Orn

Overview:

  • Title: Orn
  • Author: Piers Anthony
  • Year: 1971
  • Publisher: Nelson Doubleday / SFBC
  • Price: $1.49
  • Pages: 247
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: Orn
  • Notes:
    • First edition (not stated). The Nelson Doubleday imprint indicates an original publication for Doubleday book clubs.
    • No printed price or stated date of publication. Price is from a later SFBC announcement flyer. Date is from the list provided by SFBC editor Andrew Wheeler to the rec.arts.sf.written newsgroup.
    • This Fall 1971 selection of the SFBC, with the gutter code "B37" [verified] on page 246, is the true first edition.
    • Known reprint codes: "C1" (Jan '72); "K20" [verified PV6] May '80; "M10" [verified] [Mar '82, with SFBC # now on the back cover]
    • "Book Club Edition" on front flap; SFBC # on rear flap
    • "Jacket painting by Frank Frazetta" on rear flap, the artwork is also signed
    • First printing bound in black leatherette with orange/brown lettering; '82 printing has black boards with orange lettering