Pruzy's Pot

Overview:

  • Title: Pruzy's Pot
  • Author: Theodore Sturgeon
  • Year: 1986
  • Publisher: Hypatia Press
  • Price: $75.00
  • Pages: vii+15+xi
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Chapter Book
  • Title Reference: Pruzy's Pot
  • Notes:
    • Publication date from publisher's announcement backed up by "First Edition: October 1986" on copyright page.
    • From the "Statement of limitation:
      "Four hundred and seventy-seven copies have been prepared and distributed by the Hypatia Press in the following manner:
      Thirty-three copies bound in white leather in a leather slipcase of which 26 have been lettered A-Z and offered for sale.
      One hundred and eleven copies bound in leather and slipcased of which 100 have been numbered I to C and offered for sale.
      Three hundred thirty-three copies bound in cloth of which 300 have been numbered 1 to 300 and offered for sale.
    • All copies are signed by Spider Robinson and Jayne Tannehill, with a printed facsimile of the author's signature.
    • The 111 slip-cased copies come with an audio cassette of Sturgeon reading the story.
    • The Science-Fantasy Publishers by Chalker & Owings (3rd Edition, page 240) lists the 111-copy edition at $50.00 which conflicts with the PV purchase from the press for $75.00 at time of publication.
    • Book bound in maroon leather, slip-case in white leather-like material. "The book colors match the toilet in the story, which was described as white porcelain with a maroon interior." The Science-Fantasy Publishers by Chalker & Owings (3rd Edition, page 240).
    • No ISBN or LCCN.
    • Introduction, story and afterword are all numbered individually. The introduction and afterword in Roman numerals and the story in Arabic.