MerrickAnne RiceAlfred A. Knopf

First edition Hardback The Vampire Chronicles no. 7

Merrick (2000)

Anne Rice · Alfred A. Knopf, New York

Publisher Alfred A. Knopf Year 2000

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Who published the Merrick first edition?: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, in 2000, in hardback.

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Until about 1933 Knopf printed no first edition statement; later printings were marked on the copyright page ("Second Printing", "Third Printing" and so on), so a copy with no printing note is a first.
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From about 1933 to 1934 the first printing carries "First Edition" on the copyright page, or "First American Edition" when the book had already appeared abroad.
Books from Knopf's London house (closed in 1930) give "first published" with the month and year on the back of the title page, with later impressions numbered.

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Who published the Merrick first edition?

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, in 2000, in hardback.

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