Dragons and Nightmares: Four Short Novels

Overview:

  • Title: Dragons and Nightmares: Four Short Novels
  • Author: Robert Bloch
  • Year: 1969
  • Publisher: Mirage Press
  • Price: $4.00
  • Pages: 185+[8]
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: Dragons and Nightmares
  • Notes:
    • Limitation page: "One Thousand Copies of this book have been printed ... Of that printing this is copy # ..." with the number stamped below.
    • According to The Science-Fantasy Publishers by Chalker & Owings (3rd Edition, 1991, page 285) 1,029 copies were printed with the first 1,000 being signed, numbered and offered for sale, although the veracity of this claim is disputed after some research by ISFDB editor Elmsfan.
    • According to The Science-Fantasy Publishers by Chalker & Owings (3rd Edition, 1991, page 285) Jack Chalker was the editor of this collection.
    • ©1969 on copyright page but 1968 on title page
    • "Illustrated by David Prosser" on front flap; cover artwork is not signed but the interior pieces are.
    • Interior art consists of a frontispiece opposite the title page and four plates on unnumbered pages with blank backs between 24 & 25, 50 & 51, 128 & 129 and 148 & 149.
    • LCCN from LOC lookup. No LCCN printed in book.