A13

Roddy Doyle – The Deportees

A13 a. UK Edition

1. First Edition

Jonathan Cape. Published September 2007. Hardback. Oxford blue endpapers, half-title, title, [iii], [ii] foreword, 242 pages numbered 1-242. Pages 214mm x 132mm. Black boards; down spine in gilt ‘RODDY DOYLE  THE DEPORTEES  (Cape logo)’.

Dustjacket. 527mm x 222mm. Front: a photo of a rock band on a white background; at the top in black ‘RODDY | DOYLE’ and below in blue ‘THE | DEPORTEES’ and in black ‘and other stories’. ISBN 978-0-224-08061-3. Price on front flap £16.99.

2. Proof

Jonathan Cape. Paperback. Half-title, title, [iii], [ii] foreword, 242 pages numbered 1-242. Pages 216mm x 129mm. Front: a photo of a rock band on a white background; at the top in blue ‘THE | DEPORTEES’ and in black ‘and other stories’, and below in black ‘RODDY | DOYLE’ and  ‘Free Uncorrected Jonathan Cape Bound Proof – Not for Resale’.

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A13 b. USA Edition

1. First Edition

Viking. Published 14th January 2008. Hardback. White endpapers, half-title, title, [iii], [ii] foreword, 242 pages numbered 1-242. Pages 208mm x 136mm. Mustard yellow boards quarter bound in black; down spine in red ‘Roddy Doyle  The Deportees  VIKING’.

Dustjacket. 510mm x 215mm. Front: a cropped photo of a man and a woman; in yellow ‘tHe | DEPORTEES | and other | stories’, in white ‘RODDY | DOYLE’, and in yellow ‘author of | PADDY CLARKE HA HA HA’. ISBN 978-0-670-01845-1. Price on front flap $24.95.

2. Proof

Viking. Paperback. Half-title, title, [iii], [ii] foreword, 242 pages numbered 1-242, 1 blank. Pages 209mm x 133mm. Front: a cropped photo of a man and a woman; in yellow ‘tHe | DEPORTEES | and other | stories!’, in white ‘RODDY | DOYLE’, and in yellow ‘author of PAULA SPENCER’, and a white band across the top with in black ‘ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOFS – NOT FOR SALE’.

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