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  • Publication: The Black TowerPublication Record # 26055
  • Author: Richard A. Lupoff
  • Date: 1988-08-00
  • ISBN: 0-553-27346-9 [978-0-553-27346-5]
  • Publisher: Bantam Spectra
  • Price:
    $3.95?$: US dollar
  • Pages: xiv+339+[14]
  • 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: The Black Tower by Robert Gould
  • Notes:
    • A Bantam Spectra Book / August 1988.
    • First printing by number line: O 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
    • Cover art and interior sketches by Robert Gould.
    • Cover design and logo by Alex Jay/Studio J.
    • Copyright 1988 by Byron Preiss Visual Publications, Inc.
    • Cover art and sketches copyright 1988 by Byron Preiss Visual Publications, Inc.
    • "Foreword" has Philip José Farmer at bottom.
    • "Selections from the Sketchbook of Major Clive Folliot" is before the interior sketches all on unnumbered pages after the novel's end. Individual sketches are titled as follows:
      • "Sketch of Clive Foliot - Major, Fifth Imperial House Guards"
      • "Sketch of Annabelle Leighton"
      • "Sketch of Quarter Master Sargent Horace Hamilton Smythe"
      • "Sketch of Sargent Smythe in disguise as a Mandarin"
      • "Sketch of a Creature which attacked while guarding a red glowing rock formation"
      • "Sketch of the Gong at the Black Tower"
      • "Sketch of Sargent Smythe's Revolver"
      • "Sketch of the Diary of Major Foliot's lost brother"
      • "Sketch of a Cutlass like weapon salvaged from a horrible flying creature"
      • "Sketch of Anne"
      • "Sketch of Finnbogg"
      • "Sketch of Sidi Bombay"
      • "Sketch of a Strange Star formation"
      • "Sketch of Shriek"
      • "Sketch of NRRC' KTH"
    • Front cover says only 'The Dungeon' (over) 'Volume 1'.
    • The novel title and author are printed on back cover as 'The Black Tower' (over) 'by Richard A. Lupoff'.
    • Front cover and spine have 'Volume 1' in the title, the title page has 'Book 1'
    • C$4.95 in Canada
  • External IDs:
    • OCLC/WorldCat: 18716831
    • Reginald-3: 28691
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