It was collected in 1985 in the hardcover omnibus The Bachman Books, and has seen several reprints since, as both paperback and hardback.

In contrast, hardcover or hardback books are bound with cardboard covered with cloth ; although more expensive, hardbacks are more durable.

As this was Alastair Reynolds's first published hardback or hardcover fiction, and was published in a relatively small initial print run in the United Kingdom, it subsequently became a collectible first edition.

Starship Troopers is a military science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, first published ( in abridged form ) as a serial in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction ( October, November 1959, as " Starship Soldier ") and published hardcover in December, 1959.

* In Italy, The Wizard of Id is known as Mago Wiz ( Wiz The Sorcerer ) and has been published with great success in the comics magazines Il Mago and Linus, and in the science fiction magazine Urania, plus several hardcover editions also by Mondadori.

Podkayne of Mars is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, originally serialised in Worlds of If ( November 1962, January, March 1963 ), and published in hardcover in 1963.

Thus, like the Grantville Gazettes the e-publication date antedates the print copy by about two months — the interval before the release of the last third and the hardcover print edition is simultaneously released.

Double Star is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, first serialized in Astounding Science Fiction ( February, March, April 1956 ) and published in hardcover the same year.

I Will Fear No Evil is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, originally serialised in Galaxy ( July, August / September, October / November, December 1970 ) and published in hardcover in 1970.

Adams's letter to David Vogel on page 168 has Adams's London address at the top in the hardcover, but it is missing from the paperback.

Have Space Suit — Will Travel is a science fiction novel for young readers by Robert A. Heinlein, originally serialised in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction ( August, September, October 1958 ) and published by Scribner's in hardcover in 1958 as the last of the Heinlein juveniles.

It is scheduled to be released as an oversized slipcased hardcover that is bound in the flip book or tête-bêche format ( like an Ace Double ).

Arkham House is a publishing house specializing in weird fiction founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to preserve in hardcover the best fiction of H. P. Lovecraft.

* The New World of Mr. Tompkins ( 1999 ), coauthor Russell Stannard updated Mr. Tompkins in Paperback ( ISBN 9780521630092 is a hardcover )

The CMS is published in hardcover and online.

This collection is notable as it is the first hardcover graphic novel ever to appear on the New York Times Hardcover Best Seller list.

Although the publishers were convinced it would be rejected by the American reading public after the September 11, 2001 attacks, it spent 50 consecutive weeks on the New York Times bestseller list ( eight weeks at # 1 ) for hardcover nonfiction and is in its 43rd printing.

The first ( Doubleday hardcover ) edition of the novel is unusually rare ; the publisher pulped a significant part of the original print run in error when the order went out to destroy remaining copies of Zelazny's older book Creatures of Light and Darkness.

The hardcover is available with a CD of its songs as sung by BB Wolf.

If it is a softcover edition of a previous hardcover edition, and if published by the same publishing house as the hardcover, the text pages are normally identical to the text pages in the hardcover edition, and the book is essentially the same size as the hardcover edition.

Comics as a print medium have existed in America since the printing of The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck in 1842 in hardcover — making it the first known American prototype comic book.

SSS's version of the game, which reached the market in 2003, used the d20 Modern system, and mimicked D & Ds " three core book " model with three hardcover manuals:

110 of the most famous strips have been reprinted in their original size and colors in the 2005 collection Little Nemo in Slumberland, So Many Splendid Sundays ( ISBN 978-0-9768885-9-8 ), a 16x21 inch hardcover book from Sunday Press Books and its sequel the 2008 collection Little Nemo in Slumberland, Many More Splendid Sundays, Volume 2 ( ISBN 978-0976888550 ) with 110 more images.

In 2012, in celebration of the franchise's 50th anniversary, Topps has partnered with a variety of companies on a merchandising campaign to include comic books ( via IDW Publishing ), bobble heads and vinyl dolls ( Funko ), action figures and plush ( Mezco Toyz ), costumes ( Incogneato ), statues and busts ( Quarantine Studio ), electronics skins ( Gelaskins ) and a hardcover commemorative book ( Abrams Books ).

He also contributed the complete text for the 240-page hardcover book featured in the 2010 30-disc CD boxed set, " The Complete Elvis Presley Masters ".

The two issued both hardcover and paperback editions of the series during their tenure as publishers, while at the same time Scholastic, Inc. produced paperback versions for sale primarily through direct mail order, book clubs, and book fairs.

Pullman has published two short stories related to His Dark Materials: " Lyra and the Birds ", which appears with accompanying illustrations in the small hardcover book Lyra's Oxford ( 2003 ), and " Once Upon a Time in the North " ( 2008 ).

It has also appeared as an independently published, 32-page hardcover book for young adults in October 2002, ISBN 0-88682-501-6.

A Crown of Swords was the first Wheel of Time book for which the cover of the first paperback edition, shown here, did not use the same art as the hardcover edition.

Upon its release, it immediately rose to the # 1 position on the New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller list, making it the second Wheel of Time book to reach the # 1 position on that list.

The book was written in the same year as the attack on Pearl Harbor, while its hardcover publication coincided with the Communist victory in China ; with the PanAsians being both Chinese and Japanese, it had a direct topical relevance in both cases.

In the January 1988 issue of Dragon, Jim Ward — one of the original players in the dungeons of Greyhawk, creator of the wizard Drawmij, and now working for TSR in the post-Gygax era — requested player input about what should be included in a hardcover source book for Greyhawk.

It was the thirteenth and final hardcover book published for the 1st edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons rules.

This 256-page hardcover book contained details of Gygax's original city, its personalities and politics, as well as over thirty encounters outside the city.

* White Wolf: Ill Met In Lankhmar ( 1995 ; books 1 and 2, with a new introduction by Michael Moorcock and Fritz Leiber's " Fafhrd and Me "), Lean Times in Lankhmar ( 1996 ; books 3 and 4, with a new introduction by Karl Edward Wagner ), Return to Lankhmar ( 1997 ; books 5 and 6, with a new introduction by Neil Gaiman ), and Farewell to Lankhmar ( 1998 ; book 7 ; the hardcover edition omits the final seven chapters of " The Curse of the Smalls and the Stars ")

On October 3, 2000, the book was published in its first hardcover edition ( ISBN 978-0743210898 ).

This hardcover edition contained full color illustrations and photographs to help further explain the text, as well as the addition of topics that were not included in the original book.

This was one of the first times a hardcover book had been written about an all-girl rock and roll group.

Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi, a hardcover book of Bakshi's art, was released on April 1, 2008.

* Spirou et Fantasio, comics series published in the serial journal and in hardcover book format

The entire story was then released in its entirety in the 200 page hardcover book The ¡ Alarma!

The artwork of Charles Vess has infrequently but notably accompanied the words of Neil Gaiman on Vertigo projects, including the 4-issue Stardust ( 1997-8 ) miniseries, later reprinted as an illustrated hardcover book.

A hardcover 268-page book with 170 photos and featuring 30 interviews with town elders, There's No Place Like Rome chronicles the history of Rome from its hardscrabble agricultural start to its transformation as a recreational Mecca.