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Publication: An Alien Light

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  • Publication: An Alien LightPublication Record # 2453
  • Author: Nancy Kress
  • Date: 1988-01-00
  • ISBN: 0-87795-940-4 [978-0-87795-940-3]
  • Publisher: Arbor House / William Morrow
  • Price:
    $18.95?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 370
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: An Alien Light (1988) • by Ron Walotsky
  • Notes:
    • No statement of edition on the copyright page, but there is a complete number line: "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1".
    • Month of publication from code on the back inside flap of the dustjacket ("188"), corroborated by Locus1.
    • The copyright page contains the complete Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data including the year of publication (1988), the ISBN (0-87795-940-4), and the LCCN 87-26914.
    • "Jacket design by Lisa Speroni" (over) "Jacket illustration by Ron Walotsky" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket.
    • An invalid ISBN (0-87795-940-0) is printed on the front flap of the dustjacket.
    • There is a code "17D5" on the bottom of the back cover.
  • External IDs:
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Primary Verifications

Verifier Date Type Last User Activity Date
Mhhutchins 2007-03-30 16:07:54 Permanent 2022-08-24
Bluesman 2009-09-06 19:58:13 Permanent 2018-12-28
Chavey 2012-06-23 20:41:55 Permanent 2022-08-30

Secondary Verifications

Source Status Verifier Date
Bleiler Early Years Not Verified    
Bleiler Supernatural Not Verified    
Bleiler1 (Gernsback) N/A Bluesman 2009-09-15 21:02:48
Bleiler78 N/A Bluesman 2009-09-15 21:02:48
Clute/Grant Not Verified    
Clute/Nicholls Verified Bluesman 2011-05-24 19:38:15
Contento1 (anth/coll) N/A Bluesman 2009-02-28 10:28:49
Currey N/A Bluesman 2009-02-06 11:18:33
Locus1 Verified Scott Latham 2007-09-06 20:13:32
Miller/Contento N/A Bluesman 2009-02-28 10:28:49
OCLC/Worldcat Verified Bluesman 2009-09-15 21:02:48
Reginald1 N/A Bluesman 2009-09-15 21:02:48
Reginald3 Not Verified    
Tuck N/A Bluesman 2009-09-15 21:02:48
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