A6
Roddy Doyle – The Woman Who Walked Into Doors
A6 a. UK Edition
1. First Edition
Jonathan Cape. Published 1996. Hardback. White endpapers, half-title, title, [ii], 226 pages numbered 1-226. Pages 215mm x 128mm. Red boards; down spine in black ‘RODDY DOYLE THE WOMAN WHO WALKED INTO DOORS (Cape logo)’.
Dustjacket. 513mm x 221mm. Front: a photo of a fridge door with multi-coloured magnetic letters spelling ‘THE WOMAN WHO WALKED INTO DOORS’; above in white text on a red background ‘RODDY DOYLE’. ISBN 0-224-04272-6. Price on front flap £14.99.
2. Proof
Jonathan Cape. Paperback. Half-title, title, [ii], 226 pages numbered 1-226. Pages 215mm x 135mm. Front: a photo of a fridge door with multi-coloured magnetic letters spelling ‘THE WOMAN WHO WALKED INTO DOORS’; above in white text on a red background ‘RODDY DOYLE’ and in black ‘JONATHAN CAPE UNCORRECTED BOOK PROOF’.
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A6 b. USA Edition
1. First Edition
Viking. Published 17th April 1996. Hardback. Blue endpapers, [i], half-title, title, [iii], 226 pages numbered 1-226, [i]. Pages 212mm x 130mm. Orange peel boards quarter bound in black cloth; down spine in metallic blue ‘RODDY | DOYLE The Woman Who Walked Into Doors VIKING’.
Dustjacket. 510mm x 221mm. Front: a graphic of a house shape with a key superimposed at the top; across the centre a chrome yellow band with in pink ‘RODDY | DOYLE‘, and superimposed over that in black script ‘The Woman | Who Walked | Into Doors’; at the bottom in black on a white bar ‘A NOVEL’ and below in white ‘by the author of the bestselling PADDY CLARKE HA HA HA’. ISBN 0-670-86775-6. Price on front flap $22.95.
2. Galley Proof
Viking. Paperback. Title, [ii], 234 pages numbered 1-237 (page 1 is the verso of the dedication page following the title and the remaining pages are hand numbered 5-237), 1 blank. Pages 254mm x 173mm. Front: white with text in black.
Note 1: There are several hand corrections to the text.
3. Proof
Viking. Paperback. Half-title, title, [ii], 226 pages numbered 1-226, 2 blanks. Pages 216mm x 136mm. Front: pale sage green with text in black.
4. Reading Group Guide
Viking. Paperback. Paper wrappers with 8 pages of text. This includes a short biography of Roddy Doyle, a summary of the book, an interview with Doyle, questions for book club discussions and a summary of other books by Doyle. ISBN 0-671-77480-4 (pack of 10).
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