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ppint. 11th Jul 2023		Book Jane 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
ppint. 11th Jul 2023		Book Jane 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.
ppint. 11th Jul 2023		Book Jane 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.
ppint. 11th Jul 2023		Book Jane 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
ppint. 11th Jul 2023		Book Jane 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.
ppint. 11th Jul 2023		Book Jane 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.
ppint. 11th Jul 2023		Book Jane 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)
ppint. 10th Jul 2023		Book Jane 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
ppint. 10th Jul 2023		Book Jane 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
ppint. 10th Jul 2023		Book Jane 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
ppint. 10th Jul 2023		Book Jane 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
ppint. 10th Jul 2023		Book Jane 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
ppint. 10th Jul 2023		Book Gahan 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.
ppint. 10th Jul 2023		Book Gahan 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
ppint. 10th Jul 2023		Book Gahan 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
ppint. 10th Jul 2023		Book Gahan 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.
ppint. 10th Jul 2023		Book James Tiptree Jr. - Crown Of Stars (1990)	cover price $4.95 u.s. ($5.95 can(ada))
ppint. 10th Jul 2023		Book Brian 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?''
ppint. 10th Jul 2023		Book Brian 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)
ppint. 10th Jul 2023		Book Ursula 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
ppint. 9th Jul 2023		Book Jerry 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.
ppint. 9th Jul 2023		Book Jerry 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
ppint. 9th Jul 2023		Book Jerry 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
ppint. 9th Jul 2023		Book Jerry 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
ppint. 9th Jul 2023		Book Jerry 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.
ppint. 8th Jul 2023		Book Jerry 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
ppint. 8th Jul 2023		Book Jerry 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
ppint. 8th Jul 2023		Book Jerry 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
ppint. 8th Jul 2023		Book Jane 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
ppint. 8th Jul 2023		Book Jane 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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