E3

Tom Stoppard – The Dog It Was That Died and Other Plays

E3 a. UK Edition

1a. First Edition Hardback

Faber and Faber. Published 21^st November 1983. Hardback. White endpapers, 2 blanks, half-title, title, [iii], 173 pages numbered 11-183, 2 blanks. Pages 198mm x 121mm. Moccasin yellow cloth; down spine in brown: ‘THE DOG IT WAS THAT DIED AND OTHER PLAYS BY TOM STOPPARD  (ff logo)’.

Dustjacket. 426mm x 204mm. Front: a geometric patterned border in chocolate, burnt umber, light blue and white; in the centre a graphic of floorboards with a chalk outline of a dog; below in black ‘THE DOG IT WAS | THAT DIED AND | OTHER PLAYS’, in brown ‘BY’ and in black ‘TOM STOPPARD’. ISBN 0-571-11984-0. Price on front flap £7.95.

1b. First Edition Paperback

Faber and Faber. Published 21^st November 1983. Paperback. 2 blanks, half-title, title, [iii], 173 pages numbered 11-183, 2 blanks. Pages 196mm x 115mm. Front: a geometric patterned border in chocolate, burnt umber, light blue and white; in the centre a graphic of floorboards with a chalk outline of a dog; below in black ‘THE DOG IT WAS | THAT DIED AND | OTHER PLAYS’, in brown ‘BY’ and in black ‘TOM STOPPARD’. ISBN 0-571-13183-2. Price on back cover £2.95.

Note 1: This edition includes the plays: The Dog It Was That Died; The Dissolution of Dominic Boot; ‘M’ Is For Moon Among Other Things; Teeth; Another Moon Called Earth; Neutral Ground; and A Separate Peace. Apart from The Dog It Was That Died and A Separate Peace this was the first time any of these plays had been made available in print.

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