The Black Tower

Notes

• A Bantam Spectra Book / August 1988.
• First printing by number line: O 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
• Cover art and interior sketches by Robert Gould.
• Cover design and logo by Alex Jay/Studio J.
• Copyright 1988 by Byron Preiss Visual Publications, Inc.
• Cover art and sketches copyright 1988 by Byron Preiss Visual Publications, Inc.
• "Foreword" has Philip José Farmer at bottom.
• "Selections from the Sketchbook of Major Clive Folliot" is before the interior sketches all on unnumbered pages after the novel's end. Individual sketches are titled as follows:
  • "Sketch of Clive Foliot - Major, Fifth Imperial House Guards"
  • "Sketch of Annabelle Leighton"
  • "Sketch of Quarter Master Sargent Horace Hamilton Smythe"
  • "Sketch of Sargent Smythe in disguise as a Mandarin"
  • "Sketch of a Creature which attacked while guarding a red glowing rock formation"
  • "Sketch of the Gong at the Black Tower"
  • "Sketch of Sargent Smythe's Revolver"
  • "Sketch of the Diary of Major Foliot's lost brother"
  • "Sketch of a Cutlass like weapon salvaged from a horrible flying creature"
  • "Sketch of Anne"
  • "Sketch of Finnbogg"
  • "Sketch of Sidi Bombay"
  • "Sketch of a Strange Star formation"
  • "Sketch of Shriek"
  • "Sketch of NRRC' KTH"
• Front cover says only 'The Dungeon' (over) 'Volume 1'.
• The novel title and author are printed on back cover as 'The Black Tower' (over) 'by Richard A. Lupoff'.
• Front cover and spine have 'Volume 1' in the title, the title page has 'Book 1'
• C$4.95 in Canada