Hothouse
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Overview:
- Title: Hothouse
- Author: Brian W. Aldiss
- Year: 1987
- Publisher: The Easton Press
- Pages: 253+[4]
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Novel
- Title Reference: Hothouse
- Notes:
- "COLLECTOR'S EDITION" (over) "Bound in Genuine Leather" stated on the title page.
- "The special contents of this edition are copyright © 1987 by The Easton Press..." stated on the copyright page. No stated date of publication.
- This is a limited edition of an unknown number of copies and was available by subscription only.
- 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.
- The uncredited illustrative cover design is repeated on the back.
- Pages are gilt-edged and there is a gold satin bookmark bound into the book.
- The frontispiece, credited on the title page and the copyright page, is on the page facing the title page.
- In addition to the full-color frontispiece, Davis is credited fro four full-page B&W illustrations on unnumbered page.
- Author is credited as "Brian Aldiss" on the spine of the book, but as "Brian W. Aldiss" on the title page.
- "Collector's Notes" (uncredited) are on a double-sided laid-in sheet.
- This edition is a facsimile reprint of the 1962 Faber edition.
- Locus1 dates this as March, 1988, but this can't be confirmed because of the difficulty in establishing publication dates for Easton Press editions.
- Verified copy was purchased for approximately $40.00 from the publisher.