A2

Roddy Doyle – The Snapper

A2 a. UK Edition

1. First Edition

Secker & Warburg. Published 1990. Hardback. Black endpapers, half-title, title, [i], 216 pages numbered 1-216, 1 blank. Pages 215mm x 130mm. Orange boards; down spine in black: ‘THE SNAPPER | Roddy Doyle  Secker & | Warburg’.

Dustjacket. 479mm x 221mm. Front: a photo/graphical montage of a dancing baby; at the top in yellow ‘THE SNAPPER’, in white ‘Roddy Doyle’, and at the bottom in white ‘Secker & Warburg’. ISBN 0-436-20004-X. Price on front flap £11.95.

Note 1: The MW Collection includes a copy extensively annotated by Roddy Doyle in 2022.

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A2 b. USA Edition

1. First Edition

Penguin. Published August 1992. Paperback. [i], title, [i], 216 pages numbered 1-216, [i]. Pages 196mm x 126mm. Front: a photo montage of a baby floating in the sky above a bank of the River Liffey; at the top in red ‘The | Snapper’, in white ‘a novel’; at the lower left a quote by Maeve Binchy in blue text; at the bottom in red ‘Roddy Doyle, and in blue text ‘Author of THE COMMITMENTS and THE VAN’. ISBN 0-14-017167-3. Price on back cover $10.00.

2. Proof

Penguin. Paperback. [ii], title, [i], 216 pages numbered 1-216, [i]. Pages 195mm x 125mm. Front: orange with text in black. Down the spine in black ‘RODDY DOYLE  The Snapper  PENGUIN BOOKS’.

Note 1: This proof was printed from the UK paperback edition plates and includes a list of books published by Minerva with prices in £GB.

Note 2: Some copies have a handwritten publication date of “8/92” and price “$10.00” on the front cover.

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