The Embedding

Overview:

  • Title: The Embedding
  • Author: Ian Watson
  • Year: 1992
  • Publisher: The Easton Press
  • Pages: xiv+254+[3]
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: The Embedding
  • Notes:
    • "COLLECTOR'S EDITION" (over) "Bound in Genuine Leather" stated on the title page.
    • "The special contents of this edition are copyright © 1992 by The Easton Press..." stated on the copyright page. No stated date of publication.
    • 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.
    • The uncredited illustrative cover design is repeated on the back.
    • Pages are gilt-edged and there is a cream satin ribbon bookmark bound into the book.
    • The frontispiece, credited on the title page and the copyright page, is on the page facing the title page.
    • In addition to the frontispiece, there are three B&W illustrations by Pat Morrissey, printed on unnumbered pages.
    • "Collector's Notes" (uncredited) are on a double-sided laid-in sheet.
    • This edition is a facsimile reprint of the 1973 Gollancz first edition.
    • Locus1 dates this as July 1992, but this can not be confirmed because of the difficulty in determining the publication date of Easton Press editions.