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Publication: Royal Assassin

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  • Publication: Royal AssassinPublication Record # 531559
  • Author: Robin Hobb
  • Date: date unknown
  • ISBN: 0-553-57341-1 [978-0-553-57341-1]
  • Publisher: Bantam Spectra
  • Price:
    $7.99?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 675+[21]
  • Format:
    pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: Royal Assassin (1996) • by Michael Whelan
  • Notes:
    • "Bantam mass-market edition / 1997"
    • 21st printing per number line OPM 25 24 23 22 21 on copyright page.
    • Exact date of 21st printing unknown: 2004 or later, end date uncertain. (see notes below).
    • Above title on title page: The Farseer
    • Per copyright page: Copyright © 1997 by Robin Hobb. Cover art copyright © by Michael Whelan. ISBN is given as 978-0-553-57341-1 on copyright page. Back cover gives ISBN-10 as 0-553-57341-1.
    • Canada price C$11.99 per back cover.
    • LCCN per copyright page.
    • There is an excerpt of Assassin's Quest on un-numbered pages [679-694] at end of book.
    • List of other Bantam books by Robin Hobb (before title page) goes up to Fool's Fate, published 2004-02 in USA. The Rain Wild Chronicles are not mentioned, but they were from a different publisher.
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