A17
Tom Stoppard – The Coast Of Utopia
A17 a. UK Edition
1a. First Edition Hardback (3 volumes)
Faber and Faber. Published 5th August 2002.
i. Part 1 – Voyage: Hardback. Dark blue endpapers, half-title, title, [v], 112 pages numbered 3-114, 1 blank. Pages 196mm x 123mm. Black paper covered boards; down spine in pale yellow: ‘TOM STOPPARD Voyage (ff logo)’.
Dustjacket. 456mm x 204mm. Front: the painting Storm on Cape Aya by Aivazovsky in shades of purple and white; at the top left in white ‘Tom Stoppard’, in lilac ‘Voyage’ and in white ‘The Coast of Utopia part I’; in the bottom right corner in black ‘(ff logo)’. ISBN 0-571-21660-9. Price on front flap £14.99.
ii. Part 2 – Shipwreck: Hardback. Dark brown endpapers, half-title, title, [v], 104 pages numbered 3-106, 5 blanks. Pages 196mm x 123mm. Black paper covered boards; down spine in pale yellow: ‘TOM STOPPARD Shipwreck (ff logo)’.
Dustjacket. 455mm x 204mm. Front: the painting Storm on Cape Aya by Aivazovsky in shades of brown and white; at the top left in white ‘Tom Stoppard’, in fawn ‘Shipwreck’ and in white ‘The Coast of Utopia part II’; in the bottom right corner in black ‘(ff logo)’. ISBN 0-571-21662-5. Price on front flap £14.99.
iii. Part 3 – Salvage: Hardback. Orange endpapers, half-title, title, [v], 117 pages numbered 3-119, 6 blanks. Pages 196mm x 123mm. Black paper covered boards; down spine in pale yellow: ‘TOM STOPPARD Salvage (ff logo)’.
Dustjacket. 456mm x 204mm. Front: the painting Storm on Cape Aya by Aivazovsky in shades of orange and white; at the top left in white ‘Tom Stoppard’, in apricot ‘Salvage’ and in white ‘The Coast of Utopia part III’; in the bottom right corner in black ‘(ff logo)’. ISBN 0-571-21664-1. Price on front flap £14.99.
1b. First Edition Paperback (3 volumes)
Faber and Faber. Published 5th August 2002.
i. Part 1 – Voyage: Paperback. Half-title, title, [v], 112 pages numbered 3-114, 1 blank. Pages 197mm x 120mm. Front: purple with in the centre the painting Storm on Cape Aya by Aivazovsky in shades of purple and white; above in white ‘(ff logo) | Tom Stoppard’, in lilac ‘Voyage’ and in white ‘The Coast of Utopia part I’. ISBN 0-571-21661-7. Price on back cover £8.99.
ii. Part 2 – Shipwreck: Paperback. Half-title, title, [v], 104 pages numbered 3-106, 5 blanks. Pages 197mm x 120mm. Front: dark brown with in the centre the painting Storm on Cape Aya by Aivazovsky in shades of brown and white; above in white ‘(ff logo) | Tom Stoppard’, in fawn ‘Shipwreck’ and in white ‘The Coast of Utopia part II’. ISBN 0-571-21663-3. Price on back cover £8.99.
iii. Part 3 – Salvage: Paperback. Half-title, title, [v], 117 pages numbered 3-119, 1 blank. Pages 197mm x 120mm. Front: orange with in the centre the painting Storm on Cape Aya by Aivazovsky in shades of orange and white; above in black ‘(ff logo) | Tom Stoppard’, in white ‘Salvage’ and in black ‘The Coast of Utopia part III’. ISBN 0-571-21665-X. Price on back cover £8.99.
2. Single Volume Edition
Faber and Faber. Published 6th March 2008. Paperback. Half-title, title, [ii], [iii] Stoppard’s introduction, [iii], 330 pages numbered 7-336, 1 blank. Pages 198mm x 121mm. Front: the painting Storm on Cape Aya by Aivazovsky in shades of blue and white; at the top in white ‘(ff logo) | Tom Stoppard’, in yellow ‘The Coast of Utopia’, and in pale pink ‘Voyage Shipwreck Salvage’. ISBN 978-0-571-22017-5. Price on back cover £12.99.
Note 1: This edition includes Stoppard’s revisions to the text for the 2006 production at the Lincoln Centre, New York.
See photos below.
A17 b. USA Edition
1a. First Edition Hardback (3 volumes)
Grove Press. Published August 2003.
i. Part 1 – Voyage: Hardback. Black endpapers, half-title, title, [v], 112 pages numbered 1-114. Pages 208mm x 135mm. Dark green cloth; down spine in gilt: ‘TOM STOPPARD . VOYAGE (Grove logo)’. ISBN 0-8021-1760-0. Issued with no dustjacket.
ii. Part 2 – Shipwreck: Hardback. Black endpapers, half-title, title, [vi], 107 pages numbered 1-107, 2 blanks. Pages 208mm x 135mm. Carmine cloth; down spine in gilt: ‘TOM STOPPARD . SHIPWRECK (Grove logo)’. ISBN 0-8021-1761-9. Issued with no dustjacket.
iii. Part 3 – Salvage: Hardback. Black endpapers, half-title, title, [vi], 120 pages numbered 1-120, 4 blanks. Pages 208mm x 135mm. Blue cloth; down spine in gilt: ‘TOM STOPPARD . SALVAGE (Grove logo)’. ISBN 0-8021-1762-7. Issued with no dustjacket.
Slipcase: The three volumes were issued in a card slipcase. The artwork on three sides is a painting of a 19th century street scene in front of the Kremlin. ISBN 0-8021-4003-3. Price on bottom panel $49.95.
1b. First Edition Paperback (3 volumes)
Grove Press. Published August 2003.
i. Part 1 – Voyage: Paperback. Half-title, title, [v], 114 pages numbered 1-114. Pages 208mm x 135mm. Front: a painting of a 19th century street scene in front of the Kremlin; above a gold band with in black ‘TOM STOPPARD’, below in gold script ‘The Coast of | Utopia part I’, and below that between gold parentheses and in black ‘VOYAGE’. ISBN 0-8021-4004-1. Price on back cover $13.
ii. Part 2 – Shipwreck: Paperback. Half-title, title, [vi], 107 pages numbered 1-107, 2 blanks. Pages 208mm x 135mm. Front: a painting of dead bodies in a street; above a gold band with in black ‘TOM STOPPARD’, below in gold script ‘The Coast of | Utopia part II’, and below that between gold parentheses and in black ‘SHIPWRECK’. ISBN 0-8021-4005-X. Price on back cover $13.
iii. Part 3 – Salvage: Paperback. Half-title, title, [vi], 120 pages numbered 1-120, 4 blanks. Pages 208mm x 135mm. Front: a painting of riverbank and bridge; above a gold band with in black ‘TOM STOPPARD’, below in gold script ‘The Coast of | Utopia part III’, and below that between gold parentheses and in black ‘SALVAGE’. ISBN 0-8021-4006-8. Price on back cover $13.
2. Single Volume Edition
Grove Press. Published 6th November 2007. Paperback. [ii], title, [ii], [ii] Stoppard’s introduction, [iv], 341 pages numbered 7-347, 2 blanks. Pages 209mm x 132mm. Front: a painting of a 19th century street scene in front of the Kremlin; above in black ‘TOM STOPPARD’, in black script ‘The Coast of | Utopia’, and below that in black ‘VOYAGE | SHIPWRECK | SALVAGE’; at the bottom right in white a quote from the New York Times. ISBN 0-8021-4340-7. Price on back cover $15.
3. Limited Edition
Grove Press. Published 6th November 2007. Hardback. Endpapers feature an illustration of a Russian river scene; [i] limitation page, [i], title, [ii], [ii] Stoppard’s introduction, [iv], 341 pages numbered 7-347, 2 blanks. Pages 208mm x 132mm. Purple cloth; on the front cover in gilt script ‘The Coast of | Utopia’ and below in gilt between parentheses ‘VOYAGE | SHIPWRECK | SALVAGE’; down spine in gilt script ‘The Coast of | Utopia’ and in gilt ‘(Grove logo)’. ISBN 0-8021-1865-8.
Slipcase. Purple cloth covered card. Front: in gilt ‘TOM STOPPARD’. Down spine in gilt script ‘The Coast of | Utopia’.
Note 1: This edition was limited to 250 numbered copies. Each copy signed by Tom Stoppard.
Note 2: The MW collection incudes a binder’s copy which has no number on the limitation page but is signed by Stoppard.
4. Music Soundtrack
Ghostlight Records. 8-4422. CD released 2007. Music from the Lincoln Center Theater production composed and arranged by Mark Bennett.
See photos below.
Theatrical Performances
Voyage
UK Premiere: 27th June 2002 at the Olivier Theatre, London
USA Premiere: 17th October 2006 at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York
Shipwreck
UK Premiere: 8th July 2002 at the Olivier Theatre, London
USA Premiere: 6th December 2006 at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York
Salvage
UK Premiere: 19th July 2002 at the Olivier Theatre, London
USA Premiere: 30th January 2007 at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York
