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A Viking first printing shows no note of a later printing on its copyright page, because Viking has always recorded each reprint there.
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Values run from about £4 for a copy in lower grades to £10 for the best copies, depending on the printing and the condition of the book and jacket. Based on 6 recorded sales.
Viking, New York, in 1989, in hardback.
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