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Doubleday published the British hardback in September 2006 (Colin Smythe's bibliography gives 28 September, Wikipedia 21 September), ISBN 0 385 60984 1, about 400 pages, with jacket art by Paul Kidby. A large format trade paperback (0 385 61149 8) was issued at the same time, so make sure you have the hardback. Smythe dates the US HarperTempest hardback to 26 September 2006, so the American book may strictly precede the British one. Later Doubleday hardbacks of 2017 (new Kidby jacket, WAILY! on the spine) and 2021 (no jacket, Joe McLaren casing) have new ISBNs and are not firsts. Check the copyright page for a first printing and an unclipped jacket.
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Doubleday, London, in 2006, in hardback.
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