The Ghost Light

Overview:

  • Title: The Ghost Light
  • Author: Fritz Leiber
  • Year: 1984
  • ISBN-10: 0425070573
  • Publisher: Berkley Books
  • Price: $50.00
  • Pages: 368
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: The Ghost Light
  • Notes:
    • "A Byron Preiss Visual Publications, Inc. Book" and "Book Design by Alex Jay" stated on the title page.
    • One of the "Masterworks of Science Fiction and Fantasy" series as stated on the spine, the title page and the copyright page.
    • "Berkley limited hardcover edition/April 1984" stated on the copyright page.
    • No jacket, as issued.
    • Price from Locus1.
    • 350 copies, signed by Leiber and numbered. Locus1 reports 750 such copies.
    • "Book design by Alex Jay/Studio J" (over) "Cover painting by John Jude Palencar" stated on the copyright page.
    • The illustrator of each story is credited on the contents page. Some stories have several full-page B&W illustrations each. The title page of each story has a photograph of a different sculpture designed by JoEllen Trilling, photographed by Ben Asen, who also took the photograph of Leiber for the frontispiece (pages 6 and 7).
    • The autobiographical "Not Much Disorder..." includes several pages of personal photographs.