Francis A. Miniter wrote:
Jon Meyers wrote:
"Francis A. Miniter" wrote...
I have a friend who has a copy that is green cloth (faded to light
blue)
on
taupe boards, 296 pages, 8.25" high, taupe printing on spine, states
"twentythird impression" on copyright page, and yet has an
indentation on
the
back cover. To make matters worse, the dust jacket says "tenth
printing".
Is
this a book club edition? And if so, which BCE came first, the one
just
described or the one described by Jeff Armstrong?
TKaM has undoubtedly been issued by more than one book club--BOMC and
Literary Guild, almost certainly, and perhaps others. And it has
also gone
through many BC printings--you can probably still get one as an
Alternate
Selection or whatever it's called when you don't by the main BOM.
Different
clubs would have different versions, and there could be differences from
printing to printing.
As for priority among BCEs, I couldn't say. The only BC version of TKaM
that has any interest as other than as a reading copy is the very
earliest
one, with the Truman Capote photo of the author on the back panel of
the dj.
Hi Jon,
I know about that one. I have a copy myself with dust jacket. It is
255 pages, 8.5 inches high, has black quarter cloth, etc. What my
friend has seems to be a regular (23rd I think) printing run of the
regular first edition, 296 pages, 8.25 inches high, but which also has
an indentation in the back cover. What I want to know is this: were
any book club editions issued in the format of the original book?
Francis A. Miniter
Bit more information after seeing the book. The dot on the back cover
is taupe colored, just like the print on the spine. Other than the
presence of the dot, the book looks just like my 17th impression copy.
The dust jacket, which may not go with the book in any case, appears to
be a proper 8.25" cover (but could I suppose have been cut down from
8.5"), has a diagonal cut at the lower inside fold of the front cover
(where BCE designations are often found) , does not have a photograph on
the back, and the green-printed blurb on the upper inside of the dust
jacket front cover is not by Truman Capote.
Francis A. Miniter
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