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First edition
A Rude Awakening
Brian W. Aldiss
Random House, 1978. 1st american edition, first printing.
$20One copy · this copy
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- Book
- Near Fine
- Jacket
- Very Good
- Jacket note
- The dust jacket grades Very Good.
- Our ref
- RCB-d93a62372a4c
What we checked, and where to see itRCB-d93a62372a4c · 10 photographs of this copy
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Copyright © 1978 Brian W. Aldiss; "First American Edition" stated on copyright page
examined on the copy in hand
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Number line reads 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 — Random House strips the 1 and states the edition, so words + this line = first printing
examined on the copy in hand
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Originally published in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson — the UK edition is the true world first; this is the first US printing
examined on the copy in hand
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Front flap priced $8.95, rear flap carries Random House imprint and 3/79 jacket date — not a book club copy
examined on the copy in hand
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ISBN 0-394-50425-9; LCCN 78-10854
examined on the copy in hand
Flaws, each one named
1
light edge/rub wear and small chip at head of spine of jacket
2
toning/tanning to jacket flaps and spine panel
noted on the copy in hand
3
scattered foxing spots to rear jacket panel
4
faint soiling to white jacket front
noted on the copy in hand
This copy
First edition
What a true first shows: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1978 (true first); this is the first American edition, Random House, New York, 1978
Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.