Absolute Power

US book-club issues circulate, as do French club editions (France Loisirs, Le Grand Livre du Mois) which are separate translations, not the first. Club tells: no number line and no 'First Printing' statement on the copyright page, a blind-stamped colophon impressed into the rear board near the spine, no price at the jacket flap, no barcode on the jacket rear, smaller trim and lower-bulk paper.