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Publication: The Purple Pterodactyls

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  • Publication: The Purple PterodactylsPublication Record # 45740
  • Author: L. Sprague de Camp
  • Date: 1980-01-00
  • ISBN: 0-932096-02-6 [978-0-932096-02-9]
  • Publisher: Phantasia Press
  • Price:
    $15.00?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 229
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: COLLECTION
  • Cover: The Purple Pterodactyls (1979) • by Vaclav Vaca
  • Notes:
    • Limitation statement on page 229: "The First Edition of THE PURPLE PTERODACTYLS is limited to fifteen hundred copies, two hundred of which have been signed and numbered by the author in a special, boxed edition." This listing is for the trade edition.
    • "1979" on the title page, and "Copyright (c) 1979" on the copyright page, but per de Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography publication date is January 1980.
    • There is a subtitle on the title page, but not on the cover or half-title page: "The Adventures of W. Wilson Newbury, Ensorcelled Financier".
    • "FIRST EDITION" and ISBN on copyright page.
    • "Trade Edition: $15.00", "Special Edition: $25.00" and ISBN on jacket front flap. "Cover Painting by Vaclav Vaca" on back flap.
  • External IDs:
    • OCLC/WorldCat: 5913161
    • Reginald-3: 21341
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Collection Title: The Purple Pterodactyls • [W. Wilson Newbury] • (1979) • collection by L. Sprague de Camp

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