A27
Ian McEwan – Sweet Tooth
A27 a. UK Edition
1. First Edition
Jonathan Cape. Published 21st August 2012. Hardback. Black endpapers, half-title, title, [ii], 320 pages numbered 1-320, 1 blank, [i], 2 blanks. Pages 233mm x 148mm. Black cloth boards; down spine in gilt: ‘IAN McEWAN SWEET TOOTH (Cape logo)’. ISBN 0-224-09737-6.
Dustjacket. 562mm x 240mm. Front: a photo of a woman in a red dress and in white ‘SWEET TOOTH | IAN McEWAN’. Price on front flap £18.99.
2. Proof
Jonathan Cape. Paperback. Half title, title, [ii], 320 pages numbered 1-320, 1 blank, [i], 2 blanks. Pages 234mm x 149mm. Front: Black with in white ‘IAN | McEWAN | SWEET | TOOTH’ and at the bottom in white ‘FREE UNCORRECTED JONATHAN CAPE PROOF – NOT FOR RESALE’. Down the spine in white ‘SWEET TOOTH IAN McEWAN (Cape logo)’.
3. London Review Bookshop Limited Edition
London Review Bookshop. Published 2012. Hardback. Brown Sugar endpapers, half title, [i] limitation page, title, [ii], 320 pages numbered 1-320, 1 blank, [i], 2 blanks. Pages 234mm x 152mm. Top edge sprayed orange. ISBN 0-224-09737-6. No dustjacket.
Slipcase. Spanish Orange cloth edges with orange and fawn patterned paper on the sides.
- Orange and fawn patterned boards quarter bound in Harmatan Yellow 30 leather; down spine in gilt: ‘SWEET TOOTH IAN McEWAN (LRB logo)’. Seventy five copies hand-numbered 1-75 and signed by Ian McEwan.
- Full bound in Harmatan Yellow 30 leather; down spine in gilt: ‘SWEET TOOTH IAN McEWAN (LRB logo)’. Twenty five copies hand-numbered i to xxv and signed by Ian McEwan.
Note 1: One binder’s copy of the full leather bound version, unsigned and unnumbered, has been recorded (MW collection).
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A27 b. USA Edition
1. First Edition
Nan A. Talese / Doubleday. Published 13th November 2012. Hardback. White endpapers, 1 blank, half title, title, [iii], 301 pages numbered 1-301, [iii]. Pages 232mm x 151mm. Red boards quarter bound in caramel cloth. Down spine in gilt: ‘IAN McEWAN SWEET TOOTH (tree logo) NAN A. TALESE DOUBLEDAY’. ISBN 0-385-53682-0.
Dustjacket. 541mm x 240mm. Front: A sepia-tinted photo of a woman on a railway platform with in green ‘Ian McEwan’, in black ‘Author of | ATONEMENT’ and in metallic red ‘Sweet Tooth’. At the bottom in black ‘**A NOVEL**’. Price on front flap $26.95.
2. Proof
Nan A. Talese / Doubleday. Paperback. [i], title, [iii], 321 pages numbered 1-321, [ii]. Pages 233mm x 152mm. Front: Pale blue with at top in grey ‘UNCORRECTED PROOF . NOT FOR SALE’, in dark blue ‘IAN | McEWAN | SWEET TOOTH’, and in grey ‘A NOVEL’.
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A27c. Canada Edition
1. First Edition
Alfred A Knopf, Canada. Published 28th August 2012. Hardback. White endpapers, 1 blank, half title, title, [ii], 320 pages numbered 1-320, 1 blank, [i], 2 blanks. Pages 227mm x 149mm. Red paper covered boards quarter bound in black. Down spine in gilt: ‘IAN McEWAN SWEET TOOTH (Borzoi logo) KNOPF CANADA’. ISBN 978-0-307-36334-3.
Dustjacket. 530mm x 235mm. Front: A photo of a staircase with a woman ascending and a man descending, with text in white ‘IAN McEWAN’, in yellow ‘Sweet Tooth’ and in white ‘A NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF | ATONEMENT’. Price on front flap CAN. $29.95.
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