Empire of the Sun

Overview:

  • Title: Empire of the Sun
  • Author: J. G. Ballard
  • Year: 1985
  • Publisher: Book-of-the-Month Club
  • Pages: 279
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: Empire of the Sun
  • Notes:
    • Identifiable as a BOMC edition by the lack of a price on the jacket and a blind-stamp on the back board [maple leaf] • Copyright page includes the CIP data, including the ISBN but no statements of edition, printing or a number line • Back cover has the same two 'blocks' as the trade edition: 10841645 [month/year/price] and the ISBN • Locus1 notes a QPBC edition in 1985 and the BOMC editions are usually concurrent • The only publisher data/logos/etc is for Simon & Schuster