Crome Yellow first edition cover, Chatto & Windus 1921
First edition Hardback

Crome Yellow (1921)

Market value

What decides the price

  • It is the first edition, which is the one collectors want.
  • The original dust jacket carries much of the price for a book of this age; its condition matters as much as the book's.
  • Condition is graded separately for book and jacket, from Fine down to Poor.
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In short

Quick answer

Who published the Crome Yellow first edition?
Chatto & Windus, London, in 1921, in hardback.
Publisher's practice

How Chatto & Windus marked its first editions

  • Chatto & Windus did not use a special mark for first editions: it told H. S. Boutell so in its replies to his surveys of publishers' practice.

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Printings and states

First impression

1921

At a glance

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Questions collectors ask

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Who published the Crome Yellow first edition?

Chatto & Windus, London, in 1921, in hardback.