3 Javier Marías (trans. Margaret Jull Costa) first editions are documented on this shelf, from All Souls (1992) to Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me (1996) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Javier Marías (trans. Margaret Jull Costa) title from later printings and book-club copies — the publisher and year to expect, the number-line or edition-statement conventions, and the tells that show up in online listings.
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- All Souls — 1992 · Harvill / HarperCollins, LondonFirst English edition; UK Harvill (Collins/Harvill imprint), 1992, cloth in dust jacket (ISBN 0-00-271140-0 / 9780002711401), translated by Margaret Jull Costa from 'Todas las almas.' This was the first Marías novel translated into English. True first of the work is the Spanish 'Todas las almas' (Editorial Anagrama, Barcelona, 1989). The 1992 UK Harvill is the first edition in English and the first Marías in English; the US New Directions edition followed later. Later New Directions and Vintage/Penguin reprints are not the 1992 UK first.
- A Heart So White — 1995 · The Harvill Press, LondonFirst English edition is the UK Harvill Press, 1995, cloth in dust jacket (ISBN 1-86046-002-X cloth / 1-86046-003-8 paper), translated by Margaret Jull Costa from 'Corazón tan blanco.' Marías and Jull Costa shared the 1997 International Dublin (IMPAC) Literary Award for it. True first of the work is the Spanish 'Corazón tan blanco' (Editorial Anagrama, Barcelona, 1992). The first edition in English is the UK Harvill (1995); the US New Directions edition came later (2000), so collectors seeking the first English should take the Harvill. The US New Directions (2000) and later Penguin reprints are not the 1995 UK first English.
- Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me — 1996 · The Harvill Press, LondonFirst English edition; UK Harvill Press, 1996, cloth in dust jacket (ISBN 1-86046-199-9 / 9781860461996), translated by Margaret Jull Costa from 'Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí.' Marías's third novel translated into English. True first of the work is the Spanish 'Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí' (Editorial Anagrama, Barcelona, 1994). The 1996 UK Harvill is the first edition in English; the US New Directions edition (ISBN 0-8112-1482-6) followed later. Later New Directions reprints and the US Harcourt issue are not the 1996 UK first.
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