Before the Golden Age
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Overview:
- Title: Before the Golden Age
- Author: Isaac Asimov
- Year: 1974
- Publisher: Doubleday / SFBC
- Price: $4.50
- Pages: xvi+912
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Anthology
- Title Reference: Before the Golden Age
- Notes:
- "Book Club Edition" printed at the bottom of the front inside flap indicates a printing by Doubleday for its various book clubs.
- Main Selection for the Science Fiction Book Club for Spring 1974.
- No printed price or stated date of publication. Info given here is taken from the SFBC announcement flyer.
- "6173" printed at the bottom of the back inside flap of the dustjacket.
- First printing has gutter code "17Q" [verified] on page 907, indicates a printing in April 1974
- Known reprint codes: "14R" [verified] (April 1975); "01S" (1977); "21S" (1977).
- "Jacket by Tim Lewis" on rear flap, the artwork is also signed
- First printing has gold boards with black lettering