The Fountains of Paradise

Overview:

  • Title: The Fountains of Paradise
  • Author: Arthur C. Clarke
  • Year: Unknown
  • ISBN-10: 9781857987218
  • Publisher: Gollancz / Orion
  • Price: £8.99
  • Pages: 257
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: The Fountains of Paradise
  • Notes:
    Undated 13th printing of an August 2001 edition, by number line. Title page:
    • "The Fountains [over] of Paradise [over] Arthur C. Clarke"
    • Gollancz colophon.
    Copyright page:
    • "Copyright © Arthur C. Clarke 1979"
    • "This edition first published in Great Britain in 2000 by [over] Millennium [over] An imprint of Victor Gollancz [over] Orion House, 5 Upper St Martin's Lane [over] London WC2H 9EA"
    • "An Hachette Livre UK Company"
    • "This edition reissued in Great Britain [over] in August 2001 by Gollancz [over] An imprint of the Orion Publishing Group"
    • Number line: "13"
    • "ISBN 978 1 85798 721 8"
    • "Printed in Great Britain by [over] Clays Ltd, St Ives plc"
    Back cover:
    • "Based on illustration by Chris Moore/ Artist Partners" (no visible signature on the artwork)
    • "UK £8.99" (no additional pricing)
    • "ISBN 978-1-85798-721-8"
    Spine:
    • "SF Masterworks", "The Fountains of Paradise" in black; "Arthur C. Clarke" in orange, all on graduated yellow-to-white ground.
    ToC on unnumbered pages 9 & 10. Foreword is unsigned. The titling of the first part, "The Palace", is on unnumbered page 13, novel starts on first numbered page, 15. Novel finishes on page 247. Afterword titling (with spelling as Acknowledgements) is on page 249. The essay starts numbered page 251 (note, heading spelling as Acknowledgments), finishes page 255 and is signed: "Colombo [over] 1969–1978". The short untitled essay takes up the remainder of page 255 and is signed: "Colombo [over] 18 September 1978". Addition to the Afterword is signed on the last numbered page, 257: "Arthur C. Clarke [over] March 1989 [over] Colombo". Author bio on page 258. Semi-gloss cover.