A Case of Conscience

Overview:

• Title: A Case of Conscience
• Author: James Blish
• Year: 1989
• Publisher: The Easton Press
• Pages: [12]+188+[1]
• Binding: Hardcover
• Type: Novel
• Title Reference: A Case of Conscience
• Notes:
  • "COLLECTOR'S EDITION" (over) "Bound in Genuine Leather" stated on the title page.
  • "The special contents of this edition are copyright © 1989 by The Easton Press..." stated on the copyright page. No stated date of publication.
  • This is a limited edition of an unknown number of copies and was available by subscription only.
  • One of The Masterpieces of Science Fiction series, indicated by the logo printed on the endpapers.
  • No ISBN, no printed price, and no dustjacket as issued.
  • The uncredited illustrative cover design is repeated on the back.
  • Pages are gilt-edged and there is a cream satin bookmark bound into the book.
  • The frontispiece, credited on the title page and the copyright page, is on the page facing the title page.
  • There is also a full-color illustration on an unnumbered plate bound between pages 86 and 87.
  • The first numbered page [7] appears 8 pages after the introduction which is 7 pages long. The unnumbered pages before page 7 have been counted and 6 have been removed to account for the unusual pagination.
  • "Collector's Notes" (uncredited) are on a double-sided laid-in sheet.
  • This edition is a facsimile reprint of the 1958 Ballantine edition.
  • Locus1 dates this as June, 1989, but this cannot be confirmed because of the difficulty in determining the publication dates of Easton Press editions.
  • Verified copy was purchased for approximately $40.00 from the publisher.