Galactic Empires, Volume I

Overview:

  • Title: Galactic Empires, Volume I
  • Author: Brian W. Aldiss
  • Year: 1978
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Press / SFBC
  • Price: $4.98
  • Pages: xii+305
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: Foundation
  • Notes:
    • "Book Club Edition" printed at the bottom of the front flap of the dustjacket indicates a printing by Doubleday for its various books clubs.
    • Main Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club for April 1978. Available only as a set with Volume II, and priced thus.
    • "2456" printed at the bottom of the back flap of the dustjacket.
    • No printed price or stated date of publication. Both given here are taken from the SFBC announcement flyer.
    • Titled Galactic Empires, Volume One on the cover and book spine, but Galactic Empires, Volume I on the title page.
    • First printing has gutter code "I10" [verified] on page 304, indicates a printing in March 1978
    • Known reprint codes: "I25" [verified] (June 1978);"I 39"[verified] (October 1978); "J18" (May 1979); "J49" (December 1979); "L42" (October 1981)[verified]
    • "Jacket illustration by Karel Thole, the world's foremost cover artist of science fiction" on rear flap [seems a little over the top ...]
    • First printing bound in black leatherette with silver lettering