Vintage Books, 1991 cover
Cover of the Vintage Books, 1991 edition of this book. The Rapp & Whiting 1970 jacket has not been photographed yet.
Identification points are listed only where two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 28 Oct 2026.
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Doubleday published the true first in New York in 1969. The first British edition is Rapp & Whiting, London, June 1970, 202 pages, number 0 85391 164 9. It is bound in black with silver lettering on the spine; sources differ on whether the covering is cloth or paper boards. The jacket should carry the 28s price on the front flap (one dealer records it as decimal and shilling prices together on the lower front flap), so check that it has not been clipped. The number printed in the book is reported to be truncated, so do not reject a copy for that.
Read the full guide to Rapp & Whiting first editions, decade by decade, and check your copy's copyright page against it. Our number line decoder reads the printing from the row of numbers.
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Check these points. Dust jacket, front flap: Printed price on the front flap: £1.40 / 28s net. Each point is confirmed by at least two independent sources.
Rapp & Whiting, London, in 1970, 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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