The Go-Between

The Go-Between was a Book Society Choice, and dealer listings record the 1953 first printing as issued in association with The Book Society; the association is marked by a wrap-around Book Society band on the jacket (usually absent) rather than by a separate, cheaper club binding. This is therefore not the usual book-club trap — a 1953 Hamish Hamilton copy is not disqualified by the Book Society association. No distinct 1953 book-club binding was documented in the sources consulted; later reprints carry dated and stated impression lines on the verso.