The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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Overview:

Title: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Author: Douglas Adams
Year: 1980
Publisher: Harmony Books / SFBC
Price: $2.49
Pages: 209
Binding: Hardcover
Type: Novel
Title Reference: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Notes:
- First SFBC edition [not stated]
- Price and month of publication from Locus #241 (February 1981).
- First printing has gutter code "K47" [verified] on page 206, indicates a printing in November 1980
- A December selection of the SFBC
- "Book Club Edition" on front flap; SFBC # on back cover
- "Jacket painting by Peter Cross" on front flap, no visible signature
- First printing has navy blue boards
- The portrait photograph on back cover shows the author Douglas Adams