Graham Greene First Editions

• Babbling April — 1925 · Basil BlackwellGreene's genuine first book: Basil Blackwell (Oxford) 1925, a collection of undergraduate verse published while he was still at Oxford. The sole edition is bound in grey paper-covered boards lettered in blue, in a pale-grey dust wrapper printed in black, collating [viii] + 32pp, and it was never reprinted. Reported quantities vary between sources — roughly 300 copies bound up from a print run of about 500, with…. Basil Blackwell (Oxford) 1925 is the only true first; there is no US edition and no later reprint, so no other edition precedes or competes with it. Never reprinted and never issued by a book club; beware modern facsimile dust jackets sold separately by facsimile-jacket makers — an authentic copy has an original grey wrapper printed in black.
• The Man Within — 1929 · HeinemannLondon: William Heinemann, 1929. Greene's first published novel, in an initial run of about 2,500 copies. Original BLACK cloth (not blue) with a blind-stamped border and publisher's device to the boards, spine lettered in gilt; 'First published 1929' on the copyright page with no later-impression statement. The correct first-issue dust jacket is with its printed price to the spine and carries the Oliver Onions…. The UK Heinemann edition of 1929 is the true first; the US Doubleday Doran edition (1929) follows. Greene later suppressed his earlier book of verse, so this is the first book he acknowledged. No US book-club issue of note; identify reprints by added impression statements on the copyright page and by jackets lacking the correct the printed price and the Onions review blurb.
• The Name of Action — 1930 · William HeinemannFirst edition, first printing in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, 344 pages. Greene's second novel, later suppressed by the author and not reprinted in his lifetime, making the first edition scarce. UK Heinemann is the true first; the US Doubleday, Doran edition follows in 1931. Greene disowned the book. No book-club edition was issued.
• Rumour at Nightfall — 1931 · William HeinemannFirst edition, first printing in maroon cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, viii plus 300 pages; the first impression was a small printing (about 1,200 copies). Greene's third novel, suppressed and disowned by the author and not reprinted in his lifetime, making the first edition scarce. UK Heinemann is the true first; the US Doubleday, Doran edition follows in 1932. No book-club edition was issued.
• Stamboul Train — 1932 · HeinemannLondon: Heinemann, 1932. 'First published 1932' on the verso. The decisive point is the J.B. Priestley libel issue: Priestley, recognizing the character read as a caricature of him, threatened action, so roughly 13,000 sheets were recalled and cancel leaves substituted. The genuine first (uncorrected) issue retains the original text. The quickest test is on page 82: the uncorrected first issue reads 'Dickens'…. UK Heinemann is the true first. The US title is 'Orient Express' (Doubleday, 1933), a later and separately titled edition, not the true first. The corrected (second) state carries the substituted cancel leaves, with 'Quin Savory' and 'Chaucer' in place of the original readings; later reprints carry impression statements.
• It's a Battlefield — 1934 · William HeinemannFirst edition, first impression in black cloth with the publisher's device blind-stamped to the lower front board. Dust jacket designed by Youngman Carter and with its printed price Greene extensively revised the text in 1948, so first-impression copies retain the original unrevised text. UK Heinemann is the true first (1934); the US Doubleday Doran edition followed the same year. No notable book-club issue.
• England Made Me — 1935 · William HeinemannFirst edition, first impression published by William Heinemann in London in 1935, bound in the publisher's red cloth with the title stamped in gilt to the spine, and issued in the original pictorial dust jacket designed by Philip Youngman Carter. The first-issue jacket carries the printed price on the spine (present, not clipped) and has no publisher's review quotes added to the flaps; the printed price should be…. UK Heinemann is the true first (1935), bound in red cloth. The US Doubleday, Doran edition, also 1935, appeared under the same title England Made Me; some US copies are found in green cloth, which should not be mistaken for the English first. Not retitled at first publication. The Shipwrecked retitling belongs to the later US Viking edition of 1953, not to any 1935 issue.
• The Basement Room and Other Stories — 1935 · Cresset PressFirst edition, first impression of Greene's first story collection, issued in first-issue green cloth (later copies in red cloth), pagination vii, 165pp. Contains eight stories including The Basement Room, later filmed as The Fallen Idol. UK Cresset Press true first; no simultaneous US edition. No book-club issue.
• The Bear Fell Free — 1935 · Grayson & GraysonLimited edition of 285 copies signed and numbered by Greene, issued in publisher's brown cloth gilt with a full-page illustration by Joy Lloyd and a pictorial dust jacket. A separately issued short story; part of the Grayson Books series. Sole edition; signed limited issue. No trade or book-club issue.
• A Gun for Sale — 1936 · Doubleday DoranThe true first is the US Doubleday Doran edition titled This Gun for Hire, published June 1936, in beige cloth with dark green blocking and dust jacket. The UK Heinemann edition titled A Gun for Sale followed in July 1936 (with its printed price). Subtitled An Entertainment. The US Doubleday Doran This Gun for Hire (June 1936) precedes the UK Heinemann A Gun for Sale (July 1936) by one month and is the true first edition. US retitled This Gun for Hire; later book-club and film-tie-in printings followed.
• Journey Without Maps — 1936 · William HeinemannFirst edition, first impression, May 1936. A Freetown doctor, P.D. Oakley, sued over the character Pa Oakley; Heinemann withdrew the book and pulped remaining stock, making the first issue scarce. Travel account of Greene's walk through Liberia. UK Heinemann is the true first (May 1936); the US Doubleday Doran edition followed in 1936. The withdrawn first issue is the key state. The book was not reprinted in the UK until after Greene secured the rights around 1946; it was not simply reissued in 1936.
• Brighton Rock — 1938 · William HeinemannHeinemann London 1938. The notorious point: a small number of the first edition were bound by error in GREEN cloth (intended for another Heinemann title) rather than the standard red cloth; the green-cloth copies are considered the earliest/most desirable state. Standard issue is red cloth, gilt spine lettering. Dust jacket is scarce. Heinemann London 1938 is the true first; the Viking Press New York 1938 is the first US. The green-cloth misbound copies have precedence as the first state; red cloth is the regular first edition. The 1947 Viking and later reprints, and the 1970 Collected Edition (also green cloth, but clearly dated/marked), must not be confused with the 1938 misbinding. Any post-1938 date or Collected Edition statement rules it out.
• The Confidential Agent — 1939 · William HeinemannFirst edition, first printing, William Heinemann, London, 1939. One of Greene's 'entertainments,' an espionage novel set against the Spanish Civil War. Bound in blue cloth with the spine lettered in red. The first-issue dust jacket is notably scarce and, when present, retains the printed price; jackets are prone to staining and fraying at the spine ends. UK Heinemann is the true first; the first US edition (Viking Press, New York) also appeared in 1939, following the London issue. Book-club and Uniform/Collected/Library Edition reprintings appeared later and are set from the same text but are not the 1939 Heinemann first; the Library Edition carries Peter Edwards jackets and a distinct copyright page.
• The Lawless Roads — 1939 · Longmans, GreenFirst edition, first impression, Longmans, Green (London), 1939 (Wobbe A14); octavo, 306 pages, with a map of Mexico printed across both endpapers. Greene's Mexico travel book, based on his 1938 journey commissioned by Longmans, which also fed the novel The Power and the Glory. The earliest state is bound in red cloth with gilt (gold) lettering to the spine; a later binding state shows the spine lettering stamped…. UK Longmans, Green is the true first; the US edition (Viking, 1939) appeared under the changed title Another Mexico. US edition retitled Another Mexico.
• The Power and the Glory — 1940 · William HeinemannFirst published by William Heinemann, London, 7 August 1940, in an initial run of about 7,500 copies, octavo, bound in yellow cloth with the spine lettered in red. Wartime production; much of Heinemann's stock was destroyed when the publisher's warehouse was bombed during the Blitz in 1940, making surviving first editions in the jacket scarce. The first-issue dust jacket should retain its original printed price;…. Heinemann London, 7 August 1940, is the true first under this title. The first US edition appeared as 'The Labyrinthine Ways' (Viking 1940) — a different title for the same book, collectible in its own right. US 'Labyrinthine Ways' is a distinct title-state, not a reprint. Later Heinemann impressions carry a printing statement and a higher-priced jacket noting the reprinting; the Library/Collected Edition is separately dated and marked.
• British Dramatists — 1942 · William CollinsWilliam Collins, London, 1942, first printing in the 'Britain in Pictures' series. Slim octavo (roughly 9 by 6.5 inches), 48 pages, illustrated with 8 colour plates and numerous monochrome illustrations in the text. Bound in publisher's paper-covered boards in green and cream, issued in a pictorial dust jacket. As a wartime pictorial series title it bears no printer's number line; the first printing is identified…. The UK Collins first, published within the Britain in Pictures series, is the true first. A series title with no book-club issue; later Collins reprints within the series are distinguished by a changed impression date on the copyright page.
• The Ministry of Fear — 1943 · William HeinemannFirst printing of one of Greene's 'entertainments,' issued by William Heinemann in London in 1943, 236 pages. Because of wartime paper rationing the book was printed in a small run on poor-quality stock, so surviving copies are commonly worn and the dustwrapper is genuinely scarce. Bound in publisher's boards (variously described as buff or gold/yellow) lettered in black on the spine, conforming to the wartime…. UK Heinemann 1943 is the true first. The first US edition (Viking, 1943) followed; the supposed US precedence is not supported and the UK edition is the accepted first. Book-club printings appeared later.
• The Little Train — 1946 · Eyre & SpottiswoodeFirst printing of Greene's first children's picture book, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946, issued anonymously with neither Greene's name on the book nor on the jacket; the credited author and illustrator is Dorothy Craigie (pseudonym of Dorothy Glover). A slim oblong quarto in yellow pictorial cloth, the spine and upper cover decorated with small steam locomotives in red, black, and green and the lower cover…. UK Eyre & Spottiswoode 1946 is the true first; published anonymously, with Greene's authorship acknowledged only later (from the 1950s, around the time of the companion Little Fire Engine). The anonymous first issue, lacking Greene's name, is the key point; confirm the copy retains the yellow pictorial cloth and map endpapers of the first.
• Nineteen Stories — 1947 · William HeinemannFirst printing of the story collection (Wobbe A20a; Miller 24), a cheaply produced postwar volume in publisher's navy blue cloth stamped in silver on the spine; small octavo, roughly 231 pages. First-state dust jacket is cream, typographic, printed in red and grey and carrying the printed price on the spine; unclipped examples are uncommon and the volume is frequently found in poor condition. Reprints eight…. UK Heinemann is the true first; the first US edition (Viking) followed in 1949. Contents differ from the later collection, with two stories ('The Lottery Ticket' and 'The Other Side of the Border') dropped afterward. Later revised and expanded as Twenty-One Stories (Heinemann, 1955).
• The Heart of the Matter — 1948 · William HeinemannWilliam Heinemann, London, 1948, first edition, first impression. Bound in blue cloth boards lettered in silver on the spine, with the top edge of the text block stained red; octavo, [6] plus 297 pages. The copyright page reads simply First Published 1948 with no later-impression statement. The correct first-issue dust jacket is a red typographic jacket with white lettering and should retain its printed price at…. Heinemann London 1948 is the true first; Viking New York 1948 is the first US edition, distinguished by its imprint and pricing. Later Heinemann impressions add an impression statement on the copyright-page verso; the US Viking edition is set apart by its imprint and jacket pricing.
• The Third Man and The Fallen Idol — 1950 · William HeinemannFirst printing in black cloth with silver spine lettering, in pictorial dust jacket. The first book appearance of The Third Man, set from Greene's original manuscript (the film treatment). Paired with The Fallen Idol. Heinemann London 1950 is the true first edition. A US Viking edition also appeared in 1950, but the Heinemann issue is the recognized first. Later reprints and book-club issues exist; the true first is the original Heinemann printing in jacket.
• The End of the Affair — 1951 · William HeinemannWilliam Heinemann, London, 1951, first impression: octavo, 237 pages, bound in original cloth. The first-issue dust jacket carries its printed price on the spine; the jacket commonly tones along the spine. The UK first precedes the US Viking edition of the same year. Heinemann London 1951, first impression, is the true first; Viking New York 1951 is the first US edition. Later impressions are noted on the verso of the title leaf; book-club and US reprints are distinguished by imprint and by the jacket, whose printed price should be present on a first-issue example.
• The Lost Childhood and Other Essays — 1951 · Eyre & SpottiswoodeFirst printing of this collection of essays and book reviews, collating viii, [4], 191 pages. Bound in original oatmeal cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, with the top edge sprayed red as issued, in a pictorial dust jacket. The first-state jacket carries the publisher's printed price on the inner flap; confirm that the printed price is present rather than noting any amount. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1951 is the true first edition; the US Viking edition followed in 1952. No book-club issue noted for the first edition; the priority copy is the London Eyre & Spottiswoode printing in oatmeal cloth with red-sprayed top edge.
• The Living Room — 1953 · William HeinemannFirst printing of Greene's first play (subtitle: A Play in Two Acts), issued in publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. The first-issue photographic dust jacket carries a portrait photograph of Dorothy Tutin and Eric Portman taken by Angus McBean on the upper panel, and the printed price should be present on the jacket. Octavo, with the text running to sixty-seven pages. Heinemann, London, 1953 is the true first edition; the US Viking edition followed in 1954. No book-club issue noted for the first edition.
• Twenty-One Stories — 1954 · William HeinemannFirst printing; revised and expanded from Nineteen Stories (1947): two stories dropped ('The Lottery Ticket' and 'The Other Side of the Border') and four added ('The Hint of an Explanation,' 'The Blue Film,' 'Special Duties,' 'The Destructors'). Heinemann London 1954 is the true first edition of this collection; the first US edition was Viking 1962. A first-thus assembly. Later reprints and book-club printings exist; the true first is the original Heinemann printing.
• Loser Takes All — 1955 · William HeinemannFirst printing of this slim octavo 'entertainment' of about 140 pages, with "First published 1955" stated on the copyright page. Bound in dark blue boards lettered in gilt on the front board and spine, and issued in a blue and yellow pictorial dust jacket that should retain the printed price on the flap. Heinemann London 1955 is the true first edition; the US Viking edition followed in 1957. No notable book-club issue for the first edition.
• The Quiet American — 1955 · HeinemannLondon: Heinemann, 1955. Original cloth lettered in gilt to the spine; 'First published 1955' on the copyright page. The first-issue dust jacket is with its printed price to the front flap (not the printed price), unclipped. The UK Heinemann edition of 1955 is the true first, preceding the US Viking edition of 1956. Later impressions add printing lines; clipped or reprice-stickered jackets and jackets lacking the printed price should be treated with caution.
• The Potting Shed — 1957 · VikingUS Viking edition (1957) precedes the UK Heinemann edition (1958). A play in three acts. Note: the third act differs between the two editions; the American first prints the version produced in New York in 1957, and the British edition carries Greene's later, revised third act. Viking New York 1957 is the true first edition; the UK Heinemann edition followed in 1958. Confirmed as a US-precedence title. No book-club issue noted for the first edition.
• Our Man in Havana — 1958 · HeinemannLondon: Heinemann, 1958. 'First published 1958' on the verso. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt to the spine; octavo, [vi], 273 pages, in the first-issue pictorial dust jacket printed on a purple ground and designed by Donald Green, retaining its printed price to the flap. The UK Heinemann edition of 1958 precedes the US Viking edition of 1958. Reprints carry impression statements to the verso; the correct first-issue jacket is the purple Donald Green pictorial design, and many surviving copies are found price-clipped.
• The Complaisant Lover — 1959 · William HeinemannFirst edition, first impression, published by Heinemann in London in 1959. A two-act comedy, issued in the publisher's blue cloth with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt and the publisher's imprint stamped in blind to the rear board, supplied in a printed dust jacket lettered in red and black. The jacket should retain its printed price. UK Heinemann is the true first; the US Viking edition followed in 1961. No book-club issue noted for the first edition.
• A Burnt-Out Case — 1961 · William HeinemannFirst English edition, first printing, Heinemann, London, 1961. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, 256 pages, dust jacket with its printed price This was Greene's last title with Heinemann before he moved to The Bodley Head. The Heinemann 1961 edition is the first edition in English and the standard collected first. However, a Swedish translation, Utbranden (Utbrand), was published by Norstedt in Stockholm in 1960, predating the English text. The US Viking edition also appeared in 1961. Trade first precedes later book-club printings.
• In Search of a Character: Two African Journals — 1961 · The Bodley HeadFirst edition, first impression, The Bodley Head, London, 1961. Red quarter cloth over green paper-covered boards, gilt spine titles, 228 pages, in a yellow dust jacket with black lettering. Among Greene's earliest titles for The Bodley Head, his new publisher after leaving Heinemann. UK Bodley Head is the true first; the US Viking edition followed in 1962. No book-club issue noted for the first edition.
• A Sense of Reality — 1963 · The Bodley HeadFirst edition, first impression, The Bodley Head, London, 1963; octavo, 140 pages, bound in green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Collects four pieces: the novella-length fantasy 'Under the Garden' together with the stories 'A Visit to Morin,' 'Dream of a Strange Land,' and 'A Discovery in the Woods.' Issued in a pictorial dust jacket with a yellow spine and black lettering; a first-issue jacket carries the…. The UK Bodley Head 1963 first impression is the true first; the US Viking Press edition followed in 1963. No book-club issue noted for the first edition; identify the first by the 1963 Bodley Head imprint, green cloth with gilt spine, and the yellow-spined pictorial jacket.
• Carving a Statue — 1964 · The Bodley HeadFirst edition, first printing, The Bodley Head, London, 1964. A play in green cloth boards with the title stamped in gilt on the spine and a red topstain to the page edges, small octavo, 82 pages, issued in the original dust jacket. The printed price should be present on an unclipped jacket. UK Bodley Head is the true first. No book-club issue noted for the first edition.
• The Comedians — 1966 · The Bodley HeadLondon: The Bodley Head, 1966 (Greene had moved from Heinemann to The Bodley Head). 'First published 1966' on the copyright page. Dark green cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the first-issue pictorial dust jacket designed by Ivan Lapper, with its printed price to the front flap. The UK Bodley Head edition of 1966 precedes the US Viking edition of 1966. Later impressions add printing lines; the correct first-issue jacket carries the printed price and the Ivan Lapper design.
• May We Borrow Your Husband? and Other Comedies of the Sexual Life — 1967 · The Bodley HeadFirst edition, first impression, The Bodley Head, London, 1967, dated 1967 on the title page with no later impression line. A collection of twelve stories, 188 pages, in green cloth boards with gilt spine lettering, issued in the dust jacket designed by Stephen Russ (which should retain its printed price on the flap). UK Bodley Head is the true first; the US Viking edition, styled the First American Edition, followed in 1967. Alongside the trade first, Bodley Head issued a signed limited edition of 500 numbered copies, quarter-bound in green cloth over patterned paper boards with gilt lettering. No book-club issue noted for the first edition. Distinguish the London Bodley Head trade first from the 1967 New York Viking First American Edition and from the signed limited edition of 500.
• Collected Essays — 1969 · The Bodley HeadFirst printing, copyright page stating 'First published 1969'. Green cloth, gilt spine lettering, top edge stained pink, dust jacket designed by Michael Harvey. Collects nearly eighty essays and reviews; first-thus collection. The Bodley Head London edition is the true first; a Viking (US) edition followed the same year. No book-club issue noted for the first printing.
• Travels with My Aunt — 1969 · The Bodley HeadFirst printing, copyright page stating 'First published 1969' (published 2 October 1969). Green cloth with pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Stephen Russ; jacket with its printed price. Comic novel. The Bodley Head London edition is the true first; a Viking (US) edition followed in 1970. Book-club (Reprint Society / Book Club Associates) printings appeared later and are not the first edition.
• A Sort of Life — 1971 · The Bodley HeadFirst edition, The Bodley Head, London, 1971, the copyright page stating 'First published 1971.' The first issue reads 'Sir John Barrie' on page 177, an error Greene made in referring to the author J. M. Barrie; this was corrected to 'J. M. Barrie' in the second state. Issued in a typographic dust jacket designed by Michael Harvey with the printed price present. First volume of Greene's autobiography. The Bodley Head London edition is the true first; a Simon & Schuster (US) edition followed in 1971. No book-club issue noted for the first printing.
• The Honorary Consul — 1973 · The Bodley HeadFirst printing, The Bodley Head, London, 1973; the copyright page states 'First published 1973'. Bound in full green cloth with gilt spine lettering and a violet (purple) topstain; 335 pages. The dust jacket was designed by Michael Harvey, using a plain dark-green ground with the author's name and title lettered on both front and back panels; the jacket should retain its original printed price (present on an…. The Bodley Head London edition is the true first; a Simon & Schuster (US) edition followed in 1973. Book Club Associates (BCA) printings appeared later and are not the first edition; they lack the Bodley Head imprint and 'First published 1973' statement.
• Lord Rochester's Monkey — 1974 · The Bodley HeadFirst printing, copyright page stating 'First published 1974'. Quarto, cloth binding, illustrated; a biography of John Wilmot, second Earl of Rochester, written in the 1930s and first published in 1974. The Bodley Head London edition is the true first; a Viking (US) edition followed in 1974. No book-club issue noted for the first printing.
• The Human Factor — 1978 · The Bodley HeadFirst printing identified by the oval device on the title page bearing the head of Sir Thomas Bodley; later impressions show a 'BH' in a box instead. Copyright page states 'First published 1978'. Green cloth; jacket designed by Michael Harvey; 339 pages. Espionage novel. The Bodley Head London edition is the true first; a Simon & Schuster (US) edition followed in 1978. Book-club printings appeared later and are not the first edition.
• Doctor Fischer of Geneva or The Bomb Party — 1980 · The Bodley HeadFirst printing of the novella, issued by The Bodley Head in original green cloth boards with gilt lettering to the spine, about 140 pages, under a dust jacket designed by Michael Harvey; the first-issue jacket carries its printed price. First impression with no statement of later printings. The Bodley Head London edition of 1980 is the accepted true first. Simon & Schuster issued the first US edition the same year, 1980, in maroon cloth with silver spine lettering; the London printing precedes it. No book-club issue noted for the first printing; the green Bodley Head cloth with the Michael Harvey jacket and printed price identifies the true first.
• Ways of Escape — 1980 · Lester & Orpen DennysFirst printing of the second volume of autobiography. The Bodley Head UK issue is in green cloth with gilt titling and a Michael Harvey jacket priced 6.95 net; the Canadian Lester & Orpen Dennys issue is the earliest printing. Dealers and bibliographies consistently identify the Canadian Lester & Orpen Dennys edition as the true first, preceding both the UK Bodley Head and the US editions of 1980. A signed limited issue of 150 copies was also produced in Canada. No book-club issue noted for the first printing.
• Monsignor Quixote — 1982 · Lester & Orpen DennysFirst printing. A signed limited issue of 250 numbered copies in a publisher's slipcase exists; the trade UK Bodley Head issue is in green cloth with gilt spine, green top-stain, jacket priced 5.95 net. The Canadian Lester & Orpen Dennys edition of 1982 is cited by dealers as preceding the UK Bodley Head edition; Simon & Schuster issued the first US edition in 1982. A separate signed limited issue of 250 numbered copies confirms the existence of the signed/limited variant. Book-club printings followed later.
• Getting to Know the General — 1984 · The Bodley HeadFirst printing of the nonfiction account of Greene's friendship with Omar Torrijos of Panama; full title 'Getting to Know the General: The Story of an Involvement.' UK Bodley Head issue in green cloth with gilt spine. The Bodley Head issued the UK first in 1984; a first Canadian edition by Lester & Orpen Dennys also appeared in 1984, and US Simon & Schuster issued the first American edition the same year. Precise precedence between the UK and Canadian issues is not firmly settled in the sources consulted. No book-club issue noted for the first printing.
• The Tenth Man — 1985 · The Bodley Head in association with Anthony BlondFirst book printing of the rediscovered 1940s MGM-era novella, with the author's introduction including film sketches 'Jim Braddon and the war criminal' and 'Nobody to blame'; paper-over-boards, jacket priced 6.95. The Bodley Head/Anthony Blond London edition of March 1985 is the first hardcover book edition (preceded only by serialization in You magazine); Lester & Orpen Dennys issued a Canadian edition and Simon & Schuster the first US edition, both 1985. No book-club issue noted for the first printing.
• The Captain and the Enemy — 1988 · Reinhardt Books in association with VikingFirst printing of Greene's last novel; dark green boards with gilt lettering and gilt publisher's device to spine, dust jacket designed by Michael Harvey. The UK first is Reinhardt Books in association with Viking, London 1988; Viking issued the US edition and Lester & Orpen Dennys a Canadian edition, all in 1988. No book-club issue noted for the first printing.

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