Ginger Man - Text

"All I want
Is one break
Which is not
My neck."

J.P. Donleavy
from The Ginger Man


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		Chronological Publishing History

	List will be updated and/or corrected as new information is gathered. (See Ginger Man indexes 1950s - Present for details on specific editions.)


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DATE

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	PUBLISHER

	Olympia Press, Paris Neville Spearman, London Neville Spearman, London Olympia Press, Paris Olympia Press, Paris McDowell, Obolensky, New York McDowell, Obolensky, New York McDowell, Obolensky, New York McDowell, Obolensky, New York Astor-Honor, Inc., New York Astor-Honor, Inc., New York Wahlstöm & Widstrand, Stockholm Berkley Medallion, New York Berkley Medallion, New York Neville Spearman, London (Publisher?), Milano Olympia Press, Paris Neville Spearman, London Berkley Medallion, New York Corgi, Transworld Publishers, London Corgi, Transworld Publishers, London Corgi, Transworld Publishers, London Berkley Medallion, New York* Corgi, Transworld Publishers, London Corgi, Transworld Publishers, London Corgi, Transworld Publishers, London Corgi, Transworld Publishers, London Corgi, Transworld Publishers, London Delacorte Press, New York Taiwan piracy of Delacorte Press edition Greenleaf Classic, Inc., San Diego, California Delacorte Press, New York Kawade Shobo Shinsha, Tokyo Delta (Dell), New York Delta (Dell), New York Delta (Dell), New York Delta (Dell), New York Delta (Dell), New York Delta (Dell), New York Kindler Verlag, Müchen, Germany Berkley Medallion, New York Corgi, Transworld Publishers, London Corgi, Transworld Publishers, London Delacorte Press, New York Berkley Medallion, New York Berkley Medallion, New York (Publisher?), Milano Berkley Medallion, New York Berkley Medallion, New York Corgi, Transworld Publishers, London Corgi, Transworld Publishers, London Corgi, Transworld Publishers, London Corgi, Transworld Publishers, London Berkley Medallion, New York Penguin Books, London Denoël, Paris Berkley Medallion, New York Dell, New York Dell, New York De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam Penguin, London Berkley medallion, New York Dell, New York Penguin Books, London Fischer-Bücherei, Frankfurt a.M. Penguin Books, London Berkley Medallion, New York Dell, New York Edito-Service, Geneva, Switzerland Gyldendal, Oslo Penguin Books, London Wahlström & Widstrand, Stockholm Penguin Books, London\| Dell, New York Penguin Books, London Dell, New York Penguin Books, London Dell, New York Penguin Books, London Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA French & European Publications, Inc., France Penguin Books, London Folio, Editions Denoel, France Dell, New York De Bezige bij, Amsterdam Dell, New York Penguin Books, London Berkley Medallion, New York Berkley Medallion, New York Berkley Medallion, New York Universitas, München Penguin Books, London Penguin Books, London Lübbe, Germany Viking/Penguin, New York Atlantic Monthly Press, NY (now Grove/Atlantic) Atlantic Monthly Press, NY (now Grove/Atlantic) De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam Penguin Books, London Penguin Books, London Penguin Books, London Penguin Books, London Penguin Books, London Penguin Books, London Penguin Books, London Penguin Books, London Sanavio, Milano Wydawn Literackie, Warsaw Rowohilt, Hamburg De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam Abacus, London (imprint of Little, Brown & Co.) Abacus, London Abacus, London


	EDITION/PRINTING

		True first edition; #7 in Traveler's Companion Series 1st UK & 1st hardcover edition 2nd Spearman printing 1st Olympia hardcover edition Variant of Olympia hardcover edition 1st. US trade edition 2nd. McDowell, Obolensky printing 1st. US paperback edition 2nd McDowell, Obolensky paperback printing (Edition being sought; details to follow) (Edition being sought; details to follow) (Swedish translation "En inpiskad gentleman") 1st Berkley mass market printing 2nd Berkley printing 3rd. Spearman printing (Italian translation "Zenzero") New Olympia paperback edition; 1st paperback reprint 4th. Spearman printing 3rd. Berkley printing 1st. UK unexpurgated edition 2nd. Corgi printing 3rd. Corgi printing 4th. Berkley printing 4th. Corgi printing 5th. Corgi printing 6th. Corgi printing 7th. Corgi printing 8th. Corgi printing 1st US unexpurgated edition; imprint's first book No date or contact information given; text in English 1st Greenleaf Classic printing Playboy Book Club Edition (Japanese translation "Akage No Otoko") 1st. Delta printing; no publication date given 2nd. Delta printing; no publication date given 3rd. Delta printing: no publication date given 4th. Delta printing; no publication date given 5th. Delta printing; no publication date given 6th. Delta printing; no publication date given German translation "Ginger Man" 5th. Berkley printing; their first unexpurgated edition 9th. Corgi printing 10th. Corgi printing 2nd. Delacorte printing 6th. Berkley printing 7th. Berkley printing (Italian translation "Zenzero") 8th. Berkley printing 9th. Berkley printing 11th. Corgi printing 12th. Corgi printing 13th. Corgi printing 14th. Corgi printing 10th. Berkley printing 1st. Penguin printing (French translation "L' Homme de gingembre") 11th. Berkeley printing 1st Dell mass market printing 2nd. Dell printing (Dutch translation "De rosse beitser") 1st. Penguin reprint 12th. Berkley printing 1st. printing of new Dell Classic edition 2nd. Penguin reprint (German translation "Ginger Man") 3rd. Penguin reprint 13th. Berkley printing 1st Laurel edition Illustrated edition; issued w/o dust jacket; in English (Norwegian translation "En farlig Mann") 4th. Penguin reprint (Swedish translation " "En inpiskad gentleman") 5th Penguin reprint 2nd Dell Laurel printing 6th Penguin reprint 3rd Dell Laurel printing 7th Penguin reprint 4th Dell Laurel printing 8th Penguin reprint Special signed edition of unspecified quantity Variant signed edition w/ 26-pg booklet laid in French translation 9th Penguin reprint (French translation "L' Homme de gingembre") 5th Dell Laurel printing (Dutch translation "De rosse bietser") 6th Dell Laurel printing 10th Penguin reprint 14th Berkley printing (no date given) 15th Berkley printing (no date given) 16th Berkley printing (no date given) (German translation "Ginger Man") 11th Penguin reprint 12th Penguin reprint (no date given) (German translation "Ginger Man") 1st US Penguin edition 1st AMP printing 2nd AMP printing; no date given (Dutch translation "De rosse bietser") 13th Penguin reprint; new, larger format edition 14th Penguin reprint 15th Penguin reprint 16th Penguin reprint 17th Penguin reprint 18th Penguin reprint 19th Penguin reprint 20th Penguin reprint (Italian translation, "Zenzero") (Polish translation, "Ryzy") (German translation, "Ginger Man") (Dutch translation, "De rosse Bietser") 1st Abacus printing 2nd Abacus printing 3rd Abacus printing

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