James Clavell - Shogun

External Since: Feb 02, 2008 Posts: 6

Hi all,

I own the american first edition of shogun. ISBN 0689105657. Published by
Atheneum.

I've heard of an english edition that might have been published prior to
that, any clues anyone ?

Thanks

External Since: Mar 13, 2004 Posts: 659

Frederic Poirier wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I own the american first edition of shogun. ISBN 0689105657. Published by
> Atheneum.
>
> I've heard of an english edition that might have been published prior to
> that, any clues anyone ?
>
> Thanks
>
>

Hodder and Stoughton published the first English edition in 1975, same year as
the first American edition. I don't know which came first. The other problem
is that as Clavell was both a US citizen and a British citizen (living at the
time in the US), I am not sure which would be considered the "true" first edition.

Francis A. Miniter