C2

Roddy Doyle – Rover Saves Christmas

C2 a. UK Edition

1. First Edition

Scholastic. Published November 2001. Hardback. Red endpapers, half-title, title, [i], 140 pages numbered 7-146, 1 blank, [ii], 4 blanks. Pages 232mm x 147mm. Illustrated boards showing Rover bounding over rooftops with two chamaeleons; down spine in red ‘RODDY DOYLE’, in white ‘ROVER SAVES CHRISTMAS’ and in black ‘SCHOLASTIC PRESS’.

Dustjacket. 542mm x 240mm. Front: an illustration by Charlie Fuge of Rover bounding over rooftops with two chamaeleons; above in red ‘RODDY DOYLE’, and below in blue ‘ROVER SAVES | CHRISTMAS’. ISBN 0-439-99398-9. Price on front flap UK £9.99.

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C2 b. USA Edition

1. First Edition

Arthur A Levine. Published November 2001. Hardback. Yellow endpapers, half-title, title, [ii], 151 pages numbered 9-159. Pages 226mm x 150mm. Green boards with an exclamation mark and border in gilt, quarter-bound in red; down spine in gilt ‘DOYLE  ROVER SAVES CHRISTMAS  (A. Levine logo) ARTHUR A. LEVINE | SCHOLASTIC PRESS’.

Dustjacket. 540mm x 235mm. Front: an illustration by Brian Ajhar of Rover dressed as a reindeer on a chimney; above in metallic red ‘ROVER SAVES | CHRISTMAS’, below in metallic red ‘RODDY DOYLE’, and in black ‘WITH DRAWINGS BY BRIAN AJHAR’. ISBN 0-439-30530-6. Price on front flap $14.95 US $21.99 CAN.

2. Proof

Arthur A Levine. Paperback. [i], title, [ii], 151 pages numbered 9-159. Pages 226mm x 148mm. Front: an illustration by Brian Ajhar of Rover dressed as a reindeer on a chimney; at the top in white ‘Would you leave the future of Christmas up to a dog named Rover ?’, in red ‘ROVER SAVES | CHRISTMAS’, below in red ‘RODDY DOYLE’, in black ‘WITH DRAWINGS BY BRIAN AJHAR | ADVANCE READER’S EDITION’.

Note 1: the illustrations in the proof by Brian Ajhar are sketches and not the final illustrations.

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