Ringworld

Overview:

• Title: Ringworld
• Author: Larry Niven
• Year: 1995
• Publisher: The Easton Press
• Pages: [10]+288+[2]
• Binding: Hardcover
• Type: Novel
• Title Reference: Ringworld
• Notes:
  • "COLLECTOR'S EDITION" (over) "Bound in Genuine Leather" stated on the title page.
  • "The special contents of this edition are copyright © 1995 by The Easton Press..." stated on the copyright page. No stated date of publication. Despite the copyright date, this appears to be an exact reprint of the 1988 edition by Easton.
  • This is a limited edition of an unknown number of copies and was available by subscription only.
  • One of The Masterpieces of Science Fiction series, indicated by the logo printed on the endpapers.
  • No ISBN, no printed price, and no dustjacket as issued.
  • The uncredited illustrative cover design is repeated on the back.
  • Pages are gilt-edged and there is a grayish blue satin ribbon bookmark bound into the book.
  • The frontispiece, credited on the title page and the copyright page, is on the page facing the half-title page.
  • In addition to the frontispiece, there are two full-color illustrations printed on glossy plates.
  • The introduction appears on unnumbered pages, so the pages before the first numbered one have been counted and added to this record in order to place it.
  • "Collector's Notes" (uncredited) are on a double-sided laid-in sheet.
  • This edition appears to be a facsimile reprint of the 1972 Gollancz edition.
  • Verified copy was purchased for approximately $45.00 from the publisher.