First Edition, later printing INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Shel Silverstein on the front endpaper. The book is in great shape and is bound in the publisher's pictorial boards. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning with minor wear to the spine. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Shel Silverstein First Editions.
First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Shel Silverstein on a laid in signature. This First issue dustjacket has the publisher's $2.50 printed price present on the front flap of the dustjacket. The book is in excellent condition and is bound in the publisher's boards. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy with the ORIGINAL First Issue dustjacket with the author having hair in the picture SIGNED by the author.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1964. First Edition, Early Printing. Illustrated by Shel Silverstein. First edition, early printing. Signed and inscribed by author on front endpaper. Illustration on title page done by author. This book is in very good condition. Minor scuffing to both ends of spine and around all corners of boards. Gift inscription on front endpaper. Inscription by author on front endpaper across from title page. Illustration by author done in black ink on title page. Interior pages are bright and clean. The book follows the lives of an apple tree and a boy, who develop a relationship with one another. The tree is very "giving" and the boy evolves into a "taking" teenager, a middle-aged man, and finally an elderly man. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(O4-38).
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number line:A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that particular copy (e.g., a "1" would mean a first printing, and a "29" would indicate a 29th printing).
The following example is of a book that is in its 4th printing from Citadel Press. Note that despite the apparent declaration of "First printing 1997" the number line indicates the actual printing.
Often, the number line does not appear in sequence, as shown below in this first printing from Macmillan. However, the lowest number still indicates the printing:
There may also be times when a number line also contains intended years of publication as well as printings. This number line, for example, describes a first printing, published in 1989 by Harper & Row:
Random House is a notable exception, where for a period of several decades a first printing was indicated with a number line that began with "2", often accompanied by the words "First Edition".
Still other times, publishers may choose to use a letter line rather than a number line, as here shown in a first printing from Harvill Press (the "A" being indicative, rather than a "1"):