First edition Hardback

The Good Apprentice (1985)

Publisher Chatto & Windus Year 1985 ISBN 9780701130008
In short

Quick answer

Who published The Good Apprentice first edition?
Chatto & Windus, London, in 1985, in hardback.
What decides the price
  • It is the first edition, which is the one collectors want.
  • 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.

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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.

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1985

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Who published The Good Apprentice first edition?

Chatto & Windus, London, in 1985, in hardback.