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ppint.
2nd Sep 2024
Book
Captain W. E. Johns - Biggles Hunts Big Game (1963)
may fair books armada books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition

cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price 2/6
160 blue edge-stained pp.° including 4 unnumbered pp. indicia, titles etc, 1 end p. advertising ("armada books": 15 biggles titles, "ocean haul" douglas duff, and three titles each by malcolm saville, and by enid blyton)

° - the edge staining includes the edges of the card covers

ppint.
2nd Sep 2024
Book
Robert A. Heinlein - The Day After Tomorrow (1972)
new english library first printing, not first uk p/b edition

cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price 30p (check overseas territories prices)
144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish between this and:

7/1972 near-identical new english library p/b second printing
5/1974 near-identical new english library p/b third printing

new english library p/b 1/1979 fourth printing (new edition) bears new isbn, new cover art by tim white - and interpolates.robert heinlein's "a."

ppint.
1st Sep 2024
Book
Henry Kuttner - The Best Of Kuttner 1 (1970)
contents:

or else (short story) in "ahead of time" henry kuttner (1953), q.v.; amazing vol.27 #6, 8/1953
year day (ss) in "ahead of time" henry kuttner (1953), q.v.
shock (ss) as by lewis padgett, astounding vol. xxxi #1, 3/1943, two b+w illustrations by m. isip
see you later (ss) thrilling wonder stories vol. xxxiv #2, 6/1949 (a hogben story), a b+w by virgil finlay
the proud robot (novelette) as by lewis padgett, astounding vol. xxxii #2, 10/1943 (a galloway gallegher story)
the ego machine (ntte) space science fiction vol.1 #1, 5/1952; space science fiction bre #8, 1953
juke-box (ss) as by woodrow wilson smith, thrilling wonder stories vol.xxix #3, 2/1947
cold war (ntte) thrilling wonder vol. xxxv #1, 10/1949; thrilling wonder atlas bre vol.1 #3, 6/1950; (a hogben story)
call him demon (ntte) as by keith hammond, thrilling wonder vol. xxix #1, 10/1946, a b+w by virgil finlay
the piper's son (ntte) astounding vol. xxxiv #6, 2/1945 (a baldy story), 3 b+w by paul orban
absalom (ss) startling stories vol.14 #2, 10/1946
housing problem (ss) charm 10/1944
a gnome there was (ntte) unknown vol. v #3, 10/1941, three b+w illustrations by ed cartier
the big night (ntte) as by hudson hastings, thrilling wonder vol. xxx #2, 6/1947
don't look now (ss) startling stories vol.17 #1, 3/1948

ppint.
1st Sep 2024
Book
Henry Kuttner - The Best Of Kuttner 2 (1970)
contents:

the voice of the lobster (novelette) thrilling wonder stories vol. xxxv #3, 2/1950, a b+w by virgil finlay
masquerade (short story) weird tales vol.36 #5, 5/1942
the iron standard (ntte) as by lewis padgett, astounding vol. xxxii #4, 12/1943, 3 b+w by frank kramer
endowment policy (ss) as by lewis padgett astounding vol. xxxi #6, 8/1943
when the bough breaks (ntte) as by lewis padgett, astounding vol. xxxiv #3, 11/1944, 7 b+w by arthur williams
line to tomorrow (ss) as by lewis padgett, astounding vol. xxxvi #3, 11/1945, 2 b+w by frank kramer
clash by night (novella) as by lawrence o'donnell, astounding vol. xxxi #1, 3/1943; the cover story, art by william timmins; three b+w illustrations by paul orban (sequel is "fury" henry kuttner (1950), q.v.)
a wild surmise (ss) in ''star science fiction stories" ed. frederik pohl (1953), q.v.
what you need (ss) as by lewis padgett, astounding vol. xxxvi #2, 10/1956
the twonky (ss) as by lewis padgett astounding vol. xxx #1, 9/1942, a b+w illustration by paul orban
mimsy were the borogoves (ntte) as by lewis padgett, astounding vol. xxx #6, 2/1943, two b+w illustrations by william augustin kolliker
the devil we know (ntte) unknown vol. v #2, 8/1941; unknown atlas bre vol. iii #6, winter/1945
exit the professor (ss) thrilling wonder stories vol. xxx #1, 10/1947 (a hogben story)
two-handed engine (ntte) f&sf vol.9 #2, 8/1955

ppint.
1st Sep 2024
Book
John Brunner - Now Then (1965)
contents:

introduction
some lapse of time (novelette) science fantasy #57, 2/1963
imprint of chaos (ntte) science fantasy #42, 8/1960 (traveller in black)
thou good and faithful (ntte) as by john loxmith, astounding vol. li #1, 3/1953, cover story, art & 4 b+w illustrations by pawelka; astounding atlas bre vol. ix #8, 8/1953, cover based on that by pawelka, 2 b+w illustrations from the four by pawelka; this story's text is noted as being revised

ppint.
1st Sep 2024
Book
Poul Anderson - Strangers From Earth (1965)
contents:

earthman, beware! (novelette) super science stories vol.8 #2, 6/1951; sss pembertons bre #6, 11/1951
quixote and the windmill (short story) astounding vol. xxxxvi #3, 11/1950, a b+w illustration by ed cartier
gypsy (ss) astounding vol. xxxxiv #5, 1/1950, two b+w illustrations by jack gaughan
for the duration (ss) venture vol.1 #5, 9/1957; venture atlas bre #8, 4/1964; both: a b+w illustration by john schoenherr
duel on syrtis (ss) planet stories vol.4 #11, 3/1951
the star beast (ntte) super science stories vol.7 #2, 9/1950, a b+w illustration by virgil finlay
the disintegrating sky (ss) fantastic universe vol.1 #2, 8-9/1953
among thieves (ntte) astounding vol. lix #4, 6/1957; astounding atlas bre vol. xiii #10, 10/1957; both: 3 b+w illustrations by h. r. van dongen

ppint.
1st Sep 2024
Book
Henry Kuttner - Return To Otherness (1965)
contents:

see you later (short story) thrilling wonder stories vol. xxxiv #2, 6/1949, a b+w illustration by virgil finlay
this is the house (novelette) astounding vol. xxxvi #6, 2/1962, 3 b+w illustrations by frank kramer
the proud robot (ntte) as by lewis padgett, astounding vol. xxxii #2, 10/1943, 3 b+w illustrations by frank kramer
gallegher plus (ntte) as by lewis padgett, astounding vol. xxxii #3, 11/1943; astounding atlas bre vol. ? #?, 4/1944
the ego machine (ntte) space science fiction vol.1 #1, 5/1952; space science fiction bre vol.2 #3 (check), 1953
android (nte) f&sf vol.2 #3, 6/1951
the sky is falling (ntte) planet stories vol.4 #8, 8/1950
juke-box (ss) thrilling wonder stories vol. xxix #3, 2/1947

ppint.
1st Sep 2024
Book
Richard Meade - Exile's Quest (1970)
sequel to "the sword of morning star" (1969), q.v.

ppint.
31st Aug 2024
Book
Frederik Pohl - Jem (1980)
granada publishing group panther books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition

cover art unsigned, uncredited of a crescent-lit world apparently illuminated by a fairly distant red star;
a yellow flash across the bottom fly corner bears in red "his towering bestseller of the first new world"
cover price £1.25


frederik pohl's first name is mis-spelled "frederick" on the title page

ppint.
31st Aug 2024
Book
Frederik Pohl - Jem (1979)
victor gollancz h/cvr first printing, first edition

cover (d-j) art none, typographical upon a "gollancz yellow" field
cover (d-j) price £4.95

ppint.
31st Aug 2024
Book
Frederik Pohl - Farthest Star (1975)
sequel is "wall around a star" frederik pohl & jack williamson (1983), q.v.

ppint.
31st Aug 2024
Book
Frederik Pohl - Farthest Star (1975)
fix-up of "doomship" (novella) if vol.21 #10, (3-4/1973), q.v.
if (bre) #6, (3-4/1973), q.v.
and
"the org's egg" (novel) galaxy vol.34 #7, vol.35 #8, #9 (4, 5, 6/1974), qq.v.
galaxy (bre) #14, 17th edition, 18th edition (4, 5, 6/1974), qq.v.

ppint.
31st Aug 2024
Book
Peter Cheyney - Sinister Errand (1945)
this first edition appears to've been reprinted at least three times in the next couple of years, but on-line sellers generally do not identify that they are selling these subsequent printings;
refer to the indicia publishing history to distinguish between reprints (which may be identified as second or third impressions, or printings), and should be dated, from the true first edition.

ppint.
29th Aug 2024
Book
Peter Cheyney - Sinister Errand (1952)
collins 14 st. james's place london (no mention of william, any son(s), nor ltd. liability), not first edition

cover (d-j) art not known - missing d-j
cover (d-j) price not known
192pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents (chapters) etc, bound with endpapers between off-white cloth-covered boards, title, author (& collins, at foot) in black on the spine cloth

full indicia:
first published 1945
this edition 1952

printed in great britain
collins clear-type press : london and glasgow

ppint.
28th Aug 2024
Book
Jack L. Chalker - Midnight At The Well Of Souls (1977)
well world saga (originally intended to be a trilogy) #1

#1: "midnight at the well of souls" (1977) (this book)
#2a (or #2): "exiles at the well of souls" (1978) q.v.
#2b (or #3): "quest for the well of souls" (1978) q.v.
#3a (or #4): "the return of nathan brazil" (1980) q.v.
#3b (or #5): "twilight at the well of souls: the legacy of nathan brazil" (1980) q.v.
(end of the original trilogy-in-five-paperbacks)
....
#4 (or #6): "the sea is full of stars" (1990) q.v.
#5: (or #7): "ghost of the well of souls" (2000) q.v.

n.b. the second and the fourth books in the well world saga are not complete stories: each is the first half of a novel completed in the third and fifth books in the series, respectawigglily.


the watchers at the well series:
2#1: "echoes of the well of souls" (1993) q.v.
2#2: "shadows of the well of souls" (1994) q.v.
2#3: "gods of the well of souls" (1994) q.v.

ppint.
28th Aug 2024
Book
Jack L. Chalker - The Return Of Nathan Brazil (1980)
#3a (or #4) in the well of souls saga, starting but not completing the third novel which is finished, together with the original well of souls series, in #3b (or #5)

#1: "midnight at the well of souls" (1977), q.v. for full series & sub-series listing and links

ppint.
28th Aug 2024
Book
Hans Stefan Santesson - Gods For Tomorrow (1967)
universal publishing & distribution (upd) award books mmpb first printing, more-or-less simultaneous first edition with tandem books uk p/b edition, q.v. for contents listing & original publication data

reprint anthology of seven short stories and three novelettes, nf introduction by the editor

cover art by virgil finlay (signed, signature more, less, or completely guillotined off fly edge, uncredited)
cover price 69¢
208pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising

ppint.
28th Aug 2024
Book
John E. Muller - The Negative Ones (1965)
badger books' house name ''john e. muller'' here fig-leaves the notoriously great modesty of the sometimes rev. r. l. fanthorpe, m.b.i.s.

ppint.
28th Aug 2024
Book
Harlan Ellison - I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream (1974)
publisher, new cat#/cover price are printed in black upon a white (i.e. uncoloured) rectangle cut out of the elsewise identical second printing's cover, immediately below the pyramid logo, where this information for that earlier printing was previously situated.

ppint.
28th Aug 2024
Book
Harlan Ellison - I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream (1974)
pyramid books mmpb third printing

reprint collection of 5 short stories and 2 novelettes with introductions & nf biographical essay by the author, introduction to the collection by theodore sturgeon

cover art by diane dillon, leo dillon (unsigned, credited to leo and diane dillon back cover of first edition)
cover price 95¢
176pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p. advertising

refer also to indicia publishing history to distinguish; states second printing, january, 1974

ppint.
28th Aug 2024
Book
Harlan Ellison - I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream (1972)
front cover is very close to that of the first edition, but publisher, (new) cat#, (new) price & logo are moved next to spine, running upwards towards top edge, allowing the title to be moved up to run across the top of the cover, with harlan ellison's name also moved up; the blurb between those & after his name are changed to read "seven times winner of the/hugo and nebula awards" and "fantastic science fiction stories that/defy belief introduced by theodore sturgeon" respectively.

ppint.
27th Aug 2024
Book
Harlan Ellison - I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream (1972)
pyramid books mmpb simultaneous second printings sharing merkin-printed covers

reprint collection of 5 short stories and 2 novelettes with introductions & nf biographical essay by the author, introduction to the collection by theodore sturgeon

cover art by diane dillon, leo dillon (unsigned, credited to leo and diane dillon back cover of first edition)
cover price 75¢
176pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p. advertising

refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state second printing, february, 1972

ppint.
26th Aug 2024
Book
Harlan Ellison - I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream (1967)
contents:

the mover, the shaker (nf introduction) theodore sturgeon
how science fiction saved me from a life of crime (nf) appears original to this collection
i have no mouth and i must scream (short story) if vol.17 #3, 3/1967
big sam was my friend (ss) science fiction adventures vol.2 #4, 3/1958
eyes of dust (ss) rogue 12/1959
world of the myth (novelette) knight 12/1964
lonelyache (ss) knight 7/1964
delusion for a dragon slayer (ss) knight 9/1966
pretty maggie moneyeyes (ntte) original to this collection, appeared in knight 5/1967

ppint.
26th Aug 2024
Book
Harlan Ellison - I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream (1967)
pyramid books mmpb first printing, first edition

reprint collection of 5 short stories and 2 novelettes with introductions & nf biographical essay by the author, introduction to the collection by theodore sturgeon

cover art by diane dillon, leo dillon (unsigned, credited to leo and diane dillon on back cover)
cover price 60¢
176pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p. advertising

ppint.
26th Aug 2024
Book
Joanna Russ - The Female Man (1975)
thank-you jimess.

ppint.
26th Aug 2024
Book
Peter Roberts (Sf) - The Corobite Mines (1978)
thank-you jimess.

ppint.
26th Aug 2024
Book
John Clagett - A World Unknown (1975)
thank-you jimess.

ppint.
26th Aug 2024
Book
Elizabeth Moon - Lunar Activity (1990)
thank-you jimess.

ppint.
26th Aug 2024
Book
Jeffrey Lord - Warriors Of Latan (1984)
© 1984 book creations, inc., lyle kenyon engel's corporate identity once he removed to california
''jeffrey lord'' is/was a house name: this work-for-hire was written by roland j. green

last known english language ''richard blade'' series novel, #37.

the series was continued in french language original novels from #38 through #206, initially published by plon, terminating in 2012 through irreconcilable differences between vauvenargues, the by-then publishers, and the authors. the titles of #207 & 208 were announced as forthcoming, but it's not known if these were actually written.

ppint.
26th Aug 2024
Book
Jeffrey Lord - Dimension Of Dreams (1974)
"original pinnacle books edition, published for the first time anywhere":
this line appears in the indicia of every pinnacle books edition/printing of all richard blade series books whose first printings are dated after pinnacle books took over publishing the series from macfadden books (publisher owned by the macfadden-bartell corporation), so far as i have seen.


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