A17
Roddy Doyle – The Guts
A17 a. UK Edition
1. First Edition
Jonathan Cape. Published August 2013. Hardback. Black endpapers, half-title, title, [i], 328 pages numbered 1-328, [i]. Pages 233mm x 148mm. Red boards; down spine in gilt ‘The | Guts RODDY DOYLE (Cape logo)’.
Dustjacket. 560mm x 240mm. Front: a white brick wall with a torn and crumpled concert poster; in black ‘JONATHAN CAPE PRESENTS’, in white script ‘The | Guts’, in red ‘RODDY | DOYLE’, and in black ‘AUTHOR OF THE | COMMITMENTS’. ISBN 978-0-224-09832-8. Price on front flap £12.99.
2. Proof
Jonathan Cape. Paperback. Half-title, title, [i], 328 pages numbered 1-328, [i]. Pages 233mm x 148mm. Front: a white brick wall with a torn and crumpled concert poster; in black ‘JONATHAN CAPE PRESENTS’, in white script ‘The | Guts’, in red ‘RODDY | DOYLE’, and in black ‘AUTHOR OF THE | COMMITMENTS’, and on a red band across the bottom right corner ‘The return of | JIMMY RABBITTE’.
3. Paperback Edition
Vintage. Paperback. Half-title, title, [i], 328 pages numbered 1-328, [i]. Pages 197mm x 125mm. Front: a red brick wall with a torn and crumpled concert poster; in black ‘FEATURING JIMMY RABBITTE FROM’, in white ‘THE COMMITMENTS’, in white script ‘The | Guts’, in red ‘RODDY | DOYLE’, in black ‘AUTHOR OF THE | COMMITMENTS’, in red a quote from Irish Post, and on a red disc in white text ‘INCLUDES | SHORT STORY | JIMMY JAZZ’; in the bottom right in white ‘VINTAGE’.
Note 1: Includes the short story ‘Jimmy Jazz’, when Jimmy Rabbitte goes to a jazz concert.
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A17 b. USA Edition
1. First Edition
Viking. Published 27th January 2014. Hardback. White endpapers, half-title, title, [i], 328 pages numbered 1-328. Pages 227mm x 148mm. Black boards quarter bound in jonquil; down spine in black ‘Roddy Doyle The Guts VIKING’.
Dustjacket. 541mm x 235mm. Front: a cerulean background with a sketch of a drum kit with an IV drip attached; in yellow ‘THE | GUTS’, in black ‘Author of THE COMMITMENTS’ and in yellow ‘RODDY DOYLE’. ISBN 978-0-670-01643-3. Price on front flap $27.95.
2. Proof
Viking. Paperback. Half-title, title, [i], 328 pages numbered 1-328. Pages 228mm x 148mm. Front: a cerulean background with a sketch of a drum kit with an IV drip attached; in yellow ‘THE | GUTS’, in black ‘A novel | Author of THE COMMITMENTS’ and in yellow ‘RODDY DOYLE’, and across the top in white ‘ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOFS – NOT FOR SALE’.
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