First published in a small run by Tartarus Press, a U.K. publisher specializing in (very) limited editions. According to their website, the first printing of The Loney was limited to 350 signed copies. (Good luck finding any, btw.)
It was then picked up by John Murray in the U.K. (in 2015) and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in the U.S. (in 2016) for a larger distribution.
The Loney won the 2016 Costa First Novel Award as well as The British Book Industry Debut Novel Award and The British Book Industry Novel of the Year Award.
It received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, and The Telegraph wrote about it back in May of this year.
It's had several different covers:
- The "First True Edition" is the Tartarus Press cover (shown above).
- Next came the more graphic cover showing The Loney printed vertically with the "y" transitioning into silhouetted tree branches.
- This cover was released with a white cover and black text (I believe this is the John Murray "First Edition Thus" published August 7, 2015) and
- A black cover with white text (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, "First American Edition" published May 10, 2016).
I found one listing for the Tartarus edition on Amazon. The asking price was $200 USD. First printings for both the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and the John Murray editions were listing on Abebooks for up to $100. (I should note, though that the U.K. edition was unsigned and the U.S. edition was signed, so there is a difference in values.)