There Was This Man Running

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Overview:

Title: There Was This Man Running
Author: N. L. Ray
Year: 1981
ISBN-10: 0027757609
Publisher: Macmillan
Price: $8.95
Pages: 151
Binding: Hardcover
Type: Novel
Title Reference: There Was This Man Running
Notes: Info from Locus #245 (June 1981). There's another listing in Locus #262 (November 1982) that states it's the first US edition. OCLC gives the year as 1981. Cover artist on back flap of archive.org copy.