Rogue Moon

Overview:

• Title: Rogue Moon
• Author: Algis Budrys
• Year: 1988
• Publisher: The Easton Press
• Pages: xiv+176
• Binding: Hardcover
• Type: Novel
• Title Reference: Rogue Moon
• Notes:
  • "COLLECTOR'S EDITION" (over) "Bound in Genuine Leather" stated on the title page.
  • "The special contents of this edition are copyright © 1988 by The Easton Press..." stated on the copyright page. No stated date of publication.
  • 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.
  • Unlike most books in this series, both title and author are credited on the front and back of the book.
  • The uncredited illustrative cover design is repeated on the back, including the credits.
  • Pages are gilt-edged and there is a gold satin bookmark bound into the book.
  • The frontispiece, credited on the title page and the copyright page, is on the page facing the title page.
  • In addition to a full-color frontispiece, there are also two full-page B&W illustrations by Farley on unnumbered pages. The first appears between pages 62 and 63, and the second appears facing the last page of text (176) and before the back loose endpaper.
  • This edition reprints the author's foreword originally published in the 1977 Gregg Press reprint.
  • "Collector's Notes" (uncredited) are on a double-sided laid-in sheet.
  • This edition is a facsimile reprint of the 1960 Fawcett edition, with the addition of chapter headings illustrating different shapes of a crescent moon.
  • Locus1 dates this as April, 1989, but this cannot be confirmed because of the difficulty in determining the publication dates of Easton Press editions.
  • Verified copy was purchased for approximately $40.00 from the publisher.