Galactic Empires, Volume I
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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