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Introduction to The Nightrunners by Joe R. Lansdale

by Dean R. Koontz
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Advance Uncorrected Proof

Release Date: 1987
Copyright: THE NIGHTRUNNERS Copyright © 1987 by Joe R. Lansdale
Introduction Copyright © 1987 by Dean R. Koontz
Format: Comb-bound photocopied pages with plain salmon wraps
Publisher: Dark harvest
Page Count: 214
States: “Advance Uncorrected Proof” on cover
24 copies printed.

Presentation Copy

Release Date: 1987
75 copies released

Hardcovers

Release Date: 1987
Copyright: Copyright © 1987 by Joe R. Lansdale
Introduction Copyright © 1987 by Nkui, Inc.
Illustrations Copyright © 1987 by Gregory Matthews
Publisher: Dark Harvest
Page Count: 241
Appears on page(s): 11-14
States: "FIRST EDITION"

Trade Hardcover

1500 copies released
ISBN:0-913165-16-6
States:$18.95 (listed on dj)

Limited Edition Hardcover

300 signed and numbered copies with marbled slipcase.
Original List Price:$34.95 (listed on dj)

Lettered Edition Hardcover

26 signed and lettered copies bound in white simulated leather with silver titles on the spine and front panel, no dust jacket, and wood slipcase.

Photo courtesy of Noah Mitchell.


Mass Market Paperback

Release Date: March 1989
Copyright: Copyright © 1987 by Joe R. Lansdale
Introduction Copyright © 1987 by Nkui, Inc.
Publisher: TOR
Page Count: 245
Appears on page(s): vii-x
ISBN-10: 0-812-52123-4
Cover Price: $3.95
States: “First Tor Edition: March 1989” and “0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1”

Notes

Number of printed copies sourced from The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Critical and bibliographic History by Jack L. Chalker & Mark Owings, Third Edition Revised and Enlarged, The Mirage Press Ltd., September 30, 1991.

The Dark Harvest edition is reviewed in issue #71 (February 1988, p58) edition of Fangoria Magazine. Dean’s introduction is not mentioned.

Other editions:

The Nightrunners Carol & Graff mass market paperback

Last updated on February 28th, 2021