First Among Equals; Four Weekly Parts Presented with the Mail on Sunday

London: Associated Newspapers Group / YOU Magazine / The Mail on Sunday, 1984. First Edition, First Issue. Cloth. Near fine. The true first edition of First Among Equals by Jeffrey Archer, complete in four issues serialized by YOU Magazine in 1984.. Large octavo, 120pp. Four magazines bound together in red cloth, title in gilt on spine. Copyright note states this publication series predates the hardcover release. Slight bow to covers, otherwise solid text block. Light wear to cloth, near fine condition. Housed in a blue cloth slipcase. Copyright note at rear of each volume states: "Jeffrey Archer 1984. Published and distributed by Associated Newspapers Group... First Among Equals is a section of YOU Magazine and must not be sold separately from The Mail on Sunday. The hardback edition will be published by Hodder & Stoughton on July 2nd, 1984 at £8.95." The later two issues in this series feature an advertisement for the hardcover release.