NMLP P-036946 · Book-club / reprint tell · minted 2026-07-19

Eye of the Needle

Ken Follett · Arbor House (US) / Macdonald & Jane's (UK, as 'Storm Island') · 1978

US book-club editions of Eye of the Needle carry a blind-stamp on the rear board, lack a printed jacket price, and have a smaller trim. The title alone is the quickest discriminator: Storm Island indicates the UK true first; an Eye of the Needle hardcover indicates the US edition. Confirm the publisher imprint and first-printing statement.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Book-club / reprint tell NMLP P-036946 for "Eye of the Needle" by Ken Follett (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036946, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).