Daniels, Anthony Publisher: Crown PublishersDate published: 1991ISBN: 9780517585481
New York: Crown Publishers, 1991. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A first printing of this scarce book examining nations where Communism did and did not fall in the late '80s. North Korea, Cuba, Albania, Romania, and Vietnam are covered. First printing, NO remainder mark. Near fine (one page corner had been bent) in a VG to VG+ jacket. No tears, but some creasing and shelfwear to various spots. Striking jacket design is bright and attractive.
Utopias Elsewhere: Journeys in a Vanishing World: North Korea, Cuba, Albania, Romania, Vietnam.
Anthony Daniels. Publisher: Crown Publishers,Date published: 1991.ISBN: 9780517585481
New York, NY Crown Publishers, 1991. Hardcover First Ed; First Printing indicated. First Ed; First Printing indicated. Near Fine in Fine DJ: Book shows only barely discernible spine lean; the binding remains perfectly secure; text clean. DJ is flawless; price unclipped; mylar-protected. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 202pp. Hardback with DJ. Anthony Daniels is a very funny writer in some of the very saddest places on earth. All right, perhaps he is biased, but he is biased the way a psychiatrist is supposed to be---he's biased toward the pursuit of happiness. The most tragic moment is in Romania, where two engineers tell him privately, "We are dead already," referring to the nature of their meaningless lives. What struck me most about this book was the numbing similarities between the plight of the people in the stricken lands visited by the author. Tyranny is evidently not a very original or creative form of government, and must resort the same horrors wherever it appears around the world. A very insightful and entertaining book. Read it.
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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"):