The Colour of Magic (1983)

Print run

506 (About 506 copies, around 400 of them sold to libraries: Colin Smythe's own site, Jonkers and John Atkinson Books.)

Binding

Green cloth, spine lettered in gilt.

Jacket

Designed by Alan Smith. The front flap carries the original blurb, uncovered.

Points of issue

• jacketDesigned by Alan Smith, not Josh Kirby→ 1983 first edition
• jacket, front flapOriginal blurb printed and left uncovered→ first state jacket

Traps and later printings: Josh Kirby's cover belongs to the 1989 second edition. Beware the unauthorised 2005 facsimile (slightly taller, about 21.5 cm against 20.9 cm) and the official facsimile; ex-library copies are the norm.

Published 24 November 1983. The jacket state is the only difference between these two entries: the book is the same.
Only a handful of copies survive with the uncovered blurb.

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Print run

506 (See sources (UNVERIFIED))

Binding

Green cloth, spine lettered in gilt.

Jacket

Designed by Alan Smith, with a printed label pasted over the front flap blurb.

Points of issue

• jacket, front flapA printed label is pasted over the original blurb→ second state jacket

The usual state of the first edition jacket.

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