A31
Ian McEwan – Machines Like Me
A31 a. UK Edition
1. First Edition
Jonathan Cape. Published 18th April 2019. Hardback. Navy blue endpapers, half-title, title, [ii], 306 pages numbered 1-306, 1 blank, [i], 1 blank. Pages 233mm x 150mm. Navy blue boards; down spine in silver: ‘IAN McEWAN MACHINES LIKE ME (Cape logo)’. ISBN 1-787-33166-2.
Dustjacket. 564mm x 240mm. Front: Black with an image of the head and shoulders of a male mannequin; above in white ‘IAN McEWAN’ and below in black ‘MACHINES LIKE ME’. Price on front flap £18.99.
2. Proof
Jonathan Cape. Paperback. Half title, title, [ii], 306 pages numbered 1-306. Pages 233mm x 150mm. Front: Shades of grey varying from dark at the top to light at the bottom; in white ‘Before us sat the | ultimate plaything, | the dream of ages, | the triumph of | humanism – or its | angel of death.’. Pale orange spine with in black ‘Machines Like Me Ian McEwan (Cape logo)’.
Note: The cover appears to have faded and the back a stain from top to bottom. However, a comparison of several copies confirms that this is the original cover design.
3. Waterstone’s Exclusive Edition
Jonathan Cape. Published 18th April 2019. Hardback. Navy blue endpapers, half-title, title, [iii], 306 pages numbered 1-306, 1 blank, [ii], 7 pages numbered 313-319 (the short story Düssel), 3 blanks. Pages 233mm x 147mm. A blue fabric bookmark is tipped in. Navy blue boards; down spine in silver: ‘IAN McEWAN MACHINES LIKE ME (Cape logo)’. ISBN 1-787-33166-2 (on publication data page), but on the back cover the ISBN and barcode panel has a sticker over it with ISBN 978-1-785-17538-1.
Dustjacket. 564mm x 240mm. Front: Black with an image of the head and shoulders of a male mannequin; above in white ‘IAN McEWAN’ and below in black ‘MACHINES LIKE ME’. Price on front flap £18.99.
4. London Review Bookshop Limited Edition
London Review Bookshop. Published 2019. Hardback. Black endpapers, 1 blank, half title, [i] limitation page, title, [ii], 306 pages numbered 1-306, 1 blank, [i]. Pages 233mm x 154mm. ISBN 1-787-33166-2. No dustjacket.
Slipcase. Pale blue-green cloth; on one side a small white panel with a graphic in teal of a human head with cog wheels inside.
- Blue-green boards quarter bound in Harmatan Teal leather; on the front board a small white panel with a graphic in teal of a human head with cog wheels inside; down spine in gilt: ‘MACHINES LIKE ME IAN McEWAN (LRB logo)’. Seventy five copies hand-numbered 1-75 and signed by Ian McEwan.
- Full bound in Harmatan Teal leather; on the front board a small white panel with a graphic in teal of a human head with cog wheels inside; down spine in gilt: ‘MACHINES LIKE ME IAN McEWAN (LRB logo)’. Twenty five copies hand-numbered i to xxv and signed by Ian McEwan.
Note: All copies include, in a pouch on the rear pastedown, three facsimile pages of Ian McEwan’s original notes for the novel.
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A31 b. USA Edition
1. First Edition
Nan A. Talese / Doubleday. Published 23rd April 2019. Hardback. White endpapers, 1 blank, half title, [i], title, [iii], 333 pages numbered 1-333, [ii]. Pages 208mm x 141mm. Black boards quarter bound in black cloth. Down spine in silver: ‘Ian McEwan MACHINES LIKE ME (tree logo) NAN A. TALESE DOUBLEDAY’. ISBN 0-385-54511-2.
Dustjacket. 515mm x 211mm. Front: Blue with an image of the head and shoulders of a male mannequin; above in white ‘MACHINES LIKE ME’, to one side ‘A NOVEL’ and below in white ‘IAN McEWAN | Author of ATONEMENT’. Price on front flap £26.95.
Note 1: At the time of publication copies were put on sale with a ‘Signed First Edition’ sticker on the dustjacket front. These have an additional leaf, signed by Ian McEwan, tipped-in before the half title.
2. Proof
Nan A. Talese / Doubleday. Paperback. 1 blank, half title, [i], title, [iii], 333 pages numbered 1-333, [ii]. Pages 210mm x 134mm. Front: White with publication data in black. Down spine in black ‘MACHINES LIKE ME IAN McEWAN On Sale April 2019 (tree logo) NAN A. TALESE’.
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A31 c. Canada Edition
1. First Edition
Knopf Canada. Published 23rd April 2019. Hardback. White endpapers, 1 blank, half title, [i], title, [iii], 333 pages numbered 1-333, [ii]. Pages 207mm x 141mm. Black boards quarter bound in black cloth. Down spine in silver: ‘Ian McEwan MACHINES LIKE ME (Borzoi logo) KNOPF CANADA’. ISBN 978-0-7352-7819-6.
Dustjacket. 517mm x 210mm. Front: Blue with an image of the head and shoulders of a male mannequin; above in white ‘MACHINES LIKE ME’, to one side ‘A NOVEL’ and below in white ‘IAN McEWAN | Author of ATONEMENT’. Price on front flap CAN $32.00.
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