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First edition

The Child in Time

Ian McEwan
Houghton Mifflin, 1987. First edition, first printing.
$25One copy · this copy

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Book
Very Good
Jacket
Very Good
Jacket note
The dust jacket grades Very Good.
Our ref
RCB-6a59527ba47d
What we checked, and where to see itRCB-6a59527ba47d · 7 photographs of this copy
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Number line Q 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 present, ending in 1
examined on the copy in hand
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Copyright 1987, first US publication year
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Priced jacket FPT >$16.95, not a book club copy
examined on the copy in hand
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ISBN 0-395-42912-9 on copyright page and jacket
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Flaws, each one named
1
light soiling and edgewear to jacket, front panel
noted on the copy in hand
2
rubbing to jacket flap folds
noted on the copy in hand
3
faint sunning to yellow jacket
noted on the copy in hand
This copy
First edition

What a true first shows: Jonathan Cape, London, 1987, cloth in jacket (UK); Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1987 is the US first

Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.