OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET | By C. S. Lewis
Out of the Silent Planet (OSP)
SETTING 2 — All Volumes
M1a
Macmillan Company ( September 28, 1943)
Printing: USA
Blue hardback with yellow title/author on spine
Jacket: White title and teal author on purple field featuring ringing planet and stars in upper left corner
174 pages
Printing History:
1943 for $2.00 (also sold for $3.50) [1]
1946 for $2.00
1947
June, 1949 [hardback features dark blue title/author on spine. Cf. Wade 2557]
[1] M1a includes only the year of printing on the title page, thus printing numbers cannot be ascertained. In addition editions vary dramatically in thickness, ranging from ½ to 1 inch thick.
OSP2-M1a-x-47-Jacket Front
OSP2-M1a-x-43-Cover
M1b
Macmillan Company (c. 1966)
Printing: USA
Blue hardback with gold title/author on spine
Jacket by Charles Goslin: Teal author, black title on white field over abstract teal and black world with cut out people shapes in a black box
174 pages
Printing History:
18. 1966
21. 1971 for $4.95
23. 1976 for $7.95
24. 1978 for $8.95
OSP2-M1b-21-71-Jacket Front
OSP2-M1b-21-71-Cover
M1c
Macmillan Company (28 September, 1943)
Printing: USA
Macmillan Large Print Edition
Blue hardback with gold author/title on spine
Jacket by S. A. Summit, Inc.: White author, green title on black field over black/pink image of man falling backward
174 pages
Printing History:
OSP2-M1c-1-x-Jacket Front
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EP1a
The Easton Pres (1994)
Printing: USA
Introduction by James Gunn
Leather-bound black hardback hardback by Frank Mayo featuring gold drawing of planet and falling man on cover and gold title author on spine with circular images
174 images
Printing History:
OSP2-EP1a-1-94-Cover
EP1b
The Easton Press (1998)
Printing: USA
[Unseen]
Burgundy hardback with gold spacescape on cover in gold outline box and gold author/title on spine.
Printing History:
[Unseen]
OSP2-EP1b-1-98-Set