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  • Publication: The Dream of Perpetual MotionPublication Record # 307018
  • Author: Dexter Palmer
  • Date: 2010-03-00
  • ISBN: 978-0-312-55815-4 [0-312-55815-5]
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Press
  • Price:
    $24.99?$: US dollar
  • Pages: [8]+340
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Notes:
    • You can view portions of this publication via Amazon Look Inside.
    • First printing that states "First Edition: March 2010 / 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1".
    • The publisher is stated on the title page as "St. Martin's Press (logo) New York"
    • There are eight unnumbered pages before page 1. The story runs from page 1 to 338 and is followed by a two page author acknowledgments.
    • The binding is hc with a fake "Deckle Edge" finish on the outside and clean-cut top/bottom. It appears the deckle finish was done by running a grinder that cut furrows.
    • Priced "$24.99 / $29.99 Can."
    • The cover art credit is on the back jacket flap and is stated as:
      Jacket design by Ervin Serrano Jacket illustration from isifa Image Service s.r.o./Alamy, Nikreates/Alamy, Kari Niemeläinen/Alamy, Ann Cutting/Getty Images, Scott R. Barbour/Getty Images, Grant Faint/Getty Images
    • The acknowledgments essay on pages 339 and 340 is signed
      —Dexter Palmer March 13, 1996 May 4, 2009 Princeton, New Jersey/Tampa, Florida
      There is no direct explanation for the 1996 date in this essay but in this news interview he says that's when he started the book "as a way to procrastinate."
    • Transient verification is against a public library copy. I should be able to easily retrieve this publication if needed for a verification question. ~Marc Kupper.
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