Stand on Zanzibar

Overview:

• Title: Stand on Zanzibar
• Author: John Brunner
• Year: 1987
• Publisher: The Easton Press
• Pages: [18]+506+[3]
• Binding: Hardcover
• Type: Novel
• Title Reference: Stand on Zanzibar
• Notes:
  • "COLLECTOR'S EDITION" (over) "Bound in Genuine Leather" stated on the title page.
  • "The special contents of this edition are copyright © 1987 by The Easton Press..." stated on the copyright page. No stated date of publication. [month from Locus1]
  • 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.
  • Only a portion of the uncredited illustrative cover design (a single line of standing humans) is repeated on the back.
  • Pages are gilt-edged and there is a gold satin bookmark bound into the book.
  • The frontispiece, credited on the title page and separately copyrighted from the interior illustrations, is on the page facing the title page.
  • In addition to a full-color frontispiece, there are three full-page B&W illustrations by Di Fate on unnumbered plates.
  • The novel starts ten pages before page 1, which includes Context (0) (a one paragraph Marshall McLuhan epigraph) and 7 pages listing the contents as grouped chapters, not the order of appearance.
  • "Collector's Notes" (uncredited) are on a double-sided laid-in sheet.
  • This edition appears to be a facsimile reprint of the 1968 Doubleday edition.
  • Verified copy was purchased for approximately $40.00 from the publisher.