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ppint. 25th May 2023		Book T. M. Wright - The Children Of The Island (1983)	the berkley publishing group jove books imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by hector garrido unsigned sfaics, may be credited, attributed by grady hendrix, bill errickson (ibid. 2017) cover price $2.95 248pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 25th May 2023		Book T. M. Wright - Nursery Tale (1994)	strange seed series #2: #1: ''strange seed'' (1978), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 25th May 2023		Book T. M. Wright - Nursery Tale (1994)	cassell plc victor gollancz p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by danny flynn cover price £4.99 288pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 25th May 2023		Book T. M. Wright - Nursery Tale (1982)	playboy press/paperbacks (they seem to've been consistently inconsistent) mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by hector garrido (unsigned or i haven't spotted it, may be credited; attributed in ''paperbacks from hell'' grady hendrix, bill errickson (2017), q.v.) cover price $2.95 288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising republished 1983 by the berkley publishing group in jove books mmpb edition, after they'd bough both playboy press/books and repurposed jove (previously pyramid books) as a horror line: so may well be from the same plates/typesetting, slightly emended; but i've not seen this edition.)
ppint. 25th May 2023		Book John Buchan - Greenmantle (2008)	the penguin group (?when did livres hachette buy them?°) penguin red classics series p/b first printing cover art by neil gower (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £7.99 352pp. including six unpaginated pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p. an advertisement. ° - themselves owned by lagardère; but the book group - including transworld publishers - since bought by cornerstone; the monopoly games of the mega-rich multiply ever and on...
ppint. 24th May 2023		Book Carter Brown - The Million Dollar Babe (1961)	cover art by baryé phillips (signed baryé, prob'ly uncredited)
ppint. 24th May 2023		Book Carter Brown - The Dream Is Deadly (1960)	cover art by baryé phillips (signed baryé, prob'ly uncredited)
ppint. 24th May 2023		Book Carter Brown - The Passionate (1959)	cover art by baryé phillips (signed baryé, prob'ly uncredited)
ppint. 22nd May 2023		Book Gene Wolfe - The Fifth Head Of Cerberus (1983)	hutchinson publishing group arrow books p/b first printing, not first uk p/b (was quartet books p/b) cover art by bruce pennington (unsigned, uncredited; attribution from artist's website?; stylistically unique - and matches that of all the other covers he did for arrow's gene wolfe p/bs° in this period) cover price £1.50 (no overseas territories' prices) 192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising ° - and for their p/bs of marion zimmer bradley's darkover books, etc. . .
ppint. 21st May 2023		Book Alexei Panshin - Rite Of Passage (1969)	charter communications, inc. ace books mmpb second printing undated save for copyright date° ''an ace science fiction special'' 72781\|75¢'' in chief after ace books logo ''nebula award best sf novel of the year'' in pinked-edge yellow bezant to right of title + author cover art by diane dillon, leo dillon is the lower of the two panels from the first edition shot up to occupy ~60% of the front cover, with all typography upon the white (unprinted) ground above cover price 75¢ 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising°° ° - date of this printing taken from the publishing history of the ace books mmpb third printing the cat# implies - but does not prove - that charter communications/ace - were aware of, and may upon purchase of ace books, inc. have had some stock remaining of the first edition, cat# A-16, and assigned a notional systematic five digit cat# of 72780 to it
ppint. 21st May 2023		Book Alexei Panshin - Rite Of Passage (1968)	(possibly charter communications, inc.) ace books mmpb first printing, first edition ace science fiction special, first series cover art by diane dillon, leo dillon (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price 75¢ 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising month of publication not given, taken from the publishing history in the third ace mmpb printing
ppint. 21st May 2023		Book Alexei Panshin - Rite Of Passage (1970)	j. m. dent & sons readers union group the science fiction book club first printing, not first h/cvr edition for sale by mail-order on opt-out subscription to members of the book club, and later as an option to members of other readers union group bookclubs cover (d-j) art by terry james (unsigned b+w artwork, may be credited on d-j flap) cover (d-j) price 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p., bound with endpapers between covered boards no notional 5000 series cat# conferred during david & charles' 12/1972-1/1973 great renumbering, following their purchase of the readers union group of bookclubs from j. m. dent & sons, so no stock remained by then.
ppint. 21st May 2023		Book Alexei Panshin - Heinlein In Dimension (1969)	Review the major critical assessment of the works of robert a. heinlein (to date of publication); imnsho this is well worth reading and thinking about the observations and analyses of this major author's sf & fantasy. it could not, of course, consider the later works; but these are mostly a record of his sad decline - with occasional (partial) recoveries. hated by diehard heinleinian fanatics, of which there were many; and also by robert a. heinlein - unread! 2 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
ppint. 21st May 2023		Book Alexei Panshin - Heinlein In Dimension (1969)	advent publishers, chicago trade p/b first printing, first p/b edition probably the card bind-up of signatures from the same print-run as their simultaneous h/cvr second printing cover art by alex eisenstein (unsigned, uncredited; reused from h/cvr first edition where credited) cover price $2.45 (initially-peelable price-gun label on back cover) 216pp. (check) including titles, indicia, nf introduction by james blish, etc, end pp. advertising distinguish from advent publishers near-identical second printing on same isbn (1/1971) by reference to indicia publishing history adding line: second paperbound printing january 1971 and at least two further near-identical reprintings: price-gun label price may well have risen
ppint. 21st May 2023		Book Alexei Panshin - Earth Magic (1980)	serialised as ''the son of black morca'' in fantastic vol.22 #4, #5, #6; 4/, 7/, 9/1978; part one is the cover story, art by esteban maroto; each part has a b+w illustration by jeff jones
ppint. 21st May 2023		Book Alexei Panshin - Earth Magic (1980)	abp/methuen group magnum books p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by boris vallejo (signed, credited as boris; re-used from ace books mmpb, new typography) cover price £1.40 (?overseas territories' prices?) 280pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 21st May 2023		Book Alexei Panshin - Earth Magic (1978)	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by boris vallejo (signed, credited as boris) cover price $1.95 280pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
ppint. 20th May 2023		Book Alexei Panshin - Rite Of Passage (1969)	sidgwick & jackson first printing, first uk edition, first h/cvr edition dedication: this book is for charles and marsha brown cover (d-j) art by ken carroll (unsigned, probapossibly credited on d-j flap) cover (d-j) price 22/- 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, 2 blank end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 20th May 2023		Book Alexei Panshin - Rite Of Passage (1970)	sphere books' cat#s did not rise in any observable systematic sequence with reprintings / new editions with new cover art, and might actually fall lower than the/an earlier printing/edition. i've no idea why (/why not), and doubt anyone now remembers why (not), even if yet amongst the living. - try enquiring of sphere books' undead ex-employees - ?
ppint. 20th May 2023		Book Alexei Panshin - Rite Of Passage (1970)	thomson books ltd. sphere books 1970, almost certainly sphere's first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by eddie jones (signed, uncredited) cover price (5/-) 25p, 6/00 east africa (shillings), 60c south africa, 80c australia, 80c new zealand 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. list of overseas agents iirc
ppint. 20th May 2023		Book Brian M. Stableford - Cradle Of The Sun (1969)	unbound signatures / carcases of this edition were collected and bound up into the anonymously-edited ''science fiction special (5)'' ° (1971), q.v. ° - on its d-j front, it appears to be entitled ''science fiction special thoom!''. . .
ppint. 20th May 2023		Book Brian M. Stableford - Cradle Of The Sun (1969)	sidgwick & jackson first printing, first uk edition, first h/cvr edition, first solo edition (the first edition was half an ''ace double'' mmpb) dedication: to marjorie cover (d-j) art unsigned (may have been credited on d-j flap - check) cover (d-j) price 24/- 192pp. including 8 unnumbered pp. titles, indicia etc, 2 blank end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards sbn on d-j: that on indicia page lacks the checksum digit which evidently had not been calculated when the book went to press.
ppint. 19th May 2023		Book John Creighton - Stranglehold (1959)	half ace books mmpb first printing, first edition(?) classic ''ace double'' format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other cover art by paul rader (unsigned, attribution from the ace image library) cover price 35¢ ½ 256pp? (check) including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves doubled with ''scream street'' mike brett (1959°), q.v. ° - ace image library gives the year of publication of this ace double as 1958, which may well be correct
ppint. 19th May 2023		Book Mike Brett - Scream Street (1959)	half ace books mmpb first printing, first edition classic ''ace double'' format mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other cover art by harry barton (signed barton, attribution from the ace image library) cover price 35¢ ½ 256pp? (check) including 2 x titles, indicia etc; advertising pp. in-between the double's halves doubled with ''stranglehold'' john creighton (1959°), q.v. ° - ace image library gives the year of publication of this ace double as 1958, which may well be correct
ppint. 17th May 2023		Book Ralph Milne Farley - The Radio Beasts (1964)	the radio man series #2: #1: ''the radio man'' (1948), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 17th May 2023		Book Ralph Milne Farley - The Radio Planet (1964)	the radio man series #3: #1: ''the radio man'' (1948), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 17th May 2023		Book Ralph Milne Farley - The Radio Man (1948)	fantasy publishing company, inc. (hence also fpci, as on d-j spine) h/cvr first printing, first edition possibly simultaneous with 300 copy tp/b bind-up from the same 3,000 copy signatures print-run 300 copies bound into the collection/omnibus ''strange worlds'' ralph milne farley (fpci 1953), q.v. 700 further original signature sets were bound up for pick-a-book 700 copies signature sets still unbound in 1983 (information from jack l. chalked) cover (d-j) art and cover design by jack gaughan (unsigned i think, credited) b+w interior illustrations by o. g. estes (jr.) cover (d-j) price $2.50 182pp? (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p., bound with endpapers between blue-green cloth-covered boards, titles blocked in gold on spine
ppint. 17th May 2023		Book Ralph Milne Farley - The Radio Planet (1964)	serialised in argosy all-story weekly 26/6/, 3, 10, 17, 24, 31/7/1926; vol.178 #4, #5, #6, vol.179 #1, #2, #3 reprinted in fantastic novels magazine vol. iv #1, #4/1942; the cover story, art by virgil finlay (signed); with seven b+w illustrations by frank r. paul
ppint. 17th May 2023		Book Ralph Milne Farley - The Radio Planet (1964)	and thank-you once again, jimess
ppint. 17th May 2023		Book Patricia Clarke - Country Walks In North-west England (2021)	stump circle books, lancaster tp/b profusely illustrated with colour maps ex ordnance survey, and photographs cover art photographic: smardale gill viaduct (from lower down smardale gill) cover price £10.00 100pp. including two unpaginated pp. titles, indicia etc., 5pp. walks pages index, 2pp. bibliography: general plus per walk, acknowledgements contents: 1p. foreword, 2pp. table-of-contents with list of walks and keyed map of the lake district national park 1p. introduction, 1p. what we have found to be useful equipment, before you go 1p. how to use this book 1p. disclaimer; if you are not sure about using maps... welcome to fairfieldwalkers.wordpress.com ! 2pp. a word about maps and using grid references 5pp. map legend; the countryside code the walks: detailed guides, plus points to notice: 1 farleton fell 5 miles / 8 km 2 fairy steps 7 miles / 11 km 3 windermere 7½ miles / 12 km 4 feizor 5 miles / 8 km 5 smardale 6½ miles / 10½ km 6 whitbarrow 7 miles / 11¼ km (with short-cut ~6 miles / 9¾ km, and a less steep descent) 7 clougha 5½ miles / 8⅞ km (no dogs at any time; some days restrictions august-december); 2 mile / 3¾ km extension optional, taking it up to 9 miles / 12⅝ km 8 hampsfell 5 miles / 8 kms 9 staveley 6 miles / 9¾ km 10 clapham 6 miles / 9¾ km 11 silverdale 5½ miles / 8½ km 12 coniston 5½ miles / 9 km exposed: not for a windy or very windy day (most of the walks have ascents - and therefore also descents of the same amount - of between 500 and 1,000 feet over 4-6 hours, 160-300 metres; walks 7, 8, 9, 10 & 12 - are at, or a little over, the 1,000-1,200 feet / 300-360 metre end of ascent; all walks are walkable! - though i'd take up^W to^W edit: at least twice as long to do them as the times given - or longer! - yr unfit, ancnt'n'hmbl srppnt.) n.b. the donation of the profits from the sales of this book is by the choice of the authors: the fairfield association is not associated with stump circle books in any way

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