The Great Explosion

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Overview:

Title: The Great Explosion
Author: Eric Frank Russell
Year: 1962
Publisher: Dodd, Mead / Torquil / SFBC
Price: $1.20
Pages: 187
Binding: Hardcover
Type: Novel
Title Reference: The Great Explosion
Notes:
- Cover artist not credited and there is no visible signature.
- Gutter code "D29" on page 187 indicating an early July, 1962 printing date. Publication date is based on the date of its club selection (from Tuck).
- Both trade and SFBC editions produced from the same press run with only the dustjackets differing (trade edition has $3.50 price and SFBC edition has "BOOK CLUB" [over] "EDITION" on front flap of dustjacket).
- Both trade and SFBC editions have the "D29" code on the first printing. Currey has put the trade edition as earliest issue in his catalogs through the years but some booksellers list them as a simultaneous issue.