Colossus of Maroussi

A26a 1941 FIRST COLT LIMITED EDITION

Yellow cloth boards with floral design on front. No dust jacket seen.
Published in October 1941, at $6.00, in an edition of 100 signed copies.
Note: Miller's signature appears on page [iii] but there is no limitation statement for this Limited Edition. The binding for this book has been reported in a variety of colors and with different ornamentation, and it appears that no uniform binding was part of the original design.

26b 1941 FIRST COLT TRADE EDITION

Blue cloth boards. Blue and white striped dust jacket.
Published in October 1941, at $3.50.

A26c 1941 FIRST TRADE ISSUE: FIRST BINDING VARIANT

Beige cloth boards containing a flower design. Blue and white striped dust jacket.
Published in October 1941, at $3.50.

A26d 1941 FIRST COLT TRADE ISSUE: SECOND BINDING VARIANT

Green cloth boards containing a flower design. Blue and white striped dust jacket.
Published in October 1941, at $3.50.

A26e 1942 FIRST SECKER & WARBURG EDITION

Light blue cloth boards. Blue and white dust jacket.
Published in October 1942, at 8 shillings, 6 pence, in an edition of 2,700 copies.
Note: Miller's first book to be published in England.

A26f 1945 SECOND SECKER & WARBURG EDITION

Light blue cloth boards. Blue and white dust jacket.
Published in October 1945, at 8 shillings, 6 pence, in an edition of 2,000 copies.
Note: On front inside dust jacket flap it is stated, "Second Printing."

A26g 1946 FIRST NEW DIRECTIONS EDITION

Black cloth boards. Beige and blue dust jacket.
Published in 1946, at $3.00.

A26h 1950 FIRST PENGUIN EDITION

Red and white wrappers.
Published in 1950, at 1 shilling, 6 pence, in an edition of 50,000 copies.

A26i(a) 1958 SECOND NEW DIRECTIONS EDITION

White and gray illustrated wrappers with blurred image of human.
1st Printing: Published on June 18, 1958, at $1.25, in an edition of 10,000 copies.
2nd Printing: Published on October 6, 1959, at $1.25, in an edition of 7,600 copies.
3rd Printing: Published on May 3, 1961, at $1.35, in an edition of 10,000 copies.
4th Printing: Published in May 1962, at $1.35, in an edition of 12,000 copies.
5th Printing: Published in April 1964, at $1.55, in an edition of 10,000 copies.
6th Printing: Published on October 7, 1964, at $1.55, in an edition of 10,090 copies.
7th Printing: Published on December 27, 1965, at $1.55, in an edition of 10,066 copies.
8th Printing: Published on March 6, 1969, at $1.55, in an edition of 7,879 copies.
Note: The biography that appears on p. [1] of the 1st - 4th Printings, does not appear in subsequent Editions.

A26i(b) 1964 LIMITED SIGNED EDITION

White and gray illustrated wrappers
50 copies signed in 1964 for the Minnesota Co-op Autograph Party.

A26j 1960 FIRST HEINEMANN EDITION

Blue cloth boards. White dust jacket.
Published on February 1, 1960, at 18 shillings.

A26k 1963 SECOND PENGUIN WRAPPER DESIGN

Orange, turquoise, black and white illustrated wrappers with a sketch of a man eating on the beach with ships in the background.
Published in 1963, at 3 shillings, 6 pence.

A26l 1964 THIRD PENGUIN PRINTING

Orange, turquoise, and white illustrated wrappers with a sketch in black of a man eating on the beach with ships in the background.
Published in 1964, at 3 shillings, 6 pence.
Note: This third wrapper design deletes the Miller quote on the front and enlarges the illustration.

A26m 1966 MARŰSHI NO KYOZÔ COLLECTED WORKS SERIES VOLUME 8 SHINCHÔ-SHA

Orange paper boards. Orange and black dust jacket includes Miller's signature in black.
Printed on October 30, 1966, at Ľ550.

A26r 1971 SECOND NEW DIRECTIONS WRAPPER DESIGN

White and gray illustrated wrappers.
9th Printing: Published on March 11, 1971, at $1.75, in an edition of 5,999 copies.
10th Printing: Published in April 1972, at $1.75, in an edition of 7,166 copies.
11th Printing: Published on October 1, 1973, at $1.75.
12th Printing: Published in May 1972, at $2.75, in an edition of 3,027 copies.
13th Printing: Published in June 1978, at $2.95, in an edition of 3,500 copies.
14th Printing: Published in 1980, at $3.95, in an edition of 3,500 copies.
15th Printing: Published in 1981, at $4.95, in an edition of 3,000 copies.
16th Printing: Published in 1982, at $5.25, in an edition of 3,000 copies.
17th Printing: Published in 1983, at $5.25, in an edition of 3,000 copies.
18th Printing: Published in 1985, at $5.95, in an edition of 2,500 copies.
19th Printing: Published in 1988, at $6.95, in an edition of 2,500 copies.
20th Printing: Published in 1989, at $7.95, in an edition of 2,500 copies.
21st Printing: Published in 1991, at $8.95, in an edition of 2,500 copies.
22nd Printing: Published in 1992, at $8.95, in an edition of 2,500 copies.
Note: Beginning with the 9th Printing, the pages are cut 7/8 of an inch larger in length and 1 inch larger in width than the previous New Directions printings. In addition some of the lettering on the front wrapper has been eliminated and the printing on the spine is now white only rather than black and white.

A26n 1972 FOURTH PENGUIN WRAPPER DESIGN

Tan, white and brown illustrated wrappers with illustration of three people standing in front of a Greek ruin.
Published in 1972, at 40 pence.

A26o 1975 FIRST POCKET EDITION

Green, yellow, and purple illustrated wrappers with an illustration of man held in the palm of a giant hand.
Published in May 1975, at $1.95, in an edition of 50,000 copies.

A26p 1985 FIFTH PENGUIN WRAPPER DESIGN

Tan, light purple and black pictorial wrappers with a photograph of Greek ruins at sunset.
Published in 1985, 1987 Printing published at Ł3.99.

A26q 1991 FIRST MINERVA EDITION

Dark brown, tan and blue pictorial wrappers with a photograph of Greek ruins at sunset.
Published in 1991, at Ł5.99.

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