The copyright page follows, with the acknowledgements squeezed in at the bottom of this page, followed by the dedication, then the epigraph. The epigraph is followed, on page 8, by one lone fleuron placed in the upper third of the page. Chapter one begins on the tenth page, which is actually numbered page nine. Figures 8a and 8b show the fourteen initial pages of the us edition. On this copyright page are also shown notes about the manufacture and design of the book, with the designer's name.
Chapter one begins on page fourteen.
Figures 9a and 9b show the fourteen initial pages of the UK edition. The second page contains excerpts of reviews from mostly American sources. The fourth page contains some biographical details about the author, information that appears on the inside back flap of the Canadian trade edition and on page 312 in the us edition. Author and title information appear only once, on page six. The abbreviated thanks that appear on page 311 of the us edition appear on the copyright page in the uk edition, as well as the standard caveat that states the conditions under which this book is sold.