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Publication: Orn

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  • Publication: OrnPublication Record # 255835
  • Author: Piers Anthony
  • Date: 1971-09-00
  • Catalog ID: 3458
  • Publisher: Nelson Doubleday / SFBC
  • Price:
    $1.49?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 247
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: Orn by Frank Frazetta
  • Notes:
    • First edition (not stated). The Nelson Doubleday imprint indicates an original publication for Doubleday book clubs.
    • No printed price or stated date of publication. Price is from a later SFBC announcement flyer. Date is from the list provided by SFBC editor Andrew Wheeler to the rec.arts.sf.written newsgroup.
    • This Fall 1971 selection of the SFBC, with the gutter code "B37" [verified] on page 246, is the true first edition.
    • Known reprint codes: "C1" (Jan '72); "K20" [verified PV6] May '80; "M10" [verified] [Mar '82, with SFBC # now on the back cover]
    • "Book Club Edition" on front flap; SFBC # on rear flap
    • "Jacket painting by Frank Frazetta" on rear flap, the artwork is also signed
    • First printing bound in black leatherette with orange/brown lettering; '82 printing has black boards with orange lettering
  • External IDs:
    • OCLC/WorldCat: 37762155
    • Reginald-1: 00372
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Willem H. 2009-07-28 05:12:59 Permanent 2022-09-07
Bluesman 2013-04-05 10:01:57 Permanent 2018-12-13
MLB 2016-07-23 14:57:58 Permanent 2022-09-05
NrjPure 2016-09-10 09:45:13 Permanent 2017-01-25
Artisan 2019-01-10 18:33:13 Permanent 2019-01-23
Scifibones 2020-08-10 15:06:50 Permanent 2022-09-07

Secondary Verifications

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Bleiler Early Years N/A Rtrace 2021-08-16 21:26:01
Bleiler Supernatural N/A Rtrace 2021-08-16 21:26:01
Bleiler1 (Gernsback) N/A Bluesman 2009-09-13 12:10:13
Bleiler78 N/A Bluesman 2011-10-17 12:41:16
Clute/Grant N/A Bluesman 2011-10-17 12:41:16
Clute/Nicholls Verified Bluesman 2011-10-17 12:41:16
Contento1 (anth/coll) N/A Bluesman 2009-09-13 12:10:13
Currey Verified Bluesman 2009-09-13 12:10:13
Locus1 N/A Bluesman 2009-09-13 12:10:13
Miller/Contento N/A Bluesman 2009-09-13 12:10:13
OCLC/Worldcat Verified Bluesman 2009-09-13 12:10:13
Reginald1 Verified Bluesman 2011-10-17 12:41:16
Reginald3 N/A Bluesman 2011-10-17 12:41:16
Tuck N/A Bluesman 2009-09-13 12:10:13
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