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ppint.
13th Jul 2023
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H. Beam Piper - Space Viking (1983)
berkley publishing group ace books mmpb presumédly the fifth printing over-all, with new cover design,

cover art by michael whelan (signed with his w/m in cartouche, uncredited: art including m/w reversed left-right from 1977 through 1980 printings; upper 40% cover now black, bears titles in blue & white)
cover price $2.75
indicia publishing history drops number line, adds new line stating
this printing / september 1983
248pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

ppint.
13th Jul 2023
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H. Beam Piper - Space Viking (1977)
grosset & dunlap charter communications undated° ace books imprint mmpb first standard format mmpb printing, second ace books printing over-all (first was pocketbook format mmpb F-325 1963)

cover art by michael whelan (signed with his m/w in a cartouche, credited)
cover price $1.50
248pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

° - no printing or publication date of this printing given, date taken from locus having received their review copy 1/1977


distinguish from near-identical undated°° ace mmpb third printing mid-1977:
cat# 77781
(i)sbn (0-)441-7781-3
cover price $1.95

°° - no printing or publication date of this printing given, date obtained as being the month of the latest-published title advertised in the end page advertisements


distinguish from near-identical 1980 ace mmpb fourth printing with restyled, larger front cover titles:
cat# 77779
isbn 0-441-77779-1
cover price $2.25

indicia publishing history gives fourth printing by printing number line, and states
this ace printing december 1980


next (and last) known ace books 1983 mmpb printing has re-designed cover, reverses cover art left-right

ppint.
13th Jul 2023
Book
H. Beam Piper - Space Viking (1980)
grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books imprint mmpb, fourth printing by number line
(third printing of this c. 1/1977 standard format p/b edition, after small pocketbook format first edition)

front cover typography re-designed in larger, (viking in panoramic) font, retains the two earlier printings'
cover art by michael whelan (signed with his m/w in a cartouche, credited)
cat# 77779
indicia publishing history adds line stating
this printing december 1980
cover price $2.25
248pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

ppint.
12th Jul 2023
Book
Charles Sheffield - Proteus In The Underworld (1995)
baen publishing enterprises baen books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition

cover art by gary ruddell (unsigned, credited)
cover price $5.99, $7.50 can(ada)
308pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

ppint.
12th Jul 2023
Book
Charles Sheffield - Sight Of Proteus (1989)
proteus series #1:

#1: ''sight of proteus'' (1978), (this novel)
#2: ''proteus unbound'' (1989), q.v.
#3: ''proteus in the underworld'' (1995), q.v.

ppint.
12th Jul 2023
Book
C. J. Cherryh - Hunter Of Worlds (1990)
reed/hamlyn/octopus publishing group mandarin imprint first printing, not first uk p/b edition

cover art by danny flynn (unsigned, credited)
cover price £3.50, $8.95 australia, $12.95 new zealand
256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

ppint.
12th Jul 2023
Book
C. J. Cherryh - Hunter Of Worlds (1980)
futura publications p/b first printing, first uk edition

cover art by brian salmon (unsigned, uncredited; re-used on ''lebensgeistner gmbh'' robert sheckley (1982), where it is credited)
cover price £1.50, $4.95 australia
256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

ppint.
12th Jul 2023
Book
Charles Sheffield - Proteus Unbound (1989)
hodder & stoughton new english library imprint p/b first printing, first edition

cover art by danny flynn (unsigned) (edit: this is an attribution: it is on his website)
cover price £2.99, $9.95 australia
268pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

month of publication not given, taken from locus

ppint.
12th Jul 2023
Book
Charles Sheffield - Sight Of Proteus (1989)
hodder & stoughton new english library imprint first printing, not first uk p/b (was the arrow p/b)

cover art by danny flynn (unsigned, is on his website and prints're available)
cover price £2.99 (?any overseas territories prices? likely: $9.95 australia, but i didn't record this)
248pp. (chris) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

month of publication not given, taken from locus

ppint.
12th Jul 2023
Book
Charles Sheffield - Sight Of Proteus (1981)
london weekend television hutchinson group arrow books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition

cover art unsigned, uncredited, sfaik still as-yet unattributed
cover price £1.60 (no other prices)
288pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp.

ppint.
12th Jul 2023
Book
Charles Sheffield - Sight Of Proteus (1980)
sidgwick & jackson first printing, first uk edition, first h/cvr edition

cover (d-j) art (none: typography upon a field of graduated horizontal lines on a silver ground)
cover (d-j) price £6.50 on publisher's price gun label°
284pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, blank end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards

° - possibly a lower price under this - ?

ppint.
12th Jul 2023
Book
Charles Sheffield - Sight Of Proteus (1978)
grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb first printing, first edition

cover art by clyde caldwell (signed with his symbol, credited)
cover price $1.75
288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

ppint.
12th Jul 2023
Book
Jerry Pournelle - Starswarm (2000)
jupiter #5, a sequel to

#1: ''higher education'' charles sheffield, jerry pournelle (1996), q.v. for series listing, and links.

(#2, #3 & #4 written by charles sheffield (1997, 1997, 1998), #6 by james p. hogan (1999), qq.v.)

ppint.
12th Jul 2023
Book
Jerry Pournelle - Janissaries (1979)
janissaries series #1:
series written by roland green, jerry pournelle:
(except #1 written by jerry pournelle):

#1: ''janissaries'' (1979), (this illustrated short novel)
#1a: ''janissaries (text only)'' (uk 1981), q.v.
#2: ''janissaries: clan and crown'' (1982), q.v.
#3: ''janissaries III: storms of victory'' (1987), q.v.
aka ''janissaries: storms of victory'' (uk 1989), q.v.

ppint.
12th Jul 2023
Book
Jerry Pournelle - Janissaries (Text Only) (1981)
bpcc or mpcc macdonald & co. publishers futura publications p/b first printing, first uk edition

cover art by peter andrew jones (signed paj 81 ©solar wind, uncredited)
cover price £1.65, $5.50 australia
256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p.


distinguish from near-identical reprintings on same isbn:

1984 second printing
cover price £1.95 (?any overseas territories prices?)

1987 third printing
cover price £2.50

1989 fourth printing
cover price £3.50

ppint.
11th Jul 2023
Book
Jerry Pournelle - Janissaries (1980)
grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books imprint mmpb first printing, not first p/b edition

cover art by enric torres-prat (unsigned, credited as enrich)
~70 b+w interior illustrations by luis bermejo (credited as bermejo)
cover price $2.50
352pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
indica publishing history includes line stating:
this printing: march 1980


distinguish from at least four near-identical reprintings:

1982 presumédly second ace books mmpb printig
isbn 0-441-38288-6
cover price $2.75
indicia publishing history states
this printing: august 1982

... ...
... ...

1984 stated fifth printing:
isbn 0-441-38289-4
cover price $2.95
indicia publishing history states:
first printing / june 1979
fifth printing / february 1984

1985 stated sixth printing
isbn 0-441-38290-8
cover price ($3.95 canada) • $3.50 u.s.
indicia publishing history states:
sixth printing / july 1985

1986 stated seventh printing
isbn 0-441-38291-6
cover price ($4.50 canada) • $3.50 u.s.


(the next reported edition is baen books mmpb (1996), but i've never seen this edition, so can't add it)

ppint.
11th Jul 2023
Book
Jerry Pournelle - Janissaries (1979)
grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books imprint h/cvr first printing, first edition
simultaneous with the trade p/b, and from the same collected signatures

cover art by enric torres-prat (unsigned, credited as enrich)
~70 b+w interior illustrations by luis bermejo (credited as bermejo)
cover price $9.95
344pp. (check) including titles, indicia, b+w illustrations etc, bound between covered boards

ppint.
11th Jul 2023
Book
Jerry Pournelle - Janissaries (1979)
grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books imprint trade p/b first printing, first edition
simultaneous with the h/cvr first edition and from the same signatures as this

cover art by enric torres-prat (unsigned, credited as enrich)
~70 b+w interior illustrations, many full-page by luis bermejo (credited as bermejo)
cover price $6.95
344pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp.

ppint.
11th Jul 2023
Book
Jerry Pournelle - Prince Of Mercenaries (1989)
falkenberg series #3:

#1: ''the mercenary'' (1977), q.v. for series listing, and links.

ppint.
11th Jul 2023
Book
Jerry Pournelle - Prince Of Mercenaries (1989)
baen publishing enterprises baen books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition

cover art by keith parkinson (signed, credited)
cover price $3.95
352pp. (check) including titles, indicia, b+w map, etc, end pp. include excerpt from ''the children's hour'' jerry pournelle, s. m. stirling (1991), q.v., advertising

some copies have cover price overprinted in grey, slightly plasticky ink, with above this new
cover price $4.95
these were intended for distribution north of the parallel, in canada


refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical

baen books 11/1989 second mmpb printing on same isbn, same cover price:
indicia publishing history adds line:
second printing, november 1989

baen books 3/1991 third mmpb printing on same isbn:
indicia publishing history adds statement of third printing
cover price (can $5.95) u.s. $4.95
seen reported: end pp. excerpt changed: now from ''counting the cost'' david drake (1987), q.v.

ppint.
11th Jul 2023
Book
Jerry Pournelle - The Mercenary (1983)
falkenberg series #1:
(first published the year after #2)
set in and around the start of the codominium setting):

#1: ''the mercenary'' (1977), (this novel)
#2: ''west of honor'' (1976), q.v.
#3: ''prince of mercenaries'' (1989), q.v.
#4: ''go tell the spartans'' jerry pournelle, s. m. stirling (1991), q.v.
#5: ''prince of sparta'' jerry pournelle, s. m. stirling (1993), q.v.

omnibus edition of #1 & #2:
#O1: ''future history'' (1980), q.v.
aka ''falkenberg's legion'' (us 1990), q.v.
(the latter adds a little connecting material)

omnibus edition of #1 & #2 (as #O1), #3, #4 and #5:
#O2: ''the prince'' (2002), q.v.

ppint.
11th Jul 2023
Book
Jerry Pournelle - West Of Honor (1976)
falkenberg series #2:
published before #1:

#1: ''the mercenary'' (1977), q.v. for series listing, and links.

ppint.
11th Jul 2023
Book
Larry Niven - The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye (1993)
harpercollinspublishers a-format ''special edition'' - open market - p/b

cover art by john harris (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £5.99, $12.95 australia, $14.95 new zealand
480pp. (check) including titles, indicia, dramatis personae etc, end pp.

if any remained unsold, copies of this ''special edition'' may have been distributed within the uk (i.e. not only in airport shops etc. beyond the passport check gates) after the september 1994 publication of the uk a-format p/b for general distribution

ppint.
11th Jul 2023
Book
Larry Niven - The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye (1994)
harpercollinspublishers a-format p/b first printing for distribution within the yuk-of-gb-&-ni
preceded by the near-identical open market ''special edition'' a-format p/b on the same isbn

cover art by john harris (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £5.99, $12.95 australia, $14.95 new zealand
480pp. (check) including titles, indicia, dramatis personae etc, end pp.

ppint.
11th Jul 2023
Book
Larry Niven - The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye (1994)
harpercollinspublishers yp/b card bind-up of the h/cvr signatures, ~first uk p/b edition
preceded by the open market a-format ''special edition'' officially only for sale in uk airports and overseas

cover art by john harris (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £8.99
412pp. (check) including titles, indicia, dramatis personae etc, end p.

ppint.
11th Jul 2023
Book
Larry Niven - The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye (1993)
harpercollinspublishers h/cvr first printing, probably first uk edition
then published ~six months later in yp/b, a card-covered bind-up of the same signatures held back...

(this h/cvr may have been beaten to release by the first printing of the harpercollinspublishers a-format p/b, which was released in the open market in february 1993)

cover (d-j) art by john harris (unsigned, credited on d-j back flap)
cover (d-j) price £14.99
412pp. (check) including ten unnumbered pp. titles, indicia, dramatis personae etc, end p, bound with endpapers between covered boards

ppint.
11th Jul 2023
Book
Larry Niven - The Gripping Hand (1993)
aka ''the most around murcheson's eye'' (uk 1993 & ff.)

the sequel to ''the mote in god's eye'' larry niven, jerry pournelle (1973), q.v.

ppint.
11th Jul 2023
Book
Larry Niven - The Gripping Hand (1993)
simon & schuster pocket books imprint h/cvr first printing, first edition

cover (d-j) art by lee macleod (unsigned, credited on d-j back flap)
cover (d-j) price canada $27.50, u.s.$22.00
412pp. including (i)-x pp. titles, indicia etc, end p, bound with different uncredited map endpapers between covered boards

ppint.
11th Jul 2023
Book
John Rackham - We, The Venusians (1965)
half ace books mmpb first printing, first edition
half a classic ''ace double'' format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other

cover art unsigned, uncredited; suggested by corrick to be by jack gaughan
cover price 45¢
½ 256pp. including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising p. in-between the double's halves

ppint.
11th Jul 2023
Book
Jane Gaskell - A Sweet, Sweet Summer (1969)
hodder & stoughton h/cvr first printing, first edition

cover (d-j) art unsigned photographic collage including open barber's folding razor with chipped end
cover (d-j) price
224pp. including titles, indicia etc, blank end p. bound with endpapers between covered boards


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