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Ian McEwan – Saturday
a. UK Edition
1. First Edition
Jonathan Cape. Published 24th January 2005. Hardback. Prussian Blue endpapers, half-title, title, [iii], 277 pages numbered 3-279. Pages 233mm x 150mm. Black cloth boards; down spine in gilt: ‘IAN McEWAN SATURDAY (Cape logo)’. ISBN 0-224-07299-4.
Dustjacket. 558mm x 241mm. Front: a photo of a row of terrace houses at night with Post Office Tower in the background. Below in cream: ‘IAN McEWAN’, and in orange ‘SATURDAY’. Price on front flap £17.99.
2. Proof
Jonathan Cape. Paperback. Half title, title, [ii], 277 pages numbered 3-279, 1 blank. Pages 235mm x 147mm. Front: black with down the right side in white ‘A JONATHAN CAPE UNCORRECTED PROOF’, and at the bottom in white: ‘IAN McEWAN’, and in grey ‘SATURDAY’. Down the spine in white ‘IAN McEWAN’, and in grey ‘SATURDAY (Cape logo)’.
3. Limited Edition
Jonathan Cape. Published 24th January 2005. Hardback. Prussian Blue endpapers, half-title, [i] limitation page, title, [iii], 277 pages numbered 3-279. Pages 233mm x 150mm. Black cloth; down spine in gilt: ‘IAN McEWAN SATURDAY (Cape logo)’. ISBN 0-224-07687-6. No dustjacket.
Slipcase. Black cloth with an insert on one side of a small version of the hardback dustjacket front with the additional text in orange ‘SIGNED & NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION’. Price sticker on the reverse side for £35.
Note: The book is exactly the same as the first edition except for the tipped in limitation page which is hand numbered ‘n’ of 1500 copies and is signed by Ian McEwan.
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b. USA Edition
1. First Edition
Nan A. Talese / Doubleday. Published 22nd March 2005. Hardback. White endpapers, half title, [i], title, [ii], 289 pages numbered 1-289, [ii]. Pages 233mm x 153mm. Blue boards quarter bound in blue cloth. Down spine in silver: ‘IAN McEWAN (graphic device) SATURDAY (graphic device) (tree logo) NAN A. TALESE DOUBLEDAY’. ISBN 0-385-51180-9.
Dustjacket. 537mm x 241mm. Front: black with a blue and white X-ray effect photo of an alarm clock. Above in white ‘AUTHOR OF ATONEMENT | IAN McEWAN | SATURDAY’ and below ‘A NOVEL’. Price on front flap $26.00.
2. Proof
Nan A. Talese / Doubleday. Paperback. Half title, [i], title, 1 blank, [i], 287 pages numbered 1-287, [iii]. Pages 233mm x 152mm. Front: black with a white border and a blue and white X-ray effect photo of an alarm clock. Above in white ‘AUTHOR OF ATONEMENT | IAN McEWAN | SATURDAY’ and below ‘A NOVEL | BOUND GALLEY . NOT FOR SALE’; down the spine in black, ‘SATURDAY IAN McEWAN (tree logo) NAN A. TALESE DOUBLEDAY’.
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c. Canada Edition
1. First Edition
Knopf Canada. Published 14th February 2005. Hardback. White endpapers, half title, title, [iii], 277 pages numbered 3-279. Pages 233mm x 153mm. Blue cloth boards. Down spine in gilt: ‘IAN McEWAN SATURDAY (Borzoi logo) KNOPF CANADA’. ISBN 0-676-97761-8.
Dustjacket. 558mm x 241mm. Front: a nighttime photo of a man standing at the window of a terrace house. In white: ‘IAN McEWAN’, in coral pink ‘SATURDAY’ and in white ‘A NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF Atonement’. Price on front flap $34.00.
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