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Publication: The Songs of Distant Earth

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  • Publication: The Songs of Distant EarthPublication Record # 201605
  • Author: Arthur C. Clarke
  • Date: 1986-11-00
  • Catalog ID: 05769
  • Publisher: Del Rey / Ballantine / SFBC
  • Price:
    $4.98?$: US dollar
  • Pages: xiv+241
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: The Songs of Distant Earth (1986) • by Michael Whelan
  • Notes:
    • © 1986 No other date
    • Date of publication and price from Locus1.
    • Supposedly copies exist with Q18, indicating a printing in May 1986. Seems unlikely as the first trade edition was published in May
    • Reprinted [?] with gutter code "Q46" [verified] on page 239, indicates a printing in November 1986.
    • "Book Club Edition" on front flap; SFBC # on back cover
    • "Cover Painting: Michael Whelan" on rear flap, cover also has his 'sigil'
    • "Q46" printing has dark blue boards with gold/brown lettering
  • External IDs:
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Locus1 Verified Bluesman 2009-02-25 22:04:12
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