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Publication: The Years of Rice and Salt

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  • Publication: The Years of Rice and SaltPublication Record # 402750
  • Author: Kim Stanley Robinson
  • Date: 2002-01-00
  • Catalog ID: 106-170
  • Publisher: The Easton Press
  • Pub. Series: Signed First Editions of Science Fiction
  • Pub. Series #: 170
  • Pages: 658
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Notes:
    • Limitation page appears after the front loose endpaper with the statement: "This leather-bound First Edition of The Years of Rice and Salt is signed by Hugo and Nebula award-winning author Kim Stanley Robinson". The author's signature is below this statement. At the bottom is stated "Number [copy number] of 1,125" in which the copy number is handwritten.
    • "SIGNED FIRST EDITION" (over) "Bound in Genuine Leather" stated on the title page. "SIGNED FIRST EDITION" printed on the spine.
    • "The special contents of this edition are copyright © 2002 by Easton Press..." stated on the copyright page. No stated date of publication. The date given for this record is assumed to be correct, based on the March 2002 publication of the Bantam Books trade edition.
    • The frontispiece, credited on the title page, but not on the copyright page, appears on the page facing the title page.
    • Part of "Signed First Editions of Science Fiction" series according to the logo printed on the limitation page.
    • No ISBN, no printed price, and no dustjacket as issued.
    • Pages are gilt-edged and there is a gold satin bookmark bound into the book, with pumpkin-colored moire fabric endpapers.
    • The uncredited illustrative cover design is repeated on the back
    • The laid-in "Certificate of Authenticity" is signed by the author, a witness and the publisher, hand-dated "12-19-01".
    • There is a laid-in card titled A note about THE YEARS OF RICE AND SALT and the author KIM STANLEY ROBINSON.
    • This appears to be a facsimile reprint of the Bantam Books trade edition.
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Mhhutchins 2013-01-15 23:53:18 Permanent 2022-08-24
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