v.
ppint. 24th Sep 2023		Book Susanna Gregory - The Body In The Thames (2012)	a thomas chaloner adventure #6 (but this is nowhere stated) #1: ''a conspiracy of violence'' (2006), q.v.
ppint. 24th Sep 2023		Book Susanna Gregory - The Body In The Thames (2012)	hachette uk little, brown group sphere imprint p/b first printing dedication: for hendrick berends my dutch consultant cover art image of the savoy courtesy of the city of london archive b+w map of london with map of whitehall, etc, inset (unsigned, uncredited) cover price £8.99, $14.99 can(ada) 480pp. including eight unpaginated unnumbered pp. titles, indicia, etc, 4 end pp. advertising
ppint. 24th Sep 2023		Book Lin Carter - Tower At The Edge Of Time (1969)	tower books mmpb undated° simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, not first mmpb edition cover art unsigned(?), uncredited cover price 60¢ 144pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia printing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established, nor liable to be ° - year of publication estimated from interpolation of cat# into sequence of known publication dates, and comparison of cover prices of tower mmpbs of the same extent
ppint. 24th Sep 2023		Book Lin Carter - Tower At The Edge Of Time (1977)	belmont publications belmont tower imprint mmpb first printing, second belmont publications mmpb printing over-all, but third mmpb printing over-all because of the intervening 1969 tower mmpb. . . cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price $1.50 144pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 24th Sep 2023		Book Lin Carter - Thongor And The Wizard Of Lemuria (1976)	publisher is^W was still wrong and should^W still^W has now been corrected date of this edition is still wrong and should still be corrected
ppint. 24th Sep 2023		Book Lester Del Rey - Step To The Stars (1966)	cat# is^W was still wrong and should^W still^W has now been corrected to 52-955 as per the cover image and as per the correction of 13/7/2019, and that of 24/8/2023, with full listing of paperback library mmpb cat# prefixes and the prices they indicate
ppint. 24th Sep 2023		Book George MacDonald - At The Back Of The North Wind (1966)	thomas bouregy & co. airmont books small format trade p/b first printing airmont classics series CL100 nf introduction by dr. alan c. thomas likely © copyright 1966 cover art unsigned, uncredited interior b+w illustrations probably by arthur hughes (1871), but i've not checked this; the novel, illustrated by arthur hughes, was first published 1870 or 1871 with illustrations by jessie wilcox smith, first published 1919 with illustrations by f. d. bedford, first published 1924 with illustrations by frances brundage, first published 1927 cover price 60¢ 288pp. including titles, indicia, introduction, etc. distinguish from at least one further printing, perhaps more, by reference to the last printed page of the text (i.e. ignoring any advertising/promotional pages) for printer's code/abbreviation of date, also increase in printed cover price; cover price 75¢ known, is the cover image above; date not given by original poster

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