Brute Orbits

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.