Vintage Books, 1994 cover
Cover of the Vintage Books, 1994 edition of this book. The Secker & Warburg 1994 jacket has not been photographed yet.
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Secker & Warburg hardback, ISBN 0-436-20158-5, in a pictorial dust jacket. Two dealers treat a white binding (described as white cloth or white boards) as the first or presumed primary state. Black cloth copies are also recorded: one dealer offers a first impression in black cloth as a variant, and the Eton College library holds a copy in the publisher's black cloth. No published bibliography settles the order, so confirm the first impression on the copyright page rather than relying on the binding colour alone.
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Secker & Warburg, London, in 1994, in hardback.
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 28 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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