The true first is the Canadian edition with full number line "1 2 3 4 5 04 03 02 01 00" on the copyright page. Dust jacket has photo of the author on the back. This book won the Booker Prize. The first U.S. edition was published after the Canadian edition. It has a full number line "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2". The U.S. book club edition can also have a full number line, but the boards are solid black while the true U.S. first edition has cream boards with a brown cloth spine.
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 | Picture of the 2000 first edition dust jacket for The Blind Assassin. |
 | Picture of the first edition copyright page for The Blind Assassin. |
 | Picture of dust jacket where original $37.99 price is found for The Blind Assassin. |
 | Picture of the back dust jacket for the first edition of The Blind Assassin. |
 | Picture of the first edition McClelland & Stewart
boards for The Blind Assassin. |
 | Picture of the back dust jacket flap for The Blind Assassin. |
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 | This is the first U.S. edition of The Blind Assassin. |
 | This is the copyright page from the first U.S. edition of The Blind Assassin. |
 | This is the front dust jacket flap from the first U.S. edition of The Blind Assassin. |
 | This is the back dust jacket of the first U.S. edition of The Blind Assassin. |
 | The first U.S. edition on the left has cream boards with a brown cloth spine. The U.S. book club edition on the right has solid black boards.
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 | This is the back dust jacket flap from the first U.S. edition of The Blind Assassin. |
