Expectation Effect first edition cover, Henry Holt 2022
First edition

Expectation Effect (2022)

David Robson · Henry Holt

Publisher Henry Holt Year 2022 ISBN 9781250827630
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Who published the Expectation Effect first edition?
Henry Holt, in 2022.
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  • It is the first edition, which is the one collectors want.
  • Condition is graded separately for book and jacket, from Fine down to Poor.

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  • Up to the mid 1940s Holt did not usually state first editions: a first printing is identified by the lack of any later-printing note on the copyright page.
  • From about 1945 Holt usually printed a first-edition statement on the copyright page. One guide dates the change to 1924 and says it was applied unevenly, so check books of 1924 to 1945 for reprint notes too.
  • Holt, Rinehart and Winston books of the 1960s mostly state the first edition, except copies made outside the United States, which carry no statement.
  • From the 1970s Holt, Rinehart and Winston used a first-edition statement with a number row, and Henry Holt has done the same since 1985.
  • A number row counts printings: the lowest number left in the row gives the printing, so a row that still includes "1" points to a first printing.
  • Book club copies (a general tell for US trade houses; no mark specific to this house was found): a jacket flap with no printed price is the commonest sign, though a printed price does not on its own rule out a club copy. Also look for a small blind stamp, such as a dot or square, pressed into the rear board, and for a book that is smaller and more cheaply made than the trade edition.

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Who published the Expectation Effect first edition?

Henry Holt, in 2022.

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