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The Essential Ellison

Harlan Ellison

First published 1987
Publisher Nemo Press
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
ISBN 0914261029
Cover art Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon
Pages xv+1019

Notes

Edited by Terry Dowling, with Richard Delap & Gil Lamont

  • "FIRST EDITION" stated on the copyright page with a complete number line: "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1".
  • The copyright page contains the complete Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data including the year of publication (1987), the ISBNs of the trade edition (0-914261-01-0) and this deluxe edition (0-914261-02-9), and the LCCN (84-63075).
  • A note on page xii states: "All of Harlan's work appearing here derives from preferred texts. Trust these, and no others."
  • Statement on the recto of the last page (unnumbered), below a photograph of Ellison on which he has signed his name in gold ink: "This is copy ____ of 1226 signed, numbered and slipcased deluxe editions, of which 26, lettered A through Z, have been reserved for the press as presentation copies."
  • "Edited and introduced by Terry Dowling with Richard Delap and Gil Lamont" stated on the title page.
  • "Dust jacket paintings by Leo and Diane Dillon" (over) "Dust jacket design and hand lettering by Arnie Fenner" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket.
  • Locus1 gives August 1987 as the publication date of the trade edition, but that this deluxe edition "was announced, but has apparently not appeared yet."
  • The slipcase is covered with the same gray-blue cloth which matches the binding of the book itself.
  • The Dillon illustration on the back of the dustjacket compliments the one used for the book's front cover. It can be seen here.

Awards

Year Award Category Status
1987 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection Winner
1988 Hugo Award Other Forms Nominee/Finalist
1988 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Runner-up

Other Editions

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Essential Ellison Cover 1987 Nemo Press Hardcover Collection Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon xv+1019
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective Cover 1988 Nemo Press / SFBC Hardcover Collection Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon xv+1019
The Essential Ellison Cover 1991 Morpheus International Hardcover Collection Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon 1021
The Essential Ellison Cover 1997 Morpheus International Trade Paperback Collection Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon 1021