Nebula Maker & Four Encounters

Overview:

• Title: Nebula Maker & Four Encounters
• Author: Olaf Stapledon
• Year: 1983
• ISBN-10: 0396081053
• Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Co.
• Price: $14.95
• Pages: x+260
• Binding: Hardcover
• Type: Collection
• Title Reference: Nebula Maker
• Notes:
  • On copyright page:
    • "First published in the United States in 1983" and printing line "1 2 ... 9 10".
    • "Nebula Maker (c) 1976", "Four Encounters (c) 1976", "Introduction to Four Encounters (c) 1976 by Brian Aldiss"
    • "Illustrations (c) 1983 by Jim Starlin", "Introduction to this volume (c) 1983 by Arthur C. Clarke"
    • LCCN & ISBNs for this hardcover and the "paperback" (trade paper) edition.
  • $14.95 price on jacket front flap. "Jacket illustration by Jim Starlin and Daina Graziunas" on back flap.
  • This book's Introduction is signed "Arthur C. Clarke / Colombo, Sri Lanka / 14 May 1982".
  • On page 4 is the "Contents page from the first draft of Star Maker", which is an image of Olaf Stapledon's hand-written "Synopsis of the Book".
  • The "Introduction to the British Edition" for Nebula Maker is signed "Harvey Satty / Chairman, The Olaf Stapledon Society". In this essay he notes, "Nebula Maker represents the earliest record we have of the original concepts and plans that Olaf Stapledon made for Star Maker."
  • The "Introduction to the British Edition" of Four Encounters is signed "Brian W. Aldiss".