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Ian McEwan – In Between The Sheets

a. UK Edition

1. First Edition

Jonathan Cape. Published January 1978. Hardback. White endpapers, half-title, title, [iii], 134 pages numbered 11-144. Pages 198mm x 126mm. Black cloth; down spine in gilt lettering: ‘IN BETWEEN THE SHEETS  Ian McEwan  (Cape logo)’. ISBN 0-224-01556-7.

Dustjacket. 472mm x 205mm. Front: Black with in white: ‘IAN McEWAN | Winner of the 1976 | Somerset Maugham Award’ and in blue ‘IN | BETWEEN | THE | SHEETS’. Price on front flap £3.50.

2. Proof

Jonathan Cape. Paperback. [i], title, [iii], 134 pages numbered 11-144. Pages 196mm x 121mm. Dark peach wrappers with repeated Cape logo and text in black; the spine is blank.

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b. USA Edition

  1. First Edition

Simon & Schuster. Published 1st August 1979. Hardback. Lavender pink endpapers, [i], title, [ii], 143 pages numbered 11-153, [i]. Pages 210mm x 134mm. Lavender pink paper boards quarter bound in black cloth. Down spine in silver lettering: ‘In Between The Sheets  Ian McEwan  SIMON AND SCHUSTER’. ISBN 0-671-24290-3.

Dustjacket. 506mm x 214mm. Front: a painting of a naked woman on a bed and below in dark purple: ‘In Between the | Sheets’ and in black: ‘& And Other Stories By | IAN McEWAN’. Price on front flap $8.95.

2. Proof

Simon & Schuster. Paperback. [i], title, [ii], 143 pages numbered 11-153. Pages 210mm x 132mm. Mustard yellow wrappers with on front cover publication data in black; the spine is blank.

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