ppint. 6th Jul 2023 | | BookAlan 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
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ppint. 6th Jul 2023 | | BookAlan Dean Foster - Orphan Star (1977) | pip and flinx #2:
#1: ''the tar-aiym krang'' (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 6th Jul 2023 | | BookAlan 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
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ppint. 6th Jul 2023 | | BookRoger Elwood - The Wounded Planet (1974) | ''cogswell thomas'' is a collaborative pseudonym of theodore (r.) cogswell, theodore (t. l.) thomas
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ppint. 6th Jul 2023 | | BookRoger 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
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ppint. 6th Jul 2023 | | BookRoger Elwood - The Wounded Planet (1974) | author field should^W has been varied to editor and co-author to co-editor
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ppint. 6th Jul 2023 | | BookAndre 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)
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ppint. 6th Jul 2023 | | BookAndre 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
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ppint. 6th Jul 2023 | | BookAndre 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.
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ppint. 6th Jul 2023 | | BookAndre 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
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ppint. 6th Jul 2023 | | BookAndre 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)
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ppint. 6th Jul 2023 | | BookAndre 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
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ppint. 5th Jul 2023 | | BookPiers 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
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ppint. 5th Jul 2023 | | BookPiers 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
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ppint. 5th Jul 2023 | | BookPiers 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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ppint. 5th Jul 2023 | | BookPiers 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
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ppint. 5th Jul 2023 | | BookJames 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.
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ppint. 5th Jul 2023 | | BookCaptain 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
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ppint. 4th Jul 2023 | | BookTim 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
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ppint. 4th Jul 2023 | | BookTim 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
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ppint. 4th Jul 2023 | | BookTim 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 ?
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ppint. 4th Jul 2023 | | BookRobert 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
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ppint. 4th Jul 2023 | | BookCaptain 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.
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ppint. 4th Jul 2023 | | BookCaptain W. E. Johns - Biggles (1967) | thank-you for the dust-jacket, etc. images, graham7.
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ppint. 4th Jul 2023 | | BookCaptain 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
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ppint. 4th Jul 2023 | | BookCaptain 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.
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ppint. 4th Jul 2023 | | BookCaptain 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.
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ppint. 4th Jul 2023 | | BookCaptain 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
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ppint. 4th Jul 2023 | | BookCaptain 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
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ppint. 4th Jul 2023 | | BookW. E. Johns - Biggles En Zijn Makkers (1962) | het spectrum prisma juniores p/b first printing, 1959
cover art by port (signed)
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