ppint. 11th Jul 2023 | | BookJane Gaskell - Some Summer Lands (1985) | the macdonald & co. publishers h/cvr announced for simultaneous publication has not been reported from libraries nor as being spotted in the wild; it may not in fact have appeared
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ppint. 11th Jul 2023 | | BookJane Gaskell - Some Summer Lands (1985) | cija/atlan series #4 (some re-publishers account it #5, when they split #2 in two):
#1: ''the serpent'' (1963), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 11th Jul 2023 | | BookJane Gaskell - Atlan (1976) | tandem books first printing, not first uk p/b edition
cover art by unsigned, uncredited; probapossibly by dave pether but style does not match that of the two tandem books p/b editions of the cja books covers definitely by him very closely)
cover price 60p, 65c malta, (other overseas territories prices?)
288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p.
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ppint. 11th Jul 2023 | | BookJane Gaskell - Atlan (1977) | white lion publishers h/cvr 1977 first printing, not first uk h/cvr edition
cover (d-j) art unsigned, uncredited, sfaik still as-yet unattributed
cover (d-j) price (£3.50?)
288pp. including titles, indicia etc, blank end p, bound with endpapers between covered boards
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ppint. 11th Jul 2023 | | BookJane Gaskell - Atlan (1985) | macdonald & co. publishers futura publications p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition
approximately simultaneous with the macdonald publishers h/cvr edition°
cover art by mick van houten (unsigned, uncredited, confirmed by the artist)
cover price £2.50
320pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
° - the two were advertised as being published simultaneously, but the macdonald h/cvr frequently trailed the p/b edition by weeks or even a month or so.
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ppint. 11th Jul 2023 | | BookJane Gaskell - Atlan (1970) | coronet communications paperback library imprint mmpb second printing
cover art by michael leonard (unsigned, uncredited; reproduced on michaelleonardartist.com sans id or typography)
cover price 95¢
288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p.
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ppint. 11th Jul 2023 | | BookJane Gaskell - Atlan (1968) | coronet communications paperback library mmpb first printing, first merkin edition
cover art by frank frazetta (signed frazetta, uncredited)
cover price 95¢
288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p.
the number-string 610-55738-095 on the spine is not an sbn even when the last element, the cover price in cents in three digits, is dropped; it may be an abn (american book number)
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ppint. 10th Jul 2023 | | BookJane Gaskell - The Dragon (1985) | macdonald & co. or bpcc futura publications p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition
cover art by mick van houten (unsigned, uncredited; prob'ly shared with macdonald h/cvr d-j art°)
cover price £1.95
208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
° - there was very probably a macdonald h/cvr edition of this, but i've no record of having seen such
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ppint. 10th Jul 2023 | | BookJane Gaskell - The Serpent (First Half) (1985) | macdonald & co. or bpcc futura publications ~simultaneous p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition
cover art by mick van houten (unsigned, uncredited, shared with macdonald h/cvr d-j)
cover price £2.50 (? any overseas territories prices?)
320pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 10th Jul 2023 | | BookJane Gaskell - The Serpent (First Half) (1985) | macdonald & co. (publishers) h/cvr first printing, first h/cvr edition thus°
cover (d-j) art by mick van houten unsigned, uncredited
cover (d-j) price £8.95
308pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p, bound with endpapers between covered boards
° - the first half (five chapters) of the full novel first published in 1963 in one h/cvr by hodder & stoughton
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ppint. 10th Jul 2023 | | BookJane Gaskell - The Serpent (1970) | coronet communications paperback library imprint mmpb second printing with new cat#, new
cover art (unsigned, uncredited, i judge to be by michael leonard; certainly in his style; he did the others in the cija trilogy in the paperback library mmpb line)
cover price 95¢
480pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 10th Jul 2023 | | BookJane Gaskell - The Serpent (1968) | coronet communications paperback library imprint mmpb first printing, first merkin edition
cover art by frank frazetta (signed, uncredited)
cover price 95¢
480pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 10th Jul 2023 | | BookGahan Wilson - Is Nothing Sacred? (1984) | abp group / methuen london medium format p/b (a bit larger than b-format) first printing, first uk edition
cover art by gahan wilson (b+w cartoon contained within, framed in a pink border, plus typography)
cover price (?£4.95 check)
128pp. including titles, indicia etc.
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ppint. 10th Jul 2023 | | BookGahan Wilson - Is Nothing Sacred? (1982) | (richard) marek/st. martin's press, inc. very large format h/cvr first printing, first edition
~simultaneous with the very large format p/b first printing card bind-up of the same signatures
cover (d-j) art by gahan wilson (coloured version of a full-page cartoon contained within)
cover (d-j) price $14.95
128pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
very large format p/b edition near-identical except for binding, absence of endpapers:
isbn 0-312-43708-0
cover price $5.95
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ppint. 10th Jul 2023 | | BookGahan Wilson - "...and Then We'll Get Him!" (1978) | richard marek h/cvr first printing, first edition
published simultaneously with the first p/b card-covered bind-up of signatures of same print-run
~190 b+w fantasy, horror & humor cartoons mostly reprinted from playboy, the new yorker, the magazine of fantasy & science fiction (f&sf), collier's magazine, and the national lampoon
cover (d-j) art by gahan wilson (colour-printed version of one of the contained b+w full-page cartoons)
cover (d-j) price $12.95
128 very large format pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p, bound with endpapers between covered boards
near-identical p/b first printing, first p/b edition differs:
isbn 0-399-90014-4
cover price c.$5
128 very large format pp. including titles, indicia etc.
from the (i)sbn publisher code (0-)399- richard marek seems to've been associated with g. p. putnam at this time; richard marek (or just marek) is later associated with/became part of st. martin's press group
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ppint. 10th Jul 2023 | | BookGahan Wilson - Graveside Manner (1965) | ace books mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by gahan wilson
cover price 40¢
128pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
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ppint. 10th Jul 2023 | | BookJames Tiptree Jr. - Crown Of Stars (1990) | cover price $4.95 u.s. ($5.95 can(ada))
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ppint. 10th Jul 2023 | | BookBrian Aldiss - The Canopy Of Time (1971) | contents:
author's note (nf) brian w. aldiss
three's a cloud (short story) new worlds #79, 1/1959 as ''the unbeaten track''
all the world's tears (ss) nebula sf #21, 5/1957
who can replace a man? (ss) infinity vol.3 #5, 6/1958 as ''but who can replace a man?''
blighted profile (ss) science fantasy #29, 6/1958, revised 1964(1963?) (then re-written in 1985(1979?))
judas danced (ss) star science fiction (#1), 1/1958 as ''judas dancing''; science fantasy #27, 2/1958
o ishrail! (ss) new worlds #48, 4/1957 as ''oh ishrail!''
incentive (ss) new worlds #78, 12/1958
gene hive (ss) nebula sf #30, 5/1958; nebula sf (us) #?, 9/1958: in both, as ''journey to the interior'', with two b+w illustrations by atom; aka ''gene-hive'' (i.e. hyphenated)
secret of a mighty city (ss) f&sf vol.14 #5, 5/1958 as ''have your hatreds ready''
they shall inherit (ss) nebula sf #32, 7/1958; nebula sf (us) #?, 11/1958
visiting amoeba (novelette) authentic #82, 7/1957 as ''what triumphs?''
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ppint. 10th Jul 2023 | | BookBrian Aldiss - Space, Time And Nathaniel (1971) | contents:
foreword (nf) brian w. aldiss (original to the 4square p/b edition (1966))
introduction (nf) brian w. aldiss
t (nebula sf #18, 11/1956)
our kind of knowledge (new worlds #36, 6/1955)
psyc!ops (new worlds #49, 7/1956)
conviction (new worlds #51, 9/1956)
not for an age (the observer, 9/1/1955) (reprinted in ''a. d. 2500: the observer competition prize-winning stories 1954'' ed. anonymously (1955), q.v.)
the shubshub race (apparently original to this collection)
criminal record (science fantasy #9, 7/1954)
the failed men (science fantasy #18, 5/1956)
supercity (apparently original to this collection)
there is a tide (new worlds #44, 2/1956)
pogsmith (authentic #57, 5/1955)
outside (new worlds #31, 1/1955)
panel game (new worlds #42, 12/1955)
dumb show (nebula sf #19, 12/1956)
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ppint. 10th Jul 2023 | | BookUrsula K. Le Guin - The Left Hand Of Darkness (2017) | hachette uk orion publishing group gollancz b-format p/b first printing, not first uk p/b
two introductions: 4pp. by china miéville (new), followed by ursula k. le guin's 4pp.1976 introduction
cover art by vincent chong (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £8.99 (no other prices)
336pp. including (i)-xviii pp. titles, indicia, two nf introductions etc, 18 end pp: ''the gethenian calendar and clock'' (nf within f) ursula k. le guin (1974), 1p. brief uncredited biographical note, 3pp. advertising interspersed amongst 13 blank pp. (re-check)
the cover has a strange matte effect finish all over
month and day of publication not given: taken from locus #678
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ppint. 9th Jul 2023 | | BookJerry Pournelle - Exiles To Glory (1983) | #2 of 2:
serialised in galaxy vol.38 #7, 9/1977, cover story, art and two b+w illustrations by stephen fabian, vol.38 #8, 10/1977, cover story, art and five b+w illustrations by stephen fabian:
#1: ''high justice'' (1977), q.v.
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ppint. 9th Jul 2023 | | BookJerry Pournelle - Exiles To Glory (1983) | berkley publishing group ace books mmpb fourth printing, mis-stated the third printing in indicia
the new cat# would be correct for the third printing, but that was 9/1980 and 21885
new cover design, and reverts to the first two printings'
cover art by boris vallejo (signed boris)
cover price $2.75
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
adds indicia publishing history line immediately below first ace edition / july 1978
third printing: december 1983
distinguish from ace books near-identical 1986 correctly identified fifth mmpb printing, which differs:
isbn 0-441-22218-8
cat# 22218 (which would have been correct for the fourth printing)
cover price: ($3.95 canada) • $2.95 u.s.
224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
indicia replaces line immediately below modified ace edition / july 1978 with
fifth printing / november 1986
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ppint. 9th Jul 2023 | | BookJerry Pournelle - Exiles To Glory (1980) | grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books imprint mmpb unstated third printing, with new
cover art by david plourde (signed plourde, though miscredited to boris; new cover design)
cover price $2.25
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 9th Jul 2023 | | BookJerry Pournelle - Exiles To Glory (1978) | grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition
cover art by boris vallejo (signed boris, credited to boris)
cover price $1.75
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
distinguish from near-identical 1979 second printing with same cover art (credit dropped) which differs:
isbn 0-441-22216-1
cat# 22216 (correctly increased by one from that of the first printing)
cover price $1.95
adds indicia publishing history line stating
second printing, march 1979
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ppint. 9th Jul 2023 | | BookJerry Pournelle - High Justice (1980) | #1 of two:
#1: ''high justice'' (1977), (this non fix-up/collection)
#2: ''exiles to glory'' (1978), q.v.
omnibus edition of #1 & #2:
#O: ''exile - and glory'' (2008), q.v.
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ppint. 8th Jul 2023 | | BookJerry Pournelle - High Justice (1980) | macdonald & co. futura publications p/b first printing, first uk edition
cover art by chris moore (unsigned, uncredited, collected in ''parallel lines'' peter elson, chris moore (1981), q.v.)
cover price £1.25, $4.50 australia
224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from
near-identical 1984 second printing, which differs:
cover price £1.95
publishing history adds line stating reprinted 1984
near-identical 1987 third printing, which differs:
isbn, uk price now in the white bar-code box on the back cover,
bar-code number 9780708 880678 00250
cover price £2.50
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ppint. 8th Jul 2023 | | BookJerry Pournelle - High Justice (1980) | pocket books mmpb second printing, with new
cover art by attila hejja
cover price $1.95
224pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
publication date taken from locus #230, 2/1980
refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical third printing, which differs:
cover price $2.25
indicia publishing history printing number line has lowest remaining digit 3
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ppint. 8th Jul 2023 | | BookJerry Pournelle - High Justice (1977) | pocket books mmpb simultaneous first printings, first edition
reprint non fix-up / collection of novelettes and two short stories
cover art by ed (edward) soyka (unsigned, credited)
cover price $1.75
224pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
front cover of canadian-carcassed copies bear a small white maple leaf, states published in canada
refer also to indicia publishing history to check carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state pocket book edition published may, 1977
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ppint. 8th Jul 2023 | | BookJane Gaskell - The City (1970) | paperback library mmpb second printing with striking new
cover art (unsigned, uncredited; re-used from sphere books second printing; i attribute it to michael leonard as matching covers known to be by him very closely)
(seen said to be by frank frazetta (without any justifying reference): extremely atypically-styled for frazetta, and to be by but unsigned by him by this date is also highly unlikely))
cover price 75¢
176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 8th Jul 2023 | | BookJane Gaskell - The City (1968) | paperback library mmpb first printing, first merkin edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited, believed to be by jeff jones (check)
cover price 75¢
176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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