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ppint. ● 51 minutes ago		Book Mark Keating - The Pirate Devlin (2010)	hodder & stoughton ltd. first h/cvr printing, first edition 338 euston road london nw13bh an hachette uk company dedication: for john roberts and james montgomerie, who always wanted to read on. cover (d-j) art cover (d-j) price £12.99 352pp. including eight unnumbered pp. titles, indicia etc, blank end p, perfectbound with endpapers between black cloth-covered boards check indicia publishing history for elsewise unexplained printing number below "an hachette company"
ppint. ● 22 hours ago		Book Poul Anderson - Satan's World (1980)	transworld publishers corgi books p/b third printing cover art by bruce pennington (unsigned, uncredited, retained from their two previous printings) front cover typography re-set and centered left-right from first two printings cover price of £1.25, °$4.75 australia, $4.85 new zealand ° recommended 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising
ppint. ● 22 hours ago		Book Robert Crouch - Royal Bargemasters (2019)	the history press large format p/b first printing, first edition dedication: the authors wish to dedicate this book to her majesty queen elizabeth II in recognition of her rejuvenation and enrichment of the role of her bargemasters and watermen during her long reign ..." (cut: three further paragraphs) cover art unsigned photographic, by courtesy of john adams (credited) cover price £14.99 176pp. including 14pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents, dedication, foreword, preface etc, 12 end pp: timeline of notable events, glossary, research sources, notes, about the authors° ° - beryl pendley ll.b. and robert g. crouch mvo, to include their qualifications' abbreviations
ppint. ● 23 hours ago		Book Peter Saxon - Scream And Scream Again (1972)	"peter saxon" is/was a house name of a kind. this novel written by w. howard baker and/or stephen frances, q.v. aka and originally "the disorientated man" (1966), q.v.
ppint. ● 23 hours ago		Book Lin Carter - Giant Of World's End (1972)	gondwane series #6: #1: "the warrior of worlds end" (1974), q.v. for series listing and links.
ppint. ● 28th Jan 2025		Book Norman Spinrad - The New Tomorrows (1973)	contents: introduction (nf) norman spinrad the pleasure garden of felipe sagittarius (short story) michael moorcock new worlds #154, 9/1965 driftglass (ss) samuel r. delany if vol.17 #6, 6/1967, one b+w illustration by jack gaughan sending the very best (ss) ed bryant ''clarion'' ed. robin scott wilson (1970) going down smooth (ss) robert silverberg galaxy vol.27 #1, 8/1968 (this story was commissioned by frederik pohl to suit the cover art by vaughn bodé, two b+w illustrations by brock) the garden of delights (novelette) langdon jones new worlds #192, 7/1969 surface if you can (ss) terry champagne new worlds #192, 7/1969 masks (ss) damon knight playboy 7/1968 pennies, off a dead man's eyes (ss) harlan ellison galaxy vol.29 (states 129) #3, 11/1969; galaxy bre vol.29 #3, 12/1969 198-, a tale of ''tomorrow'' (ss) john sladek new worlds #197, 1/1970 flight useless, inexorable the pursuit (ss) thomas m. disch ''under compulsion'' thomas m. disch (1968) the last hurrah of the golden horde (ss) norman spinrad new worlds #192, 7/1969 (cover story, art by malcolm ''mal'' dean; a jerry cornelius story; michael moorcock's character°) down the up escalation (ss) brian w..aldiss the london magazine 2/1967 circularization of condensed conventional straight-line word-image structures (ss) michael butterworth new worlds #192, 7/1969 (with first word spelled ''circularisation'') the definition (ss) bob marsden new worlds #182, 7/1968 the jungle rot kid on the nod (ss) philip josé farmer new worlds #200, 4/1970 ° - michael moorcock's jerry cornelius character was made available to contributing authors to new worlds magazine to make what use of they wished - apparently not upon the condition that he was kept in character in their fiction featuring him, so much as that he was kept in style. . .
ppint. ● 28th Jan 2025		Book Murray Leinster - Space Tug (1968)	belmont productions belmont books mmpb stated second printing in the indicia cover art by jack gaughan (signed with his "jg" digraph, uncredited) cover price 50¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. ● 27th Jan 2025		Book Murray Leinster - The Trap (1969)	land of the giants series #1: #1: ''land of the giants'' (1968), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. ● 27th Jan 2025		Book Murray Leinster - The Hot Spot (1969)	land of the giants series #2: #1: ''land of the giants'' (1968), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. ● 27th Jan 2025		Book Murray Leinster - The Hot Spot (1969)	land of the giants series #2: #1: ''land of the giants'' (1968), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. ● 27th Jan 2025		Book Murray Leinster - Unknown Danger (1969)	land of the giants series #3: #1: ''land of the giants'' (1968), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. ● 27th Jan 2025		Book Murray Leinster - The Pirates Of Zan (1989)	novel also collected in "a logic named joe " murray leinster (2005), q.v.
ppint. ● 27th Jan 2025		Book Murray Leinster - The Duplicators (1964)	novel also collected in "a logic named joe " murray leinster (2005), q.v.
ppint. ● 26th Jan 2025		Book Murray Leinster - A Logic Named Joe (2005)	contents: a logic named joe (short story) astounding vol.37 #1, 3/1946 astounding atlas bre vol. vi #5, 8/1948; in both: as by will f. jenkins dear charles (ss) fantastic story vol.5 #3, 5/1953, as by william fitzgerald gateway to elsewhere (novel) 1954, q.v. the duplicators (novel) 1964, q.v. the fourth-dimensional demonstator (ss) astounding vol 16 #4, 12/1935 the pirates of zan (novel) 1959, q.v.
ppint. ● 26th Jan 2025		Book Murray Leinster - A Logic Named Joe (2005)	baen publishing enterprises baen books p/b first printing, first edition reprint collection of three short stories and three novels with introduction by barry n. malzberg edited by eric flint & guy gordon (credited on title page); only flint is credited on the front cover cover art by kurt miller (unsigned, credited) cover price $7.99 \| $11.99 canada 608pp. (check) including unnumbered pp. titles, indicia etc, "the dean of gloucester, virginia" nf introduction by barry n. malzberg, end pp.
ppint. ● 26th Jan 2025		Book Murray Leinster - Gateway To Elsewhere (1954)	novel also collected in "a logic named joe " murray leinster (2005), q.v.
ppint. ● 26th Jan 2025		Book Murray Leinster - Gateway To Elsewhere (1954)	partially serialised in fantasy book vol.2 #1, 1950 & vol.2 #2, 1951 as "journey to barkut": the magazine ceased publishing without completing its serialisation; "serialized" in startling stories vol.24 #3, 1/1952 as "journey to barkut" (complete novel) with three b+w illustrations by virgil finlay, cover art unsigned, believed to be by earle bergey
ppint. ● 26th Jan 2025		Book H. G. Wells - The Invisible Man (2017)	the orion publishing group gollancz imprint b-format p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition masterworks (unnumbered) series an hachette uk company cover art by chris moore (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £8.99, $13.99 us(a), $15.99 can(ada) 160pp. including (i-) x pp. titles, indicia, 4pp. introduction by adam roberts, etc, 6 end pp: ½p. about the author, 3pp. advertising, 2 interspersed blank pp.
ppint. ● 25th Jan 2025		Book H. P. Lovecraft - Stories Of The Dreamlands (2020)	arcturus publishing limited arcturus imprint b-format p/b first printing, first p/b edition 26/27 bickels yard, 151-153 bermondsey street london se1 3ha reprint collection of eighteen short stories, two poems, two novelettes and a novel cover art by peter gray (unsigned, credited) cover design by peter ridley (credited) cover price £6.99 368pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc., unattributed nf introduction, 1 blank end p. no copyright date nor sources for the included fiction, poetry nor introduction given in the indicia.
ppint. ● 24th Jan 2025		Book Douglas R. Mason - Dilation Effect (1971)	thank-you jimess.
ppint. ● 20th Jan 2025		Book Mike Sirota - Berbora (1978)	#3 has yet to appear - as of january 2025
ppint. ● 20th Jan 2025		Book Mike Sirota - Flight From Berbora (1978)	'berbora'' ''trilogy'' (announced; but only two books published) #2: #1: ''berbora'' (1978), q.v.
ppint. ● 20th Jan 2025		Book Mike Sirota - The Prisoner Of Reglathium (1978)	dannus/reglathium series #1 #1: "the prisoner of reglathium" (1978) (this book) #2: "the conquerors of reglathium" (1978), q.v. #3: "the caves of reglathium" (1978), q.v. #4: "(the) dark straits of reglathium" (1978), q.v. #5: "slaves of reglathium" (1978), q.v.
ppint. ● 20th Jan 2025		Book Theodore Mark Gottfried - The Nude Wore Black (1976)	manor books first printing, not first mmpb edition (was a lancer books mmpb) cover art unsigned photographic cover price $1.50 176pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. ● 20th Jan 2025		Book Theodore Mark Gottfried - The Ted Mark Reader (1966)	lancer books mmpb: at least two printings, one of which might easily be mistakenly thought to be entitled "jackpot!". both variants seen by yr hmbl srppnt. bear the same cat#, 73-515 & cover price cover art unsigned, uncredited photographic cover price 60¢ 176pp. (check) including titles, indicia (ha!) etc, end pp. i think the predominantly blue front-covered variant is a later printing than that/at least one of those featuring the same uncredited photograph upon a white (i.e. uncoloured card) ground; but i've not re-checked the indicia and other clues - lancer books' mmpbs' indicia publishing histories are frequently misleading, so checking for other potential indicators can be essential.
ppint. ● 20th Jan 2025		Book Theodore Mark Gottfried - The Ted Mark Reader (1966)	reprint collection of eighteen stories mostly or entirely from "men's magazines".
ppint. ● 20th Jan 2025		Book Theodore Mark Gottfried - The Man From O.R.G.Y. (1968)	author's name should^W has been corrected to theodore mark gottfried
ppint. ● 20th Jan 2025		Book Theodore Mark Gottfried - Room At The Topless (1967)	author's name should^W has been corrected to theodore mark gottfried
ppint. ● 20th Jan 2025		Book Theodore Mark Gottfried - Circle Of Sin (1967)	author's name should^W has been corrected to theodore mark gottfried
ppint. ● 20th Jan 2025		Book Theodore Mark Gottfried - The Nude Wore Black (1967)	author's name should^W has been corrected to theodore mark gottfried

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