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Publication: Breaking Strain

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  • Publication: Breaking StrainPublication Record # 3125
  • Author: Paul Preuss
  • Date: 1987-11-00
  • ISBN: 0-380-75344-8 [978-0-380-75344-4]
  • Publisher: Avon
  • Price:
    $3.95?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 265+16
  • 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: Breaking Strain (1987) • by Jim Burns
  • Notes:
    • $4.95 in Canada.
    • Cover art credited on copyright page and cover is signed.
    • Interior art credited on back of book.
    • "A BYRON PREISS BOOK" on title page and back of book.
    • "First Avon Books Printing: November 1987" on copyright page.
    • "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on copyright page. Catalog of Copyright entry TX0002179640 puts the publication date at 1987-11-01.
    • 16-page "Info Pak" section in the back is on higher-quality paper and pages are separately numbered.
    • Inside front cover of book has another technical blueprint by Anderson.
    • Inside back cover has photos and short biographies of Clarke & Preuss.
    • LCCN 2011514327 (from LOC lookup). This LCCN is for the entire series. LCCN on copyright (87-91590) page is for "Turun kaupungin tilastollinen vuosikirja = Statistisk årsbok för Åbo stad."
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