Publication:RNGWRLD1970

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How to Identify a Ringworld First Edition

  • First Edition Points
    • Cover front upper left states: Original 95¢
    • On unnumbered page [2] at the bottom is stated in italics: This is an original publication--not a reprint.
    • Verso (Reverse) of Title Page, unnumbered page [4] states: First Printing: October, 1970
    • Earth is rotating the wrong way in chapter 1
      • Page 1, paragraph 4 begins:
        • "In Greenwich, where his party was still going full blast, it was already the morning after his birthday. Here in Munich, it was an hour earlier."

Other Bibliographic Notes

  • Cover front near spine states: Ballantine Books Science Fiction 02046*4*095
  • Spine has an composite SBN: 345*02046*4*095
  • Verso states:SBN 345-02046-4-095
  • TP states publisher as: Ballantine Books New York
  • TP also states below publisher: An Intext Publisher