Jurassic Park

Overview:

  • Title: Jurassic Park
  • Author: Michael Crichton
  • Year: 1990
  • ISBN-10: 0394588169
  • Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
  • Price: $19.95
  • Pages: xi+400
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: Jurassic Park
  • Notes:
    • Cover art credited on back flap of dustjacket.
    • "FIRST TRADE EDITION" on copyright page.
    • Publication date from code "11/90" on back flap of dustjacket.
      Although this was issued as the first trade edition it was published on 1990-10-29 (Catalog of Copyright entry TX0003005701) which would make it the true first edition.
      The third printing states that the first printing was on 1990-11-20 but this probably refers to the the Franklin Press edition.
      The Franklin Press limited "First" edition was published on 1990-11-20 (Catalog of Copyright entry TX0003001153).
    • The introduction is a mix of fact and fiction and serves as both an historical introduction and a prologue to the novel.
    • No BLIC.