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Publication: The Fifth Head of Cerberus

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  • Publication: The Fifth Head of CerberusPublication Record # 39745
  • Author: Gene Wolfe
  • Date: 1972-04-00
  • ISBN: 0-684-12830-6 [978-0-684-12830-6]
  • Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
  • Price:
    $5.95?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 244
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: The Fifth Head of Cerberus (1972) • by Nicholas Gaetano
  • Notes:
    • Titled "The Fifth Head of Cerberus (over) Three Novellas (over) By Gene Wolfe" on the title page.
    • First edition based on the first letter in the code "A-4.72 [c]" stated on the copyright page. This also provided the month of publication (April 1972).
    • Publisher stated as "Scribners" on the spine of the book and dust jacket, but as "Charles Scribner's Sons" on the title page.
    • LCCN 77-38283 stated on the copyright page.
    • "SBN: 684-12830-6 (Trade Cloth)" stated on the copyright page. The ISBN for this record has been derived from this SBN.
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