B1
Roddy Doyle – Rory & Ita
B1 a. UK Edition
1. First Edition
Jonathan Cape. Published November 2002. Hardback. Burgundy endpapers, half-title, title, [iii], 338 pages numbered 1-338, 2 blanks. Pages 214mm x 131mm. Black boards; down spine in gilt ‘RODDY DOYLE | RORY & ITA (Cape logo)’.
Dustjacket. 530mm x 223mm. Front: a colourised photo of a man and a woman on a building site; in red text ‘RODDY | DOYLE’, and in white ‘RORY & ITA’. ISBN 0-224-06923-3. Price on front flap £16.99.
2. Proof
Jonathan Cape. Paperback. Half-title, title, [iii], 338 pages numbered 1-338, 2 blanks. Pages 215mm x 131mm. Front: three Doyle family photographs; in black ‘A TENDER AND COMPELLING | MEMOIR FROM IRELAND’S | MOST FAMOUS LIVING WRITER’, in red ‘RODDY DOYLE’, in maroon ‘RORY & ITA’, in black a quote from Ita Doyle; sideways down the lower right corner in red ‘A JONATHAN CAPE UNCORRECTED PROOF’.
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B1 b. USA Edition
1. First Edition
Viking. Published 11th November 2002. Hardback. White endpapers, half-title, title, [iii], 338 pages numbered 1-338, 2 blanks. Pages 208mm x 136mm. White boards with flecking; down spine in metallic red ‘RODDY DOYLE Rory & Ita viking’.
Dustjacket. 515mm x 215mm. Front: a colourised photo of a man and a woman on a building site; in red text ‘RODDY | DOYLE’, in dark blue ‘Bestselling author of A STAR CALLED HENRY’, and at the bottom ‘Rory & Ita’. ISBN 0-670-03204-2. Price on front flap $23.95.
2. Proof
Viking. Paperback. Half-title, title, [iii], 338 pages numbered 1-338. Pages 209mm x 132mm. Front: a colourised photo of a man and a woman on a building site; in red text ‘RODDY | DOYLE’, in dark blue ‘Bestselling author of A STAR CALLED HENRY’, and at the bottom ‘Rory & Ita’.; a white band above the photo with in dark blue ‘ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOFS NOT FOR SALE’.
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B1 c. Canada Edition
1. First Edition
Knopf Canada. Published December 2002. Hardback.
Dustjacket. Front: a colourised photo of a man and a woman on a building site; in red text ‘RODDY | DOYLE’, and in white ‘RORY & ITA’. ISBN 0-676-97566-6. Price on front flap $37.95.
2. Proof
Knopf Canada. Paperback. Half-title, title, [iii], 338 pages numbered 1-338, 1 blank, [i]. Pages 212mm x 129mm. Front: Beige with a black & beige photo of a man and a woman on a building site; in black text ‘RODDY | DOYLE’, and in white ‘RORY & ITA’; at the bottom in black ‘This is an uncorrected proof. Do not quote from this material | without comparing to the finished book.’.
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