A4

Ian McEwan – The Cement Garden

A4 a. UK Edition

1. First Edition

Jonathan Cape. Published September 1978. Hardback. Oatmeal endpapers, half-title, title, [ii], 130 pages numbered 9-138. Pages 198mm x 126mm. Hunter green cloth; down spine in gilt lettering: ‘THE CEMENT GARDEN  Ian McEwan  (Cape logo)’. ISBN 0-224-01628-8.

Dustjacket. 477mm x 204mm. Front: a watercolour of an expanse of concrete with grass growing through cracks. In white: ‘Ian McEwan’ and in turquoise ‘THE CEMENT GARDEN’. Price on front flap £3.50.

Note: in the MW collection is a copy with the inscription “To Alan, with love, Ian” in McEwan’s handwriting and dated “Sept. 12. 1978”, some two weeks before publication.

2. Proof

Jonathan Cape. Paperback. Half title, title, [ii], 130 pages numbered 9-138. Pages 198mm x 127mm. Red wrappers with repeated Cape logo and text in black; the spine has in black ‘THE CEMENT GARDEN’.

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A4 b. USA Edition

  1. First Edition

Simon & Schuster. Published 1st October 1978. Hardback. Buff endpapers, 1 blank, [ii], title, [ii], 141 pages numbered 13-153, [i]. Pages 209mm x 135mm. Buff paper boards quarter bound in black cloth. Down spine in gilt: ‘IAN McEWAN  THE CEMENT GARDEN  SIMON AND SCHUSTER’. ISBN 0-671-24288-1.

Dustjacket. 505mm x 210mm. Front: a graphic of a house with blocks of flats in the distant background and in black : ‘IAN McEWAN’, in red ‘A NOVEL’ and below in black ‘THE CEMENT GARDEN’. Price on front flap $8.95.

2. Proof

Simon & Schuster. Paperback. Title, [ii], 119 pages numbered 7-125, 1 blank. Pages 231mm x 139mm. Lemon lime wrappers with on front cover publication data in black; the spine is blank.

3. First Paperback Edition

Berkley. Published January 1980. Paperback. [i], title, [iii], 161 pages numbered 3-163, [ii]. Pages 173mm x 101mm. Front: a black and orange photograph of the entrance to an old house; in white at top right ‘0.425.04496.3 . $2.25 . A BERKLEY BOOK (logo)’; down the right side in white in varying size fonts ‘MACABRE! | Time | DEVASTATING! | Newsweek | ASTONISHING! | The New York Times | IAN | McEWAN | THE | CEMENT GARDEN | A NOVEL’. ISBN 0-425-04496-3. Price on front cover $2.25.

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