First impression
1928At a glance
Points of issue
- Dust jacket, front flapPrinted price on the front flap: 10s. 6d. net→ first issue jacket
First edition
Hardback
Point Counter Point (1928)
Publisher Chatto & Windus
Year 1928
Identification points are listed only where two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 20 Oct 2026.
Market value
What decides the price
- It is the first edition, which is the one collectors want.
- The first printing is told from later ones by 1 point of issue listed below.
- 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.
Sales record
No sales recorded yet
We value a printing from verified sales of that exact printing, and none of the first impression has come to auction in our records so far. The chart and the value by condition appear here as soon as one does.
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Quick answer
- How do I identify a Point Counter Point first edition?
- Check these points. Dust jacket, front flap: Printed price on the front flap: 10s. 6d. net. Each point is confirmed by at least two independent sources.
- Who published the Point Counter Point first edition?
- Chatto & Windus, London, in 1928, in hardback.
How to identify this edition
Published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1928, printed in Edinburgh by T. and A. Constable: [8], 601, [1] pages, about 21 cm. The trade issue is bound in burnt orange cloth (dealers also say terracotta, russet or red) with a blind double rule border on both boards and gilt lettering on the spine; the top edge is stained. The jacket is cream and priced 10s. 6d. net. A limited issue of 256 numbered copies signed by Huxley was published alongside it, bound in green buckram with gilt spine lettering and the top edge gilt; it is the more valuable form.
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.
Read the full guide to Chatto & Windus first editions, decade by decade, and check your copy's copyright page against it. Our number line decoder reads the printing from the row of numbers.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I identify a Point Counter Point first edition?
Check these points. Dust jacket, front flap: Printed price on the front flap: 10s. 6d. net. Each point is confirmed by at least two independent sources.
Who published the Point Counter Point first edition?
Chatto & Windus, London, in 1928, in hardback.
Where these facts come from
- Point counter point, University of Pennsylvania Libraries catalogue (find.library.upenn.edu)
- Point Counter Point, Keel Row Books (keelrowbooks.com)
- Point Counter Point, Jonkers Rare Books (jonkers.co.uk)
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 20 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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