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Publication: Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus

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  • Publication: Frankenstein, or, The Modern PrometheusPublication Record # 295415
  • Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  • Date: date unknown
  • ISBN: 978-1-59582-200-0 [1-59582-200-3]
  • Publisher: Dark Horse Books
  • Price:
    $29.95?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 250+[2]
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus (2008) • by Bernie Wrightson
  • Notes:
    • "First edition: October 2008" stated on the copyright page with an incomplete number line: "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2".
    • The cover and spine give the title as Frankenstein.
    • No dustjacket. Cloth-covered binding with Wrightson's artwork inlaid on the front cover.
    • Oversized: 32 cm.
    • "written by MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY" (over) "illustrations by BERNIE WRIGHTSON" (over) "introduction by STEPHEN KING" printed on the front cover, in silver embossing on the cloth.
    • The decorated title page gives the title as "Frankenstein" (over) "or" (over) "The Modern Prometheus" and "by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley" and "with pictures by Bernie Wrightson".
    • The copyright page contains the complete Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data including the year of publication (2008), the ISBN (978-1-59582-200-0), and the LCCN (2008026460).
    • "Originally published: New York : Marvel, 1983" stated in the LoC CIP Data.
    • Includes a bound-in silver-colored silk ribbon as a bookmark.
    • Includes 47 full-page B&W illustrations by Wrightson, printed on the recto with a detail from the same illustration enlarged on the verso of each.
    • Price not printed in the book, but part of the barcode of the removable sticker on the back of the book.
    • With two sets of illustrated endpapers.
    • The last numbered page is 250 but there are two more unnumbered page of Wrightson's illustrations.
    • This printing was available from the SFBC as of 2009-08-00 for $19.99. SFBC catalog #08-3231.
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