Gateway

Overview:

  • Title: Gateway
  • Author: Frederik Pohl
  • Year: 1986
  • Publisher: The Easton Press
  • Pages: [32]+313
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: Gateway
  • Notes:
    • "COLLECTOR'S EDITION" (over) "Bound in Genuine Leather" stated on the title page.
    • "The special contents of this edition are copyright © 1986 by The Easton Press." stated on the copyright page. No stated date of publication.
    • This is a signed limited edition of an unknown number of copies and was available by subscription only.
    • Signature page appears after the front loose endpaper and prints the statement: "This leather-bound Easton Press Collector's Edition is signed by Frederik Pohl", below which is the author's signature.
    • One of The Masterpieces of Science Fiction series, indicated by the logo printed on the endpapers.
    • No ISBN, no printed price, and no dustjacket as issued.
    • Unlike most volumes in this series, the author and title are credited on the front cover.
    • The uncredited illustrative cover design is repeated on the back, but without text and the decorative border.
    • Pages are gilt-edged and there is a white satin ribbon bookmark bound into the book.
    • The frontispiece, credited on the title page and the copyright page, is on the page facing the half-title page.
    • The 21-page introduction appears on unnumbered pages, so the pages before the first numbered one have been added to this record in order to place it.
    • "Collector's Notes" (uncredited) are on a double-sided laid-in sheet.
    • This edition is a facsimile reprint of the 1977 St. Martin's edition.
    • Verified copy was purchased for approximately $40.00 from the publisher.