Put Out the Light, cover of another edition (the Macmillan 1944 cover is not yet photographed)

Cover of another edition of this book. The Macmillan 1944 jacket has not been photographed yet.

Hardback

Put Out the Light (1944)

Vercors · Macmillan, London

Publisher Macmillan Year 1944

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Who published the Put Out the Light 1944 hardback?: Macmillan, London, in 1944, in hardback.

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How Macmillan marked its first editions

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Before mid 1936 there is no "First printing" line. For a first printing, the year on the title page should match the latest year on the copyright page.
From mid 1936 a first printing carries a printing statement on the copyright page. A further line beneath it, such as a second printing or revised edition note, means the copy is not a first.
A number row was added later: two guides place it in the 1970s and one after 1979. The "1" must be present for 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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1944

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