Babel-17

Overview:

• Title: Babel-17
• Author: Samuel R. Delaney
• Year: 1992
• Publisher: The Easton Press
• Pages: ix+189
• Binding: Hardcover
• Type: Novel
• Title Reference: Babel-17 (frontispiece)
• Notes:
  • "COLLECTOR'S EDITION" (over) "Bound in Genuine Leather" stated on the title page.
  • "The special contents of this edition are copyright © 1992 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 blue satin bookmark bound into the book.
  • The frontispiece, credited on the title page and the copyright page, is on the verso of the page facing the title page.
  • ”Collector's Notes” (uncredited) are on a double-sided laid-in sheet.
  • The author is credited as "Samuel R. Delaney" on the spine, the title page, and throughout the entirety of Goldman's introduction. The copyright is correctly spelled, as well as the running header.
  • Verified copy was purchased for approximately $45.00 from the publisher.