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Ian McEwan – The Child In Time

a. UK Edition

1. First Edition

Jonathan Cape. Published 10th September 1987. Hardback. White endpapers, 1 blank, half-title, title, [i], 214 pages numbered 7-220. Pages 215mm x 132mm. Black cloth; down spine in gilt: ‘THE CHILD IN TIME  IAN McEWAN  (Cape logo)’. ISBN 0-224-02499-X.

Dustjacket. 493mm x 223mm. Front: detail from Virgin & Child with St Anne and the infant St John the Baptist by Leonardo da Vinci and at top in vanilla: ‘THE CHILD IN TIME’, and at the bottom ‘IAN McEWAN’. Price on front flap £10.95.

2. Proof

Jonathan Cape. Paperback. [i], title, [i], 214 pages numbered 7-220. Pages 193mm x 135mm. Red wrappers with Cape logo and ‘UNCORRECTED PROOF repeated across the bottom and publication data in black. Down spine in black ‘THE CHILD IN TIME  Ian McEwan’.

3. Limited Edition

London Limited Editions / Jonathan Cape. Published 1987. Hardback. White endpapers, half title, limitation page, 1 blank, 2nd half title, title, [i], 214 pages numbered 7-220, 1 blank. Pages 215mm x 134mm. Multi-coloured patterned boards, quarter bound in burgundy cloth edged with a gilt band; down spine in gilt: ‘Ian McEwan * The Child in Time *  London Limited Editions’. ISBN 0-224-02499-X.

Dustjacket. 463mm x 224mm. Translucent glassine wrapper.

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b. USA Edition

  1. First Edition

Houghton Mifflin Company. Published 29th September 1987. Hardback. Orange endpapers, half title, title, [ii], 263 pages numbered 1-263. Pages 208mm x 136mm. Grey-Blue paper boards quarter bound in redwood cloth. Down spine in black: ‘(leaf device) Ian McEwan (leaf device)  THE CHILD IN TIME  HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY’. ISBN 0-395-42912-9.

Dustjacket. 507mm x 214mm. Front: mustard, with the painting ‘In the Zoo’ by Leovah Ravtin and in black: ‘THE CHILD | IN TIME | A NOVEL | Ian | McEWAN’. Price on front flap $16.95.

2. Proof

Houghton Mifflin Company. Paperback. [i], half title, title, [ii], 263 pages numbered 1-263, 2 blanks. Pages 212mm x 132mm. Red wrappers with on front cover publication data in black; down the spine in black, ‘THE CHILD IN TIME  McEWAN  Houghton Mifflin Company’.

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