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W F Howes publishes audiobooks, most of them readings of books first printed by other publishers, so a W F Howes recording of a printed book is not the first edition of that book. It has also issued large-print editions of novels after the trade first: its 2009 large-print The Little Stranger, published at Rearsby, followed Virago's first edition of 4 June 2009. Collectors wanting a first should look for the first printing of the original publisher's edition.
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W F Howes, Rearsby, Leicester, in 2014.
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