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Publication: The Great Explosion

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  • Publication: The Great ExplosionPublication Record # 260643
  • Author: Eric Frank Russell
  • Date: 1962-10-00
  • Publisher: Dodd, Mead / Torquil / SFBC
  • Price:
    $1.20?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 187
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Notes:
    • Cover artist not credited and there is no visible signature.
    • Gutter code "D29" on page 187 indicating an early July, 1962 printing date. Publication date is based on the date of its club selection (from Tuck).
    • Both trade and SFBC editions produced from the same press run with only the dustjackets differing (trade edition has $3.50 price and SFBC edition has "BOOK CLUB" [over] "EDITION" on front flap of dustjacket).
    • Both trade and SFBC editions have the "D29" code on the first printing. Currey has put the trade edition as earliest issue in his catalogs through the years but some booksellers list them as a simultaneous issue.
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Primary Verifications

Verifier Date Type Last User Activity Date
SFJuggler 2013-04-28 21:47:38 Permanent 2024-03-26

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Bleiler1 (Gernsback) N/A Bluesman 2010-04-03 16:37:33
Bleiler78 N/A Bluesman 2016-03-28 22:23:54
Clute/Grant N/A Bluesman 2016-03-28 22:23:54
Clute/Nicholls N/A Bluesman 2016-03-28 22:23:54
Contento1 (anth/coll) N/A Bluesman 2010-04-03 16:37:33
Currey N/A Bluesman 2010-04-03 16:37:33
Locus1 N/A Bluesman 2010-04-03 16:37:33
Miller/Contento N/A Bluesman 2010-04-03 16:37:33
OCLC/Worldcat Verified Bluesman 2016-03-28 22:23:54
Reginald1 N/A Bluesman 2016-03-28 22:23:54
Reginald3 N/A Bluesman 2016-03-28 22:23:54
Tuck Verified Mhhutchins 2008-04-19 11:33:15
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