Rendezvous with Rama

Overview:

  • Title: Rendezvous with Rama
  • Author: Arthur C. Clarke
  • Year: 1973
  • Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich / SFBC
  • Price: $1.49
  • Pages: 214
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: Rendezvous with Rama
  • Notes:
    • "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 October 1973.
    • No printed price or stated date of publication. Date is from the listings provided by SFBC editor Andrew Wheeler to the rec.arts.sf.written newsgroup. Source for the price is unknown, but it is consistent with SFBC prices during this time period.
    • "5888" printed at the bottom on the back flap of the dustjacket.
    • First printing has gutter code "D36" [verified] on page 211, indicates a printing in September 1973.
    • Known reprint codes: "E20" [verified] (May 1974); "E42" (1974) [verified PV6] ; "19R" (1976); "I24" [verified PV2] ( June 1978).
    • "Jacket design by Hal Siegel" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket.
    • First printing has black leatherette boards with pink lettering