OX

Overview:

  • Title: OX
  • Author: Piers Anthony
  • Year: 1976
  • Publisher: Nelson Doubleday / SFBC
  • Price: $1.98
  • Pages: 218
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: OX
  • Notes:
    • First edition (not stated). The "Nelson Doubleday" imprint implies an original publication by Doubleday book clubs. This edition appeared six months before the Avon paperback edition.
    • "Book Club Edition" printed at the bottom of the front flap of the dustjacket indicates a printing by Doubleday for its various book clubs.
    • Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club for February 1976.
    • No printed price or stated date of publication. Price is from a later SFBC catalog. Date is from the list provided by SFBC editor Andrew Wheeler to the rec.arts.sf.written newsgroup.
    • "1801" printed at the bottom on the back flap of the dustjacket.
    • First printing has gutter code "G3" [verified] on page 215, indicates a printing in January 1976.
    • Known reprint codes: "G39" [PV6] September 1976
    • "Jacket Painting by Richard V. Corben" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket, back cover [wraparound artwork] is also signed
    • First printing has brown boards with orange lettering.