Michael Whelan's Works of Wonder

Overview:

• Title: Michael Whelan's Works of Wonder
• Author: Michael Whelan
• Year: 1987
• ISBN-10: 0345326792
• Publisher: Del Rey / Ballantine
• Price: $25.00
• Pages: xiv+109
• Binding: Hardcover
• Type: Non-fiction
• Title Reference: Michael Whelan's Works of Wonder
• Notes:
  • "First Edition: December 1987" stated on the copyright page with a complete number line: "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1"
  • No price on dustjacket (back or inner flap), taken from Locus1
  • Munson's essay is credited as "Introduction by Donald Munson" on the title page and as "Introduction: Michael Whelan by Don Munson" on the contents page and ©1987 Random House, Inc on the copyright page.
  • Foreword is credited to Isaac Asimov on contents and appearance page, but ©1987 Nightfall, Inc. on copyright page.
  • The copyright page contains the complete Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data including the year of publication (1987), the ISBN (0-345-32679-2), and the LCCN: 87-1115 which has no record on the LoC website. There is a record for LCCN 87-1475 which matches this publication except that the price is given as $16.95.
  • "Editor: Shelly Shapiro" (over) "Interior and Jacket Design: Michaelis/Carpelis Design Associates, Inc." (over) "Title Handlettering: Ray Barber" (over) "Director of Production: Fred Dodnick" stated on unnumbered page [111].
  • "Jacket painting: Michael Whelan" (over) "Jacket design: Michaelis/Carpelis Design Associates" (over) "Handlettering by Ray Barber" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket

  The basic layout of the book is left-facing page has a small version of the book itself accompanied by a brief discussion of either the art, the book, or how the image came about, accompanied in most cases by at least one sketch or study with the right-facing page featuring the artwork used for that particular book.