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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
ppint. 29th Jun 2023		Book Jerry Pournelle - King David's Spaceship (1982)	macdonald & co. (publishers) first h/cvr printing, first uk h/cvr edition n.b. published after the futura publications p/b first printing and first uk edition cover (d-j) art by peter andrew jones (signed paj81, shared from futura publications p/b edition) cover (d-j) price £6.95 340pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, blank end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards aimed primarily at sales to the uk public library system, which was still a thriving public service - then
ppint. 29th Jun 2023		Book Jerry Pournelle - King David's Spaceship (1981)	a revised, greatly-expanded° rewrite of ''a spaceship for the king'' (1973), q.v. ° - very approximately twice the length of the earlier novel.
ppint. 29th Jun 2023		Book Jerry Pournelle - King David's Spaceship (1981)	futura publications p/b first printing, first uk edition, not first edition (first edition was simon & schuster merkin h/cvr (1/1981), ©1980, q.v.) cover art by peter andrew jones (signed paj81, uncredited) b+w maps by diane duane, jerry pournelle cover price £1.95, $6.95 australia 336pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 29th Jun 2023		Book Jerry Pournelle - A Spaceship For The King (1973)	serialised in astounding vol. lxxxviii #4, #5, #6, 12/1972, 1/1973, 2/1973, part one: the cover story, parts one, two & three two b+w illustrations each, art by (frank) kelly freas, a considerably longer revised edition of the novel was published as ''king david's spaceship '' (1981), q.v.
ppint. 29th Jun 2023		Book Jerry Pournelle - A Spaceship For The King (1973)	daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers cover art by (frank) kelly freas (signed, credited) b+w interior illustration unsigned, uncredited near-meaningless daw books collector no.42 cover price 95¢ 160pp. 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 printing, february, 1973
ppint. 29th Jun 2023		Book Larry Niven - The Mote In God's Eye (1976)	''the mote in god's eye'' was set in jerry pournelle's already extant codominium sf setting: (see his ''a spaceship for the king'' (1973), q.v., revised as ''king david's spaceship'' (1981) q.v.) it had a prequel short story by the two cut from its pages prior to reaching its published form: #0: reflex (short story) in ''there will be war'' eds. john f. carr, jerry pournelle (1983), q.v. #1: ''the mote in god's eye'' larry niven, jerry pournelle (1974), (this novel) #2: ''the gripping hand'' larry niven, jerry pournelle (1993), q.v. aka ''the most around murcheson's eye'' (1993 uk), q.v. #3: ''outies'' j. r. (jennifer) pournelle (2011)°, q.v. ° - this last was an authorised sequel written by jerry pournelle's daughter
ppint. 29th Jun 2023		Book Larry Niven - The Mote In God's Eye (1976)	futura publications ltd. futura books first printing, first uk p/b cover art (unsigned, uncredited; seen suggested to be by peter ''paj'' jones, asked to do a foss-oid cover) cover price 95p (overseas territories prices?) 576pp? (check) including (i)-x pp. titles, indicia, dramatis personae, codominium chronology, etc, end pp.
ppint. 29th Jun 2023		Book Larry Niven - The Mote In God's Eye (1975)	weidenfeld & nicolson h/cvr first printing, first uk edition cover (d-j) art (unsigned, prob'ly credited; quite possibly nick sutton) cover (d-j) price £4.50 540pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 29th Jun 2023		Book Joe Haldeman - The Forever War (1975)	weidenfeld & nicolson h/cvr first printing, first uk edition cover (d-j) art by nick sutton (perspective block caps against a black/very dark blue night sky of stars) cover (d-j) price £3.50 240pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 29th Jun 2023		Book Clifford D. Simak - Best Science Fiction Stories Of Clifford D. Simak (1967)	faber & faber (though there was only ever the one) h/cvr first printing, first edition reprint collection of one novella, five novelettes and a short story cover (d-j) art unsigned, possibly credited, geometric mathematical design on red & black vertical bars cover (d-j) price 21/- 252pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 29th Jun 2023		Book Clifford D. Simak - Best Science Fiction Stories Of Clifford D. Simak (1972)	contents: founding father (short story) galaxy vol. 14 #1, 5/1957; galaxy strato bre #52, 7/1957 immigrant (novella) astounding vol. 53 #1, 3/1954; astounding atlas bre vol. x #8, 8/1954; both: five b+w illustrations by (frank) kelly freas new folks' home (novelette) analog vol. lxxi #5, 7/1963, three b+w illustrations by john schoenherr crying jag (ntte) galaxy vol. 18 #3, 2/1960; galaxy strato bre #78, 3/1960 all the traps of earth (ntte) f&sf vol.18 #3, 3/1960; f&sf atlas bre vol. 1 #7, 7/1960 lulu (ntte) galaxy vol.14 #2, 6/1957 neighbor (ntte) astounding vol. liii #4, 6/1954; astounding atlas bre vol. x #11, 11/1954
ppint. 28th Jun 2023		Book John Carnell - Weird Shadows From Beyond (1965)	author field should^W has been varied to editor
ppint. 28th Jun 2023		Book John Carnell - Weird Shadows From Beyond (1965)	contents: introduction (nf) john carnell danse macabre (short story) mervyn peake, science fantasy #61, 10/1963 blood offering (ss) john kippax, science fantasy #47, 6/1961 same time, same place (ss) mervyn peake, science fantasy #60, 8/1963 master of chaos (ss) michael moorcock, fantastic vol.13 #5, 5/1964, one b+w illustration by virgil finlay wednesday's child (ss) william tenn, fantastic universe vol.4 #6, 1/1956 dial ''o'' for operator (novelette) robert presslie, science fantasy #27, 2/1958 the flowers of the forest (ss) brian w aldiss, science fantasy #24, 8/1957 without the ''the'' fresh guy (ss) e. c. tubb, science fantasy #29, 6/1958 the garden of paris (ss) eric (c.) williams (apparently original to this anthology) the graveyard reader (ss) theodore sturgeon, in ''the graveyard reader'' ed. groff conklin (1965)
ppint. 28th Jun 2023		Book John Carnell - Weird Shadows From Beyond (1965)	transworld publishers corgi books imprint p/b first printing, first edition almost entirely reprint anthology of one novelette and nine short stories, nf introduction by the editor cover art by josh kirby (unsigned, uncredited) (re-used, smaller, and credited, on the 1969 avon mmpb) (and is in dave langford's joshlist.html compiled mainly from josh kirby's records) cover price 3/6 160pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 28th Jun 2023		Book Jack Vance - The Dragon Masters (1985)	granada publishing group second printing, also panther books second printing - but the first granada publishing group printing was the intervening mayflower books imprint 1972 uk p/b edition. (n.b: all are essentially from the same typesetting, suitably adjusted - and this panther/granada printing bears an isbn that incorporates cat# of the panther books ltd. 1967 edition - that granada publishing didn't publish, and don't credit, not the isbn of the mayflower books that they did publish - and do credit. . . - can this bibliographically-put-upon sf & fantasy fan and sometime editor please be allowed use of a time machine to kill some publishers' miscreant manglements - ?) cover art by geoff taylor (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £1.95, $5.95 australia, $7.95 new zealand 128pp. including titles, indicia, etc, end pp. advertising

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