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Doubleday first published the book in the United States in June 1992, with an introduction by Elizabeth Taylor and about a hundred photographs. The British issue appeared the same year under the Doubleday imprint in London (Transworld), a hardback of 149 pages with ISBN 0 385 40368 2; the American edition has a different ISBN. Be careful: Transworld reissued the book in July 2009, after Jackson's death, under the same ISBN, and the national bibliography records that Doubleday London issue as originally published in 1992. A true 1992 copy therefore needs a 1992 date and no reissue or later printing note on the copyright page.
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Doubleday, London, in 1992, in hardback.
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 24 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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