The Fountains of Paradise

Overview:

  • Title: The Fountains of Paradise
  • Author: Arthur C. Clarke
  • Year: 1979
  • Publisher: BCA by arrangement with Victor Gollancz
  • Price:
  • Pages: 270
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: The Fountains of Paradise
  • Notes:
    Dated BCA reprint of the 1979 Gollancz edition. Title page:
    • "The [over] Fountains of [over] Paradise [over] by [over] Arthur C. Clarke"
    • "Book Club Associates London"
    Copyright page:
    • "This edition published 1979 by [over] Book Club Associates [over] by arrangement with Victor Gollancz Ltd"
    • "© Arthur C. Clarke 1979"
    • "Printed and bound in Great Britain by [over] Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd [over] Bungay, Suffolk"
    Front jacket flap:
    • "Jacket illustration by [over] Terry Oakes"
    Back jacket flap:
    • "CN 6530"
    • "Originally published at £4.95" (refers to the Gollancz edition)
    Back cover:
    • No data.
    Wrap-around artwork. No artist signature found. ToC on first numbered pages 9 & 10. Foreword is unsigned. Novel starts on numbered page 15, finishes page 261. Afterword titling (with spelling as Acknowledgments) is on page 263. The essay starts page 265 (heading also spelled as Acknowledgments) and is signed on page 269; "Colombo [over] 1969–1978". The short untitled essay is signed on page 270; "Colombo [over] 18 September 1978". Blue boards, gloss finish dust jacket.