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Spot the first: Title leaf, verso: carries the 1922 first publication line alone, with no 'New and cheaper edition 1924' line; the 1924 issue has a cancel title leaf adding that line (first issue (1922) as against the 1924 remainder issue)
Spot the first: Dust jacket, front flap: Printed price on the front flap: 7s. 6d. net (first issue jacket)
Spot the first: P. 50: reads 'whip' where the second impression corrects it to 'whips' (first impression)
- 1st Jonathan Cape1928 Hardback Sold £110 · Aug 2023 I own The Well of Loneliness, Jonathan Cape 1928 Log in to want this
Spot the edition: Title: issued under the short title Doctor Dolittle, not The Story of Doctor Dolittle, with the Jonathan Cape imprint dated 1922 (first UK issue)
- Jonathan Cape1922 Hardback · Doctor Dolittle I own The Story of Doctor Dolittle, Jonathan Cape 1922 Log in to want this