NMLP P-028153 · Book-club / reprint tell · minted 2026-07-04

The Boys of Summer

Roger Kahn · Harper & Row · 1972

Book-club editions lack the priced jacket and often show a blind stamp to the rear board. Verify both the stated 'First Edition' and the complete number line ending in 1 on the last page, with the priced jacket. Note that Harper & Row sometimes failed to delete the 'First Edition' statement on later printings, so the number line is the reliable check.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Book-club / reprint tell NMLP P-028153 for "The Boys of Summer" by Roger Kahn (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-028153, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).