Way Station

Overview:

• Title: Way Station
• Author: Clifford D. Simak
• Year: 1988
• Publisher: The Easton Press
• Pages: [10]+210+[3]
• Binding: Hardcover
• Type: Novel
• Title Reference: Way Station
• Notes:
  • "COLLECTOR'S EDITION" (over) "Bound in Genuine Leather" stated on the title page.
  • "The special contents of this edition are copyright © 1988 by The Easton Press..." stated on the copyright page. No stated date of publication.
  • This is a limited edition of an unknown number of copies and was available by subscription only.
  • One of The Masterpieces of Science Fiction series, indicated by the logo printed on the endpapers.
  • No ISBN, no printed price, and no dustjacket as issued.
  • The uncredited illustrative cover design is repeated on the back.
  • Pages are gilt-edged and there is a gold satin ribbon bookmark bound into the book.
  • The frontispiece, credited on the copyright page only, is on the page facing the title page.
  • In addition to the frontispiece, there are three full-page B&W illustrations by Di Fate on unnumbered plates.
  • There is an identical small illustration at the head of each of the 36 chapters. It is unknown if this is the work of Di Fate or part of the original 1963 Doubleday edition.
  • The introduction appears on unnumbered pages. The record has added the unnumbered pages before the first one in order to place the introduction.
  • Locus1 dates this as August, 1988, but this can not be confirmed because of the difficulty in determining the publication dates of Easton Press editions.
  • "Collector's Notes" (uncredited) are on a double-sided laid-in sheet.
  • This edition is a facsimile reprint of the 1963 Doubleday edition.
  • Verified copy was purchased for approximately $40.00 from the publisher.