Islands of Space

Overview:

  • Title: Islands of Space
  • Author: John W. Campbell, Jr.
  • Year: 1956
  • Publisher: Fantasy Press
  • Price: $2.50
  • Pages: 224
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: Islands of Space
  • Notes:
    • "First Edition" on copyright page, as noted by Currey.
    • 1805 copies bound in in blue cloth boards with the spine lettered in gold per Chalker/Owings of which 50 were signed and numbered with a tip-in sheet (The sheet says 500).
    • 1195 copies were bound by Martin Greenberg in blue-grey cloth.
    • Jacket, title page, and copyright page all have the "Jr." on Campbell's name.
    • "Copyright 1956 by John W. Campbell Jr." on copyright page. Tuck gives the publication date as 1956 but notes that it wasn't released until 1957.
    • Price on front flap of dust jacket. No credit on book or jacket for cover art.
    • Ric Binkley is listed as the cover artist per Chalker/Owings.