Identification points are listed only where two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 23 Oct 2026.
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The true first is the Little, Brown hardback published in Boston in March 2000 (ISBN 0 316 31696 2). No British hardback was found: library catalogues record the earliest British issue as an Abacus paperback, London, 2000, of about 279 pages, ISBN 0 349 11346 7 (IUCN and Kabale University records). Check the copyright page for the Abacus imprint, a 2000 date and the impression line. Copies of the American hardback sold by British dealers are not the British edition.
We have not yet confirmed the issue points that tell this first impression from later ones. Until we do, compare your copy's title page and copyright page with the publisher, place and year above: any later printing or edition statement means it is not this one.
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Abacus, London, in 2000, in paperback.
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 23 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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