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ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - The Space Merchants (1969)	ballantine books mmpb sixth printing check title page for presence/absence of stament, ''an intext publisher'' cover art (unsigned, uncredited; believed to be by john berkey on stylistic grounds) cover price 75¢ 160pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - The Space Merchants (1984)	the next uk p/b edition of which i was aware was the b-format gollancz/millennium p/b which, at £6.99, seemed greatly overpriced then, and yr hmbl srppnt. did not stock it.
ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - The Space Merchants (1984)	penguin imprint p/b fifth printing with new cover art by peter goodfellow (attribution taken from penguin science fiction covers website) cover price 176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - The Space Merchants (1979)	penguin imprint p/b third printing, with new cover art by adrian chesterman (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price 75p, $2.50 australia 176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - The Space Merchants (1973)	penguin imprint p/b second printing with new isbn incorporating previous cat#, new cover art by david pelham cover price 30p 176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - The Space Merchants (1972)	victor gollancz ltd. h/cvr first printing, not first uk h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art (none, typographical cover in black and magenta on ''gollancz yellow'' field) cover (d-j) price £1.75 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - The Space Merchants (1965)	penguin books p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition cover art by victor vasarely (unsigned, credited as detail from folklore planetario by ~ on back cover) cover price 3'6 176pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising month of publication not given in the publishing history, taken from a penguin sf books website
ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - The Space Merchants (1961)	cat# is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to R499 digit books' cat# prefix letter R indicates the cover price of 2'6d digit books did not use the letter F as a cat# prefix
ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - The Space Merchants (1961)	brown, watson ltd. digit books imprint p/b second printing with new cover art by brian lewis (signed, uncredited) cat# R499 cover price 2'6 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - The Space Merchants (1960)	brown, watson ltd. digit books imprint p/b undated first printing°, first uk p/b edition cover art (unsigned, uncredited; re-used from ½ ace double D-362 ''the 100th millennium'' john brunner (1959), q.v., attributed to ed valigursky in the ace image library) cover price 2'- 160pp. including titles, indicia, end pp. advertising ° - ascribed year of publication presumably taken from donald h. tuck
ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		Book [no Editor Listed] - Kalle Ankas Pocket: Knivigt, Kalle! (1990)	lorangrecords: thank-you for the advice: it is possible for a magazine to be published in hardcover/pocketbook/paperback/mass-market paperback formats; and i'm definitely not familiar enough with these to know whether they constituted - or were turned into - a monthly (or bimonthly, or quarterly or whatever) magazine, or no; so i left it open.
ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - The Space Merchants (1955)	william heinemann ltd. h/cvr first printing, first uk edition cover (d-j) art unsigned, uncredited cover (d-j) price 10/6d 192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 2nd Jul 2023		Book Frederik Pohl - The Space Merchants (1953)	ballantine books mmpb first printing, simultaneous first edition: printed 4/1953, published 5/1953 simultaneous with ballantine books h/cvr first printing, cat# H 21 reportedly misprinted on d-j as H 2 includes ''time for a change: a statement on science fiction'' (nf editorial) signed ballantine books, inc. cover art by richard powers (unsigned sfaics, credited; shared with h/cvr d-j) cover price 35¢ 192pp. (check) including titles, indicia, editorial etc, end pp. refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from 6/1953 second printing which adds note of reprinting to publishing history (date from 3/1960 ballantine books mmpb third printing)
ppint. 1st Jul 2023		Book Alan Dean Foster - For Love Of Mother-not (1992)	severn house publishers first printing, first h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art by martin buchan (unsigned, credited on d-j back flap) cover (d-j) price £13.00, $18.00 256pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp., bound between covered boards copies distributed in the u.s. from one month later reported to've had the uk & merkin cover prices swapped, uk£ at bottom of d-j front flap, us$ at top; this not - yet - seen by yr hmbl srppnt.
ppint. 1st Jul 2023		Book Alan Dean Foster - For Love Of Mother-not (1983)	pip & flinx series #0: more than a decade later-written prequel to: #1: ''the tar-aiym krang'' (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 1st Jul 2023		Book Alan Dean Foster - For Love Of Mother-not (1983)	random house ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings, first edition cover art by michael whelan (unsigned sfaics, may bear his stylised m/w monogram, credited) cover price $3.75 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel) cover price $2.95 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution) 256pp. (check) including unnumbered, unpaginated titles, indicia etc, end pp. including about the author (nf) uncredited brief biographical note, advertising some high hundreds to low thousands of copies of the wholly merkin-printed variant imported and distributed in the uk (& roi?) (and prob'ly a little further afield) by futura publications ltd. refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical 3/1983 second printing - implies actually reprinted before publication date - adds line to indicia publishing history: second printing march 1983 6/1983 fourth printing adds line to publishing history: fourth printing june 1983 some copies reported to've been distributed in canada bearing a price sticker for $3.75 over the $2.95
ppint. 1st Jul 2023		Book Philip K. Dick - The Ganymede Takeover (1991)	random house uk arrow books legend imprint p/b first printing, fourth arrow books printing, with new cover art by peter andrew jones (signed ©paj) cover price £3.99 192pp. including titles, indicia etc.
ppint. 1st Jul 2023		Book Philip K. Dick - The Ganymede Takeover (1988)	severn house publishers first printing, first h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art by chris foss unsigned, miscredited to patrick mortemore on d-j back flap) (re-used from arrow books 1987 p/b cover art, with new surrounding edge) cover (d-j) price £10.95 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards month not given in publishing history, taken from locus
ppint. 1st Jul 2023		Book Philip K. Dick - The Ganymede Takeover (1987)	century hutchinson arrow books imprint p/b third printing with new cover art by chris foss (unsigned, uncredited; in ''21st century foss'' chris foss (1978), q.v., entitled ''landing ground at nazca'', and (edit: was) on chris foss's website, sans typography, q.v.) cover price £2.50 (?overseas territories prices?) 192pp. including titles, indicia etc.
ppint. 1st Jul 2023		Book Philip K. Dick - The Ganymede Takeover (1980)	london weekend television hutchinson publishing group arrow books imprint second printing first arrow books p/b printing (& first uk edition) was 1971 cover art by peter elson (signed pe in line-drawn box, uncredited) cover price 95p, $3.45 australia, $3.75 new zealand, $3.50 canada 192pp. including titles, indicia etc.
ppint. 1st Jul 2023		Book Philip K. Dick - The Ganymede Takeover (1971)	hutchinson publishing group arrow books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art unsigned, uncredited (prob'ly by chris yates, but this is not an attribution) cover price 25p, 60c south africa, 80c australia, 80c new zealand 192pp. including titles, indicia etc.
ppint. 30th Jun 2023		Book Jerry Pournelle - King David's Spaceship (1984)	macdonald futura (?part of robert maxwell's bpcc by now?) first p/b printing, second futura publications orbit series printing. cover art by peter (''paj'') jones (signed ©paj81, uncredited) cover price £2.50 340pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising 1988 third near-identical futura publications p/b printing differs: cover price £3.50
ppint. 30th Jun 2023		Book Jerry Pournelle - West Of Honor (1978)	simon & schuster pocket books imprint mmpb first printing, not first mmpb printing which was the laser books mmpb first printing, and first edition cover art by ed (edward) soyka cover price $1.75 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 30th Jun 2023		Book Jerry Pournelle - The Mercenary (1983)	simon & schuster pocket books timescape imprint mmpb first or second printing°, undated eighth printing indicated by indicia publishing history printing number line, as this include all previous pocket books mmpb printings cover art by boris vallejo (signed boris©79, uncredited, retained from previous mmpb printing) cover price $2.95 224pp? (check) including titles, indicia, 2pp. b+w map, etc, end pp. advertising ° - date assigned by interpolation into cat#s of known publication dates and of same cover price for extent of mmpb. - the previous undated seventh pocket books mmpb printing may have been the first to be assigned to the timescape sf line, but does not bear the timescape branding on the (proof?) cover i've seen.
ppint. 30th Jun 2023		Book Jerry Pournelle - The Mercenary (1980)	simon & schuster pocket books imprint mmpb undated° fifth printing with new isbn, new cover art by boris vallejo (signed boris©79, uncredited) cover price $1.95 224pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - printing given by number line; assigned date by interpolation of isbn/cat# into sequence of known dates, comparison of cover prices for pocket books mmpbs of the same extent refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from undated near-identical sixth mmpb printing on same isbn, same cover price, indicated by number line line dropping the digit ''5'', leaving lowest number remaining ''6''
ppint. 30th Jun 2023		Book Jerry Pournelle - The Mercenary (1977)	simon & schuster pocket books imprint mmpb first printings sharing probably merkin-printed covers° cover art by ed (edward) soyka (unsigned, credited) cover price $1.75 224pp? (check) including titles, indicia, 2pp. b+w map etc, end pp. advertising see indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state pocket books edition published february 1977; ° - canadian-carcassed copies bear small white maple leaf symbol on front cover advising published in canada, which may indicate their card covers were printed in canada - check inside of cover for specific statement of this; - and also to distinguish from undated near-identical third and fourth printings, by added lines stating such further printings
ppint. 30th Jun 2023		Book Jerry Pournelle - Future History (1980)	futura publications p/b omnibus edition, first edition thus omnibus of falkenberg series #1 & #2, ''the mercenary'' (1977), q.v. and west of honor'' (1976), q.v. cover art by peter andrew jones (unsigned, uncredited; art reproduced on paj's website (swa143)) cover price £1.50, £1.65 eire, $4.50 australia, $4.95 new zealand 388pp. (check) including titles, indicia, b+w maps etc, end p. advertising 1980 near-identical second printing on same isbn with same cover art differs: cover price £1.60, $5.50 australia indicia publishing history adds line stating reprinted 1980 1981 near-identical third printing on same isbn with same cover art cover price £1.95 (?overseas territories prices?) indicia publishing history extends reprinting line: reprinted 1980, 1981 1986 near-identical fourth printing on same isbn with same cover art cover price £2.95 (no other territories prices) indicia publishing history printing history extends reprinting line further: reprinted 1980, 1981, 1986 adds barcode block including bar-code number 9780708 880593 00295 1990 near-identical reprinting on same isbn with same cover art incompletely recorded: cover price £3.99 bar-code number adjusted to match cover price: 9780708 880593 00399
ppint. 30th Jun 2023		Book Jerry Pournelle - West Of Honor (1976)	harlequin laser books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by (frank) kelly freas (signed, credited) cover price $1.25 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 29th Jun 2023		Book Jerry Pournelle - King David's Spaceship (1982)	the d-j of the ''the winter plain'' by jo bannister science fiction book club edition 1202 / 5202, (c. 12/1982) bears the same ''new series vol 3 issue 12'' numbering. no-one now appears to know why.
ppint. 29th Jun 2023		Book Jerry Pournelle - King David's Spaceship (1982)	david & charles readers union group of book clubs the science fiction book club h/cvr first printing cover (d-j) art cover (d-j) price 340pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp., ''perfectbound'' with endpapers between covered boards

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