The Best of Lester del Rey
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Overview:
- Title: The Best of Lester del Rey
- Author: Lester del Rey
- Year: 1978
- Publisher: Del Rey / Ballantine / SFBC
- Price: $3.98
- Pages: xvii+333
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Collection
- Title Reference: The Best of Lester del Rey
- Notes:
- First hardcover edition (unstated).
- "Book Club Edition" printed at the bottom of the front flap of the dustjacket indicates a printing by Doubleday for its various book clubs.
- Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club for December 1978.
- No printed price or stated date of publication. Both given here are taken from the SFBC announcement flyer.
- "2215" printed at the bottom on the back flap of the dustjacket.
- Gutter code "I42" on page 332 indicates a printing in October 1978.
- Gutter code "P35" on page 332 indicates a printing in September 1985.
- "Jacket Painting by Gary Viskupic" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket.
- The ID # (2215) is missing from some later reprints.