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ppint. 8 hours ago		Book William Earl Johns - Worrals Flies Again (1943)	the author's name should be emended to "captain w. e. johns" - as upon the image of the book d-j - - as this was by far and away his most-frequently used by-line; - and bookcat already has 61 books listed under this, his preferred form of his name - - plus a further 3 under the abbreviation, "capt. w. e. johns". (and there are a further 23 books by him listed under the by-line "w. e. johns", iirc all scandawegian translations.) captain w. e. johns did not, so far as yr hmbl srppnt. is aware, see any of his books published as by "william earl johnson" - and nor have they been so by-lined when reprinted/republished since his death. it is established bookcat practice to list all of an author's books under their most commonly-used, preferred by-line: e.g. books by george orwell, books by j. r. r. tolkien, books by andre norton, books by lord dunsany - etc, etc. - noting variations and pseudonyms, where employed (excluding only house names), as pen-names in the field provided.
ppint. 21st Oct 2024		Book Andre Norton - Forerunner Foray (1975)	grosset dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition cover art by charles mikolaycak (signed, shared from the viking press h/cvr first edition) cover price $1.50 288pp. (check) including titles, indicia, nf preface by andre norton etc, end pp. advertising publication date not given in the indicia; taken from locus 175, 24/6/1975
ppint. 21st Oct 2024		Book Andre Norton - Forerunner Foray (1974)	forerunner (warlock) series #3: #1: ''storm over warlock'' (1960), q.v. for series listings, and links.
ppint. 21st Oct 2024		Book Andre Norton - Ordeal In Otherwhere (1965)	this ace books mmpb first printing bears only the 1964 copyright date; ace F-320 is known to've been published as a 2/1965 title, and F-337 is known to've been published 6/1965: (they were the respective original novels' first editions); so ace F-325 was first published from 2/1965 to 6/1965, and not in 1964.
ppint. 21st Oct 2024		Book Andre Norton - Ordeal In Otherwhere (1982)	forerunner (planet warlock) series #2: #1: "storm over warlock" (1960), q.v. for series listing and links.
ppint. 21st Oct 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - The Wild Ones (1985)	published posthumously, this was a. bertram chandler's last novel: he died 6/6/1984.
ppint. 20th Oct 2024		Book Arsen Darnay - The Siege Of Faltara (1978)	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by boris vallejo (unsigned, though the full painting probably is, credited as boris) cover price $1.95 240pp. (check) including (i-)ix pages titles, indicia, prolog, etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 20th Oct 2024		Book Arsen Darnay - Karma (1980)	tbl (thomson books ltd.) sphere books p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by jim burns (signed, obscured by logo; collected in "lightship" jim burns, chtlris evans (1985) q.v.) cover price £1.75 (check for overseas territories prices) 388 pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 20th Oct 2024		Book Arsen Darnay - A Hostage For Hinterland (1976)	serialized in earlier (?possibly abridged?°) form as "helium" in galaxy vol.36 #4, #5, #6; 4-5, 6, 7/1975; episode #1: cover story, art and a b+w illustratio; episode #2: two b+w illustrations; episode #3: three b+w illustrations, all by jack gaughan "uk edition" numbers #28, #29, #30 were printed on the original merkin issues' covers iirc, and these were distributed (ha!) in the uk-of-gb(?'n'norniron?) by tandem books, but these were not distinct british reprint editions ("bre"s). ° - i've not compared the two versions in any way; in fact, i'm not even certain i read the ballantine mmpb - things were happening in single step that demanded a lot of attention, and i wasn't then aware that the texts differed.
ppint. 20th Oct 2024		Book Arsen Darnay - A Hostage For Hinterland (1976)	random house group ballantine books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by boris vallejo (unsigned, though the full artwork probably is, credited) cover price $1.50 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 20th Oct 2024		Book Arsen Darnay - The Splendid Freedom (1980)	"plutonium" was later expanded by arsen darnay into the novel, "karma" (1978), aka "the karma affair" (1979), q.v.
ppint. 20th Oct 2024		Book Arsen Darnay - The Splendid Freedom (1980)	contents: the splendid freedom (novelette) galaxy vol. 36 #9, 9/1974, universal-tandem bre 21st edition (!), both: a b+w illustration by stephen fabian the eastcoast confinement (novella) galaxy vol.35 #10, 10/1974, universal-tandem bre 22nd edition (!), both: a b+w stephen fabian illustration plutonium (novella) galaxy vol.37 #3, 5/1976, cover story, art + 3 b+w illustrations by stephen fabian
ppint. 20th Oct 2024		Book Arsen Darnay - The Splendid Freedom (1980)	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb first printing, first edition reprint collection of a novelette and two novellas forming a series or debatably a "non-fix-up novel" cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price $2.25 cat# 77796 256pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 16th Oct 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - The Wild Ones (1985)	rim worlds; john grimes #15: rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for rim worlds, john grimes etc. series and links.
ppint. 16th Oct 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - The Last Amazon (1984)	rim worlds: john grimes #14: rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday” (1961), q.v. for rim worlds, john grimes listings, and links.
ppint. 16th Oct 2024		Book Mark Clifton - Eight Keys To Eden (1965)	thank-you mickdoom67 pan's early sixties sf cover art wasn't always exactly inspiring, was it?
ppint. 15th Oct 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - Frontier Of The Dark (1984)	bar-code number truncated by too-small field: 0 72742 00275 25504 the final element of five digits being the only part that uniquely identified this book on the primary wholesaler's (and on the publisher's) catalog, being this edition's cat#
ppint. 15th Oct 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - Frontier Of The Dark (1984)	berkley publishing group ace books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by attila hejja (unsigned, credited) cover price $2.75 cat# 25504 240pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 15th Oct 2024		Book A. Bertram Chandler - The Anarch Lords (1981)	rim worlds: john grimes #13: rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for rim world, john grimes etc. series listings & links.
ppint. 12th Oct 2024		Book Robert A. Heinlein - Universe (1951)	first of two novelettes published as stand-alone (though obviously linked) stories in astounding science fiction, later collected and published in h/cvr by victor gollancz as the fix-up (possibly no revision of either to fit together, i've not checked; so may be a ''non-fix-up'') novel, "orphans of the sky" (1963), q.v. ''universe'' (novelette) astounding vol. xxvii #3, 5/1941 the cover story, with five b+w interior illustrations also by hubert rogers ''common sense'' (novelette) astounding vol. xxviii #2, 10/1941 five b+w interior illustrations by paul orban
ppint. 4th Oct 2024		Book William Hope Hodgson - The Boats Of The 'Glen Carrig' (1982)	wm collins sons grafton books imprint p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition cover art by luis rey (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £3.50, $9.95 australia, $14.95 new zealand, $5.95 canada 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 4th Oct 2024		Book William Hope Hodgson - The Boats Of The Glen Carrig (1982)	tbl (thomson books ltd) sphere books first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by les edwards cover price £1.50, £1.50 malta, $4.95 australia 192pp. (check) including (i-)xii pp. titles, indicia, nf introduction by lin carter, etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 3rd Oct 2024		Book George Baker - The Clones (1968)	caravelle books flagship mmpb first printing, apparently first edition cover art unsigned, uncredited (style strongly suggesting an established artist used by other publishers) cover price 60¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc.
ppint. 3rd Oct 2024		Book Elmer J. Carpenter - Moonspin (1967)	caravelle books flagship mmpb first printing, apparently first edition cover art unsigned, uncredited cat# 715 cover price 60¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p.
ppint. 3rd Oct 2024		Book Leo P. Kelley - Mythmaster (1973)	thank-you jimess.
ppint. 2nd Oct 2024		Book Andrew J. Offutt - Genetic Bomb (1975)	warner paperback library mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by vincent di fate (unsigned, credited as v. difate) cover price $1.25 208pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 2nd Oct 2024		Book Peter Valentine Timlett - The Twilight Of The Serpent (1977)	the seedbearers trilogy #3: #1: ''the seed bearers'' (1974), q.v.; for series listing, and links.
ppint. 2nd Oct 2024		Book Peter Valentine Timlett - The Power Of The Serpent (1976)	the seedbearers trilogy #2: #1: ''the seed bearers'' (1974), q.v.; for series listing, and links.
ppint. 2nd Oct 2024		Book Peter Valentine Timlett - The Seedbearers (1976)	the seedbearers trilogy #1 #1: ''the seed bearers'' (1974), q.v.; for series listing, and links.
ppint. 2nd Oct 2024		Book Peter Valentine Timlett - The Seed Bearers (1974)	#1 of the seedbearers trilogy: #1: ''the seed bearers'' (1974) (this novel) aka ''the seedbearers'' (1974, 1976), q.v. #2: "the power of the serpent" (1976), q.v.; #3: "the twilight of the serpent" (1977), q.v. omnibus of #1, #2 & #3: #0: ''the seedbearers saga'' (2002), q.v.

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