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  • Publication: JemPublication Record # 142451
  • Author: Frederik Pohl
  • Date: 1979-09-00
  • Catalog ID: 5603
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Press / SFBC
  • Price:
    $3.50?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 314
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: Jem (1979) • by Irving Freeman [as by Irv Freeman]
  • Notes:
    • "Book Club Edition" printed at the bottom of the front flap of the dustjacket indicates a printing by Doubleday for its various book clubs.
    • Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club for September 1979.
    • No printed price or stated date of publication. Both given here are taken from the SFBC announcement flyer and Locus #226 (October 1979). The date is confirmed by a printing statement in the first Bantam paperback.
    • The first SFBC printing has the gutter code "J20" on page 313 indicating a printing in May 1979.
    • Known reprint codes: "J32" (August 1979), "K31" (August 1980 from an Abebooks.com listing), "M39" (September 1982 with the SFBC # on the back cover).
    • "5603" printed at the bottom of the back flap of the dustjacket.
    • "Jacket design by Irv Freeman" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket.
    • J20 printing has burgundy leatherette boards with silver lettering; J32 printing has burgundy leatherette boards with black lettering; M39 printing 1/4 bound in burgundy cloth with grey boards and orange lettering
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