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Imaginary Magnitude

Stanislaw Lem

First published 1984
Publisher Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Pages vi+248
Price $15.95
ISBN 0151441189

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  • On copyright page:
    • "First edition" and printing line "A B C D E"
    • "Copyright (c) 1981 by Stanislaw Lem" and "English translation copyright (c) 1984 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich"
    • LCCN and ISBN
    • "In accordance with the author's wishes, this English-language edition of Imaginary Magnitude includes all the material that appeared in Wielkość urojona (Czytelnik, Warsaw, 1973) and also incorporates 'Lecture XLIII--About Itself' and 'Afterword,' which first appeared in Golem XIV (Wydawnictwo Literackie, Cracow, 1981)."
    • "The 'Proffertinc' portion of Verstrand's Extelopedia in 44 Magnectomes appeared originally in The New Yorker."
  • "A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book" on title page.
  • Published in July 1984 per Amazon.com. PV1 includes the publisher's "Review Copy" slip, which states "Publication Date: 7 September 1984".
  • $15.95 price on jacket front flap. "Jacket photo: THE IMAGE BANK West/Pete Turner" on back flap.

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Imaginary Magnitude Cover 1985 Harvest / HBJ Paperback Collection John Alfred Dorn, III 248
Imaginary Magnitude Cover 1991 Mandarin Trade Paperback Collection Luis Rey 122
Imaginary Magnitude Cover 2012 Mariner Books eBook Collection