Sweet Thursday

Book-club copies lack the red top stain, show no color on the title page, and carry no colophon or printer statement on the copyright page; fedpo additionally records a small red ink dot at the lower right corner of the rear board. Club jackets have no price at the flap. An early Viking-printed club issue dated 30 September 1954 exists — roughly three months after the trade first — so a 1954 date on its own proves nothing.