Brute Orbits
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Overview:
- Title: Brute Orbits
- Author: George Zebrowski
- Year: 2000
- Publisher: The Easton Press
- Pages: [16]+222
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Novel
- Title Reference: Brute Orbits
- Notes:
- "COLLECTOR'S EDITION" (over) "Bound in Genuine Leather" stated on the title page.
- "The special contents of this edition are copyright © 2000 by The Easton Press..." stated on the copyright page. No stated date of publication.
- This is a signed limited edition of an unknown number of copies and was available by subscription only.
- Signature sheet follows the front loose endpaper and prints the statement "This leather-bound Collector's Edition of Brute Orbits is personally signed by George Zebrowski" below which is the author's signature.
- Unusual for this series (perhaps the sole instance), there is a Certificate of Authenticity included along with the usual laid-in "Collector's Notes" sheet. It is signed and dated (8/11/2000) by Zebrowski and his witness Pamela Sargent, along with the signature of Easton Press publisher Roy S. Pfeil.
- 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 gold satin ribbon bookmark bound into the book.
- The frontispiece, credited on the title page only, is on the page facing the title page.
- The introduction is on unnumbered pages. It has been placed in this record by adding the unnumbered pages to the page count.
- This edition is a facsimile reprint of the 1998 HarperPrism edition.
- Verified copy was purchased for approximately $50.00 from the publisher.