Sands of Mars

Overview:

  • Title: Sands of Mars
  • Author: Arthur C. Clarke
  • Year: 1953
  • Publisher: Gnome Press / SFBC
  • Price: $1.00
  • Pages: 216
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: Sands of Mars
  • Notes:
    • "Copyright 1952 by Arthur C. Clarke" on copyright page. No statement of edition or printing. "BOOK CLUB EDITION" on front flap of jacket.
    • Month of publication from copyright page of the 1954 Pocket paperback edition (states there were 4 SFBC printings).
    • Tuck notes in the Miscellaneous section that the SFBC offered the trade edition of this title, but he lists it as a separate edition in the Author Section of his encyclopedia. The book is the trade edition [has blue-dyed edges on the top of the pages] but the jacket is an SFBC issue, no artwork.