Megan Tingley Books/Little, Brown and Company, 2006 cover
Cover of the Megan Tingley Books/Little, Brown and Company, 2006 edition of this book. The Little, Brown 2005 jacket has not been photographed yet.
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Published by Little, Brown on 5 October 2005 with a first printing of 75,000 copies; the jacket shows the apple photograph (design Gail Doobinin, photograph Roger Hagadone). The book is bound in black boards. The copyright page carries a first edition statement and a full number line; later printings keep the statement but the lowest number rises (18th and 37th printings are offered). The front jacket flap of the first printing is priced $17.99; always check the number line as well. No book club issue was documented.
Since 1940 a Little, Brown first printing has normally said "First Edition" or "First Printing" on the copyright page; in the 1930s it carried a single dated "Published" line instead, and from the late 1970s the firm added a number line.
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Little, Brown, New York, in 2005, in hardback.
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 28 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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