Witch first edition cover, Dodd, Mead 1973
First edition Hardback

Witch (1973)

Barbara Michaels · Dodd, Mead, New York

Publisher Dodd, Mead Year 1973 ISBN 9780396068389
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Who published the Witch first edition?
Dodd, Mead, New York, in 1973, 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 Dodd, Mead marked its first editions

  • Before 1976 Dodd, Mead did not state first editions. A reprint usually carries a copyright-page note giving the dates of the first and later printings, so a copy without one is usually a first, but guides warn that later printings were not always marked.
  • From 1976 most titles carry a number row on the copyright page.
  • A number row counts printings: the lowest number left in the row gives the printing, so a row that still includes "1" points to 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 Dodd, Mead 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

1973

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Who published the Witch first edition?

Dodd, Mead, New York, in 1973, in hardback.

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