The Man Who Walked Through Cracks
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Overview:
- Title: The Man Who Walked Through Cracks
- Author: R. A. Lafferty
- Year: 2019
- ISBN-10: 9781613472026
- Publisher: Centipede Press
- Price: $45.00
- Pages: 367
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Collection
- Title Reference: Among the Hairy Earthmen
- Notes:
- Illustrated limitation page appearing on the last page before the back loose endpaper bears the statement "The edition is limited to 300 signed and numbered copies. This is copy number" below which the number of the copy is printed (not handwritten) in a much larger font. This is followed by the signatures of Michael Kurland (the introducer), John Pelan (the editor and author of the afterword), and Jacob McMurray (the cover artist/designer).
- "Published in 2018 by Centipede Press" stated on the copyright page. Delays in publication caused unsigned copies to be distributed in February 2019, and the signed copies in March 2019. Both Amazon and Barnes & Noble give the publication date as March 19, 2019 with a publisher's price of $75.00.
- The price is not stated in the book. Price from the publisher's website.
- "The Collected Short Fiction" (over) "Volume 5" (over) "Introduction by Michael Kurland" (over) "Edited, with an afterword, by John Pelan" on the title page.
- "Cover artwork and design © 2018 by Jacob McMurray" stated on the copyright page.
- A full-page B&W photograph of the author appears on page [6] facing the introduction's title page. There is a half-page B&W photograph of the author on page 8.
- The double-spread title page, the contents page, the introduction, and the afterword are printed on differently colored pages.
- There is a place-keeping ribbon (blue satin) bound into the book. The book is fully clothbound.
- Statement from the publisher's January 2019 newsletter: "The three hundred signed copies (signed by Michael Kurland, John Pelan, and Jacob McMurray) are reserved for those that are purchasing the entire set. If you order and have received unsigned copies of the previous volumes, you will also received an unsigned copy of The Man Who Walked Through Cracks." Unsigned copies had the same price.