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ppint. 23rd Sep 2023		Book Lewis Carroll - Alice's Adventures In Wonderland And Through The Looking Glass (1965)	thomas bouregy & co. airmont books small format trade p/b first printing airmont classics series fiction, fantasy, mathematics, philosophy, religion, topology - and humour - and not a little satire nf introduction by c. l. bennet cover art unsigned, uncredited b+w interior art by sir john tenniel (from 1865 & 1871) cover price 50¢ 256pp. including titles, indicia etc. distinguish from near-identical reprintings by rising cover price and also by reference to last or penultimate page of printed text for printer's code/abbreviation of printing date° reprints rise to at least cover price 95¢ ° their last reprinting may lack any printer's code/abbreviation
ppint. 23rd Sep 2023		Book Jules Verne - A Journey To The Center Of The Earth (1965)	thomas bouregy & co. airmont books small format trade p/b first printing, of first p/b edition airmont classic series uses the first english translation, published by griffith and farran in h/cvr (1871 or 1872), q.v. nf introduction by robert a. w. lowndes cover art unsigned, uncredited, still as-yet unattributed sfaik cover price 95¢ 256pp. including titles, indicia, introduction, etc, end pp. advertising last or penultimate page of text usually bears the printer's job (abbreviation of) date printed highly unlikely to boast an sbn, let alone an isbn - this is prob'ly an amazoniclasm, as the sbn wasn't invented 'til later in the sixties - until a considerably later printing; the cover shown is of a later reprinting.
ppint. 23rd Sep 2023		Book James Blish - The Duplicated Man (1964)	revision° of the short novel/novella published in dynamic science fiction vol.1 #4, 8/1953 ° - yr hmbl srppnt.'s not compared the texts to say whether expanded, or by how much, if so
ppint. 23rd Sep 2023		Book H. G. Wells - The Island Of Doctor Moreau (1966)	thomas bouregy & co. airmont books undated small format trade p/b iiuc, not an mmpb, unstated ordinality of printing probapossibly more than one printing° classics series CL110 nf introduction by r. a. w. lowndes cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 50¢ 128pp. including titles, indicia etc, nf introduction, end pp. ° refer to last or penultimate page of printed text - usually not including any advertising or promotional material - for printer's job abbreviation of month-year date. ° - this may've been produced legally without payment to the author's estate under merkin copyright law, as it took quite a while for this to be brought in-line with that of the rest of the civilised world
ppint. 23rd Sep 2023		Book Philip Wylie - After Worlds Collide (1973)	warner publishing warner paperback library mmpb first printing, sixth paperback library printing over-all (accounting the two 6/1970 variants as one printing) cover art by stan (stanislaw) zagorski (signed zagorski, credited) cover price 75¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising distinguish from near-identical seventh printing by reference to the indicia printing history which adds line stating seventh printing: september, 1973
ppint. 23rd Sep 2023		Book Philip Wylie - After Worlds Collide (1970)	coronet communications paperback library simultaneous mmpb fifth printings cover art by michael leonard (signed leonard, uncredited) cover price 75¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia printing history to see if carcass (''body text'') of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state fifth printing, june, 1970
ppint. 23rd Sep 2023		Book Philip Wylie - The Savage Gentleman (1952)	anc avon publishing co. avon imprint undated?° mmpb first printing cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price (none printed, 25¢ was presumed unless elsewise indicated) 160pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 22nd Sep 2023		Book Terry Pratchett - Mort: A Discworld Big Comic (1994)	first published date is^W was still wrong and should^W still^W has now been corrected to 1994 this is the simultaneous first edition
ppint. 22nd Sep 2023		Book Terry Pratchett - Mort: A Discworld Big Comic (1994)	first published date is^W was still wrong and should^W still^W has been corrected to 1994 this is the simultaneous first edition
ppint. 22nd Sep 2023		Book James Blish - Earthman, Come Home (1958)	avon books simultaneous mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, abridged edition states ''specially abridged by the author'' on cover, as required by the FTC, and on the title page cover art unsigned, uncredited, still as-yet sfaik unattributed cover price 35¢ 192pp. 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, both state only the 1958 copyright year year of publication taken from donald h. tuck, ibid.
ppint. 22nd Sep 2023		Book James Blish - The Warriors Of Day (1979)	''serialized'' as ''sword of xota'' in two complete science-adventure books #3, summer (8/1951), q.v.
ppint. 22nd Sep 2023		Book James Blish - The Warriors Of Day (1979)	london weekend television hutchinson publishing group arrow books p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by chris foss (signed with his f in a line-drawn box, uncredited) cover price 95p, $3.20 australia, $2.95 new zealand, not for sale in canada 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising a 1978 primarily public libraries-aimed uk h/cvr by severn house was licenced by the hutchinson group, but i've not seen a copy of this - so far
ppint. 22nd Sep 2023		Book James Blish - The Warriors Of Day (1967)	lancer books simultaneous mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first mmpb edition, not first p/b edition cover art by armand weston (signed weston, uncredited; attribution by william j. denholm iii, ibid.) cover price 60¢ 160pp. 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, both state a lancer book • 1967
ppint. 22nd Sep 2023		Book James Blish - The Warriors Of Day (1953)	galaxy publishing corp. galaxy novels digest format p/b first printing, first edition cover art by paul callé (signed, possibly credited) cover price 35¢ 128pp. including titles, indicia etc, possibly including covers (check)
ppint. 21st Sep 2023		Book Sinclair Lewis - Main Street (1961)	dedication: to james branch cabell and joseph hergesheimer
ppint. 21st Sep 2023		Book Diane Duane - A Wizard Alone (2003)	bar-code number truncated by too-small field: 0 47132 00695 1 04911 the last bloc being the book's cat# and the only part of the bar-code number unique to this book
ppint. 21st Sep 2023		Book Diane Duane - A Wizard Alone (2003)	young wizards #6: #1: ''so you want to be a wizard'' (1983), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 21st Sep 2023		Book Diane Duane - A Wizard Alone (2003)	harcourt, inc. magic carpet books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition dedication: for all the friends from payne whitney cover art by cliff nielsen (unsigned, credited on back cover, ©2003) cover design by virginia andrew (credited on back cover) cover price $6.95/higher in canada 352pp. including twelve unpaginated pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc; 20 end pp: including ''that getaway urge'' 12pp. extract from ''wizard's holiday'' (2003), young wizards #7; 6 blank end pp. indicia printing letter line: aceghfdb distinguish from at least one near-identical undated reprint by reference to the indicia printing letter line dropping alphabetically successive letters; i.e. ceghfdb indicates second printing; ceghfd would indicate third printing, etc.
ppint. 21st Sep 2023		Book Diane Duane - A Wizard Alone (2002)	harcourt, inc. h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by cliff nielsen cover (d-j) price $17.00 320pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards indicia printing letter line aceghfdb distinguish from 12/2002 near-identical science fiction book club h/cvr edition: cover (d-j) price (none) sfbc cat# 55012 on back d-j indicia printing should not bear printing letter line, but i've not seen a copy to check this
ppint. 20th Sep 2023		Book Roger Harris - The LSD Dossier (1966)	nick allard #1: #1 by roger harris, rewritten by michael moorcock for publication (source: lloyd currey), #2 & #3 by michael moorcock; #1 published as by roger harris, #2 & #3 as by bill barclay: #1: ''the lsd dossier'' (1965), (this book) #2: ''somewhere in the night'' (1966), q.v. #3: ''printer's devil'' (1966), q.v. #2 & #3 comprehensively rewritten and published as the jerry cornell duology: 2#1: ''the chinese agent'' (1970), q.v. 2#2: ''the russian intelligence'' (1980), q.v. omnibus edition of the jerry cornell duology: 2#O: ''jerry cornell's comic capers'' (2005), q.v.
ppint. 20th Sep 2023		Book Roger Harris - The LSD Dossier (1966)	roberts & vinter compact books p/b first printing, first edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 3/6 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 20th Sep 2023		Book Michael Moorcock - Somewhere In The Night (1966)	roberts & vinter compact books p/b first printing, first edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 3/6 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 20th Sep 2023		Book Michael Moorcock - Printer's Devil (1966)	roberts & vinter compact books p/b first printing, first edition cover art unsigned (? or possibly signed kr for keith roberts ??) cover price 3/6 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 20th Sep 2023		Book John Hersey - Hiroshima (1951)	Review this work of journalism is not fiction, and this mis-categorisation should^W has been deleted. hersey interviewed many people who had - at least for a while - survived the immediate ''nuclear bombing'', or ''nuking'' of hiroshima - which, together with the similar destruction of nagasaki - was initially celebrated, and not only the cause of celebrations, but even made the topic of jokes in america and elsewhere (and probably in the uk and the british empire, too; though i do not know this). he also did follow-up interviews with many people. following the experiences of six real people from just before the atomic bomb was detonated above hiroshima, this was thought to be so important a piece of journalism when it was received by the editor, that instead of its being broken into several episodes and published in consecutive issues, the whole article - all 31,000 words of it - was published in a single issue of the new yorker, on 31/8/1946. it sold out at newsstands within a few hours. it was published in hardcover by alfred a. knopf later on in 1946; the book of the month club sent its edition free of charge to all of its members, and it was read aloud on the american broadcasting company's network in four half-hour installments; it was also read out on the bbc on the home service, iiuc. it is probably the single most important factor in the awakening of non-japanese people to the 'til then unimaginable magnitude of the horrors of the use of nuclear weapons, and the moral questions their existence raises. 1 person found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
ppint. 20th Sep 2023		Book Terry Carr - Universe 15 (1987)	tom doherty associates tor books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition original anthology of five novelettes and five short stories cover art unsigned can(adian) isbn 0-812-53266-X cover price can(ada) $4.50 cover price u.s. $3.50 256pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp.
ppint. 20th Sep 2023		Book P. G. Wodehouse - Uncle Dynamite (1950)	a dell ''mapback'' mmpb
ppint. 20th Sep 2023		Book Henry Kuttner - Murder Of A Mistress (1957)	michael gray #3: #1: ''the murder of eleanor pope'' (1956), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 20th Sep 2023		Book Henry Kuttner - Murder Of A Mistress (1957)	permabook mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by paul bacon, cover photo (? used in composition?) by silver studio cover price 35¢ 172pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 20th Sep 2023		Book Henry Kuttner - Murder Of A Wife (1958)	michael gray #4: #1: ''the murder of eleanor pope'' (1956), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 20th Sep 2023		Book Henry Kuttner - Murder Of A Wife (1958)	permabook mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by william rose (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price 35¢ 184pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp.

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