The Night is Large: Collected Essays, 1938-1995
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Overview:
- Title: The Night is Large: Collected Essays, 1938-1995
- Author: Martin Gardner
- Year: 1996
- ISBN-10: 031214380X
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press
- Price: $29.95
- Pages: xxix+587
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Non-fiction
- Title Reference: The Royal Historian of Oz
- Notes:
- $43.50 in Canada.
- Cover art credited on back flap of dustjacket.
- Interior art listed on pages xiii & xiv, only a few credited. Credited ones have been entered below.
- The uncredited photo on page 7 entitled "The Symmetry of a Splash" is actually the famous "Milk Drop Coronet" photo and credit has been added below.
- Book is divided into 7 sections, each with an introduction.
- Pages 567-586 constitute an index.
- Page 587 is an uncredited "About the Author" essay.
- Full Library of Congress CIP data on copyright page.
- "First Edition: June 1996" [over] "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on copyright page.
- U.S. Copyright Office Copyright Number TX0004417046 puts the publication date at 1996-08-26.