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The true first is the Picador edition, Sydney, 2005. Random House published the novel in Britain in 2007 under two imprints: the Doubleday hardback for adults (ISBN 978-0-385-61146-6, 584 pages, 24 cm) and The Bodley Head edition for younger readers, illustrated by Trudy White. Two dealers describe the first impression of the Doubleday hardback as having a full number line, down to 1, on the copyright page. Black Swan and Definitions paperbacks (2007 onwards) are later.
Doubleday's British list is an imprint of Transworld Publishers in London, and its books are identified the British way: a first impression is shown by a complete number line on the copyright page.
Read the full guide to Doubleday 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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Doubleday, London, England, in 2007, in hardback.
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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