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ppint. 8th Jul 2023		Book Jane Gaskell - The City (1985)	bpc by now prob'ly macdonald & co. (publishers) h/cvr first printing, not first uk h/cvr edition approximately simultaneous with the macdonald/futura p/b first printing with which it shares° cover (d-j) art by mick van houten (unsigned, uncredited; shared with p/b edition) cover (d-j) price £8.95 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, blank end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards ° announced for simultaneous publication, the macdonald h/cvr editions frequently trailed the futura p/bs during this era of macdonald / futura / orbit
ppint. 8th Jul 2023		Book Jane Gaskell - The City (1985)	macdonald & co. publishers futura books p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition approximately simultaneous with the macdonald & co. publishers h/cvr edition with which it shares cover art by mick van houten cover price £1.95 (overseas territories prices?) 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising identified as book four in the atlantis saga, but this is variable: is book three if book two is not split
ppint. 8th Jul 2023		Book Robert Silverberg - Valley Beyond Time (1973)	contents: introduction (nf) robert silverberg valley beyond time (novella) science fiction adventures (us) vol.2 #2, 12/1957, one b+w illustration by ed emshwiller; science fantasy #27, 2/1958 the flame and the hammer (nlla) science fiction adventures (us) vol.1 #6, 9/1957 the wages of death (ntte) if vol.8 #5, 8/1958, one b+w illustration by virgil finlay; science fiction adventures (uk) #20, 5/1961, cover story, art by brian lewis spacerogue (ntte) infinity vol.4 #2, 11/1958 as by webber martin, cover story, and one b+w illustration also by ed emshwiller
ppint. 7th Jul 2023		Book Jane Gaskell - The City (1976)	white lion h/cvr first printing, not first uk h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art unsigned, uncredited cover (d-j) price (c. £3) (parts of d-j flaps not visible on the library laminated rebinding seen) 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p, bound with endpapers between covered boards white lion publishers were primarily (though not solely) a supplier of books to the uk public libraries the budgets of the uk public libraries were progressively cut - and then the single largest local authority, and with it, its excellent library service, was destroyed as a matter of doctrinaire right-wing idiocy: white lion seems to've ceased publishing fiction hardcover reprints during 1977 in consequence, and possibly shortly after ceased to exist.
ppint. 7th Jul 2023		Book Jane Gaskell - The City (1976)	tandem books ltd. tandem imprint p/b first printing, not first p/b edition cover art unsigned, uncredited; probably by dave pether, the artist for at least two of tandem's cija p/bs cover price 45p, 48p eire, 50c malta 192p. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising an isbn is trivially derivable from the sbn, but the cover bears the nine-digit sbn
ppint. 7th Jul 2023		Book H. P. Lovecraft - Omnibus 3: The Haunter Of The Dark (1990)	first published year is wrong and should be corrected to 1985: ''h. p. lovecraft omnibus 3: the haunter of the dark: and other tales'' was first published in 1985 this collection is some two hundred pages longer than panther books' 1963 cat#1474, ''the haunter of the dark and other tales of terror'' (first: victor gollancz h/cvr 1951), q.v., containing all of the earlier collection plus one novella, two novelettes and a short story; this 200pp. difference is more than long enough to be an entire p/b on its own - so this is significantly different a book, as well as a different title!
ppint. 7th Jul 2023		Book H. P. Lovecraft - Omnibus 3: The Haunter Of The Dark (1990)	wm collins sons grafton books imprint p/b second printing, third printing including the 1985 granada publishing group panther books imprint first printing, first edition of this ''h. p. lovecraft omnibus 3: the haunter of the dark and other stories'' reprint collection of three novellas, seven novelettes, four short stories, nf introduction by august derleth cover art by tim white unsigned, credited on back cover, collected in ''chiaroscuro'' tim white (1988), q.v. cover price £4.50, $10.99 australia, $15.99 new zealand 544pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 7th Jul 2023		Book Tom Reamy - Blind Voices (1982)	penguin group penguin imprint p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by peter goodfellow (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £1.75, $4.95 australia 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 7th Jul 2023		Book Tom Reamy - Blind Voices (1979)	berkley publishing group berkley books imprint mmpb first printing, first p/b edition cover art by david plourde (signed, shared from first edition h/cvr d-j where it is credited) cover price $1.95 248pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising artist's signature is visible because a slightly different view of the cover art is used on the mmpb: it's just off the lower edge of the h/cvr d-j.
ppint. 6th Jul 2023		Book Tom Reamy - Blind Voices (1979)	sidgwick & jackson h/cvr first printing, first uk edition cover (d-j) art (none; dark blue typography on silver field with graduated dark blue horizontal lines) cover (d-j) price £5.95 (the uk science fiction book club offered s&j copies to members at £4.50) 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, blank end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards unbound collected signatures later assembled together with like of ''the ultimax man'' keith laumer (also sidgwick & jackson 1978) in ''science fiction special 37'' ed. anon. (sidgwick & jackson h/cvr 1981), q.v.
ppint. 6th Jul 2023		Book Tom Reamy - Blind Voices (1978)	berkley publishing group berkley putnam h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by david plourde (unsigned, credited on d-j back flap) cover (d-j) price $8.95 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards day of publication from inlaid publishers review copy slip distinguish from near-identical doubleday science fiction book club edition: cover (d-j) bears no price on front flap, instead states book club edition cat# 5438 on d-j back flap 184pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound between covered boards
ppint. 6th Jul 2023		Book Tom Reamy - San Diego Lightfoot Sue And Other Stories (1983)	contents: enter the departing shadow (nf) harlan ellison twilla (novelette) f&sf vol.47'#3, 9/1974 under the hollywood sign (ntte) in ''orbit 17'' ed. damon knight (1975), q.v. beyond the cleft (ntte) in ''nova 4'' ed. harry harrison (1974), q.v. san diego lightfoot sue (ntte) f&sf vol.49 #2, 8/1975 dinosaurs (ntte) in ''new dimensions 6'' ed. robert silverberg (1976), q.v. the sweetwater factor (short story) in ''lone star universe'' eds. geo w. proctor, steven utley (1976), q.v. the mistress of windraven (ss) chacal 1, winter/1976 the detweiler boy (ntte) f&sf vol.52 #4, 4/1977 insects in amber (ntte) f&sf vol.54 #1, 1/1978 waiting for billy star (ss) shayol #2, 2/1978 2076: blue eyes (ss) shayol #3, summer 1979
ppint. 6th Jul 2023		Book Tom Reamy - San Diego Lightfoot Sue And Other Stories (1983)	berkley publishing group ace books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition collection of a novella, six novelettes, four short stories, nf article by harlan ellison cover art by david heffernan (signed, credited) cover price $2.95 336pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents, introduction etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 6th Jul 2023		Book Tom Reamy - San Diego Lightfoot Sue And Other Stories (1979)	earthlight publishers hcvr first printing, limited first edition, 100 copies in cloth-covered slipcase kansas city, missouri cover (d-j) art by diane dillon, leo dillon interior illustratios including endpapers' decoration by diane dillon, leo dillon cover (d-j) price $14.95 slip-cased limited edition price $25.00 264pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents, introduction etc, bound in decorated endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 6th Jul 2023		Book Alan Dean Foster - Orphan Star (1979)	new english library p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by tim white (unsigned, credited on back cover) (fossoid, doubtless on art director's direction) cover price 85p, 93½p republic of ireland, $2.95 australia, $2.80 new zealand 208pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. excerpt from ''the end of the matter'' (pip & flinx #3), advertising refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical second printing which differs: adds line stating reprinted july 1983 cover price £1.50 third printing which differs: adds line third impression 1988 cover price £2.50
ppint. 6th Jul 2023		Book Alan Dean Foster - Orphan Star (1978)	ballantine books mmpb second printing, near-identical to first printings with new isbn, cat# differs: cover price $1.75 indicia publishing history adds line stating second printing
ppint. 6th Jul 2023		Book Alan Dean Foster - Orphan Star (1977)	pip and flinx #2: #1: ''the tar-aiym krang'' (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 6th Jul 2023		Book Alan Dean Foster - Orphan Star (1977)	ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition cover art by darrell k. sweet (signed, credited without the ''d.'') cover price $1.50 242pp. (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 established nor liable to be, both state first edition: march,1977
ppint. 6th Jul 2023		Book Roger Elwood - The Wounded Planet (1974)	''cogswell thomas'' is a collaborative pseudonym of theodore (r.) cogswell, theodore (t. l.) thomas
ppint. 6th Jul 2023		Book Roger Elwood - The Wounded Planet (1974)	bantam books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition almost entirely original anthology of three novelettes, thirteen short stories, five poems, and one nf essay, nf introduction by frank herbert cover art unsigned, uncredited; still as-yet unattributed sfaik cover price $1.25 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 6th Jul 2023		Book Roger Elwood - The Wounded Planet (1974)	author field should^W has been varied to editor and co-author to co-editor
ppint. 6th Jul 2023		Book Andre Norton - Lore Of The Witch World (1987)	contents: introduction (nf) c. j. cherryh spider silk (novelette) in ''flashing swords! #3'' ed. lin carter (1976), q.v. sand sister (novella) in ''heroic fantasy'' eds. gerald w. page, hank reinhardt (1979), q.v. falcon blood (short story) in ''amazons!'' ed. jessica amanda salmanson (1979), q.v. legacy from sorn fen (ss) in ''garan the eternal'' andre norton (1972), q.v. sword of unbelief (ntte) in ''swords against darkness II'' ed. andrew offut (1972), q.v. the toads of grimmerdale (nlla) in ''flashing swords! #2'' ed. lin carter (1973/4), q.v. changeling (ntte) (° original to this collection)
ppint. 6th Jul 2023		Book Andre Norton - Lore Of The Witch World (1987)	daw books mmpb sixth printing reprint collection of two novellas°, three novelettes, two short stories, introduction by c. j. cherryh ° - one original with new isbn, cat#, new cover design typography cover art by michael whelan retained from first and later printings, credited near-meaningless daw books collector no.400 returned to front cover, under new style daw logo cover price (canada $4.50) • u.s. $3.50 276pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 6th Jul 2023		Book Andre Norton - Lore Of The Witch World (1985)	daw books mmpb printing, which not reported by contributor i've not seen reported elsewhere; refer to the publishing history printing number line; it's indicated by the lowest remaining digit which should probapossibly be 5, indicating the fifth printing. i've added the isbn the text appears to've been re-set, as indicated by pagination increase to c.276pp.
ppint. 6th Jul 2023		Book Andre Norton - Lore Of The Witch World (1982)	daw books mmpb undated fourth printing, near-identical with first printings, with new isbn, cat# differs: cover price $2.50 indicia publishing history number line 4 5 6 7 8 9
ppint. 6th Jul 2023		Book Andre Norton - Lore Of The Witch World (1981)	daw books mmpb undated third printing, near-identical with first printings, new isbn, new cat# differs: cover price $2.25 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution) indicia publishing history drops digits 1 & 2 leaving first printing, september 1980/3456789 (implicitly retrospectively deeming one of the two first printings to've been the second printing)
ppint. 6th Jul 2023		Book Andre Norton - Lore Of The Witch World (1980)	daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers reprint collection of two novellas°, three novelettes and two short stories, introduction by c. j. cherryh ° - one original to this collection cover art by michael whelan (signed mw, credited) b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed) near-meaningless daw books collector no.400 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) 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia, frontispiece etc, end pp. advertising refer also to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first printing, september 1980/123456789 if digits 1 & 2 dropped leaving 3456789, cat# UE1634, isbn 0-87997-634-9, it is the third printing
ppint. 5th Jul 2023		Book Piers Anthony - Phaze Doubt (1991)	hodder & stoughton new english library imprint h/cvr first printing, first uk edition simultaneous with yp/b card bind-up of the same signatures (0-450-42932-6 £6.95) cover (d-j) art by chris achilleos (signed with his a in a circle, uncredited) two b+w maps of phaze and of proton by michael storrings (signed storrings ©1987, uncredited) cover (d-j) price £11.95 288pp. (check) including titles, indicia, maps etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 5th Jul 2023		Book Piers Anthony - Unicorn Point (1990)	hodder & stoughton new english library imprint h/cvr first printing, first uk edition simultaneous with yp/b card bind-up of the same signatures (0-450-42932-6 £6.95) cover (d-j) art by chris achilleos (signed with his a in a circle, uncredited) cover (d-j price £11.95 288pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 5th Jul 2023		Book Piers Anthony - Robot Adept (1989)	hodder & stoughton new english library imprint h/cvr first printing, first uk edition simultaneous with yp/b card bind-up of same signatures (0-450-42932-6 £6.95) cover (d-j) art by chris achilleos (signed with his a in a circle, uncredited) cover (d-j) price £11.95 288pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards

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