The Avatar
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Overview:
- Title: The Avatar
- Author: Poul Anderson
- Year: 1979
- Publisher: Berkley/Putnam / SFBC
- Price: $3.50
- Pages: 410
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Novel
- Title Reference: The Avatar
- Notes:
- "Book Club Edition" printed at the bottom of the front flap of the dustjacket indicates a printing by Doubleday for its various book clubs.
- No printed price or stated date of publication. Both given here are taken from the SFBC announcement flyer.
- "5211" printed at the bottom of the back flap of the dustjacket.
- First printing has gutter code "J10" [verified] on page 409; indicates a printing in March 1979.
- Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club for April 1979.
- "Jacket illustration by Rick Sternbach" (over) "Jacket typography by Lynn Hollyn" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket.
- Jacket has Sternbach's S in a box
- First printing bound in a navy leatherette