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William Morrow published the first edition in New York in 1991 (ISBN 0688084893). The British first is the HarperCollins, London, 1991 hardback, ISBN 0002236397, about 320 pages, issued in a dust jacket. A Fontana 'special overseas edition' paperback (ISBN 0006472087) is also dated 1991, the HarperCollins paperback under the same ISBN followed in 1993, and a Charnwood large print edition appeared at Leicester in 1992. Any copy with a William Morrow imprint, or a Book Club Associates (BCA) issue, is not the HarperCollins trade first.
A first printing from HarperCollins in London, or from one of its British imprints such as Voyager, is identified by a number line on the copyright page that still includes 1.
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HarperCollins, London, in 1991, in hardback.
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 30 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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