Publication: The Man Who Made Models

Publication: The Man Who Made ModelsPublication Record # 438107
Author: R. A. Lafferty
Date: 2013-10-00
ISBN: 978-1-61347-046-6 [1-61347-046-0]
Publisher: Centipede Press
Price:
$100.00^?$: US dollar
Pages: 345
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: COLLECTION
Cover: The Man Who Made Models (2013) • by Jacob McMurray
Webpages: centipedepress.com
Notes:
- Illustrated limitation page appearing on the last page before the back loose endpaper bears the statement "The edition is limited to 300 signed and numbered copies. This is copy" below which the number of the copy is printed in a much larger font. This is followed by the signatures of Michael Swanwick (the introducer), John Pelan (the editor and author of the afterword), and Jacob McMurray (the cover designer).
- "October 2013" stated on the copyright page
- The price is not stated in the book. Copies from the publisher came shrink-wrapped with a sticker on the back printing the barcoded ISBN and the price of $100.00. There was also a sticker printing the number of the copy.
- "The Collected Short Fiction" (over) "Volume 1" (over) "Introduction by Michael Swanwick" (over) "Edited, with an afterword, by John Pelan" stated on the title page.
- "Cover artwork and design © by Jacob McMurray" stated on the copyright page and "Cover by Jacob McMurray" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket.
- A full-page photograph of the author appears on page [6] facing the introduction's title page.
- The double-spread title page, the contents page, the introduction, and the afterword are printed on differently colored pages.
- There is a place-keeping ribbon (orange satin) bound into the book. The book is fully clothbound.
- The publisher later dropped the price to $60.00 for direct sales. After the signed, numbered copies were sold, they offered the remaining unsigned copies for $45.00. (Source: an email from the publisher on 2014-03-23.)
External IDs:
- Goodreads: 17675126
- OCLC/WorldCat: 873080945

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Collection Title: The Man Who Made Models • [The Collected Short Fiction (R. A. Lafferty) • 1] • collection by R. A. Lafferty

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

7 • Eight Words from the Most Wonderful Writer in the World • essay by Michael Swanwick
17 • The Man Who Made Models • (1984) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
37 • The Six Fingers of Time • (1960) • novelette by R. A. Lafferty
69 • The Hole on the Corner • (1967) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
85 • Square and Above Board • (1982) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
103 • Jack Bang's Eyes • (1983) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
123 • All But the Words • [Institute for Impure Science] • (1971) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
137 • The Ungodly Mice of Doctor Drakos • [Men Who Knew Everything] • (1973) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
149 • Frog on the Mountain • [Paravata • 1] • (1970) • novelette by R. A. Lafferty
183 • Narrow Valley • (1966) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
201 • Condillac's Statue, or Wrens in His Head • (1970) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
215 • About a Secret Crocodile • (1970) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
231 • Days of Grass, Days of Straw • (1973) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
255 • The Ninety-Ninth Cubicle • (1984) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
263 • Thus We Frustrate Charlemagne • [Institute for Impure Science] • (1967) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
277 • Parthen • (1973) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
287 • The Skinny People of Leptophlebo Street • (1975) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
305 • Rivers of Damascus • [Men Who Knew Everything] • (1974) • novelette by R. A. Lafferty
339 • The Man Who Made Myths: The Voyages of R. A. Lafferty • essay by John Pelan

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Publication: The Man Who Made Models

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