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Ian McEwan – Atonement
a. UK Edition
1. First Edition
Jonathan Cape. Published 17th September 2001. Hardback. Black endpapers, half-title, title, [iii], 370 pages numbered 3-372, 1 blank, [i]. Pages 233mm x 150mm. Black cloth; down spine in silver: ‘IAN McEWAN ATONEMENT (Cape logo)’. ISBN 0-224-06252-2.
Dustjacket. 564mm x 240mm. Front: a black and white photo of a girl sitting on stone steps with below in cream: ‘IAN McEWAN’, and in red ‘ATONEMENT’. Price on front flap £16.99.
2. Proof
Jonathan Cape. Paperback. Half title, title, [iii], 370 pages numbered 3-372. Pages 297mm x 210mm. Front: a black and white photo of a girl sitting on stone steps with at top in white ‘A JONATHAN CAPE UNCORRECTED PROOF’, and at the bottom in cream: ‘IAN McEWAN’, and in orange ‘AN ATONEMENT’. The leaves are A4 size and are bound with a black plastic spiral a transparent plastic sheet at the front and plain white card at the back.
Note: This proof was famously printed with the title ‘An Atonement’ when a friend of Ian McEwan suggested dropping the word ‘An’. The publishers were then in a rush to change the artwork and print layout before the books were printed. This may explain why none of the usual paperback proofs were produced.
3. Waterstones Edition – movie tie-in
Jonathan Cape. Published 2007. Hardback. Prussian blue endpapers, title, half-title, [iii], 370 pages numbered 3-372, 1 blank, [i]. Pages 232mm x 150mm. Black cloth; down spine in gilt: ‘IAN McEWAN ATONEMENT (Cape logo)’. Includes a blue fabric bookmark. ISBN 0-224-08537-3.
Dustjacket. 563mm x 241mm. Front: a colour photo of a girl sitting on stone steps (this is a still from the movie of Atonement and the girl, played by Saoirse Ronan, in the same pose as the photo on the first edition dustjacket) with below in cream: ‘IAN McEWAN’, and in orange ‘ATONEMENT’. Price on front flap £25.00.
Note: This edition was produced exclusively for Waterstones bookshops in the UK.
4. Everyman Edition
Everyman’s Library. Published 2014. Hardback. White endpapers with the Everyman’s logo in gold, title, half-title, 23 pages numbered vii-xxix (introduction, bibliography and chronology), [iii], 372 pages numbered 7-378, 1 blank, [i], [iv] (list of other Everyman titles), 1 blank, [i]. Pages 211mm x 122mm. Red cloth; down spine in gilt: ‘IAN McEWAN (rising sun logo) ATONEMENT EVERYMAN’S LIBRARY’. Includes a gold-coloured fabric bookmark. ISBN 0-375-71247-0.
Dustjacket. 563mm x 241mm. Front: a colour photo of Ian McEwan sitting amongst piles of books and in white within a black rectangle: ‘Ian McEwan’, below in white ‘ATONEMENT’, and lower down ‘(Everyman logo) | EVERYMAN’S LIBRARY | INTRODUCTION BY CLAIRE MESSUD’. Price on front flap £12.99.
5. Folio Society Edition
The Folio Society. Published 2017. Hardback. Red endpapers with wavy lines, half-title, [i], title, [x], 347 pages numbered 7-353, [i], 1 blank. Includes 9 illustrations by Tina Berning. Pages 233mm x 153mm. Illustrated boards quarter bound in light red cloth. Text down the spine in white ‘ATONEMENT IAN McEWAN (Folio Society logo)’. No dustjacket but comes in a red paper covered slipcase. No ISBN.
See photos below.
b. USA Edition
1a. First Edition
Nan A. Talese / Doubleday. Published 19th March 2002. Hardback. Light grey endpapers, half title, title, [iii], 349 pages numbered 3-351, [iii], 1 blank. Pages 233mm x 158mm. Black boards quarter bound in dark grey cloth. Down spine in metallic red: ‘ATONEMENT (graphic device) IAN McEWAN (tree logo) NAN A. TALESE DOUBLEDAY’. ISBN 0-385-50395-4.
Dustjacket. 546mm x 241mm. Front: a black and white photo of a large country house with in silver at top: ‘IAN McEWAN’ and in black, ‘AUTHOR OF BOOKER PRIZE WINNER AMSTERDAM’, in the centre in black ‘A NOVEL’ and at the bottom in white ‘ATONEMENT’. Price on front flap $26.00.
1b. First Edition – signed limited edition
Nan A. Talese / Doubleday. Published 19th March 2002. Hardback. Light grey endpapers, [i], half title, title, [iii], 349 pages numbered 3-351, [iii], 1 blank. Pages 233mm x 158mm. Black boards quarter bound in dark grey cloth. Down spine in metallic red: ‘ATONEMENT (graphic device) IAN McEWAN (tree logo) NAN A. TALESE DOUBLEDAY’. ISBN 0-385-50395-4.
Dustjacket. 546mm x 241mm. Front: a black and white photo of a large country house with in silver at top: ‘IAN McEWAN’ and in black, ‘AUTHOR OF BOOKER PRIZE WINNER AMSTERDAM’, in the centre in black ‘A NOVEL’ and at the bottom in white ‘ATONEMENT’. Price on front flap $26.00.
Note: This is exactly the same as the standard First Edition but with the addition of a tipped in page before the half title with the text, ‘This is one of five hundred copies of the first edition of Atonement signed by the author.’. Underneath it is signed in black ink by Ian McEwan. Most of these appear to have been distributed to the book trade in the USA.
2. Proof
Nan A. Talese / Doubleday. Paperback. [ii], title, [ii], half title, [i], 298 pages numbered 3-300, [iii], 1 blank. Pages 233mm x 150mm. Front: a black and white photo of a large country house with in black at top: ‘ADVANCE READING COPY NOT FOR SALE’, in silver ‘IAN McEWAN’ and in black, ‘AUTHOR OF BOOKER PRIZE WINNER AMSTERDAM’, in the centre in black ‘A NOVEL’ and at the bottom in white ‘ATONEMENT’; down the spine in grey, ‘IAN McEWAN’, in white ‘ATONEMENT’ and in black ‘(tree logo) Nan A. TALESE DOUBLEDAY’.
See photos below.
