"My heart is like
A squeezed grape
Only the pip
Is left.
Only the pip."

J.P. Donleavy
from The Ginger Man

Editions from 1970 - 1979

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The Ginger Man

Wraps | Dell, New York, 1970 - 315 pages
ISBN 0440328861
 
1st printing of new Dell Classic edition.

The Ginger Man

Wraps | Berkley Medallion, New York,
Aug. 1970 - 304 pages - ISBN 425020908
 
12th Berkley printing.

The Ginger Man

Wraps | Penguin, London, 1970 - 347 pages
ISBN 014002705X
 
2nd. Penguin reprint. 1969 reprint omitted from
Penguin publishing history on subsequent
reprints, but as I have a copy, it does exist.

The Ginger Man

Wraps | Penguin, London, 1971 - 347 pages
ISBN 014002705X
 
3rd. Penguin reprint.

The Ginger Man

Wraps | Berkley Medallion, New York, Nov.
1971 - 304 pages - ISBN 425020908
 
13th Berkley printing.

No photo yet.
Edition being sought.

Wraps | Berkley Medallion, New York, 19??
304 pages - ISBN 425020908
 
14th Berkley printing.

The Ginger Man

Wraps | Berkley Medallion, New York, 19?? - 304 pages
ISBN 425020908
 
15th Berkley printing. No publication date given.

The Ginger Man

Wraps | Berkley Medallion, New York, 19?? - 304 pages
ISBN 425020908
 
16th Berkley printing. No publication date given.
Title on spine blue instead of green as with 15th printing,
else same.

The Ginger Man

Wraps | Dell, New York, May 1973 - 315 pages
ISBN 0440328861
 
1st Dell Laurel Printing.

The Ginger Man

Leatherette | Edito-Service, Geneva, 1973 - 298 pages
 
English language special edition, printed in France
with illustrations by Graham McCallum. Issued
without dust jacket. Scarce edition.

The Ginger Man

Wraps | Penguin, London, 1973 - 347 pages
ISBN 014002705X
 
4th. Penguin reprint.

The Ginger Man

Wraps | Penguin, London, 1974 - 347 pages
ISBN 014002705X
 
5th Penguin reprint.

The Ginger Man

Wraps | Dell, New York, March 1974 - 315 pages
ISBN 0440328861
 
2nd. Dell Laurel Printing.

The Ginger Man

Wraps | Penguin, London, 1975 - 347 pages
ISBN 014002705X
 
6th Penguin reprint.

The Ginger Man

Wraps | Dell, New York, Feb. 1975 - 315 pages
ISBN 0440328861
 
3rd. Dell Laurel Printing.

The Ginger Man

Wraps | Penguin, London 1977 - 347 pages
ISBN 014002705X
 
7th Penguin reprint.

The Ginger Man

Wraps | Dell, New York, Aug. 1977 - 315 pages
ISBN 0440328861
 
4th. Dell Laurel Printing.

The Ginger Man

Wraps | Penguin, London 1978 - 347 pages
ISBN 014002705X
 
8th Penguin reprint.

The Ginger Man

Leather | Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1978
378 pages - ISBN 1117075893
 
Special signed edition of unknown quantity, with gilt
edges and place marker ribbon. New introduction
by Donleavy.

The Ginger Man

Leather | Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1978
378 pages - ISBN 1111623821
 
Variant Franklin Library signed edition with 26-page
booklet by the editors regarding the background of
The Ginger Man and the production of this special
edition laid in.

The Ginger Man

Wraps | Penguin, London, 1979 - 347 pages
ISBN 014002705X
 
9th Penguin reprint.

The Ginger Man

Wraps | Dell, New York, June 1979 - 315 pages
ISBN 0440328861
 
5th. Dell Laurel Printing.