C7

Roddy Doyle – Brilliant

C7 a. Ireland Edition

1. First Edition

Dublin UNESCO City of Literature. Published March 2011. Paperback. 31 pages numbered 1-31. Pages 240mm x 161mm. The wrappers include the first and last pages of text with the title at the top of page 1.

Note 1: This is an embryonic version of the full novel. It was published for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2011 and Dublin UNESCO City of Literature.

C7 b. UK Edition

1. First Edition

Macmillan Children’s. Published 8th May 2014. Hardback. Illustrated map of Dublin endpapers, half-title, title, [i], 250 pages numbered 1-250. Pages 196mm x 127mm. Black boards; down spine in metallic blue ‘RODDY DOYLE  BRILLIANT  (Macmillan logo)’.

Dustjacket. 490mm x 204mm. Front: a cartoon of a large black dog against a background of buildings and children running; in pale blue ‘A magical, moving, marvellous story | from one of Ireland’s favourite authors’, in white ‘RODDY | DOYLE’, and in yellow ‘BRILLIANT’. ISBN 978-1-4472-4880-4. Price on front flap £10.99.

Note 1: lllustrations are by Chris Judge.

2. Proof

Macmillan Children’s. Paperback. Half-title, title, [i], 232 pages numbered 1-232. Pages 197mm x 123mm. Front: purple and blue with sample dialogue in black and white; in blue ‘BRILLIANT’, in white ‘RODDY DOYLE’, in blue ‘MACMILLAN CHILDREN’S BOOKS UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY’.

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C7 c. USA Edition

1. First Edition

Amulet. Published September 2015. Hardback. Brown boards with a silhouette of a large black dog on the front board.

Dustjacket. Front: an illustration of a large dog and two children running; at the top in yellow ‘WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE | RODDY DOYLE’, in white on the dog’s back ‘Brilliant’, and at the bottom in yellow ‘’Beautiful, moving and funny.’ – Telegraph (London)’. ISBN 978-1-4197-1479-5. Price on back cover USA $16.95 Canada $19.95.

2. Proof

Amulet. Paperback. [i], title, [i], 179 pages numbered 1-179, [ii], 1 blank. Pages 231mm x 141mm. Front: an illustration of a large dog and two children running; at the top in yellow ‘RODDY DOYLE’, in white on the dog’s back ‘Brilliant’, in black a quote from the Sydney Morning Herald, and at the bottom right in a red square with white text ‘FREE | UNCORRECTED | PROOF | NOT FOR SALE’.

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