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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)	Review near-future set novel of a teen(?) in an england where social order has broken down, gangs of communists and fascists are fighting and controlling large areas of inner cities, and on top of this, super-powerful aliens dictate orders sent from their ships hovering(?) above major cities - and pel's strange, wild cousin frijja comes to stay... - i didn't get very far into this, before i had to renew it, or return it to the library. i returned it. 2 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
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
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.

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