Center Point books are large-print editions published after the trade first edition, so they are not first editions: its 2012 The Sense of an Ending followed Jonathan Cape's London first of August 2011.
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Center Point Large Print is the large-print imprint of Center Point Publishing of Thorndike, Maine, which issues large-type hardback editions of books first published by other houses.
- Editions tracked
- 31
- First editions
- 0
- Books
- 31
- Years
- 2006 to 2024
Center Point Large Print is a publisher active from 2006. We track 31 editions it published between 2006 and 2024, 0 of them first editions across 31 books. How Center Point Large Print marked its first editions is set out below, with a checker for the year on your title page.
About Center Point Large Print
Center Point Large Print is the name used on large-print hardbacks from Center Point Publishing of Thorndike, Maine, which reissues popular fiction and non-fiction first published by other houses.
Bibliography records give the imprint as "Thorndike, ME: Center Point Publishing" on editions from 2012 and 2018, each labelled a large-print edition. Open Library lists close to 3,000 works under the Center Point Large Print name, and its most frequent authors there are Agatha Christie, William W. Johnstone, Frederick Faust, J. A. Johnstone and Shelley Shepard Gray.
Literary titles appear too. Center Point issued large-print editions of Julian Barnes's The Sense of an Ending in 2012, a year after Jonathan Cape's first edition of August 2011, and of The Only Story in 2018. The bibliography describes both copies as bound in smooth boards printed with the jacket's imagery and text, measuring about 22 by 14.5 cm.
Holding a copy? The first edition checker shows Center Point Large Print's practice for the year on your title page.
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How to identify Center Point Large Print first editions
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Frequently asked questions
How do I identify a Center Point Large Print first edition?
Center Point books are large-print editions published after the trade first edition, so they are not first editions: its 2012 The Sense of an Ending followed Jonathan Cape's London first of August 2011.
How many Center Point Large Print books does MyVolumes track?
We track 31 editions published by Center Point Large Print, 0 of them first editions, across 31 books.
Where these facts come from
- The Sense of an Ending (Center Point Publishing, 2012; Large Print), Julian Barnes Bibliography (bibliography.julianbarnes.com)
- The Only Story (Center Point Publishing, 2018; Large Print), Julian Barnes Bibliography (bibliography.julianbarnes.com)
- Center Point Large Print publisher page, Open Library (openlibrary.org)
- The Sense of an Ending, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
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