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Publication: Stand on Zanzibar

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  • Publication: Stand on ZanzibarPublication Record # 31922
  • Author: John Brunner
  • Date: 1987-05-00
  • Publisher: The Easton Press
  • Pub. Series: The Masterpieces of Science Fiction
  • Pages: [18]+506+[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. [month from Locus1]
    • 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.
    • Only a portion of the uncredited illustrative cover design (a single line of standing humans) is repeated on the back.
    • Pages are gilt-edged and there is a gold satin bookmark bound into the book.
    • The frontispiece, credited on the title page and separately copyrighted from the interior illustrations, is on the page facing the title page.
    • In addition to a full-color frontispiece, there are three full-page B&W illustrations by Di Fate on unnumbered plates.
    • The novel starts ten pages before page 1, which includes Context (0) (a one paragraph Marshall McLuhan epigraph) and 7 pages listing the contents as grouped chapters, not the order of appearance.
    • "Collector's Notes" (uncredited) are on a double-sided laid-in sheet.
    • This edition appears to be a facsimile reprint of the 1968 Doubleday edition.
    • Verified copy was purchased for approximately $40.00 from the publisher.
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Bluesman 2016-01-01 19:57:53 Permanent 2018-12-28

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Contento1 (anth/coll) N/A Bluesman 2011-11-19 16:00:44
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Locus1 Verified Bluesman 2011-11-19 16:00:44
Miller/Contento N/A Bluesman 2011-11-19 16:00:44
OCLC/Worldcat Verified Bluesman 2011-11-19 16:00:44
Reginald1 N/A Bluesman 2011-11-19 16:00:44
Reginald3 N/A Bluesman 2011-11-19 16:00:44
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