The Graveyard Book

Overview:

  • Title: The Graveyard Book
  • Author: Neil Gaiman
  • Year: 2008
  • ISBN-10: 9780747596844
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury
  • Price: £30.00
  • Pages: [x]+312
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: The Graveyard Book
  • Notes:
    • Slipcased limited edition of 1500 copies.
    • Slipcase is an illustrated box with new cover art by Dave McKean. Titled only on the spine in the same graphical text as the dustjacket.
    • Limitation page follows the front endpapers. Printed on an illustrated sheet, bearing the author's signature in the middle of the page above a decorative line, below which is the artist's signature. At the bottom is a handprinted "x/1500" indicating the numbering of this copy out of 1500 of this edition.
    • "First published in Great Britain in 2008 by Bloomsbury Publishers Plc" stated on the copyright page with a complete number line: "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2".
    • "Text first published in the US by HarperCollins Publishers" stated on the copyright page.
    • Interior text and illustrations are identical to the US edition.
    • "With Illustrations by Dave McKean" stated on the front of the dustjacket (below the title) and on the title page (below the author's name). Interior art consists of about two dozen full-page B&W illustrations.
    • Dustjacketed with the same cover art as the US HarperCollins edition and the UK "Adult" Bloomsbury edition.
    • "Jacket art 2008 by Dave McKean" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket.
    • Same cover art was used in the US HarperCollins edition, except that the blurb "By the New York Times bestselling author of Coraline" was replaced by "'Neil Gaiman is a literary genius' James Herbert".
    • Price is only indicated on a publisher's sticker which printed "£30.00" above the barcode and ISBN-13.