A travel through a McCarthy first editions collection

THE PASSENGER, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH US ONE

The first English edition of The Passenger, published by Picador.

The Passenger, first English edition.

Picador, London, 2022.

First English edition, first printing with full number line 135798642 on the copyright page. Hardcover, 24 x 15,6 cm., 383 numbered pages with numbers appearing only on odd-numbered pages. Publisher’s black cloth lettered in metallic black on spine. Photographic endpapers by Bill Swindaman/Getty Images. Original red, blue, black and orange dust-jacket (front panel red) designed by Stuart Wilson of Picador Art Department, on the basis of a photo by Bill Swindaman/Getty Images. Lettered in black. The front flap shows a price of “£20”, the back flap a photo of McCarthy by Derek Shapton. The back panel has a white box with the printed ISBN number. 

CONDITION: fine, unread, crisp book in a fine dustjacket.

Published on October 25, 2022, at £20, in a print run of 10,443 copies. 


The first English edition was published simultaneously with the Knopf first American edition. The data about first print run come from the Picador records.

COLLECTING TOPICS: copies of this first English edition are common. I haven’t come across any signed or inscribed copy.

The Passenger, first English edition, the copyright page.


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