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Publication: Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World

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  • Publication: Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious WorldPublication Record # 546320
  • Authors: John Fairley, Simon Welfare
  • Date: 1982-02-15
  • ISBN: 0-00-636315-6 [978-0-00-636315-6]
  • Publisher: Fontana / Collins
  • Price:
    £4.50?£: UK pound
  • Pages: 320
  • Format:
    tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
  • Type: NONFICTION
  • Cover: Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World (1980) • by Adam Woolfitt
  • Notes:
    • While the authors are listed as Simon Welfare and John Fairley on the front cover and title page every chapter ends with a roughly one page section titled "Arthur C. Clarke comments". The copyright statement is "Text copyright © 1980 Trident International Television Enterprises Limited" and "Introduction & comments © 1980 Arthur C. Clarke".
    • Assumed first printing that states "First issued in Fontana Paperbacks 1982". There is no number line. The source of the 1982-02-15 date is Amazon.com. Amazon.co.uk reports a date of 1980-02-15 which seems like an error.
    • The publisher is stated as "Fontana/Collins" on the title page and has been normalized to "Fontana / Collins" as ISFDB did not have a publisher record for "Fontana/Collins".
    • The ISBN is stated as "0 00 63 6315 6" on the back cover without hyphens and "6315" on the spine.
    • The cover art is credited on the copyright page as "Cover illustration: Stonehenge (photo by Adam Woolfitt) and the crystal skull from the Museum of Mankind in London." The same Stonehenge with crystal skull image is on the frontispiece. The illustration permissions on page 313-314 include "Don Whillans front endpaper" The publication is a tp binding without endpapers and is paginated as half title page, frontispiece, title page, copyright page, ... As it's not clear if the Stonehenge with crystal skull image was used on the front endpaper of hardcover editions Don Whillans has not been credited as a co-artist for the front cover and frontispiece illustrations. A note has been left on the hardcover edition to check this.
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Nonfiction Title: Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World • (1980) • nonfiction by John Fairley and Simon Welfare

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