The Flash Gordon Book

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Overview:

Title: The Flash Gordon Book
Author: Lynn Haney
Year: 1980
ISBN-10: 0399207821
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Price: $5.95
Pages: [58]
Binding: Trade Paperback
Type: Chapter Book
Title Reference: The Flash Gordon Book
Notes: Stated First Impression. Adapted from a novel by Arthur Byron Cover based on a screenplay by Lorenzo Semple, Jr.
This didn't appear until January 1981, according to the listing in Locus #242 (March 1981).