On Turning Eighty

A184a 1972 FIRST CAPRA EDITION

White and gold illustrated cardboard boards with illustration by Bob Nash. Clear wax paper wrapper.
Published on October 20, 1972, at $10.00, in an edition of 200 signed and numbered copies.

A184b 1972 FIRST CAPRA PAPERBACK EDITION

Semi-soft cream and gold wrappers with illustration by Bob Nash inside rule frame
Published on October 20, 1972, at $2.50, in an edition of 2,500 copies.

A184c 1972 SECOND CAPRA PAPERBACK PRINTING

Semi-soft gold wrappers with illustration by Bob Nash inside rule frame
Published in 1972, $2.50, in an edition of 2,500 copies.
Note: For this Second Printing, title page is printed in black only, verses the black and gold of the First Printing.

A184d 1973 FIRST VILLAGE PRESS EDITION

Black wrappers
Published in 1973, at Ł.20.

A184e 1972 SECOND CAPRA PAPERBACK VARIANT

Semi-soft cream and gold illustrated wrappers; Same as A184b, except with blue endpapers.
Published in 1972, at $2.50.
Note: This variant is felt to have been produced between the other paperback editions. It differs from both of them by having blue endpapers; copies have been seen of the First Printing [A184b] with green endpapers and of the Second Printing [A184c] with gold endpapers. The listing of other books in the series differs from A184c by having "YES!" in the title. This variant edition is printed on white paper like A184c, unlike A184b which is on beige paper.

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