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Publication: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

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  • Publication: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective AgencyPublication Record # 171651
  • Author: Douglas Adams
  • Date: 1987-06-00
  • ISBN: 0-671-62582-9 [978-0-671-62582-5]
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Price:
    $14.95?$: US dollar
  • Pages: [xiv]+247
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Paul Bacon
  • Notes:
    • No statement of edition on the copyright page, but there is a complete number line: "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1".
    • The copyright page contains the complete Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data including the year of publication (1987), the ISBN (0-671-62582-9), and the LCCN.
    • "Jacket design and illustration by Paul Bacon" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket.
    • Year of publication stated in the LoC CiP. Month of publication code 06871470 on back cover [Locus1 has the month as May].
    • Pages before the first page of the novel have been added in order to place the Author's Note.
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Don Erikson 2017-01-18 19:06:30 Permanent 2020-03-29
Taweiss 2018-03-20 22:13:33 Permanent 2022-09-05
Artisan 2018-12-31 19:07:54 Permanent 2019-01-23

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Bleiler Early Years N/A Rtrace 2021-08-19 19:05:38
Bleiler Supernatural N/A Rtrace 2021-08-19 19:05:38
Bleiler1 (Gernsback) N/A Bluesman 2009-08-24 17:06:46
Bleiler78 N/A Bluesman 2011-06-18 21:34:07
Clute/Grant N/A Bluesman 2011-06-18 21:34:07
Clute/Nicholls N/A Bluesman 2011-06-18 21:34:07
Contento1 (anth/coll) N/A Bluesman 2009-02-24 08:52:12
Currey N/A Bluesman 2009-02-03 13:00:43
Locus1 Verified Bluesman 2009-02-24 08:52:12
Miller/Contento N/A Bluesman 2009-02-24 08:52:12
OCLC/Worldcat Verified Bluesman 2009-08-24 17:06:46
Reginald1 N/A Bluesman 2011-06-18 21:34:07
Reginald3 Verified Dirk P Broer 2011-08-20 06:53:02
Tuck N/A Bluesman 2009-08-24 17:06:46
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