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Publication: Mission of Gravity

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  • Publication: Mission of GravityPublication Record # 22458
  • Author: Hal Clement
  • Date: 1987-00-00
  • Publisher: The Easton Press
  • Pub. Series: The Masterpieces of Science Fiction
  • Pages: 224+[3]
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Notes:
    • "COLLECTOR'S EDITION" (over) "Bound in Genuine Leather" stated on the title page.
    • "The special contents of this edition are copyright © 1987 by The Easton Press..." stated on the copyright page. No stated date of publication.
    • This is a limited edition of an unknown number of copies and was available by subscription only.
    • One of The Masterpieces of Science Fiction series, indicated by the logo printed on the endpapers.
    • No ISBN, no printed price, and no dustjacket as issued.
    • The uncredited illustrative cover design is repeated on the back.
    • Pages are gilt-edged and there is a light blue satin ribbon bookmark bound into the book.
    • The frontispiece, credited on the title page and the copyright page, is on the page facing the title page.
    • In addition to the frontispiece, there are three two-color illustrations by Vincent Di Fate, printed on unnumbered pages.
    • The three-page introduction appears on unnumbered pages, so the pages before the first numbered page have been used to record its placemennt in the book.
    • "Collector's Notes" (uncredited) are on a double-sided laid-in sheet.
    • This edition is a facsimile reprint of the 1954 Doubleday first edition.
    • Locus1 dates this as September 1988, but this can not be confirmed because of the difficulty in determining the publication date of Easton Press editions.
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