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ppint. 11th Nov 2024		Book C. J. Cherryh - Regenesis (2010)	the sequel to ''cyteen'' (1988), q.v. i believe "regenesis " would stand alone perfectly satisfactorily, but will need to re-re-re-read it to be certain to of this. - you'd certainly miss a great deal of the political differences and rivalries within reseune, as well as those on cyteen outside that company, and of the various crises the death of ariane emory triggered - not to mention several of those that have been slowly arising from decisions taken during the company war by more than one powerful actor in the struggle for union's existence - and the almost accidental birth of the merchanter alliance. ''cyteen'' started a decade-long argument amongst quite a number of merkin sf fans who were labouring under the misapprehension that that major work was primarily - or even solely (!) - a ''whodunnit''. . .
ppint. 6th Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - Core (1996)	harpercollinspublishers p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by bob corley (unsigned, credited) cover price £4.99 400pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 6th Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - Core (1994)	the hearst corporation avon books avonova imprint mmpb first printing, first p/b edition cover art by alan ayers (unsigned, credited) cover price (canada $6.99) u.s. $5.99 400pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 6th Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - Core (1993)	the hearst corporation william morrow h/cvr first printing, first edition (so stated in indicia) cover (d-j) art by jerry lofaro (probably credited on d-j back flap; found on artist's website) cover (d-j) price $23.00 u.s./canada (check d-j) 356pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 6th Nov 2024		Book Robert Petyo - The Institute (1978)	thank-you jimess.
ppint. 6th Nov 2024		Book Fred Hoyle - Andromeda Breakthrough (1966)	thank-you.
ppint. 4th Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - The Medusa Encounter (1991)	("arthur c. clarke's") venus prime series #4: #1: "breaking strain" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 4th Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - The Diamond Moon (1990)	("arthur c. clarke's") venus prime series #5: #1: "breaking strain" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 4th Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - The Shining Ones (1991)	("arthur c. clarke's") venus prime series #6: #1: "breaking strain" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 4th Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - Hide & Seek (1991)	("arthur c. clarke's") venus prime series #3: #1: "breaking strain" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 4th Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - Maelstrom (1991)	("arthur c. clarke's") venus prime series #2: #1: "breaking strain" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 4th Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - Breaking Strain (1990)	("arthur c. clarke's") venus prime series #1: #1: "breaking strain" (1987), (this novel) #2: "maelstrom" (1988), q.v. #3: "hide and seek" (1989), q.v. aka "hide & seek" (1991 uk), q.v. #4: "the medusa encounter" (1990), q.v. #5: "the diamond moon" (1990), q.v. #6: "the shining ones" (1991), q.v.
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - The Medusa Encounter (1991)	pan macmillan pan p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by david bergen (unsigned, credited) cover price £4.50, (? $ australia, $ new zealand ? check) (not for sale in canada) interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson 304pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, diagrams section first printing number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; i have not seen a second printing, which would be indicated by dropping the "1" from the printing number line (and so, on. . .) month of publication not given; taken from locus originally packaged for avon books by byron preiss, inc. book packager
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - Hide & Seek (1991)	pan macmillan pan p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by david bergen (unsigned, credited) cover price £4.50, (? $ australia, $ new zealand ? check) (not for sale in canada) interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson 288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, diagrams section first printing number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; i have not seen a second printing, which would be indicated by dropping the "1" from the printing number line (and so, on. . .) month of publication not given; taken from locus originally packaged for avon books by byron preiss, inc. book packager
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - Maelstrom (1991)	pan macmillan pan p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by david bergen (unsigned, credited) cover price £3.99, (? $10.99 australia, $14.99 new zealand ?) (not for sale in canada) interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson 288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, diagrams section between pp.124 & 125 first printing number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; i have not seen a second printing, which would be indicated by dropping the "1" from the printing number line (and so, on. . .) originally packaged for avon books by byron preiss, inc. book packager
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - The Shining Ones (1991)	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing(?s sharing merkin-printed covers?), first edition cover art by jim burns (unsigned, credited) cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95 interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover 288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, 16pp. separately-numbered diagrams section on finer quality paper a byron preiss book - packaged for avon books by this book packager refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed, and also to distinguish from undated° second (and possible further printings) by noting the progressive dropping of digits from printing number line: first printing number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 second printing number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 ° - other than statement of first printing publication date
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - The Diamond Moon (1990)	two near-identical variants both identified as first printings in the indicia: one definitely bears the printing history number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 the first with printing number line has the diagrams/plans section bound between pp. 155/156, t'other between pp. 122/123; these may be the near-identical canadian-carcassed and wholly merkin-printed variations, but this is currently uncertain.
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - The Diamond Moon (1990)	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing(?s sharing merkin-printed covers?), first edition cover art by jim burns (unsigned (looks as though signature obscured by art department), credited) cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95 interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover 304pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, 16pp. separately-numbered diagrams section on finer quality paper a byron preiss book - packaged for avon books by this book packager refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed, and also to distinguish between possible further printings by progressive dropping of digits from printing number line; first printing line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - The Medusa Encounter (1990)	two near-identical variants both identified as first printings in the indicia: one bears the printing history number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 t'other reportedly bears none: the first with printing number line has the diagrams/plans section bound between pp. 122/123, t'other between pp. 155/156; these may be the near-identical canadian-carcassed and wholly merkin-printed variations, but this is currently uncertain.
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - The Medusa Encounter (1990)	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing(?s sharing merkin-printed covers?), first edition cover art by jim burns (signed, credited) cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95 interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover 304pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, 16pp. separately-numbered diagrams section on finer quality paper a byron preiss book - packaged for avon books by this book packager refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed, and also to distinguish between possible further printings by progressive dropping of digits from printing number line; first printing line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - Hide And Seek (1989)	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing(?s sharing merkin-printed covers?), first edition cover art by jim burns (signed, credited) cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95 interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover 304pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, 16pp. separately-numbered diagrams section on finer quality paper a byron preiss book - packaged for avon books by this book packager refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed, and also to distinguish between possible further printings by progressive dropping of digits from printing number line; first printing line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - Maelstrom (1988)	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing(?s sharing merkin-printed covers?), first edition cover art by jim burns (signed, credited) cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95 interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover 288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, 16pp. separately-numbered diagrams section on finer quality paper a byron preiss book - packaged for avon books by this book packager refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed, and also to distinguish between possible further printings by progressive dropping of digits from printing number line; first printing line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - Breaking Strain (1990)	pan macmillan pan p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by david bergen (unsigned, credited on back cover; miscredited to jim burns in indicia) cover price £3.99, $10.99 australia, $14.99 new zealand (not for sale in canada) interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover 288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, diagrams section between pp.90 & 91 first printing number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; i have not seen a second printing, which would be indicated by dropping the "1" from the printing number line (and so, on. . .) month of publication not given; taken from locus originally packaged for avon books by byron preiss, inc. book packager
ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		Book Paul Preuss - Breaking Strain (1987)	the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition cover art by jim burns (signed, credited) cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95 interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover 288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, 16pp. separately-numbered diagrams section on finer quality paper a byron preiss book - packaged for avon books by this book packager refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed, and also to distinguish between at least five printings by progressive dropping of digits from printing number line; first printing line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
ppint. 31st Oct 2024		Book Alan Burt Akers - Talons Of Scorpio (1983)	dray prescot sword'n'sf series by ken bulmer writing as "alan burt akers" #30: #1: "transit to scorpio" (1972), q.v. for series listing and links.
ppint. 29th Oct 2024		Book Edwin A. Abbott - Flatland (1992)	distributed in the yuk-of-gb-&-ni by constable.
ppint. 29th Oct 2024		Book Hans Holbein - Holbein Portrait Drawings (1985)	distrbuted in the yuk-of-gb-&-ni by constable iirc.
ppint. 29th Oct 2024		Book Hans Holbein - Holbein Portrait Drawings (1985)	dover publications large format p/b first printing, first edition cover art anna bollein queen by hans holbein cover price $3.95 48pp. including 4 unnumbered pp. titles, indicia , publisher's note etc.
ppint. 23rd Oct 2024		Book Barrington J. Bayley - The Soul Of The Robot (1978)	condor publications first printing, seemingly first mmpb edition, not first p/b edition cover art by a. echevarria (signed, uncredited) cover price $2.25 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 23rd Oct 2024		Book Bob Shaw - Night Walk (1975)	victor gollancz vgsf imprint first printing, not first uk p/b edition cover art by peter gudynas cover price £2.50 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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