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Author:	L. Sprague De Camp
Title:	A Gun For Dinosaur And Other Imaginative Tales
Publisher:	Curtis Books
Country:	USA
Date:	1970
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Cat#:	09018
Total Editions:	2
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Collection:	I Own It I Want It
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ppint. 15th Dec 2018		modern literary editions publishing co. curtis books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition reprint collection of seven novelettes and seven short stories cover art by johnny bruck (unsigned, uncredited; attributed from use on perry rhodan #171 in germany) cover price 95¢ 320pp, (check) including titles, indicia etc. this curtis mmpb from 1969-70 undated, entered as 1970 (may eventually require emendation) number-string (?abn publisher code? + cat# + cover price in cents): 123-09018-095



ppint. 14th Apr 2018		publication date of this curtis p/b is^W was incorrect: it must have been 1969-1970, as that is when the first part of this p/b series of ~95 sf&f titles was published by the modern literary editions publishing co. (one title seemingly "leaking into" 1974 and one into 1975), with publisher code "123-". after mlep'd picking up the merkin mmpb rights to a number of books from other publishers, it seems as though an agent, possibly acting for doubleday, arranged for modern literary editions publishing to acquire the rights/a licence to the rights to approximately one hundred mostly sf titles doubleday had not placed with any merkin publisher of mass-market paperbacks (and not all of which doubleday had got around to publishing in their hardcover line) and were perhaps approaching the ends of the licences to the english-language volume rights that doubleday held to these books - mostly, but not entirely, sf novels. this rough century of titles was published under the curtis books imprint, mostly 1969-70, some first half 1971; odd further titles 1972-5; and then - apparently - modern literary editions lost any and all further interest in the science fiction publishing category.



ppint. 13th Sep 2024		contents: a gun for dinosaur (novelette) galaxy vol.11 #5, 3/1956, three b+w illustrations by ed emshwiller; galaxy strato bre #38, 5/1956, 2 of the 3 illustrations aristotle and the gun (ntte) astounding vol. lx #6, 2/1958, four b+w illustrations by frank kelly freas; astounding atlas bre vol. xiv #5, 5/1958, all 4 illustrations the guided man (ntte) startling stories vol.27 #3, 10/1952, a b+w illustration by alex schomburg internal combustion (short story) infinity vol.1 #2, 2/1956, a b+w illustration by robert engle cornzan the mighty (ss) future science fiction #28, 12/1955 as "cornzan, the mighty", a b+w illustration by virgil finlay throwback (ntte) astounding vol. xxxxiii #1, 3,/1949, three b+w illustrations by ed cartier; astounding atlas bre vol? #?, 1/1950 judgment day (ss) astounding vol. lvi #6, 8/1955, two b+w illustrations by frank kelly freas; astounding atlas bre vol. did i #1, 1/1956, both illustrations gratitude (ntte) (?where?) ©1955 a thing of custom (ss) fantastic universe vol.7 #1, 1/1957 the egg (ss) satellite vol.1 #1, 10/1956 let's have fun (ss) science fiction quarterly vol.5 #1, 5/1957 impractical joke (ntte) future science fiction #29, 4/1956, a b+w illustration by ed emshwiller in-group (ss) marvel science fiction vol.3 #6, 5/1952 new arcadia (ntte) future science fiction #30, 8/1956, a b+w illustration by frank kelly freas (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 10th Mar 2021		remploy h/cvr first printing, first uk edition; first h/cvr is the 1963 doubleday merkin h/cvr remploy books' red star sci fi series reprint collection of seven novelettes and seven short stories cover (d-j) art unsigned, uncredited (black typography on red & yellow art shared with all 1973-4 remploy sf & f titles) title on d-j drops ''and other imaginative tales'' cover (d-j) price £2.20 336pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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L. Sprague De Camp - A Gun For Dinosaur And Other Imaginative Tales - Remploy - Hardcover - UK - 706605705 (1974)