Winter Cottage first edition cover, Macmillan 1968
First edition Hardback

Winter Cottage (1968)

Carol Ryrie Brink · Macmillan, New York

Publisher Macmillan Year 1968 Illustrator Fermin Rocker
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Who published the Winter Cottage first edition?
Macmillan, New York, in 1968, 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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Publisher's practice

How Macmillan marked its first editions

  • This guide covers only the American firm, The Macmillan Company of New York (later Macmillan Publishing Co.); the British Macmillan has its own practice.
  • Before mid 1936 there is no "First printing" line. For a first printing, the year on the title page should match the latest year on the copyright page.
  • From mid 1936 a first printing carries a printing statement on the copyright page. A further line beneath it, such as a second printing or revised edition note, means the copy is not a first.
  • A number row was added later: two guides place it in the 1970s and one after 1979. The "1" must be present for a first printing.
  • Book club copies (a general tell for US trade houses; no mark specific to this house was found): a jacket flap with no printed price is the commonest sign, though a printed price does not on its own rule out a club copy. Also look for a small blind stamp, such as a dot or square, pressed into the rear board, and for a book that is smaller and more cheaply made than the trade edition.

Read the full guide to Macmillan 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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First impression

1968

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Who published the Winter Cottage first edition?

Macmillan, New York, in 1968, in hardback.

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