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ppint. 19th Jun 2023		Book Theodore Sturgeon - The Golden Helix (1989)	contents: introduction (nf) theodore sturgeon the golden helix (novella) thrilling wonder stories vol. xliv #1, summer (6/1954) with two b+w illustrations by virgil finlay the man who lost the sea (short story) f&sf vol.17 #4, 10/1959; venture atlas bre #2, 10/1963 and now the news... (novelette) f&sf vol.11 #6, 12/1956 the clinic (ss) in ''star science fiction stories No.2'' ed. frederik pohl (1953), q.v.; new words #46, 4/1956 ... and my fear is great... (nlla) beyond vol.1 #1, 7/1953 with six b+w illustrations by william ashman; beyond bre #1, 1/1954 (?no b+w illustrations?) the ultimate egoist (ntte) unknown vol. iv #5, 2/1941; unknown bre vol. iv #5, winter/1949 both: as by e. hunter waldo the skills of xanadu (ntte) galaxy vol.12 #3, 7/1956; galaxy strato bre #42; both with three b+w illustrations by virgil finlay the dark room (ntte) fantastic vol.2 #4, 7-8/1953; reprinted vol.15 #1, 9/1965; both a b+w illustration by ed emshwiller yesterday was monday (ss) unknown vol. v #1, 6/1941 with three b+w illustrations by ed cartier; unknown bre vol. iii #10, summer/1947 (?no b+w illustrations?) ''i say ...ernst...'' (nf) los angeles weekly news 10/aug/1973
ppint. 19th Jun 2023		Book Theodore Sturgeon - The Golden Helix (1989)	carroll & graf mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition masters of science fiction series cover edge next to spine reprint collection of two novellas, four novelettes and three short stories, nf introduction & afterword by the author cover art by rowena morrill (re-used from bluejay books tp/b edition cover, where signature is visible) cover price $3.95 336pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p. advertising
ppint. 19th Jun 2023		Book Theodore Sturgeon - The Golden Helix (1985)	bluejay books first printing, first tp/b edition, not first p/b edition reprint collection of two novellas, four novelettes and three short stories, nf introduction & afterword by the author cover art by rowena morrill (signed rowena, credited) cover price $7.95 (? check back & spine for a different canadian price ?) 336pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p. a bluejay ''special edition'' - no number on front cover locus recorded this as received in may - not january - 1985, so publication may well've been delayed
ppint. 19th Jun 2023		Book Theodore Sturgeon - The Golden Helix (1980)	bantam doubleday dell group dell books mmpb first printing, first edition (who also licenced a doubleday science fiction book club h/cvr edition for sale only to club members) reprint collection of two novellas, four novelettes and three short stories, introduction & afterword by the author cover art unsigned, uncredited; still as-yet unattributed sfaik cover price $1.95 336pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p. advertising
ppint. 19th Jun 2023		Book Theodore Sturgeon - Godbody (1987)	new american library signet books imprint simultaneous mmpb first printings cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price ($4.50 canada) • $3.50 u.s. 208pp. including titles, indicia etc, nf introduction, nf afterword, end pp. advertising refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority in date of printing established but canadian-carcassed copies drop the first digit from the printing number line, formally identifying them as the second printing (nal & daw late 1980 to late 1987)
ppint. 19th Jun 2023		Book Theodore Sturgeon - Godbody (1986)	donald i. fine trade h/cvr first edition ~simultaneous with 350-copy numbered, boxed edition h/cvr isbn ends in -79-9 ''agape and eros'' (nf introduction) robert a. heinlein; nf afterword by stephen (r.) donaldson cover (d-j) art by loretta trezzo (unsigned, credited on d-j back flap) cover (d-j) price $14.95 160pp. including titles, indicia nf introduction etc, afterword, end p. bound with endpapers between covered boards; indicia publishing history includes full first printing number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 distinguish from near-identical doubleday science fiction book club edition cat# 05434 printer's gutter code Q22 on p.158
ppint. 19th Jun 2023		Book Theodore Sturgeon - The Stars Are The Styx (1979)	contents: all originally published in galaxy apart from the penultimate story, ''occam's scalpel'', in if: introduction (nf) theodore sturgeon tandy's story (novelette) vol.19 #4, 4/1961 rule of three (ntte) vol.1 #4, 1/1951 the education of drusilla strange (ntte) vol.7 #6, 3/1954; galaxy strato bre #17, 8/1954 granny won't knit (novella) vol.8 #2, 5/1954; galaxy strato bre #19, 10/1954 when you're smiling (ntte) vol.9 #4, 1/1955; galaxy strato bre #27, 6/1955 the claustrophile (ntte) vol.12 #4, 8/1956 the other man (nlla) vol.12 #5, 9/1956; galaxy strato bre #44, 11/1956 the stars are the styx (ntte) vol.1 #1, 10/1950 occam's scalpel (ntte) if vol.20 #12, 7-8/1971, with a b+w illustration by jack gaughan dazed (ntte) vol.32 #2, 9-10/1971
ppint. 19th Jun 2023		Book Theodore Sturgeon - The Stars Are The Styx (1979)	bantam doubleday dell group dell mmpb first printing, first edition reprint collection of two novellas and eight novelettes, with nf introduction by the author cover art by rowena morrill (signed rowena, uncredited) cover price $2.25 386pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising distinguish from 5/1981 near-identical second printing which differs: cover price $2.50 and by reference to indicia publishing history adding note of reprinting date
ppint. 18th Jun 2023		Book Theodore Sturgeon - Visions And Venturers (1980)	david & charles readers union group the science fiction book club first printing, not first h/cvr edition for sale only to members of the science fiction book club, and later to members of the associated book clubs as an option cover (d-j) art by cover (d-j) price 304pp? (check) including titles domain, title page etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards follows the victor gollancz first h/cvr edition in omitting the eight b+w illustrations by james odbert
ppint. 18th Jun 2023		Book Theodore Sturgeon - Visions And Venturers (1979)	victor gollancz h/cvr first printing, first uk edition, first h/cvr edition reprint collection of one novella, six novelettes and a short story omits the eight full-page b+w interior illustrations by james odbert cover (d-j) art none, typographical in magenta and black on ''gollancz yellow'' field cover (d-j) price £5.50 304pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 18th Jun 2023		Book Theodore Sturgeon - The Worlds Of Theodore Sturgeon (1977)	contents: from plynck to planck (nf introduction) theodore sturgeon the skills of xanadu (novelette) galaxy vol.12 #3, 7/1956; galaxy bre #42, 9/1956, both with three b+w illustrations by virgil finlay there is no defense (novella) astounding vol. xxxx #6, 2/1948 the perfect host (nlla) weird tales vol. xxxxi #1, 11/1948 the graveyard reader (short story) science fantasy #31, 10/1958, the cover story, art by brian lewis; also in ''the graveyard reader'' ed. groff conklin (1958), q.v. the other man (nlla) galaxy vol.12 #5, 9/1956; galaxy bre #44, 11/1956 both with three b+w illustrations by jack gaughan the sky was full of ships (ss) thrilling wonder vol. xxx #2, 6/1947 shottle bop (ntte) unknown vol. iv #5, 2/1941, with two b+w illustrations by ed cartier memorial (ss) astounding vol.37 #2, 4/1946 maturity (nlla) astounding vol.38 #6, 2/1947; revised 1948
ppint. 18th Jun 2023		Book Theodore Sturgeon - Sturgeon Is Alive And Well ... (1978)	contents: introduction (nf) by the author to here and the easel (novella) in ''star short novels'' ed. frederik pohl (1954), q.v. slow sculpture (novelette?) galaxy vol.29 #5, 2/1970, galaxy bre vol.29 #5, 3/1970 it's you! (non-sf) adam 1/1970 take care of joey (non-sf) knight 1/1971 crate (ss) knight 10/1970 the girl who knew what they meant (ss) knight 2/1970 jorry's gap (non-sf) adam 10/1968 it was nothing -- really! (ss) knight 11/1969 brownshoes (ss) adam 5/1969, in f&sf vol.37 #4, 10/1969 as ''the man who learned loving'' uncle fremmis (ss) adam (?/)1970 the patterns of dorne (ss) knight 5/1970 suicide (non-sf) adam 6/1970
ppint. 18th Jun 2023		Book Theodore Sturgeon - Sturgeon Is Alive And Well ... (1978)	pocket books simultaneous mmpb first printings, not first mmpb edition cover art unsigned, uncredited copies intended for distribution north of the parallel bear a small white maple leaf stating published in canada top left near spine on front cover° cover price $1.50 192pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. ° refer also to publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first pocket books printing january, 1978
ppint. 18th Jun 2023		Book Theodore Sturgeon - Starshine (1978)	thomson books sphere books p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition reprint collection of three novelettes and three short stories cover art by peter elson (signed with his pe in a line-drawn box) cover price 85p, (overseas territories' prices ? dig out and check) 176pp. (re-check at same time) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 18th Jun 2023		Book Theodore Sturgeon - The Joyous Invasions (1966)	possibly j. m. dent & sons readers union group° the science fiction book club h/cvr first printing for sale to members of the book club only, upon subscription by mail-order (later also to members of associated book clubs as an option) ° dent bought the sfbc incorporating it in their readers union group of book clubs in 1966 cover (d-j) art by john griffiths (the last appearance of variations upon his ''the blob'') cover (d-j) price 208pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards later (c. 12/1972) renumbered cat# 5027 by david & charles; but since neither cat# is on the book, and the original 110 appears only on the d-j spine, this is unlikely to cause any great conniptions
ppint. 18th Jun 2023		Book Theodore Sturgeon - Sturgeon In Orbit (1978)	contents: introduction (nf) theodore sturgeon (1964) extrapolation (novelette) fantastic vol.3 #2, 4/1954 as ''beware the fury''; fantastic strato bre vol.1 #4, 6/1954 as ''the fury beware'' which seems to've been in error, as listed on the front cover as ''beware the fury''; reprinted in fantastic vol.17 #1, 9/1967 as ''beware the fury'' the wages of synergy (ntte) startling stories vol.30 #3, 8/1953 with a b+w illustration by ed emshwiller make room for me (ntte) fantastic vol.13 #5, 5/1951, fantastic bre #14, 10/1952, both with a shriek (!) the heart (short story) other worlds #11, 5/1955 the incubi of parallel x (ntte) planet stories vol.5 #2, 9/1951
ppint. 17th Jun 2023		Book Theodore Sturgeon - Sturgeon In Orbit (1978)	harcourt brace jovanovich jove imprint mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers (successor imprint to or continuation of pyramid books, which was sold to harcourt brace jovanovich; sold on by hbj circa three years later to the berkley publishing group) reprint collection of four novelettes and a short story, nf introduction by the author (omits the nf ''about the cover'' from the first edition as the original art from f&sf not retained) cover art by stanislaw fernandes (signed, uncredited) cover price $1.50 160pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state published january 1978
ppint. 17th Jun 2023		Book Theodore Sturgeon - Sturgeon In Orbit (1973)	transworld publishers corgi books imprint p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition cover card is textured on the printed surface as though it were woven; cf. sf collectors library covers reprint collection of four novelettes and a short story cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 30p, $1.09 australia, 90¢ new zealand 176pp. (re-check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (check if dated)
ppint. 17th Jun 2023		Book Theodore Sturgeon - Sturgeon In Orbit (1970)	victor gollancz 1970 first printing, first h/cvr edition, first uk edition reprint collection of four novelettes and a short story cover (d-j) art (none; mainly typographical cover in spot magenta and black on ''gollancz yellow'' field) cover (d-j) price 28/- 192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 17th Jun 2023		Book Theodore Sturgeon - Beyond (1980)	contents: need (novella) science fantasy #46, 4/1961 abreaction (short story) weird tales vol. xxxx #5, 7/1948 nightmare island (novelette) as by e. waldo hunter, in unknown vol v #1, 6/1941 (unknown atlas bre ?? winter/?1947?) largo (ss) fantastic adventures vol.9 #4, 7/1947; reprinted in amazing vol.41 #4, 10/1967 the bones (ss) unknown vol. vii #2, 8/1943 as by james h. beard, theodore sturgeon like young (ss) f&sf vol.18 #3, 3/1960; f&sf atlas bre vol.1 #7, 6/1960
ppint. 17th Jun 2023		Book Theodore Sturgeon - Beyond (1980)	bantam doubleday dell group dell mmpb simultaneous first printings, not first mmpb edition almost entirely reprint collection of a novella, a novelette and four short stories cover art by tom hallman (signed hallman, uncredited) cover price $1.95 192pp. including titles, indicia (no table-of-contents) etc, end pp. refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first dell printing---january 1980
ppint. 17th Jun 2023		Book Theodore Sturgeon - Beyond (1970)	avon books mmpb simultaneous third printings sharing merkin-printed covers almost entirely reprint collection of a novella, a novelette and four short stories cover art unsigned, uncredited, still as-yet unattributed sfaik cover price 75¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc. refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, adds line stating third printing, september, 1970 to equally new line stating first printing, june, 1960 implicitly retrospectively accounting one of the two first printings to have been the second
ppint. 17th Jun 2023		Book Theodore Sturgeon - Aliens 4 (1970)	contents: killdozer! (novella) astounding vol. xxxiv #3, 11/1944, revised for this collection 1959) cactus dance (novelette) luke short's western magazine 10/1954 the comedian's children (ntte) venture vol. 2 #3, 5/1958; venture sf uk #22, 6/1956 the [widget], the [wadget], and boff (nlla) f&sf vol.9 #5, #6, 11/1955, 12/1955
ppint. 16th Jun 2023		Book Robert Sheckley - Options (1977)	pan macmillan pan books p/b 1977° first printing, first uk edition cover art by gino d'achille (unsigned, uncredited; style elements and over-all style fit, painting is almost certainly signed) cover price 60p, $1.75 australia, $1.85 new zealand 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - month not given; do not rely upon amazon-stated months & days without publishers' corrobboration
ppint. 16th Jun 2023		Book Theodore Sturgeon - Case And The Dreamer And Other Stories (1977)	contents: case and the dreamer (novella) galaxy vol.33 #4, 1/1973; galaxy universal-tandem bre No.5 (best ignored: go by vol.33 #4 and merkin date on masthead) if all men were brothers, would you let one marry your sister? (novella) in ''dangerous visions'' ed. harlan ellison (1967), q.v. afterword (to the above, nf) ditto (1967) when you care, when you love (novelette) f&sf vol.23 #3, 9/1962 author's note (afterword, nf) 1974 new to this collection
ppint. 16th Jun 2023		Book Theodore Sturgeon - Case And The Dreamer And Other Stories (1977)	pan macmillan pan books p/b undated° first printing, first uk edition sub-title (arguably) ''and other stories'' is not on the front cover reprint collection of two novellas and a novelette, with two nf afterwords by the author cover art by gino d'achille (unsigned, uncredited; details in style and over-all style fit, painting is almost certainly signed; painting and cover acknowledged by the artist's daughter) cover price 60p, $1.75 australia, $1.85 new zealand 160pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising ° - save for copyright date; dated by end pp. advert for pan books p/b of ''options'' robert sheckley, q.v., 0-330-24885-5, published in 1977 (so stated in its indicia publishing history), as was ''hitler has won'' frederic mulally, 0-330-24883-9
ppint. 16th Jun 2023		Book Theodore Sturgeon - Case And The Dreamer And Other Stories (1974)	new american library signet books imprint simultaneous mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers cover art unsigned, uncredited; sfaiaa still as-yet unattributed cat# Q6074 cover price 95¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc. refer to indicia to see if the carcass of the copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first printing, september, 1974/123456789
ppint. 16th Jun 2023		Book Beverley Nichols - The Stream That Stood Still (1948)	sequel to ''the tree that sat down'' (1945), q.v.
ppint. 16th Jun 2023		Book Beverley Nichols - The Stream That Stood Still (1948)	jonathan cape first published 1948, h/cvr first printing, first edition thirty bedford square london dedication: to jill and judy nichols with love from their wicked uncle cover (d-j) art, colour frontispiece (d-j art sans overlaid typography) and b+w interior illustrations by richard kennedy (credited) cover (d-j) price 8s 6d. 226 rose top edge-stained pp. including titles and tipped-in colour plate frontispiece, indicia, table-of-contents (three books of v, v & vi titled chapters), etc., four blank end pp., sewn in signatures and bound with b+w decorated endpapers between rose-coloured cloth-covered boards, title, author, jonathan cape logo on spine and line drawing of three fish swimming on front cloth, all in silver distinguish from near-identical second and third printings by reference to the indicia publishing history
ppint. 15th Jun 2023		Book Ursula K. Le Guin - City Of Illusions (1978)	it appears that, for a while (?), grosset & dunlap (or charter communications, inc.) misunderstood (?or possibly deliberately misused?) the amazing ace books five-digit cat# system, increasing the cat# (by one, if possible°) only when the cover price was increased above that of the previous printing, instead of with each printing. ° - if not possible, because the cat# one higher already allotted to another book, then to a nearby group of five cat#s starting with a number ending in -0 or in -5 (or sometimes, it seems, in -1 or in -6) this under-counted the number of printings and, in the absence of any files/access to any files recording the size of print-runs, numbers shipped, returns including stripped covers-only returns, each matched with cover prices, and number of copies remaindered, rendered it near impossible for authors or their agents to make accurate estimates of the royalties outstanding to them. the science fiction writers of america (very approximately sf & fantasy writers of the world published in america trade organization) attempted to get management(s) to sort out the accounting and to pay all monies owed, and eventually organised a writers' boycott of ace, to help encourage ace's management. grosset & dunlap's thomas (tom) doherty undertook to sort the financial side of this mess out to the best extent possible, and employed james p. (jim) baen to run and rebuild the editorial side of ace books with tom doherty's further commitment to providing him with an at least adequate budget, and accurate and timely sales & royalty statements - and payments! - to authors or their agents, plus back-payments where such could be calculated, or reasonably reliably estimated. grosset & dunlap's ace books (etc.) duly recovered under their (and others') efforts, and ran profitably to the point the berkley publishing group (berkley-putnam, putnam) or their owners decided to offer sufficiently large a sum to buy grosset & dunlap / charter communications / ace books (etc.) publishers and fold it into their group. (tom doherty and jim baen continued to work well together establishing first tor books, and then baen books - both major publishing success stories, though not without their own - rather different - sizable hiccups along their - completely separate - ways.)

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