The Early Asimov or, Eleven Years of Trying
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Overview:
- Title: The Early Asimov or, Eleven Years of Trying
- Author: Isaac Asimov
- Year: 1972
- Publisher: Doubleday & Company / SFBC
- Price: $2.98
- Pages: 568
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Collection
- Title Reference: The Early Asimov
- Notes:
- Cover and spine have just The Early Asimov, title page has longer version.
- "Book Club Edition" on front flap, SFBC # on rear flap
- "Jacket photograph by Barry Kiperman" and "Jacket typography by Gina Rosencrantz" on rear flap.
- Each story has details on its history at the end, this ranges from several pages to a paragraph.
- The page numbers in the TOC are off by a lot for later stories, likely from the Doubleday edition and SFBC repaginated without redoing the TOC. This error was fixed for the second printing
- First printing has gutter code "44N" on page 563, indicates a printing in October 1972.
- Known reprint codes: "47N" [verified] November 1972; "52P" (December 1973); "I18" on page 567 (May 1978).
- Second printing has grey boards with blue lettering