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  • Publication: Michael Whelan's Works of WonderPublication Record # 283148
  • Author: Michael Whelan
  • Date: 1988-02-00
  • Catalog ID: 11620
  • Publisher: Del Rey / Ballantine / SFBC
  • Price:
    $17.50?$: US dollar
  • Pages: xiv+109
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: NONFICTION
  • Cover: Michael Whelan's Works of Wonder (1987) • by Michael Whelan (variant of The Robots of Dawn 1984)
  • Notes:
    • "First Edition: December 1987" stated on the copyright page with an incomplete number line: "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2".
    • This was printed for the Science Fiction Book Club, according to Locus1. Except for the lack of a printed price on the dustjacket, it is identical to the trade edition in every way.
    • The price, date, and catalog number (none of which are stated) are from Locus1.
    • Munson's essay is credited as "Introduction by Donald Munson" on the book's title page and as "Introduction: Michael Whelan by Don Munson" on the table of contents page.
    • The essay "Painting" is titled "Afterword: Painting" on the table of contents page.
    • The copyright page contains the complete Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data including the year of publication (1987), the ISBN (0-345-32679-2), and the LCCN: 87-1115 which has no record on the LoC website. There is a record for 87-1475 which matches this publication except that the price is given as $16.95.
    • "Editor: Shelly Shapiro" (over) "Interior and Jacket Design: Michaelis/Carpelis Design Associates, Inc." (over) "Title Handlettering: Ray Barber" (over) "Director of Production: Fred Dodnick" stated on unnumbered page [111].
    • "Jacket painting: Michael Whelan" (over) "Jacket design: Michaelis/Carpelis Design Associates" (over) "Handlettering by Ray Barber" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket.
    • Each work is preceded on its facing page by a short essay by Whelan, and in most cases with working sketches, alternate ideas, or work-in-progress images of the final piece.
  • External IDs:
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Nonfiction Title: Michael Whelan's Works of Wonder • (1987) • nonfiction by Michael Whelan

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