C3

Roddy Doyle – The Meanwhile Adventures

C3 a. UK Edition

1. First Edition

Scholastic. Published 2004. Hardback. Pale blue endpapers, half-title, title, [i], 163 pages numbered 7-169, 3 blanks. Pages 233mm x 150mm. Illustrated boards showing Rover on the phone and reading a newspaper; down spine in red ‘RODDY DOYLE’, in blue ‘THE MEANWHILE ADVENTURES’ and in black ‘SCHOLASTIC PRESS’.

Dustjacket. 543mm x 240mm. Front: an illustration by Adam Stower of Rover on the phone and reading a newspaper; above in red ‘RODDY DOYLE’, and below in blue ‘THE MEANWHILE | ADVENTURES’. ISBN 0-439-96330-3. Price on front flap UK £9.99.

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C3 b. USA Edition

1. First Edition

Arthur A Levine. Published October 2004. Hardback. Yellow endpapers, title, [i], 169 pages numbered 5-173. Pages 228mm x 147mm. Green boards with an ampersand and border in gilt, quarter-bound in green cloth; down spine in gilt ‘DOYLE  THE MEANWHILE ADVENTURES  (AAL logo) (Scholastic logo)’.

Dustjacket. 540mm x 235mm. Front: an illustration by Brian Ajhar of the characters in the story; above in yellow ‘THE MEANWHILE | ADVENTURES’, below in blue ‘RODDY DOYLE | With Drawing by Brian Ajhar’. ISBN 0-439-66210-9. Price on front flap $16.95 US $22.99 CAN.

2. Proof

Arthur A Levine. Paperback. Title, [i], 169 pages numbered 5-173, 1 blank. Pages 230mm x 148mm. Front: an illustration by Brian Ajhar with a sticker stating ‘For solicitation only. Cover art will change’; at the top in yellow ‘THE MEANWHILE | ADVENTURES’, below in yellow ‘uncorrected proof’, and in blue ‘RODDY DOYLE | With Drawings by Brian Ajhar’.

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