C6

Roddy Doyle – A Greyhound Of A Girl

C6 a. UK Edition

1. First Edition

Marion Lloyd. Published September 2011. Hardback. Map illustration endpapers, half-title, title, [i], 169 pages numbered 1-169. Pages 198mm x 122mm. Dark blue boards; down spine in yellow ‘RODDY DOYLE  A GREYHOOUND OF A GIRL  (Scholastic/MLB logos)’.

Dustjacket. 458mm x 205mm. Front: yellow with midnight blue graphics intertwined with text ‘RODDY | DOYLE | A | GREYHOUND | OF A | GIRL’. ISBN 978-1-407-12933-4. Price on front flap £10.99.

2. Proof

Marion Lloyd. Paperback. [i], title, [i], 169 pages numbered 1-169. Pages 197mm x 126mm. Front: white textured card; in gloss red ‘A | GREYHOUND | OF A | GIRL’, and in gloss ebony ‘RODDY | DOYLE | UNCORRECTEDADVANCEPROOF’.

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C6 b. USA Edition

1. First Edition

Amulet. Published 2012. Hardback. Map illustration endpapers, half-title, title, [i], 201 pages numbered 1-201. Pages 196mm x 120mm. White boards with text in metallic blue to the front board ‘A | Greyhound | OF A | Girl’; down spine in metallic blue ‘Roddy Doyle  (running girl device)  A Greyhound of a Girl  (Amulet logo)’.

Dustjacket. 468mm x 202mm. Front: a wheat-coloured background with a central design of roses and silhouettes of the book’s characters; at the top in black ‘FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR’, in white script ‘Roddy | Doyle’, in black ‘A’, in white script ‘Greyhound’, in black ‘OF A”, and in white script ‘Girl’. ISBN 978-1-4197-0168-9. Price on front flap and back cover USA $16.95 Canada $18.95.

2. Proof

Amulet. Paperback. [i], title, [i], 201 pages numbered 1-201, 1 blank. Pages 196mm x 120mm. Front: a wheat-coloured background with a central design of roses and silhouettes of the book’s characters; at the top in black ‘BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR’, in white script ‘Roddy | Doyle’, in black ‘A’, in white script ‘Greyhound’, in black ‘OF A”, and in white script ‘Girl’; at the bottom right in a red square with white text ‘FREE | UNCORRECTED | PROOF | NOT FOR SALE’.

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