The Sword of Shannara

Overview:

  • Title: The Sword of Shannara
  • Author: Terry Brooks
  • Year: 1977
  • Publisher: Random House / SFBC
  • Price: $7.99
  • Pages: 726
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: The Sword of Shannara
  • Notes:
    • "Book Club Edition" printed at the bottom of the front flap of the dustjacket indicates a printing by Doubleday for its various book clubs.
    • Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club for November 1977.
    • No printed price or stated date of publication. Price for this record is from the Literary Guild catalog. The SFBC price may be cheaper. Source for date is unknown.
    • "1739" printed at the bottom of the back flap of the dustjacket.
    • No visible gutter code on the verified copy.
    • "Cover Illusration © 1977 by Random House Inc." (over) "Illustrated by The Brothers Hildebrandt" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket.
    • "Illustrated by The Brothers Hildebrandt" stated on the title page. There are full-page B&W illustration on page 35, 285, 303, 459, 587, 653, and 689. Between pages 360 and 361 there are bound-in plates of a double-page full-color illustration, bound in the middle rather than attached to the left page.
    • There is an uncredited map on the page facing the title page. This same map is credited to the Brothers Hildebrandt in the second book of the series.
    • All black binding with red spine text and a red TB imprinted on the front board.