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ppint. 16th Sep 2023		Book Dodie Smith - The Hundred And One Dalmatians (1961)	penguin books puffin books imprint first printing, first p/b edition or first uk p/b edition cover art and b+w interior illustrations by anne grahame johnstone, janet grahame-johnstone (re-used from h/cvr) cover price 3'- to right of a puffin book (logo) on a boad black band across the foot of the front cover 208pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 16th Sep 2023		Book Mark J. McGarry - Blank Slate (1984)	new american library signet books imprint mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cat# AE2921 cover price ($3.50 canada) • u.s. $2.95 296pp. (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 as for all signet & daw mmpbs late 1980 through 1986, canadian-carcassed copies drop the first digit from the printing number line, leaving 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9, formally identifying them as the second printing, though no priority established in printing date, nor liable to be
ppint. 16th Sep 2023		Book Mark J. McGarry - Sun Dogs (1981)	new american library signet books imprint mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers cover art unsigned, uncredited cat# J9620 cover price $2.25 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel) cover price $1.95 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution) 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising as with all signet and daw mmpbs from late 1980 through end 1986, canadian-carcassed copies drop the first digit from the printing number line, leaving 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9, formally identifying them as the second printing, though no priority established in printing date, nor liable to be
ppint. 16th Sep 2023		Book Geoffrey Trease - No Boats On Bannermere (1949)	bannerdale pentalogy #1: #1: ''no boats on bannermere'' (1949), (this book) #2: ’'under black banner'' (1951), q.v. #3: ''black banner players'' (1952), q.v. #4: ''black banner abroad'' (1954), q.v. #5: ''the gates of bannerdale'' (1956), q.v.
ppint. 16th Sep 2023		Book Geoffrey Trease - No Boats On Bannermere (1949)	heinemann h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art probably by richard kennedy (check) b+w interior illustrations by richard kennedy cover (d-j) price 252pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 15th Sep 2023		Book J. Neil Schulman - The Rainbow Cadenza (1986)	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing, first mmpb edition, not first p/b edition cover art by alan craddock (unsigned, uncredited; re-used from new english library p/b, signature visible) cover price ($4.95 canada) • u.s. $3.50 368pp. (check) including titles, indicia, author's note etc, end pp: seven short nf pieces by various authors between the first and second of three such by j. neil schulman
ppint. 15th Sep 2023		Book J. Neil Schulman - The Rainbow Cadenza (1984)	winner of the 1984 prometheus award for libertarian science fiction
ppint. 15th Sep 2023		Book J. Neil Schulman - The Rainbow Cadenza (1984)	hodder & stoughton new english library imprint b format p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by alan craddock (part signature visible, uncredited) cover price £2.95 304pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 15th Sep 2023		Book J. Neil Schulman - Alongside Night (1987)	novel given the prometheus hall of fame gold medallion 1989 by the libertarian futurist society
ppint. 15th Sep 2023		Book J. Neil Schulman - Alongside Night (1987)	the hearst corporation avon books imprint mmpb first printing, 1987, not first mmpb edition cover art unsigned sfaics cover price (canada $4.50) • u.s. $3.50 252pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. including ''how far alongside night'' (afterword) edward konkin iii, advertising samuel edward konkin iii is the dedicatee, and the inventor of ''agorism'', a social philosophy built upon counter-economics and the eschewing of any suspicion of democracy, including voting, upon which this novel is based
ppint. 15th Sep 2023		Book Eando Binder - Menace Of The Saucers (1978)	horwitz publications hong kong, according to the indicia, first printing † printed in merkia, almost certainly as a run-on of the near-identical belmont-tower mmpb cover art by attila hejja (signed, uncredited; as on the belmont-tower mmpb) cover price $1.50 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. † - but priced only for australia°; horwitz publications seem to've been fairly firmly xxxxia-based, though they did try to expand via co-operative arrangements/tie-ups with tandem books/universal-tandem publishing in the uk, and at least one merkin publisher/distributor (new american library), apparently fairly unsuccessfully ° - were p/bs produced locally in and for sale in hong kong (? and elsewhere?) generally cover-priced? - how did the xxxxian and hongkongian dollars relate - roughly, or over a range of exchange rates?
ppint. 15th Sep 2023		Book Eando Binder - Menace Of The Saucers (1978)	the saucers duology #1: written by otto alone: #1: ''menace of the saucers'' (1969), (this novel) #2: ''night of the saucers'' (1971), q.v.
ppint. 15th Sep 2023		Book Eando Binder - Night Of The Saucers (1975)	the saucers duology #2: written by otto alone: #1: ''menace of the saucers'' (1969), q.v. #2: ''night of the saucers'' (1971), (this novel)
ppint. 14th Sep 2023		Book John Norman - Captive Of Gor (1973)	universal-tandem publishing tandem books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by gerald wood (signed g wood, uncredited) cover price 40p, 45c malta, $1.25 australia, $1.25 new zealand, $1.50 canada 384pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising, mail-order information
ppint. 14th Sep 2023		Book John Norman - Captive Of Gor (1975)	tandem publishing tandem books imprint uk p/b first printing, second printing over-all (first tandem p/b printing was published by universal-tandem publishing) cover art by gerald wood (signed g wood, uncredited) cover price 60p, 65p malta including 8 unnumbered pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents (chapters) etc, rest numbered 1-370, 6 unnumbered end pp. advertising, mail-order information
ppint. 14th Sep 2023		Book John Norman - Assassin Of Gor (1981)	w.h. allen & co. star books imprint p/b third printing, sixth tandem'n'universal'n'star books p/b printing over-all (howard & wyndham bought w. h. allen, launched star books, bought tandem publishing, started turning both these into arms of wyndham paperbacks, started turning tandem books into universal books, stopped, reissued/reprinted some as star books - sometimes with new star books isbns, sometimes still using the tandem books isbns - got sold lock, stock and barrel to virgin books - and disappeared in a spiral plummet into the black pit of nothingness. . . - which is why it makes sense to view the publishing history of tandem books, universal books and star books together with that of w.h. allen & co.'s h/cvrs where such editions were published of titles on the various p/b imprints, through this almost brownian course from publishers to nothingness. . .) cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price £1.95, £M2.00 malta, $7.00 australia 416pp. including four unnumbered pp. titles, indicia etc, 3 end pp: 2pp. blank, 1p. mail-order information refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from two previous near-identical star books printings: 1978 first star books p/b edition cover art by chris achilleos 1979 second star books printing
ppint. 14th Sep 2023		Book John Norman - Assassin Of Gor (1973)	universal-tandem publishing tandem books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by gerald wood (painting may be signed, uncredited; tcjn information) cover price 45p, (overseas territories prices) 412pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, 3 end pp. advertising including 1p. mail-order information 1974 tandem books imprint p/b near-identical second printing differs: (i)sbn (0)426-14496-1 cat# 14496 cover price 45p, (overseas territories prices?) refer also to indicia publishing history to distinguish from tandem books 1973 first printing 8/1978 w.h. allen universal imprint p/b first printing on same isbn, third tandem'n'universal p/b printing over-all, new cover art by chris achilleos isbn 0-426-14496-1 cover price £1.25 (overseas territories prices?)
ppint. 14th Sep 2023		Book John Norman - Priest-Kings Of Gor (1972)	inspection copy viewed by kind courtesy of tony, the old pier bookshop, morecambe seafront.
ppint. 14th Sep 2023		Book John Norman - Priest-Kings Of Gor (1972)	universal-tandem publishing tandem books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition preceded by sidgwick & jackson first printing, first h/cvr & first uk edition cover art unsigned, uncredited sbn 426 06285 X cover price 30p, 75¢ south africa, 95¢ australia, 95¢ new zealand, $1.25 canada° 320pp. including 4pp. titles, indicia etc, rest numbered 7-317; 5 end pp: 4pp. advertising, 1p. mail-order information
ppint. 14th Sep 2023		Book John Norman - Mercenaries Of Gor (1985)	w. h. allen star books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price £2.50, $6.95 australia, $8.95 new zealand, $6.25 canada° 452pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - given daw books' mmpb bears a canadian price and was distributed north of the parallel by the new american library, it seems somewhat unlikely that this edition could be distributed there legally
ppint. 14th Sep 2023		Book John Norman - Magicians Of Gor (1988)	gor series #25: #1: ''tarnsman of gor'' (1966), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 14th Sep 2023		Book John Norman - Tarnsman Of Gor (1966)	ballantine books mmpb first printings, first edition cover art by robert (bob) foster (unsigned, uncredited; credited in the indicia of the second, third, fourth & ff. printings) cover price 75¢ 224pp. (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 stated, though later printings give a delayed date to the canadian-carcassed copies
ppint. 14th Sep 2023		Book John Norman - Priest-Kings Of Gor (1968)	gor series #3: #1: ''tarnsman of gor'' (1966), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 14th Sep 2023		Book John Norman - Captive Of Gor (1972)	gor series #5: #1: ''tarnsman of gor'' (1966), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 14th Sep 2023		Book John Norman - Nomads Of Gor (1969)	ballantine books° mmpb first printings, first edition cover art by bob (robert) foster (signed, credited) cover price 75¢ 348pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia to see if the carcass of the copy held was canadadian- or merkin-printed no priority stated, though subsequent printings give a later date to the canadian-carcassed copies ° - may also state an intext publisher on title page, and/or in the indicia
ppint. 13th Sep 2023		Book Stanley Paul - Denis Compton's Annual 1956 (1955)	publisher should^W has been emended to ''stanley paul'' - as per the other eight books by this publisher so far catalogued here - - after which bookcat will^W now correctly sorts this together with the other eight books.
ppint. 13th Sep 2023		Book Philip Nelkon - The Ultimate Scrabble® Book (1995)	random house (uk group unstated) stanley paul imprint h/cvr first printing, probable first edition† cover (d-j) art none, cover is mainly typographical in black, red, yellow and white (unprinted) upon a green & dark green mottled field cover (d-j) price none printed on the d-j of my copy 160pp. including x pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents (acknowledgements, introduction by gyles brandreth, chapters by title, answers, glossary, perfectbound with endpapers between red cloth-covered boards, title, author, hutchinson group logo° & stanley paul blocked in gold on spine † - almost certainly originated by random house uk, but i have not seen a merkin edition (which may not exist) to compare with this ° - the hutchinson group logo of two lines representing stylised horns and sides of a bulls head, is also upon the spine of the d-j above ''stanley paul'', again in two lines, but nowhere on the book or the d-j is there any reference to the hutchinson publishing group, hutchinson books or any other form of the name. the isbn (originally sbn) publisher prefix is from the block originally assigned to hutchinson publishers, (0-)09-
ppint. 13th Sep 2023		Book Poul Anderson - Vault Of The Ages (1980)	the berkley publishing group berkley imprint mmpbs were published as adult reading material
ppint. 13th Sep 2023		Book John Lloyd - 1,411 Qi Facts (2014)	at least three undated near-identical reprintings distinguishable by the progressive dropping of the lowest remaining digit from the indicia publishing history printing number line, from 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 (= first printing), 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 (=:second printing), 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 (= third printing), 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 (= fourth printing), et seq. ad inf. (other publishers us ''0'' instead of ''10'' in their printing number lines, some use 1234567890, others 0987654321 as their base first printing number line, some space the digits and some do not, some extend the number line up to 12 , some to 15, once the printing reaches 7th or 8th, others extend it to 20 straight away once 7th or 8th printing is reached; and latterly, i've noted publishers giving only a single number, e.g. 24 . . .) in all cases, there is no guarantee the date of any of the reprintings is that of the first printing unless this is specifically stated to be the so for the later printing, in the publishing history.
ppint. 13th Sep 2023		Book John Lloyd - 1,411 Qi Facts (2014)	faber & faber (though there was only ever the one) h/cvr first printing, first edition cover art by lee gibbons, based on the qi set design by jonathan paul green, with qi rings illustrated by andy spence design cover price £10.99 400pp. including xii pp. titles, indicia etc, 1 blank end p, perfectbound with yellow endpapers between laminated boards also credits the qi elves, collectively and individually: anne miller, andrew hunter murray, anna ptaszynski & alex bell

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