The Gods Themselves
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Overview:
- Title: The Gods Themselves
- Author: Isaac Asimov
- Year: 1986
- Publisher: The Easton Press
- Pages: 288
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Novel
- Title Reference: The Gods Themselves
- Notes:
- "COLLECTOR'S EDITION" (over) "Bound in Genuine Leather" stated on the title page.
- "The special contents of this edition are copyright © 1986 by The Easton Press" stated on the copyright page. No stated date of publication.
- This is a limited edition of an unknown number of copies and was available by subscription only.
- One of The Masterpieces of Science Fiction series, indicated by the logo printed on the endpapers.
- No ISBN, no printed price, and no dustjacket as issued.
- Unlike other volumes in this Easton Press series, the title and author are credited on the front cover and not just the spine.
- The uncredited illustrative cover design is repeated on the back, slightly altered and larger, and without the title and author credit.
- Pages are gilt-edged and there is a brown satin bookmark bound into the book.
- Unlike most of the volumes in this Easton Press series, there is no frontispiece. Instead there are three full-color double-page illustrations by Richard Powers for each of the novel's sections. The illustrations are not credited in the book, but one is signed "Powers LAZ/ORG", and all have Powers' distinctive style.
- The introduction (not credited on the title page or copyright page) is credited to James Gunn at the end of the piece. It appears on unnumbered pages, so has been placed in this record from counting backwards from the first numbered page.
- "Collector's Notes" (uncredited) are on a double-sided laid-in sheet.
- This edition is a facsimile reprint of the 1972 Doubleday edition.
- Verified copy was purchased for approximately $40.00 from the publisher.