World Tales

Overview:

• Title: World Tales
• Author: G. Randal Rau
• Year: 1985
• Publisher: The 1985 World Fantasy Convention
• Price: $15.00
• Pages: 88
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Type: Non-fiction
• Title Reference: The City of the Titans
• Notes:
  • Souvenir book of the 1985 World Fantasy Convention.
  • No Canadian price.
  • Cover art credited on page 88 and artwork is signed.
  • Interior art credited on page 88.
  • Book design by Donald D. Markstein.
  • Cover design by Donald D. Markstein.
  • Printing statement: No statement of printing on copyright page.
  • Publication date based on date of convention: October 31 - November 3, 1985.
    Convention held at the DoubleTree Hotel Randolf Park.
    445 South Alvernon Way, Tucson, Arizona 85711-4121.
  • Limited to 1,200 numbered copies (numbered on bottom, left-hand corner of page 88).
  • Free to members of the convetion.
  • Two loose prints by Victoria Poyser ("Shattered World" and "Sung in Shadow") included.
    Prints were limited to 1,000 copies and number-matched to the souvenir book.
  • Copies of the book were available for sale after the convention.
  • "Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Bibliography" appears in the table of contents as "Chelsea Quinn Yarbro".
  • "The Works of Victoria Poyser" appears in the table of contents as "Victoria Poyser".
  • "The Books of Evangeline Walton" appears in the table of contents as "Evangeline Walton".
  • "The Resume of Stephen R. Donaldson" appears in the table of contents as "Stephen R. Donaldson".
  • Published to resemble an old Weird Tales pulp magazine including the use of pre-yellowed paper and labeling the "issue" as "Vol. 11 No. 1"
  • Associate Editor: M. Bruce Farr
  • The Donaldson appreciations and their introduction are not separately titled.