Galactic Empires, Volume II
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Overview:
- Title: Galactic Empires, Volume II
- Author: Brian W. Aldiss
- Year: 1978
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press / SFBC
- Price: $4.98
- Pages: viii+278
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Anthology
- Title Reference: Beep
- 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 I, 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 Two on the cover and book spine, but Galactic Empires, Volume II 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" (Dec. 1979); "L 42" [verified] (October 1981)
- "Jacket illustration by Karel Thole, the world's foremost cover artist of science fiction" on rear flap [a little over the top ...], no visible signature on the artwork
- First printing bound in navy leatherette with light blue lettering