Neil Gaiman
Anansi Boys
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Uncorrected Proof

Uncorrected Proof
spine proof

Publisher(s)
William Morrow

 Book Information
Uncorrected Proof 2005
Glue Binding
Paperback
Numbered, 450 copies
No. 15

Limitation Page

No. of pages: 334
Size: 6 × 9 × 11/16 inches
ISBN: none (0-06-051518-X)
Price: not for sale

First Trade Edition

First Trade Edition
first trade

Publisher(s)
William Morrow

Illustrator(s)/Artwork
Richard Aquan (design)

Awards

• British Fantasy Award for Best Novel: The August Derleth Fantasy Award, 2006

 Book Information
First Trade Edition 2005
Glue Binding
Hardcover
Signed by Neil Gaiman

Signature

No. of pages: 352
Size: 6.5 × 9.1 × 1.2 inches
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-051518-8
ISBN-10: 0-06-051518-X
Price: $26.95

Ottakar's Limited Edition

Ottakar's Limited Edition
Ottakar's Edition
Ottakar's Limited Edition Slipcase
spine Ottakar slipcase

Publisher(s)
Headline (UK)

 Book Information
Ottakar's Limited Edition 2005
Sewn Binding
Gilded Pages (Silver)
Ribbon Bookmark
Hardcover
Signed by Neil Gaiman

Signature
Book/Slipcase Image #1
Book/Slipcase Image #2

No. of pages: 392
Size: 6.25 × 9.5 × 1 7/16 inches
ISBN: none (07553-0507-8)
Price: £40.00 ($80.00)

Exclusive Material
1. Author's Preface to Anansi Boys Deleted Scene
2. The Adventures of Spider
3. Author's Preface to The Notebook Extracts
4. Extracts from Neil Gaiman's Notebook
5. An Interview with Neil Gaiman
6. Reading-group Discussion Questions

Numbered Edition

Numbered Edition
numbered edition
Numbered Edition Slipcase
slipcase spine numbered slipcase
Numbered Edition Inner Slipcase
inner slipcase
Notebooks
notebooks

Publisher(s)
Hill House, Publishers

Illustrator(s)/Artwork
Dagmara Matuszak (cover, interior)

Related Links
Anansi Boys (promotional chapbook)

 Book Information
Numbered Edition 2007
Sewn Binding
Quarter Leather Bound Hardcover
Signed by Neil Gaiman & Dagmara Matuszak
Numbered, 750 copies
No. LC
Packaged with Notebooks, a separate paperback of related material
All pre-orders were given the promotional chapbook and art print

Signature/Limitation Page
Book/Inner Slipcase Image #1
Book/Outer Slipcase/Notebooks/Chapbook Image #2
Inner Slipcase/Notebooks/Chapbook Image #3
Book/Slipcase/Notebooks/Chapbook Image #4
Inner Slipcase/Notebooks Image #5

No. of pages: 280
Size: 7.25 × 10.25 × 1 1/8 inches
ISBN: 0-931771-12-9
Price: $240.00


Notebooks (Bonus Book)
Limited Edition 2007
Glue Binding
Perfect Bound Paperback

No. of pages: 63
Size: 6 7/8 × 10 × 3/16 inches
ISBN: none
Price: N/A (included w/Numbered Edition)

Notebooks contains the following
• An Interview with Neil Gaiman
• God Is Dead, Meet The Kids (Anansi Boys outline)
• Anansi Boys Script Pages
• Author's Preface to Anansi Boys Deleted Scene
• The Adventures of Spider (deleted scene)
• Author's Preface to The Notebook Extracts
• Notebook Extracts

Notes

  • Hill House, Publishers released a Anansi Boy's promotional chapbook to customer's who pre-ordered the Numbered Edition of Anansi Boys
  • Notebooks is a secondary book packaged with Anansi Boys by Hill House, Publishers. A paperback was issued with the Numbered Edition, and a signed hardcover for the Lettered Edition
  • The Ottakar's Limited Edition in the UK had the same bonus material as Notebooks. This was done unknowingly to Neil Gaiman, and the two publishers received the same material
  • The First Trade Edition was signed by Neil Gaiman through The Signed Page

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