Framingham: NESFA (New England Science Fiction Association) Press, 2014. First edition, Hardcover, New in dust jacket,. Bob Eggleton. Framingham: NESFA (New England Science Fiction Association) Press:, 2014. First edition, Hardcover, New in dust jacket, 470 pp. Cover artwork by: Bob Eggleton "'A Bicycle Built for Brew: The Collected Short Works of Poul Anderson (volume 6)' continues the series of presenting the best of his fantasy and science fiction stories published over a writing career of 50 years. It includes 5 short novels and 3 novellas. ' Bicycle Built for Brew', the lead short novel mixes beer, air-tight drums, a talking parrot guaranteed to repeat phrases laced with 4-letter indignities, a romance between an English lass and a Scottish soldier, and the need to communicate the fact of the invasion to British authorities on a nearby asteroid in a very humorous tale. The original magazine version of 'Three Hearts and Three Lions,' long unavailable except for the original magazines published in 1953, in which Holger Carlsen, fighting the Nazis, is suddenly transported to a world where magic and a growing battle between good and evil is raging. 'Silent Victory' in which Mars has defeated Earth in a war but things are never that simple. 'Territory' features Nicholas van Rijn, 'A Plague of Masters' features Dominic Flandry, 'Three Cornered Wheel' features David Falkyn, 'The Sensitive Man' and 'The Snows of Ganymede.'
First edition copy. Collectible-Very Good. Like New dust jacket. Volume 6. Press release laid in. Review Copy stamp on title page. From the collection of science fiction and fantasy writer, editor, publisher and prolific book reviewer D. Douglas Fratz. (Science Fiction, Short Stories)
First edition copy. Collectible-Very Good. Like New dust jacket. Volume 6. Press release laid in. Review Copy stamp on title page. From the collection of science fiction and fantasy writer, editor, publisher and prolific book reviewer D. Douglas Fratz. (Science Fiction, Short Stories)
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number line:A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that particular copy (e.g., a "1" would mean a first printing, and a "29" would indicate a 29th printing).
The following example is of a book that is in its 4th printing from Citadel Press. Note that despite the apparent declaration of "First printing 1997" the number line indicates the actual printing.
Often, the number line does not appear in sequence, as shown below in this first printing from Macmillan. However, the lowest number still indicates the printing:
There may also be times when a number line also contains intended years of publication as well as printings. This number line, for example, describes a first printing, published in 1989 by Harper & Row:
Random House is a notable exception, where for a period of several decades a first printing was indicated with a number line that began with "2", often accompanied by the words "First Edition".
Still other times, publishers may choose to use a letter line rather than a number line, as here shown in a first printing from Harvill Press (the "A" being indicative, rather than a "1"):