First edition Hardback

The Throwback (1978)

Publisher Secker & Warburg Year 1978 ISBN 9780436458071
In short

Quick answer

Who published The Throwback first edition?
Secker & Warburg, London, in 1978, 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 Secker & Warburg marked its first editions

  • First-impression copies of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) are bound in green cloth and are found in either a red or a green dust jacket.

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1978

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Who published The Throwback first edition?

Secker & Warburg, London, in 1978, in hardback.