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Merlin's Booke

Jane Yolen

First published 1986
Publisher Ace Fantasy Books
Format Paperback
Type Collection
ISBN 0441525520
Cover art Thomas Canty
Pages xiii+178

Notes

  • Apparent first printing; stated "Ace Fantasy edition/May 1986" with no number line; no hardcover printing listed.
  • "Cover art by Thomas Canty, Newbury Studios" on the copyright page. No visible signature on the wraparound artwork.
  • Page numbering ends on 176, but two unnumbered pages of content follow.
  • Locus Index to Science Fiction page count disagrees (177 pp.), but their own contents lists p. 178 (which is the last page and is correct) for L'Envoi
  • Each contained work is separated from the others by an unnumbered (but counted) page containing a quote/excerpt from an apropos source.
  • Content dates from copyrights on "Acknowledgments" page + Locus; all 1986 content explicitly stated "First publication".
  • C$3.75 in Canada

Awards

Year Award Category Status
1987 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Nominee/Finalist
1987 Mythopoeic Award Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee/Finalist
1987 World Fantasy Award Best Anthology/Collection (old) Nominee/Finalist

Other Editions

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Merlin's Booke 1986 SteelDragon Press Hardcover Collection xiii+178
Merlin's Booke 1986 SteelDragon Press Hardcover Collection xiii+178
Merlin's Booke: Stories of the Great Wizard Cover 2013 Open Road Integrated Media eBook Collection
Merlin's Booke: Stories of the Great Wizard Cover 2013 Open Road Integrated Media eBook Collection