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ppint. 5th Jul 2023		Book Piers Anthony - Out Of Phaze (1989)	hodder & stoughton new english library imprint h/cvr first printing, first uk edition simultaneous with yp/b card covers bind-up first printing from same signatures (0-450-42930-X £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 month not given, taken from locus
ppint. 5th Jul 2023		Book James Hamilton-Paterson - Empire Of The Clouds (2010)	third printing bought recently online to give as a present: vg+ in vg+ d-j: £3.49 including postage - since a new p/b would be =/~100% more than this, worth looking out for if you've any friend as'd appreciate it - or would like it, yourself.
ppint. 5th Jul 2023		Book Captain W. E. Johns - Biggles Pioneer Air Fighter (1954)	the thames publishing co. kingston library imprint h/cvr first printings, first edition it exists with both red and blue cloth-covered boards and colour plate frontispiece: no priority known cover (d-j) art cover (d-j) price 3s 6d net 216pp? (check in the morning) including titles, indicia etc, bound between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 4th Jul 2023		Book Tim Sullivan - The Martian Viking (1991)	the hearst corporation avon books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by ron walotsky (signed walotsky, credited) cover price (canada $4.25) • u.s. $3.50 248pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 4th Jul 2023		Book Tim Sullivan - Destiny's End (1988)	the hearst corporation avon books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by ron walotsky (credited) cover price (canada $3.95) • u.s. $2.95 316pp?(check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 4th Jul 2023		Book Tim Sullivan - Lords Of Creation (1992)	the hearst corporation avon books avonova imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by joe devito (signed, credited cover price (canada $4.99) u.s. $3.99 (??)256pp. (check) including titles, indicia, c. 12 end pp. advertising ? appendices & advertising ?
ppint. 4th Jul 2023		Book Robert Silverberg - Moonferns And Starsongs (1971)	contents: a happy day in 2381 (short story) in ''nova one'' ed. harry harrison (1970) q.v., an urban monads story after the myths went home (ss) f&sf vol.37 #5, 11/1969 passengers (ss) ''orbit four'' ed. damon knight (1968), q.v. to be continued (ss) astounding vol.57 #3, 5/1956; astounding bre vol. xii #10, 10/1956, both: one b+w illustration by frank kelly freas; astounding bre vol. xiii #4, 4/1957 no illustration nightwings (novella); galaxy vol.27 #2, 9/1968, with three b+w illustrations by jack gaughan; collected in (slight)fix-up novel ''night wings'' robert silverberg (1969), q.v. we know who we are (ss) amazing vol.44 #2, 7/1970, one b+w illustration by jeff jones the pleasure of their company (novelette) ''infinity one'' ed. robert silverberg (1970), q.v. with ''our'' not ''their'' the songs of summer (ss) (original) science fiction stories vol.7 #2, 9/1956, one b+w illustration by frank kelly freas; authentic #82, 7/1957 a man of talent (ss) ''new dreams this morning'' ed. james blish (1966); (rewrite of ''the man of talent'' future sf #31, winter/1956-7; science fantasy #24, 8/1957) collecting team (ss) super science fiction vol.1 #1, 12/1956, as ''catch 'em all alive!'', two b+w illustrations by frank kelly freas; authentic #81, 6/1957 as ''collecting team'' going down smooth (ss) galaxy vol.27 #1, 8/1968, the cover story, being commissioned to fit the cover art by vaughn bodé, two b+w illustrations by brock
ppint. 4th Jul 2023		Book Captain W. E. Johns - Biggles And The Black Peril	the thames publishing co. regent classics imprint h/cvr undated first printing, first thus text revised revised from that of the first edition ''the black peril'' (john hamilton 1935), q.v. cover (d-j) art unsigned, uncredited cover (d-j) price (none printed) 258pp. (re-check) including ten unnumbered pp. titles, indicia (ha!) etc. counted as eight pp, two blank end pp, sewn in signatures but bound without endpapers between deep red cloth-covered boards, first leaf of first signature and last leaf of last signature being glued onto the inside cover boards over the book hinges and the boards' cloth covering.
ppint. 4th Jul 2023		Book Captain W. E. Johns - Biggles (1967)	thank-you for the dust-jacket, etc. images, graham7.
ppint. 4th Jul 2023		Book Captain W. E. Johns - Biggles Takes The Case (1952)	hodder & stoughton h/cvr first printing, first edition collection of eight special air police case stories plus a world war II short story cover (d-j) art by stead (leslie stead, signed and credited as stead), as are the nine unsigned b+w interior illustrations (one is a title page decoration used in more than one book) cover (d-j) price 7/6 192pp. including six pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, 3 blank end pp, sewn in signatures and bound with endpapers between deep-red cloth-covered boards first edition publishing history states first printed 1952
ppint. 4th Jul 2023		Book Captain W. E. Johns - Biggles Of The Special Air Police (1953)	published in regent classics by xmas 1953, as at least one copy bought and given then as a present. the month and year of publication are given on the front of what would have been the front fly page had the book been made with normal endpapers, but is instead glued to the inside of the front board.° ° i've read that this may be made visible temporarily by spraying with isopropyl alcohol, aka isopropanol, aka rubbing alcohol - which should be done in a well-ventilated space - ditto if using stamp collectors' benzene (n.b. must not be inhaled, either of them; benzene should be washed off skin immediately) will presumably work as well. n.b. the print will be visible - and legible - temporarily, in mirror image until the alcohol evaporates out.
ppint. 4th Jul 2023		Book Captain W. E. Johns - Biggles Of The Special Air Police (1953)	the thames publishing co. london regent classics imprint h/cvr first printings, first edition there are four known variants, two with red cloth, two with blue cloth-covered boards: the first printing is red cloth-covered, and has a colour plate frontispiece cover (d-j) art by jace m torneli ((sp?) (not very legibly-)signed, uncredited) cover (d-j) price (none printed) 256pp? (re-check!) eight unnumbered pp. implicity counted as four, including titles, indicia (ha!), table-of-contents etc, sewn in signatures - - but bound without fly endpapers, the first leaf of the first signature and the last leaf of the last signature being glued into the inside of the boards over the book hinges and the inside edges of the boards' red cloth covering.
ppint. 4th Jul 2023		Book Captain W. E. Johns - Biggles Sees It Through (1951)	geoffrey cumberlege, publisher to the university h/cvr first printing 1941, first edition oxford university press amen house london e.c.4 first published 1941 reprinted 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952 i.e. fifth printing cover (d-j) art: all geoffrey cumberlege/oup biggles books later printings share this uniform design d-j six b+w interior illustrations by alfred sindall (unsigned, credited) cover (d-j) price 256pp. including eight unnumbered unpaginated pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents, index of illustrations etc, 2 blank end pp, bound with endpapers between leaf-green cloth-covered boards
ppint. 4th Jul 2023		Book Captain W. E. Johns - Biggles Flies East (1951)	geoffrey cumberlege, publisher to the university h/cvr first published 1935 oxford university press reprinted 1937, 1941, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952 i.e. seventh printing cover (d-j) art uniform design on all geoffrey cumberlege / oup h/cvr later printings of the biggles books cover (d-j) price 266pp. including 10pp. titles, indicia, nf forward by the author, table-of-contents (chapters) etc, 3 end pp: 1 blank p, 2pp. glossary of rfc terms and expressions used in this book with which readers may, or may not, be familiar (nf, uncredited), bound with endpapers between leaf-green cloth-covered boards
ppint. 4th Jul 2023		Book W. E. Johns - Biggles En Zijn Makkers (1962)	het spectrum prisma juniores p/b first printing, 1959 cover art by port (signed)
ppint. 4th Jul 2023		Book R. L. Fanthorpe - Android (1962)	note spelling of surname carefully: - this variant is/was one of the shy, self-effacing r. l. fanthorpe's many pseudonyms
ppint. 4th Jul 2023		Book R. L. Fanthorpe - Android (1962)	john spencer & co. badger books imprint p/b first printing, first edition cover art unsigned, uncredited sfaiaa still as-yet unattributed cover price 2'6 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 3rd Jul 2023		Book John Norman - Savages Of Gor (1987)	daw books mmpb fourth printing by publishing history printing number line 4 5 6 7 8 9 cover art by ken w. kelly near-meaningless daw books collector no.472 cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95 336pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp advertising
ppint. 3rd Jul 2023		Book John Norman - Savages Of Gor (1982)	daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers cover art by ken w. kelly (unsigned sfacs though the painting likely is, credited) near-meaningless daw books collector no.472 cover price $3.95 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel) cover price $3.50 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution) 336pp. (check) including six pp. titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising as per signet & daw mmpb simultaneous first printings from late 1980 to early 1992 generally, the initial digit ''1'' is dropped from the printing number line of the canadian-carcassed copies, formally identifying them as the second printing; no real-world temporal priority in publication is necessarily indicated
ppint. 3rd Jul 2023		Book C. S. Lewis - The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader (1952)	first published date of 1962 is just plain wrong and should be corrected to 1952 this 15/9/1952 geoffrey bles h/cvr edition is the first edition and it was published in 1952, not in 1962. edit 13/8/2023: and now at last corrected
ppint. 3rd Jul 2023		Book C. S. Lewis - The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader (1952)	geoffrey bles h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by pauline baynes b+w interior illustrations also by pauline baynes cover (d-j) price 10/6d 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, blank end p, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 3rd Jul 2023		Book C. S. Lewis - The Last Battle (1956)	the bodley head h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by pauline baynes b+w interior illustrations also by pauline baynes cover (d-j) price 9/6d 186pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, blank end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 3rd Jul 2023		Book C. S. Lewis - The Magician's Nephew (1955)	the bodley head h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by pauline baynes b+w interior illustrations also by pauline baynes cover (d-j) price 8/6d 186pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, blank end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 3rd Jul 2023		Book C. S. Lewis - The Horse And His Boy (1954)	geoffrey bles h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by pauline baynes b+w interior illustrations also by pauline baynes cover (d-j) price 10/6d 200pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, blank end p, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 3rd Jul 2023		Book C. S. Lewis - The Silver Chair (1953)	geoffrey bles h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by pauline baynes b+w interior illustrations also by pauline baynes cover (d-j) price 10/6d 220pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, blank end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 3rd Jul 2023		Book C. S. Lewis - Prince Caspian (1951)	geoffrey bles h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by pauline baynes b+w interior illustrations also by pauline baynes cover (d-j) price 10/- 196pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, blank end p, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 3rd Jul 2023		Book C. S. Lewis - The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (1950)	geoffrey bles h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by pauline baynes b+w interior illustrations also by pauline baynes cover (d-j) price 8/6d 172pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - The Space Merchants (1960)	ballantine books mmpb third printing, with new cat#, new (and rather poor) cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 35¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising indicia publishing history lines give dates for all three printings to date
ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - The Space Merchants (1965)	ballantine books mmpb fourth printing cover art unsigned, uncredited, retained from third printing cover price 59¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - The Space Merchants (1968)	ballantine books mmpb fifth printing cover art unsigned, uncredited, retained from third printing cover price 50¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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