The Encyclopedia of Fantasy

From Author Wars - https://authorwars.com/publications/the-encyclopedia-of-fantasy-569649.html

Overview:

Title: The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
Author: John Grant, John Clute
Year: 1999
ISBN-10: 1857233689
Publisher: Orbit
Pages: xvi+1049
Binding: Hardcover
Type: Non-fiction
Title Reference: The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
Notes:
- Copyright page says "This edition published by Orbit in 1999"
- This is not the retail edition and differs from the retail edition as follows:
  - No price appears anywhere in the book or on the dust jacket. In the retail edition the price appears on the inside front flap of the dust jacket.
  - At the bottom of the dust jacket back cover, in the place where normally ISBN and EAN bar code are located, there only is a completely white rectangle with no letters/nummbers/bar code printed inside. The retail edition has a white rectangle but with the ISBN and EAN bar code printed in it. In the retail edition the rectangle also contains "NOT FOR SALE IN THE USA".
- Copyright page states: "First published in Great Britain by Orbit 1997"
- Cover art credits on back flap of dust jacket
- Title page states "Contributing editors Mike Ashley, Roz Kaveney, David Langford, Ron Tiner" and "Consultant editors David G. Hartwell, Gary Westfahl"