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Publication: World Tales

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  • Publication: World TalesPublication Record # 446046
  • Author: G. Randal Rau
  • Date: 1985-10-31
  • Publisher: The 1985 World Fantasy Convention
  • Price:
    $15.00?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 88
  • Format:
    tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
  • Type: NONFICTION
  • Cover: World Tales by Victoria Poyser
  • Notes:
    • Souvenir book of the 1985 World Fantasy Convention.
    • No Canadian price.
    • Cover art credited on page 88 and artwork is signed.
    • Interior art credited on page 88.
    • Book design by Donald D. Markstein.
    • Cover design by Donald D. Markstein.
    • Printing statement: No statement of printing on copyright page.
    • Publication date based on date of convention: October 31 - November 3, 1985. Convention held at the DoubleTree Hotel Randolf Park. 445 South Alvernon Way, Tucson, Arizona 85711-4121.
    • Limited to 1,200 numbered copies (numbered on bottom, left-hand corner of page 88).
    • Free to members of the convetion.
    • Two loose prints by Victoria Poyser ("Shattered World" and "Sung in Shadow") included. Prints were limited to 1,000 copies and number-matched to the souvenir book.
    • Copies of the book were available for sale after the convention.
    • "Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Bibliography" appears in the table of contents as "Chelsea Quinn Yarbro".
    • "The Works of Victoria Poyser" appears in the table of contents as "Victoria Poyser".
    • "The Books of Evangeline Walton" appears in the table of contents as "Evangeline Walton".
    • "The Resume of Stephen R. Donaldson" appears in the table of contents as "Stephen R. Donaldson".
    • Published to resemble an old Weird Tales pulp magazine including the use of pre-yellowed paper and labeling the "issue" as "Vol. 11 No. 1"
    • Associate Editor: M. Bruce Farr
    • The Donaldson appreciations and their introduction are not separately titled.
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Nonfiction Title: World Tales • [World Fantasy Convention Souvenir Books • 11] • nonfiction by G. Randal Rau

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