The Time It Never Rained

Doubleday book-club printings of the period omit the "First Edition" statement and are typically smaller, on thinner paper in cheaper bindings, with a blind stamp or dot at the lower right of the rear board and a jacket without a price at the flap; Doubleday's own clubs (Literary Guild, Mystery Guild, Science Fiction Book Club) additionally carry a five-digit code, frequently as black numbers in a white block. Critically, the gutter code appears on club printings as well as trade printings and therefore does not distinguish them.