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ppint. 20th Sep 2023		Book Henry Kuttner - The Murder Of Ann Avery (1959)	michael gray #2: #1: ''the murder of eleanor pope'' (1946), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 20th Sep 2023		Book Henry Kuttner - The Murder Of Eleanor Pope (1956)	michael gray #1 novels of crime detection, analysis and prevention by a clinical psychiatrist - written by an author doing an ma - a further degree - in (iiuc) clinical psychology at usc (the university of southern california); the last books henry kuttner wrote as he began to concentrate upon this - and then, alas, died 3/2/1958 very unexpectedly in his sleep, it is believed of a stroke, at not yet 43. (c. l. moore, professional author in her own right, and then his equal partner - and then also his wife - married again, but to a man who strongly disapproved of her writing sf and fantasy.) #1: ''the murder of eleanor pope'' (1956), (this book) #2: ''the murder of ann avery'' (1956), q.v. #3: ''the murder of a mistress'' (1957), q.v. #4: ''the murder of a wife'' (1958), q.v.
ppint. 20th Sep 2023		Book Henry Kuttner - The Murder Of Eleanor Pope (1956)	permabook mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by alfred gescheidt (unsigned, combined photographic and painted parts) cover price 25¢ 152pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 20th Sep 2023		Book C. L. Moore - Black God's Kiss (2007)	nothing whatsoever to do with the two-dimensional red sonja, who (possibly paradoxically, in view of her hollywood representation) is rather flat. - if anything, the fantasy comic heroine most akin to jirel is redfox, especially during the period when chris bell was writing the plots and scripting the issues of this comic - for valkyrie comics).
ppint. 20th Sep 2023		Book C. L. Moore - Doomsday Morning (1987)	popular library questar series mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition ''first popular library printing: july, 1987''; ''questar'' is not mentioned on the title page cover art by vincent difate (signed, credited) canadian isbn 044520463X cover price $3.50 u.s.a. ($4.50 canada) 240pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 20th Sep 2023		Book C. L. Moore - Doomsday Morning (1960)	world distributors (manchester) ltd. wdl books p/b first printing, first uk edition author mistakenly mis-credited as ''c. e. moore'' cover art unsigned, uncredited; prob'ly by edgar hodges on stylistic grounds cover price 2'6 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 20th Sep 2023		Book C. L. Moore - Doomsday Morning (1968)	the hearst corporation avon books simultaneous mmpb third printings over-all (the simultaneous first printings being retrospectively accounted the first and second printings), sharing merkin-printed covers with new cover art by douglas rosa (unsigned, credited; back cover art is l-r reflexion of front cover art) cover price 60¢ 208pp. (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 third printing, november, 1968
ppint. 20th Sep 2023		Book Henry Kuttner - Chessboard Planet (1984)	contents: introduction (nf) and on fairy chess (nf) by the editor chessboard planet (novella) astounding vol. xxxvi #5, #6; 1/1946, 2/1946, as ''the fairy chessmen'', as by lewis padgett - part one is the cover story, art by timmins; - part one has five, part two has seven b+w illustrations by paul orban camouflage (novelette) astounding vol. xxxvi #1, 9/1945; four b+w illustrations by paul orban android (ntte) f&sf vol.2 #3, 6/1951, as by c. h. liddell or else (short story) amazing vol. 27 #6, 8-9/1953
ppint. 19th Sep 2023		Book Henry Kuttner - The Best Of Henry Kuttner (1975)	random house group ballantine books simultaneous first mmpb printings, first edition (the book club edition that may slightly precede the distribution of the mmpb was not for public sale, being only for sale to members of the book club) cover art by dean ellis (unsigned, uncredited; source ?) cover price $1.95 420pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents, nf introduction, 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 first printing: april, 1975
ppint. 19th Sep 2023		Book Henry Kuttner - The Murder Of Ann Avery (1959)	lionel miller & son banner books p/b first uk p/b, prob'ly (almost certainly) first uk edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 2/-
ppint. 19th Sep 2023		Book Desmond Young - Rommel (1955)	collins fontana books imprint first printing, first p/b edition with foreword by field-marshal sir claude auchinleck (aka ''the auk'') cover art unsigned uncredited cover price 2'6 320pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents (chapters), foreword etc, 4 end pp. advertising (2pp. listing the first fifty fontana books p/bs, 2pp. advertising four of these, two with thumbnail precises, two with press reviews
ppint. 19th Sep 2023		Book Gillian Tindall - Célestine (1999)	at least seven undated vintage b-format p/b reprintings distinguishable by reference to the indicia printing letter line progressively dropping letters in alphabetical order.
ppint. 19th Sep 2023		Book Gillian Tindall - Célestine (1999)	random house (uk) vintage books b-format p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition (first uk p/b edition was published under the minerva books imprint) cover art unsigned cover price £9.99, can $21.95 (canada) 304pp. including (i)-(x) pp. titles, indicia etc, 19 end pp: 6pp. afterword, 4pp. bibliography, 8pp. index, 1 blank p. isbn is from the previously hamlyn publishing group/octopus publishing group/reed international group/reed-elséviér group methuen mandarin / mandarin books block of numbers
ppint. 19th Sep 2023		Book Gillian Tindall - Célestine (1995)	sinclair-stevenson h/cvr first printing, first edition
ppint. 19th Sep 2023		Book Lewis Padgett - Well Of The Worlds (1953)	the anc under the cat# block on the front cover indicates the primary news distributor (= primary newspapers, magazines & mmpb wholesalers) was american news corporation, merkia's only coast-to-coast news distributor (until taken over, asset-stripped and more-or-less dismembered).
ppint. 19th Sep 2023		Book Lewis Padgett - The Far Reality (1963)	serialised as ''the fairy chessmen'' in astounding vol. xxxvi #5, #6; 1/1946, 2/1946; part one is the cover story, art by timmins; parts one & two have respectively five and seven b+w illustrations by (paul) orban
ppint. 19th Sep 2023		Book Lewis Padgett - Tomorrow And Tomorrow (1963)	serialised in astounding vol. xxxviii #5, #6; 1/1947, 2/1947; part one is the cover story, art by timmins; parts one & two have respectively three and five b+w illustrations by (paul) orban
ppint. 19th Sep 2023		Book Lewis Padgett - Tomorrow And Tomorrow (1963)	world distributors (manchester) ltd. consul books p/b first printing, first uk edition, first p/b edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 2'6 112pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 19th Sep 2023		Book Henry Kuttner - Man Drowning (1961)	four square books p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by josh kirby (signed kirby, uncredited) cover price 2'6 160pp. including titles, indicia etc.
ppint. 19th Sep 2023		Book Henry Kuttner - Destination Infinity (1958)	''(fury)'' is not the subtitle, and should^W has been deleted from this field° the original title was ''fury'' - and this should^W has been entered in the english title field, after which bookcat will automagically sort together all editions of this title by this author correctly. ° - if a merkin publisher changed the title of a book upon producing their/a new edition, which practise became an epidemic of its kind amongst - mostly small mmpb publishers frequently specialising in what was then referred to as ''sleaze'' (virtually a publishing category in its own right) - the legible noting of the original title upon the front cover (and possibly elsewhere) was mandated by the FTC - the merkin fair (?federal?) trade commission.
ppint. 19th Sep 2023		Book Terry Pratchett - Guards! Guards! [The Graphic Novel] (2000)	simultaneous first edition 2000 a.d. / c.e. not previously published in any year together with the simultaneous h/cvr, this is the primary edition of the graphic novel, and it should be bookcatted separately from the novel, just as the playscripts are. yr hmbl srppnt. suggests ''guards! guards! - a discworld graphic novel''.
ppint. 18th Sep 2023		Book Gilbert Shelton - Fat Freddy's Comics & Stories No 2 (1988)	title is^W was wrong and should^W has been emended to ''fat freddy's comics & stories no.2'' as per the cover image elsewise bookcat sorts the different issues together incorrectly as though they were identical - - which they are not; they have different contents, as well as different titles.
ppint. 18th Sep 2023		Book Gilbert Shelton - Fat Freddy's Comics & Stories No 1 (1983)	the title of this is^W was wrong and should^W has been emended to ''fat freddy's comics & stories no.1'' as per the cover image elsewise bookcat sorts the different issues together incorrectly, as though they were identical - - which they are not; they are different, with different contents.
ppint. 18th Sep 2023		Book Gene Wolfe - The Devil In A Forest (1977)	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition cover art by r. krepel (signed°, uncredited) cover price $1.50 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° -:i don't believe anyone deciphered this - but there's a pyramid books mmpb with art signed similarly, where it's credited to r. krepel; ''re-enter fu manchu'' sax rohmer, pyramid V3944 (1976)...
ppint. 17th Sep 2023		Book Tim Powers - The Anubis Gates (1985)	chatto & windus chatto yp/b simultaneous first printing, first uk simultaneous with the chatto & windus • the hogarth press h/cvr bind-up of the same signatures cover art by don macpherson cover price £3.95 388pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc. publication month not given in indicia publishing history, taken from locus
ppint. 17th Sep 2023		Book Tim Powers - The Anubis Gates (1985)	chatto & windus • the hogarth press simultaneous h/cvr first printing, first h/cvr edition simultaneous with the chatto & windus yp/b card bind-up of the same signatures cover (d-j) art by don macpherson cover (d-j) price £9.95 388pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards month of publication not given in indicia publishing history; taken from locus
ppint. 17th Sep 2023		Book John Brunner - Interstellar Empire (1987)	hutchinson publishing group arrow books p/b first printing, second uk p/b printing over-all venture science fiction series# V04 cover art by eddie jones retained in re-designed cover cover price £2.50 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 17th Sep 2023		Book John Brunner - Interstellar Empire (1978)	hutchinson publishing group hamlyn paperbacks first printing, first uk edition venture science fiction series# V04 cover art by eddie jones (re-used from publication in vortex vol.1 #5, 5/1977) cover price £1.95, $5.95 australia 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 17th Sep 2023		Book John Brunner - Interstellar Empire (1986)	daw books mmpb seventh printing cover art by vicente segrelles (retained from previous four daw mmpb printings, credited) cover price (canada $3.95) • u.s. $2.95 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising date of printing/publication taken from locus yr hmbl srppnt. does not know of a later daw books printing
ppint. 17th Sep 2023		Book John Norman - Tarnsman Of Gor (1969)	sidgwick & jackson first printing, first uk and first h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art (unsigned, uncredited) (d-j design by format credited on d-j front flap) cover (d-j) price 21/- © 1966 by john lange 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between dark red cloth-covered boards with sf, two lines, title, author, two lines & logo, sidgwick & jackson blocked in gold on spine

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