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Publication: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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  • Publication: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyPublication Record # 104611
  • Author: Douglas Adams
  • Date: 1980-12-00
  • Catalog ID: 3439
  • Publisher: Harmony Books / SFBC
  • Price:
    $2.49?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 209
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1980) • by Peter Cross
  • Notes:
    • First SFBC edition [not stated]
    • Price and month of publication from Locus #241 (February 1981).
    • First printing has gutter code "K47" [verified] on page 206, indicates a printing in November 1980
    • A December selection of the SFBC
    • "Book Club Edition" on front flap; SFBC # on back cover
    • "Jacket painting by Peter Cross" on front flap, no visible signature
    • First printing has navy blue boards
    • The portrait photograph on back cover shows the author Douglas Adams
  • External IDs:
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Locus1 N/A Bluesman 2013-04-04 16:53:31
Miller/Contento N/A Bluesman 2013-04-04 16:53:31
OCLC/Worldcat Verified Bluesman 2013-04-04 16:53:31
Reginald1 N/A Bluesman 2013-04-04 16:53:31
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