A31

Ian McEwan – Machines Like Me

a. UK Edition

1. First Edition

Jonathan Cape. Published 18th April 2019. Hardback. Navy blue endpapers, half-title, title, [ii], 306 pages numbered 1-306, 1 blank, [i], 1 blank. Pages 233mm x 150mm. Navy blue boards; down spine in silver: ‘IAN McEWAN  MACHINES LIKE ME  (Cape logo)’. ISBN 1-787-33166-2.

Dustjacket. 564mm x 240mm. Front: Black with an image of the head and shoulders of a male mannequin; above in white ‘IAN McEWAN’ and below in black ‘MACHINES LIKE ME’. Price on front flap £18.99.

2. Proof

Jonathan Cape. Paperback. Half title, title, [ii], 306 pages numbered 1-306. Pages 233mm x 150mm. Front: Shades of grey varying from dark at the top to light at the bottom; in white ‘Before us sat the | ultimate plaything, | the dream of ages, | the triumph of | humanism – or its | angel of death.’. Pale orange spine with in black ‘Machines Like Me  Ian McEwan  (Cape logo)’.

Note: The cover appears to have faded and the back a stain from top to bottom. However, a comparison of several copies confirms that this is the original cover design.

3. Waterstone’s Exclusive Edition

Jonathan Cape. Published 18th April 2019. Hardback. Navy blue endpapers, half-title, title, [iii], 306 pages numbered 1-306, 1 blank, [ii], 7 pages numbered 313-319 (the short story Düssel), 3 blanks. Pages 233mm x 147mm. A blue fabric bookmark is tipped in. Navy blue boards; down spine in silver: ‘IAN McEWAN  MACHINES LIKE ME  (Cape logo)’. ISBN 1-787-33166-2 (on publication data page), but on the back cover the ISBN and barcode panel has a sticker over it with ISBN 978-1-785-17538-1.

Dustjacket. 564mm x 240mm. Front: Black with an image of the head and shoulders of a male mannequin; above in white ‘IAN McEWAN’ and below in black ‘MACHINES LIKE ME’. Price on front flap £18.99.

4. London Review Bookshop Limited Edition

London Review Bookshop. Published 2019. Hardback. Black endpapers, 1 blank, half title, [i] limitation page, title, [ii], 306 pages numbered 1-306, 1 blank, [i]. Pages 233mm x 154mm. ISBN 1-787-33166-2. No dustjacket.

Slipcase. Pale blue-green cloth; on one side a small white panel with a graphic in teal of a human head with cog wheels inside.

  1. Blue-green boards quarter bound in Harmatan Teal leather; on the front board a small white panel with a graphic in teal of a human head with cog wheels inside; down spine in gilt: ‘MACHINES LIKE ME  IAN McEWAN  (LRB logo)’. Seventy five copies hand-numbered 1-75 and signed by Ian McEwan.
  2. Full bound in Harmatan Teal leather; on the front board a small white panel with a graphic in teal of a human head with cog wheels inside; down spine in gilt: ‘MACHINES LIKE ME  IAN McEWAN  (LRB logo)’. Twenty five copies hand-numbered i to xxv and signed by Ian McEwan.

Note: All copies include, in a pouch on the rear pastedown, three facsimile pages of Ian McEwan’s original notes for the novel.

See photos below.

b. USA Edition

1. First Edition

Nan A. Talese / Doubleday. Published 23rd April 2019. Hardback. White endpapers, 1 blank, half title, [i], title, [iii], 333 pages numbered 1-333, [ii]. Pages 208mm x 141mm. Black boards quarter bound in black cloth. Down spine in silver: ‘Ian McEwan  MACHINES LIKE ME  (tree logo) NAN A. TALESE DOUBLEDAY’. ISBN 0-385-54511-2.

Dustjacket. 515mm x 211mm. Front: Blue with an image of the head and shoulders of a male mannequin; above in white ‘MACHINES LIKE ME’, to one side ‘A NOVEL’ and below in white ‘IAN McEWAN | Author of ATONEMENT’. Price on front flap £26.95.

Note 1: At the time of publication copies were put on sale with a ‘Signed First Edition’ sticker on the dustjacket front. These have an additional leaf, signed by Ian McEwan, tipped-in before the half title.

2. Proof

Nan A. Talese / Doubleday. Paperback. 1 blank, half title, [i], title, [iii], 333 pages numbered 1-333, [ii]. Pages 210mm x 134mm. Front: White with publication data in black. Down spine in black ‘MACHINES LIKE ME  IAN McEWAN  On Sale April 2019  (tree logo) NAN A. TALESE’.

See photos below.