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Publication: Greybeard

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  • Publication: GreybeardPublication Record # 16029
  • Author: Brian W. Aldiss
  • Date: 1964-08-12
  • Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World
  • Price:
    $4.50?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 245
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: Greybeard by James McCrea and Ruth McCrea
  • Notes:
    • On copyright page:
      • © 1964 by Brian W. Aldiss
      • first edition
      • Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 64-18276
    • Publication year not explicitly stated in book
    • Year from Currey and Tuck
    • Full date "12Aug64" from Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series: 1964: July-December, ref: A712340
    • Author's website states: "FIRST EDITION: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1964"
    • "Jacket design by James and Ruth McCrea" on rear dust jacket flap
    • This edition is abridged in comparison with some later editions. Clute/Nicholls states: "Greybeard (cut 1964 US; full version 1964 UK)"
    • The chapter structure is:
      • 1 The River: Sparcot
      • 2 Cowley
      • 3 The River: Swifford Fair
      • 4 Washington
      • 5 The River: Oxford
      • 6 The River: The End
    • Some later editions, eg: 1972 Panther pb have an additional chapter titled "London" located between chapters 5 and 6 of this Harcourt edition. This chapter is a flashback, so the narrative in this edition flows seamlessly from chapter 5 to 6
    • The chapter "London" contains approximately 9000 words.
  • External IDs:
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Contento1 (anth/coll) N/A Bluesman 2009-03-04 09:29:58
Currey Verified Bluesman 2009-03-04 09:29:58
Locus1 N/A Bluesman 2009-03-04 09:29:58
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