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Cover of Oscar Lobster's Fair Exchange

Oscar Lobster's Fair Exchange

George Selden

First published 1966
Publisher Harper & Row
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
Pages 172
Price $3.95

    Uncertain relation to the 1957 text The text, which is Selden's contribution, may even be identical, probably with a new layout for publication with the new illustrations.
  • "This story [was] originally published in different form under the title: 'The garden under the Sea'." --noted in WorldCat record of a 1974 Avon Camelot ed., {{OCLC|270657683}}, probably quoting the book; one dealer at ABEbooks notes the same, except including the word "was", about one copy of the 1966 Harper & Row ed.
  • The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection, U of Southern Mississippi, catalog of the George Selden Papers (USM.edu, above) lists materials associated with "Oscar Lobster's Fair Exchange (1966)" thus: "Galley for chapters 1-13, edited and labeled 'Master Proof,' 23 March 1966, 55 sheets", without comment that the material is not original. Its "Biographical Note" on Selden refers to "The Garden under the Sea (1957), later reprinted as Oscar Lobster's Fair Exchange."

  • 1st ed.
  • Price from the earliest items found in 1966 newspapers, both 1966-10-30: • brief review in "Children's Corner" by Ann Logan Hartford Courant p15F • listing as "3.95 $3.79*" in "Harper Books for Boys and Girls" (Fall 1966) Bos. Globe pA43 Second price $3.79 is that of the Harpercrest Library Edition.
  • Cover image from Amazon.com 2018-09-05 as "Library Binding – June, 1966" with presumably later ISBN 0060252650; see {{ASIN|0060252650}}.

    Multiple dealers at ABEbooks support this front cover as that of the 1966 ed., or apparently identical to it. The publisher's Fall 1966 list undermines a June publication date.

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Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Oscar Lobster's Fair Exchange 1973 Harper & Row Hardcover Novel 172
Oscar Lobster's Fair Exchange 1974 Avon Camelot Trade Paperback Novel 172
Oscar Lobster's Fair Exchange Cover 1982 Avon Camelot Trade Paperback Novel 29850 172