Rite of Passage

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Overview:

Title: Rite of Passage
Author: Alexei Panshin
Year: 1969
Publisher: Ace Books
Price: $0.75
Pages: 254
Binding: Paperback
Type: Novel
Title Reference: Rite of Passage
Notes:
© 1968 No other date, printing or number line
"Second Ace printing: November, 1969" from copyright page of the third printing
"Nebula Award Best SF Novel of the Year" on the cover.
The cover art, credited to the Dillons on the back cover, is the bottom part of the original painting used on the first printing, blown up to occupy more than half of the cover.
OCLC has four records for 1968, none specific to catalog #