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Publication: Merlin's Booke

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  • Publication: Merlin's BookePublication Record # 21998
  • Author: Jane Yolen
  • Date: 1986-05-00
  • ISBN: 0-441-52552-0 [978-0-441-52552-2]
  • Publisher: Ace Fantasy Books
  • Price:
    $2.95?$: US dollar
  • Pages: xiii+178
  • Format:
    pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
  • Type: COLLECTION
  • Cover: Merlin's Booke by Thomas Canty
  • Notes:
    • Apparent first printing; stated Ace Fantasy Edition May 1986 with no number line; no hardcover printing listed
    • "Cover art by Thomas Canty, Newbury Studios", no visible signature on the wraparound artwork
    • Page numbering ends on 176, but two unnumbered pages of content follow
    • Locus Index to Science Fiction page count disagrees (177 pp.), but their own contents lists p. 178 (which is the last page and is correct) for L'Envoi
    • Each contained work is separated from the others by an unnumbered (but counted) page containing a quote/excerpt from an apropos source
    • Content dates from copyrights on "Acknowledgments" page + Locus; all 1986 content explicitly stated "First publication"
    • $3.75 in Canada
  • External IDs:
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Collection Title: Merlin's Booke • [Merlin's Booke] • collection by Jane Yolen

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